Measurement of Soil Properties in the Triaxial Test

"The Measurement of Soil Properties in the Triaxial Test, Part I. The Role of Soil Testing; 2. The Principle of Effective Stress; 3. The Pore-Pressure Parameters A and B; 4. Types of Triaxial Test; 5. The Application of the Triaxial Test to the Solution of Engineering Problems; 6. General Remarks on the Advantates and Limitations of the Triaxial Test. Part II. Principal Features of the Triaxial Details 1. The Triaxial Cells for 1 and half-in. and 4-in. diameter Samples; 2. Apparatus for Controlling the Cell Pressure; 3. Apparatus for Measuring Pore Pressure; 4. Apparatus for Measuring Volume Change; 5. Loading Systems; and 6. The Use of Side Drains. Part III. Standard 1. Preparation of Samples; 2. Undrained Tests; 3. Consolidated-Undrained Tests; 4. Drained Tests; 5. Pore-Pressure and Dissipation Tests; 6. Tests with No Lateral Strain (Ko-tests). Part IV. Special 1. Drained Tests on Saturated Clays with ---1 Constant and ---3 Decreasing; 2. Undrained Tests on Partly Saturated Soils with ---1 Constant and ---3 Decreasing; 3. Tests in which Failure is Caused by Increasing the Pore Pressure; 4. Extension Tests; 5. Anisotropic Consolidation; 6. Measurement of the Pore-Pressure Ratio B under the Condition of Controlled Stress Ratio; 7. Measurement of the Pore-pressure Ration B under Conditions Corresponding to Rapid Drawdown; 8. Constant-Volume Tests; 9. Tests to Determine the True Cohesion and True Angle of Internal Friction. 1. Correction for Strength of Rubber Membrane and Drains; 2. Proving-Ring Characteristics; 3. Friction on the Loading Ram; 4. Rates of Testing; 5. Correction for Air Trapped between Sample and Rubber Membrane. Manufacturers of Index. Conversion Factors." [from the front flap]