Primarily written for the students of Civil Engineering and practising engineers involved in the testing of building materials, the manual describes in straight-forward and systematic manner the testing of engineering materials. Each test given in the manual outlines the objectives, theory, apparatus requirements, procedures, precautions, questions for discussion and observations and calculations.
For all the tests specified, the procedure is based on the relevant Indian Standard Code of Practice which is the usual accepted method of performing the tests. The manual can be used by students and field engineers for keeping the record of tests performed in the laboratory. Since each test requires a different reference of the Indian Standard Codes, it may not be practically feasible in the field conditions and therefore this manual comes quite handy for these situations.
It will be invaluable and indispensable manual for imparting effective instructions to diploma and under graduate level students as also to field engineers.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Hamant Sood
is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Technical Teachers Training Institute, Chandigarh where he is involved with the development of instructional material, both print and non-print, staff development, curriculum development and R & D projects.
Hemant Sood was actively involved in the development of Continuing Education Package on "Concrete Mix Design" published by Indian Society of Technical Education. He has developed number of video films on .testing of cement, earthmoving equipment and construction of flexible pavement besides undertaking number of consultancy projects in concrete technology.
He is B.E. with Honours and M.E. in Highway Engineering from Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh. Besides joining TTTI, Chandigarh in Dec, 1988 he has served Rail Indian Technical and Economic Services Limited (RITES), Govt. of India enterprise under Ministry of Railways as Assistant Manager for a period of One and a half years where he was involved in the designing of number of minor bridges besides strengthening the existing Agra-Jaipur National Highway.
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