TY - BOOK AU - Singh, Alam AU - Fang, H Y ED - Fang, H Y TI - Modern Geotechnical engineering SN - 9788123901213 U1 - 624.151 PY - 2016/// CY - New Delhi PB - CBS Publishers & Distributors Pvt. Ltd KW - Civil Engineering N2 - About the book: The Third enlarged edition has a new chapter entitled soil Engineering Experiments which describes the laboratory tests normally performed at the undergraduate level. The test description is in the format of a laboratory manual. The following tests are covered: moisture content determination specific gravity determination particle size determination consistency limits determination. permeability determination consolidation test compaction tests field density and voids ratio determination shear strength determination California Bearing Ratio determination North Dakota Cone Test and swelling pressure determination. With these additions the utility and scope of the book as text is expected to be much enlarged for the students ER -