BS 1377-1 2016 Methods of test for soils for civil engineering purposes. General requirements and sample preparation.pdf

BS1377-1:2016 BSI Standards Publication Methods of test for soils for civil engineering purposes Part 1:General requirements and sample preparation bsi. Brissh Standares institution Lioensee-ZHEJIANG INST OF STANDARDIZATION 5966617 Provided by IHS under icense with BSI-Uncontrolled Copy Not for Resale 2016/9/14 05.25:58 No rmproduction or networking parmitted wihout loonse from IHS BS1377-1:2016 BRITISH STANDARD Publishing and copyright information The BSI copyright notice displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued. @The British Standards Institution 2016 Published by BSI Standards Limited 2016 ISBN9780580934698 ICS93.020 The following BSI references relate to the work on this document: Committee reference B/526/3 Draft for ment 16/30338087 DC Publication history First published July 1948 Second edition July 1961 Third edition December 1967 Fourth edition (metric version) 1975 Fifth edition February 1990 Sixth (current)edition July 2016 Amendments issued since publication Date Text affected Brissh Standards Institution Licensee-ZHEJIANG INST OF STANDARDIZATION 5966617 Provided by IHS under icense with BSI-Uncontrolled Copy Not for Resale 2016/9/1405.25:50 No reproduction or networking permitted wihout loonse from IHS BRITISH STANDARD BS1377-1:2016 Contents 0 Introduction 1 1 Scope 3 2 Normative references 3 3 Terminology definitions symbols and units 4 4 Classification of soils 13 5 Test equipment 14 6 Materials 26 7 Environmental requirements 27 8 Preparation of disturbed samples for testing 27 9 Preparation of undisturbed samples for testing 38 10 Reports 44 Bibliography 46 List of tables Table 1-Categories of balances 15 Table 2-Instruments used as reference equipment for calibration 19 Table 3-Reference weights 20 Table 4-Size of particle and mass of sample required for assessment sieving 29 Table 5-Mass of sample required for each test on disturbed samples 30 Table 6-Compaction of large specimens for triaxial tests 38 Summary of p...