ENGRG PROP OF SOILS & THEIR ME

Soil mechanics definitions, laboratory procedures and report preparation; water-content determination; field collection of a soil sample; liquid and plastic limits of a soil; shrinkage limit; grain size analysis - mechanical method, hydrometer method; specific gravity of soil solids; classification of soils; moisture-unit weight relationships (compaction test); determination of in-place soil density; coefficient of permeability - constant head method, falling head method; consolidation test; unconfined compression testing; triaxial test - without pore-pressure measurements; direct shear test; density determination; California bearing ratio (CBR) test; project No 20 flow-net construction using an electrical analogy; volumetric-gravimetric relationships; unit weight of cohesive soils.