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  • BS 1377-8:1990

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    METHODS OF TEST FOR SOILS FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING PURPOSES - PART 8: SHEAR STRENGTH TESTS (EFFECTIVE STRESS)

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  13-04-2018

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  01-01-1990

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Committees responsible
    Foreword
    1 Scope
    2 Test criteria
    3 Apparatus
    4 Preparation of specimen
    5 Saturation
    6 Consolidation
    7 Consolidated-undrained triaxial compression
      test with measurement of pore pressure
    8 Consolidated-drained triaxial compression test
      with measurement of volume change
    Appendix A - Typical test data and calculation forms
    Publications referred to

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    Defines procedures for the determination of the effective shear strength parameters for specimens of saturated soil which have been subjected to isotropic consolidation and then sheared in compression, under a constant confining pressure, by increasing the axial strain.

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    Committee RDB/38
    Development Note Together with BS 1377-1(1990), BS 1377-2(1990), BS 1377-3(1990), BS 1377-4(1990), BS 1377-5(1990), BS 1377-6(1990), BS 1377-7(1990) and BS 1377-9(1990) supersedes BS 1377(1975). (12/2002) Supersedes 89/11042 DC and 93/101361 DC. (06/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, January 2010. (12/2009)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Superseded
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    BS 6349-5:1991 MARITIME STRUCTURES - PART 5: CODE OF PRACTICE FOR DREDGING AND LAND RECLAMATION
    17/30349707 DC : DRAFT AUG 2017 BS 5975:2018 - CODE OF PRACTICE FOR TEMPORARY WORKS PROCEDURES AND THE PERMISSIBLE STRESS DESIGN OF FALSEWORK
    14/30268442 DC : 0 BS 5930 - CODE OF PRACTICE FOR GROUND INVESTIGATIONS
    NORSOK G 001:2004 MARINE SOIL INVESTIGATIONS
    BS 8006-1(2010) : 2010 CODE OF PRACTICE FOR STRENGTHENED/REINFORCED SOILS AND OTHER FILLS
    BS 1377-1:1990 METHODS OF TEST FOR SOILS FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING PURPOSES - PART 1: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS AND SAMPLE PREPARATION
    BS 5975(2008) : 2008 CODE OF PRACTICE FOR TEMPORARY WORKS PROCEDURES AND THE PERMISSIBLE STRESS DESIGN OF FALSEWORK
    BS 5930:2015+A1:2020 Code of practice for ground investigations
    BS 5930(1999) : 1999 CODE OF PRACTICE FOR SITE INVESTIGATIONS
    09/30128274 DC : 0 NA TO BS EN 1997-2 - UK NATIONAL ANNEX TO EUROCODE 7 - GEOTECHNICAL DESIGN - PART 2: GROUND INVESTIGATION AND TESTING
    09/30093258 DC : DRAFT JUNE 2009 BS 8006-1 - CODE OF PRACTICE FOR STRENGTHENED/REINFORCED SOILS AND OTHER FILLS
    BS 8002:1994 CODE OF PRACTICE FOR EARTH RETAINING STRUCTURES
    UNI EN 1997-2 : 2007 EUROCODE 7 - GEOTECHNICAL DESIGN - PART 2: GROUND INVESTIGATION AND TESTING
    I.S. EN 1997-2:2007 EUROCODE 7 - GEOTECHNICAL DESIGN - PART 2: GROUND INVESTIGATION AND TESTING
    07/30150912 DC : 0 BS 5975 - CODE OF PRACTICE FOR THE PROCEDURAL CONTROL OF TEMPORARY WORKS AND THE PERMISSIBLE STRESS DESIGN OF FALSEWORK
    BS 1377-1:2016 Methods of test for soils for civil engineering purposes General requirements and sample preparation
    BS EN 1997-2 NA : 2007 UK NATIONAL ANNEX TO EUROCODE 7: GEOTECHNICAL DESIGN - PART 2: GROUND INVESTIGATION AND TESTING
    DIN EN 1997-2:2010-10 Eurocode 7: Geotechnical design - Part 2: Ground investigation and testing (includes Corrigendum AC:2010)
    EN 1997-2:2007/AC:2010 EUROCODE 7 - GEOTECHNICAL DESIGN - PART 2: GROUND INVESTIGATION AND TESTING
    BS 8006:1995 Code of practice for strengthened/reinforced soils and other fills
    BS EN 1997-2:2007 Eurocode 7. Geotechnical design Ground investigation and testing
    BS 5975:1996 Code of practice for falsework
    BS 5930:2015 CODE OF PRACTICE FOR GROUND INVESTIGATIONS

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    BS 1377-2:1990 Methods of test for soils for civil engineering purposes Classification tests
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