CONTENTS 1. Introduction .. 1 2. Classification of Tests .. 6 3. Symbols and Definitions .. 15 4. Determination of Moisture Content .. 33 5. Determination of Specific Gravity of Soil Solids .. 37 6. Determination of Field Density (Unit Weight) of Soil by Core Cutter Method .. 42 7. Determination of Field Density (Unit Weight) of Soil by Sand Replacement Method .. 48 8. Determination of Grain Size Distribution of Soilby Sieve Analysis .. 54 9. Determination of Grain Size Distribution of Soilby Hydrometer Analysis .. 61 10.Determination of Permeability of Soils .. 68 11.Determination of Liquid Limitand Plastic Limit of Soil .. 77 12.Determination of Coefficient of Consolidation .. 85 13.Determination of Compression Index of Soil .. 92 14.Determination of Unconfined Compressive Strength of the Soil .. 99 15.Determination of Shear Strength of Soilby Vane Shear Test .. 107 16.Determination of Shear Parameters of Soilby Direct Shear Test .. 110 17.Determination of Shear Parameters ofSoil by Triaxial Shear Test .. 119 18.Standard Proctor Compaction Test .. 129 19.Determination of Relative Density (Dr)of Cohesionless Soils .. !35 20.California Bearing Ratio (CBR) Test .. 144 21.Determination of Water Content-Dry Density Relationship Using Heavy Compaction Test .. 150 22.Determination of Linear Shrinkage in Soils .. 156 23.Determination of Swelling Pressureof Soils-Consolidometer Method - .. 158 24.Determination of Swelling Pressure ofSoils-Constant Volume Method .. 164 25.Determination of Free Swell Index of Soil .. 168 26. Standard Penetration Test (SPT) .. 170 27. Plate Load Test (PLT) .. 180 28. Field Determination of California Bearing Ratio (CBR) .. 192 29. Cyclic Plate Load Test .. 199 30. Block Vibration Test to Determine Coefficient ofElastic Uniform Compression (Cu) ..209 31. Block Vibration Test to Determine Coefficient ofElastic Uniform Shear (CT) .. 216 32. Block Vibration Test to Determine DampingCoefficient of Soil (0 ..223 33. Block Vibration Test to Determine the ElasticModulus (E) and Shear Modulus (Gs) ..225