Douglas D. Schumann Library & Learning Commons: Geotechnical Engineering: Geotechnical Testing

Geotechnical Testing

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ASTM Digital Library provides online access to approximately 12,500 standards for testing procedures, specifications, and standard practices for a wide range of materials and topics. ASTM Manuals, Monographs, STPs, Data Series, and Journals Library may also be found in this database.

AASHTO Standard Specifications for Transportation Materials and Methods of Sampling and Testing and Provisional Standards (2020)
Contains specifications, test methods, and provisional standards commonly used in the construction of highway facilities. E-book.
FHWA: Geotechnical Site Characterization
A 2017 soil testing manual from the Federal Highway Administration.
NY DOT: Engineering Properties of Soil and Rock
Chapter 6 of the New York DOT Geotechnical Engineering Manual covers the laboratory testing of geotechnical samples.