Particle size distribution
The particle size distribution provides a description of soil...
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Direct shear test
The direct shear test, also called shearbox test is generally...
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Back analysis
A reverse problem is a method in which one tries to determine...
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Water pressure test in rock (Lugeon packer test)
The water pressure test in rock, also called "Lugeon packer t...
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Soil quality - Determination of water-soluble and acid-soluble sulfate
The sulphate content is determined on aqueous and acidic extr...
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Water content measure
The water content (also known as moisture) is the massic perc...
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Rock - Point load strength test - Franklin test
The Franklin test is a resistance test that consists of break...
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Determination of the organic matter content - Ignition method
This test measures the organic mass content of the particle s...
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Unconfined compression test
The unconfined compressive strength aims to measure the stren...
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Field vane test
The field vane test is used to determine the vane shear stren...
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Rock - Determination of the tensile strength - Indirect method - Brazil test
The tensile strength 'Brazilian test' on a rock specimen is a...
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Determination of minimal and maximal density of cohesionless soils
The minimum and maximum densities of non-cohesive soils corre...
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Pumping test
A pumping test consists in principle of: drawing down the pie...
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Rock - Determination of the triaxial compressive strength
The test consists of placing a rock cylinder specimen in a tr...
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Atterberg limits : liquid ans plastic limits
The Atterberg limits comprise the liquid and plastic limits o...
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Bulk density
There are three methods for the determination of the bulk den...
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Rock - Determination of the drill penetration index
The CERCHAR hardness test is a microdrilling test, with an 8 ...
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Determination of the organic matter content - Soil chemical test
This test measures the mass content of organic matter in a so...
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Flat jack test
The purpose of the test is the measurement of in situ stress....
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Rock - Tests for physical properties of rock - Determination of porosity
The connected or total porosity is the ratio of pore volume b...
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Laboratory vane test
This test allows the measurement of the undrained cohesion of...
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Unconsolidated undrained triaxial test
The unconsolidated undrained triaxial test (UU) aims to the d...
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Cone penetration test
Static cone penetration test with measurement of cone resista...
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Shrinkage test
The effective shrinkage characteristic on undisturbed soil sa...
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Infilirometer test
The infiltrometer test applies to the in situ determination o...
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Particle density
The particle density can be determined by two methods, a pycn...
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Consolidated undrained triaxial compression test on water saturated soils
The consolidated undrained triaxial test (CU) aims to the det...
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Hydraulic Testing of pre-existing fractures (HTPF)
The HTPF method provides an evaluation of the complete stress...
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Expert estimates or Engineering judgment
Assessment of the value of a physical parameter or property ...
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Huder-Amberg swelling test
The Huder-Amberg test is a swelling test performed in oedomet...
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Consolidated drained triaxial compression test on water saturated soils
The consolidated drained triaxial test (CD) aims to the deter...
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Water permeability test in a borehole using closed systems
The water permeability tests in a borehole using closed syste...
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Rock - Determination of the Young modulus and the Poisson ratio
The Young modulus and the Poisson coefficient are elastic cha...
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Rock - Determination of water content of rock - Oven-drying method
The practical procedure for determining the water content of ...
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Determination of the carbonate content - Calcimeter method
The purpose of this test is to conventionally determine the p...
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Incremental loading oedometer test
The oedometer test is carried out on a cylindrical test speci...
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Correlation
Link between different parameters, demonstrated using statist...
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Water permeability test in a borehole using open systems
The water permeability test in a borehole using open system a...
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Rock - Determination of the uniaxial compression strength
In the unconfined compressive strength test, a rock specimen ...
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