PE Exam Preparation for Geotechnical Engineers

This blog intends to help anyone preparing for PE exam or practicing in the area of geotechnical engineering. You are welcome to post your questions related to soil mechanics and I'll try to solve them. I am a senior-level professional geotechnical engineer currently based in Houston, TX. I started this blog in order to help anyone who is preparing for PE and/or has questions related to geotechnical engineering. I took my PE exam on April 2009 (and passed!).

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Important Laboratory Tests to Obtain Shear Strength of Soils

Three most widely used laboratory tests are:
1. Direct Shear
2. Triaxial
   a. Unconsolidated Undrained (UU)
   b. Consolidated Drained (CD)
   c. Consolidated Undrained (i.e., rapid drawdown of a reservoir)
3. Unconfined Compression

Details of these tests can be read from any decent textbooks available in the market. I would personally recommend Holtz and Kovacs!

1 comment:

Sothearvuth sengMay 15, 2015 at 10:05 AM
Would you mind giving me some document about direct shear test please?
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