Field testing methods for engineering geological investigations
F. G. Bell, J. C. Cripps and M. G. Culshaw
Geological Society, London, Engineering Geology Special Publications, 6, 3-20, 1 January 1990, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.ENG.1990.006.01.01
F. G. Bell
1Department of Geology and Applied Geology, University of Natal
King George V Avenue, Durban 4001, South Africa
J. C. Cripps
2Department of Geology, University of Sheffield
Beaumont Building, Brookhill, Sheffield, S3 7HF, UK
M. G. Culshaw
3Engineering Geology Research Group, British Geological Survey
Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG, UK

Abstract
This paper discusses some of the more commonly used field testing methods used to determine various geotechnical parameters needed to classify soils and rocks in engineering terms and to provide engineering design values. The methods of performing, and the application of, various penetration, shear strength, plate loading, pressuremeter and dilatometer and permeablity tests are described. The use of geophysical methods to obtain, indirectly, mechanical parameter values is also discussed.
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Field testing methods for engineering geological investigations
F. G. Bell, J. C. Cripps and M. G. Culshaw
Geological Society, London, Engineering Geology Special Publications, 6, 3-20, 1 January 1990, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.ENG.1990.006.01.01
F. G. Bell
1Department of Geology and Applied Geology, University of Natal
King George V Avenue, Durban 4001, South Africa
J. C. Cripps
2Department of Geology, University of Sheffield
Beaumont Building, Brookhill, Sheffield, S3 7HF, UK
M. G. Culshaw
3Engineering Geology Research Group, British Geological Survey
Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG, UK
Field testing methods for engineering geological investigations
F. G. Bell, J. C. Cripps and M. G. Culshaw
Geological Society, London, Engineering Geology Special Publications, 6, 3-20, 1 January 1990, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.ENG.1990.006.01.01
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