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    An oedometer test is a kind of geotechnical investigation performed in geotechnical engineering that measures a soil's consolidation properties. Oedometer...
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    Triaxial shear test Direct shear test Relative density Oedometer test for consolidation California bearing ratio (CBR) Permeability tests (constant-head...
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    excavation in clay. Geotechnical engineers use oedometers to quantify the effects of consolidation. In an oedometer test, a series of known pressures are applied...
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  • are often determined using some combination of field tests (e.g., aquifer tests) and laboratory tests on aquifer material samples. Recently, these properties...
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    induced by human activities, such as mining, fracking, and nuclear weapons testing. The initial point of rupture is called the hypocenter or focus, while...
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  • tests measure the "accessible void", the total amount of void space accessible from the surface (cf. closed-cell foam). There are many ways to test porosity...
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    easily identified using X-ray diffraction rather than chemical or physical tests. Varve (or varved clay) is clay with visible annual layers that are formed...
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  • stability, and a narrow stem with graduations for measuring. The liquid to test is poured into a tall container, often a graduated cylinder, and the hydrometer...
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    the vadose zone to be deposited in pore space. ASTM American Standard of Testing Materials: 200 sieve – 0.005 mm. USDA United States Department of Agriculture...
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    soil test-based definition, usually performed via cyclic triaxial, cyclic direct simple shear, or cyclic torsional shear type apparatus. These tests are...
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  • Laboratory tests using soil samples subjected to hydraulic experiments Field tests (on site, in situ) that are differentiated into: small-scale field tests, using...
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    monitoring wells or piezometers. Samples collected from boreholes are often tested in a laboratory to determine their physical properties, or to assess levels...
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  • characteristics Multiphase fluid flow in porous media Florida Method of Test For Concrete Resistivity as an Electrical Indicator of its Permeability Archived...
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    flow methods. The soil samples tested can be any type include remolded, undisturbed, and compacted samples. Oedometer test This can be used to determine...
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    sculpting shapes out of moist sand Sand Beach (disambiguation) Sand equivalent test Sand island – Island that is largely made of sand Sand mining – Practice...
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    also commonly used. From the Annual Book of ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) Standards, the total evaporable moisture content in Aggregate...
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    construction of a new test well, it is considered best practice to invest in a complete battery of chemical and biological tests on the well water in question...
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     631. ISBN 0136427103. "ISO 14688-1:2002 – Geotechnical investigation and testing – Identification and classification of soil – Part 1: Identification and...
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    controls failure and runout of loose granular deposits: Evidence from flume tests and implications for post-seismic slope healing". Geophysical Research Letters...
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    introducing the set of basic equations of Poroelasticity. Soils are tested with an oedometer test to determine their compression index and coefficient of consolidation...
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    A sieve analysis (or gradation test) is a practice or procedure used in geology, civil engineering, and chemical engineering to assess the particle size...
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