Preface
Many theoretical Geotechnical and Geosynthetics Testing and Geosynthetics books are available, but the author feels that a book on Geotechnical and Geosynthetics Testing and Geosynthetics testing is needed for the civil engineering students in India and abroad. Also, keeping in mind the tremendous worldwide growth of geosynthetics during the past decade in a wide range of civil engineering applications, theauthor feels the necessity of guidelines for Geotechnical and Geosynthetics Testing and Geosynthetics testing despite availability of many theoretical books on Geotechnical and Geosynthetics Testing and Geosynthetics engineering. This book incorporates Geotechnical and Geosynthetics Testing and Geosynthetics testing methods in laboratory.
Each experiment of Geotechnical and Geosynthetics Testing and Geosynthetics testing is presented with brief introduction covering the important details of the experiment, the theory, and the purpose for which it is performed. This is followed by apparatus and accessories required for the test and very simple method for calculating the test results along with the standard formula generally used. The Geotechnical and Geosynthetics Testing and Geosynthetics testing to be performed in laboratory is then detailed in step-by-step operations followed by observation and record tables along with the graph to be plotted wherever such are necessary. Figures depicting the laboratory Geotechnical and Geosynthetics Testing and Geosynthetics testing apparatus are given with full details. Lastly, specimen calculations for each test with complete observations recorded on the data sheet and graphs are provided. These should enable students to compute the results of experiments very easily.
This book is for all civil engineering students in India and abroad, in particular where civil engineering students have to undergo practical courses in Geotechnical and Geosynthetics Testing and Geosynthetics testing laboratory. In other words, this book should prove beneficial to Geotechnical and Geosynthetics Testing, transportation, water resources, environmental, coastal and structural engineering, mining, agriculture, bioengineering, practical engineers, manufacturers and suppliers of geosynthetics, testing, research and development organizations, universities, consultant and contractors, and those involved in research in standardization of Geotechnical and Geosynthetics Testing and Geosynthetics engineering.
JNANENDRA N. MANDAL