Manual of Soil Laboratory Testing, Volume Three: Effective Stress Tests

• Effective stress testing principles, theory and applications; Stress paths in triaxial testing; Test equipment; Calibrations, corrections and general practice; Routine effective stress triaxial tests; Further triaxial shear strength tests; Triaxial consolidation and permeability tests; Hydraulic cell consolidation and permeability tests; Appendix: Units, nomenclature and laboratory equipment; Uncertainty of measurement; Index

'...provides a very useful introduction for geoscientists to the concept of effective stress and the theory of triaxial testing. The descriptions are clear, the chapters are very well organized, and the illustrations are superb. This splendid manual belongs in every university library patronized by geoscientists and engineers.' Environmental & Engineering Geoscience