Laboratory and Field Soil Test Manual for Civil Engineering

Soil is one of the very important engineering materials. Determination of soil conditions is the most significant task in every civil engineering activity. Properties of the soil can be determined by both field and laboratory test methods. It is critical to quantify the various properties of soil in order to predict its behaviour under different loading conditions for the safe design of soil structures. The soil mechanics and foundation engineering laboratory is a compulsory and basic undergraduate course where introduction to Geo-technical Engineering will be provided and also for graduate level research students.The main objectives of developing the soil mechanics and foundation engineering virtual lab manual will be: 1. Students should be able to carry out all soil mechanics fundamental experiments according to standards. 2. To analyse and interpret experimental data. 3. To understand the techniques, skills and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice in this manual, different laboratory tests can be developed for conducting the following important experiments to estimate the mechanical and engineering properties of soils.