This book highlights the procedures for 30 tests used to measure the engineering properties of soil in both laboratory and field including dynamic testing of soils. All the test procedures are based on Indian Standard Practice and are very close to ASTM standards. This book will be useful to B.Tech./B.E. (Civil Engineering) and M.E./ M.Tech. (Geotechnical Engineering) students as laboratory manual and reference book. It is hoped that this book will also be useful to field engineers as handbook in soil mechanics as it helps in deciding the test programme for a given project. Similarly, the book will be helpful for quality control engineers.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR E Saibaba Reddy
E Saibaba Reddy is Professor and Head of Civil Engineering Department at Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU) College of Engineering, Hyderabad. He received his B.Tech. degree in Civil Engineering from JNTU and M.E. (Hons.) degree from University of Roorkee (now Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee) with specialization in Geotechnical Engineering. He did his research on the behaviour of pile foundations under cyclic tensile load and obtained his Ph.D. from University of Nottingham, UK. He joined JNTU as faculty member in 1985. He has published over 40 research papers in national and international journals and conferences. He has over 16 years of teaching, research and consultancy experience.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR K Rama Sastri
K Rama Sastri is Professor of Civil Engineering and Rector, JNTU, Hyderabad. He obtained his B.E. degree in Civil Engineering from Andhra University, and M.E. degree from Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore with specialization in soil mechanics and foundation engineering. He did his research in the area of soil dynamics and obtained his Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. Before joining JNTU in 1966, he served briefly in Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupathi. He has published over 30 research papers in national and international journals and conferences. He has over 35 years of teaching, research and consultancy experience in the field of geotechnical engineering.
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