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Soils testing

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This Handbook provides background material and useful tips for users of the 1289 series, Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes. It will also provide assistance to undergraduate engineers and geotechnicians seeking further understanding with Laboratory testing.

Committee	CE-009
DocumentType	Handbook
ISBN	0 7337 7494 6
Pages	111
ProductNote	Reconfirmed 27/05/2016.This standard has been reconfirmed in Australia in 2016 and remains current in New Zealand. Reconfirmation Notice 27/05/2016
PublisherName	Standards Australia
Status	Current

First published as HB 160-2006.Reconfirmed 2016. First published as HB 160-2006.

AS 1289.6.4.2-1998	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil strength and consolidation tests - Determination of compressive strength of a soil - Compressive strength of a saturated specimen tested in undrained triaxial compression with measurement of pore
AS 1289.4.2.1-1997	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil chemical tests - Determination of the sulfate content of a natural soil and the sulfate content of the groundwater - Normal method
AS 1289.3.5.1-2006	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil classification tests - Determination of the soil particle density of a soil - Standard method
AS 1289.2.1.5-2005	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil moisture content tests - Determination of the moisture content of a soil - Infrared lights method (subsidiary method)
AS 1289.6.4.1-1998	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil strength and consolidation tests - Determination of compressive strength of a soil - Compressive strength of a specimen tested in undrained triaxial compression without measurement of pore water p
AS 1289.1.1-2001	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Sampling and preparation of soils - Preparation of disturbed soil samples for testing
AS 1289.6.1.3-1998	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil strength and consolidation tests - Determination of the California Bearing Ratio of a soil - Standard field-in-place method
AS 1289.5.7.1-1993	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil compaction and density tests - Compaction control test - Hilf density ratio and Hilf moisture variation (rapid method)
AS 1289.3.1.2-1995	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil classification tests - Determination of the liquid limit of a soil - One point Casagrande method (subsidiary method)
AS 1289.5.8.6-1998	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil compaction and density tests - Nuclear surface moisture-density gauges - Assigned density of a Type B standard density block
AS 1289.3.4.1-1995	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil classification tests - Determination of the linear shrinkage of a soil - Standard method
AS 1289.5.4.2-1993	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil compaction and density tests - Compaction control test - Assignment of maximum dry density and optimum moisture content values
AS 1289.5.1.1-2003	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil compaction and density tests - Determination of the dry density/moisture content relation of a soil using standard compactive effort
AS 1289.6.7.1-2001	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil strength and consolidation tests - Determination of permeability of a soil - Constant head method for a remoulded specimen (Reconfirmed 2013)
AS 1289.1.4.1-1998	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Sampling and preparation of soils - Selection of sampling or test sites - Random number method (Reconfirmed 2013)
AS 1289.7.1.1-2003	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil reactivity tests - Determination of the shrinkage index of a soil - Shrink-swell index
AS 1289.5.8.4-1998	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil compaction and density tests - Nuclear surface moisture-density gauges - Calibration using standard blocks
AS 1289.1.2.1-1998	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Sampling and preparation of soils - Disturbed samples - Standard method
AS 1289.3.3.1-1995	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil classification tests - Calculation of the plasticity index of a soil
AS 1289.5.2.1-2003	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil compaction and density tests - Determination of the dry density or moisture content relation of a soil using modified compactive effort
AS 1289.6.8.1-1995	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil strength and consolidation tests - Determination of the resilient modulus and permanent deformation of granular unbound pavement materials
AS 1289.3.1.1-1995	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil classification tests - Determination of the liquid limit of a soil - Four point Casagrande method
AS 1289.2.1.4-2005	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil moisture content tests - Determination of the moisture content of a soil - Microwave-oven drying method (subsidiary method)
AS 1141.3.3-1999	Methods for sampling and testing aggregates Sampling - Preparation of stabilized pavement materials
AS 1289.5.5.1-1998	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil compaction and density tests - Determination of the minimum and maximum dry density of a cohesionless material - Standard method (Reconfirmed 2016)
AS 1289.4.1.1-1997	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil chemical tests - Determination of the organic matter content of a soil - Normal method
AS 1289.6.1.1-1998	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil strength and consolidation tests - Determination of the California Bearing Ratio of a soil - Standard laboratory method for a remoulded specimen
AS 1289.3.8.1-1997	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil classification tests - Dispersion - Determination of Emerson class number of a soil
AS 1289.2.1.2-2005	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil moisture content tests - Determination of the moisture content of a soil - Sand bath method (subsidiary method)
AS 1289.5.3.5-1997	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil compaction and density tests - Determination of the field dry density of a soil - Water replacement method (Reconfirmed 2013)
AS 1141.3.1-1996	Methods for sampling and testing aggregates Sampling - Aggregates
AS 1289.2.2.1-1998	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil moisture content tests - Determination of the total suction of a soil - Standard method (Reconfirmed 2013)
AS 1289.5.3.1-2004	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil compaction and density tests - Determination of the field density of a soil - Sand replacement method using a sand-cone pouring apparatus (Reconfirmed 2016)
AS 1289.6.5.1-1999	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil strength and consolidation tests - Determination of the static cone penetration resistance of a soil - Field test using a mechanical and electrical cone or friction-cone penetrometer (Reconfirmed 2013)
AS 1289.6.3.1-2004	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil strength and consolidation tests - Determination of the penetration resistance of a soil - Standard penetration test (SPT) (Reconfirmed 2016)
AS 1141.51-1996	Methods for sampling and testing aggregates Unconfined compressive strength of compacted materials
AS 1289.5.4.3-2006	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil compaction and density tests - Compaction control test - Dry density ratio and moisture ratio using statistical selection of reference values
AS 1289.3.6.3-2003	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil classification tests - Determination of the particle size distribution of a soil - Standard method of fine analysis using a hydrometer
AS 1289.4.4.1-1997	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil chemical tests - Determination of the electrical resistivity of a soil - Method for sands and granular materials
AS 1289.5.7.1-2006	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil compaction and density tests - Compaction control test - Hilf density ratio and Hilf moisture variation (rapid method)
AS 1289.1.3.1-1999
AS 1289.2.1.6-2005	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil moisture content tests - Determination of the moisture content of a soil - Hotplate drying method
AS 1289.5.8.5-1998	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil compaction and density tests - Nuclear surface moisture-density gauges - Density of a Type A or Type C standard density block (Reconfirmed 2013)
AS 1289.3.6.1-1995	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil classification tests - Determination of the particle size distribution of a soil - Standard method of analysis by sieving
AS 1289.6.9.1-2000	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil strength and consolidation test - Determination of stiffness of soil - Clegg impact value (CIV)
AS 1289.3.6.2-1995	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil classification tests - Determination of the particle size distribution of a soil - Analysis by sieving in combination with hydrometer analysis (subsidiary method)
AS 1141.2-1999	Methods for sampling and testing aggregates Basic testing equipment
AS 1289.3.8.2-1997	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil classification tests - Dispersion - Determination of the percent dispersion of a soil
AS 1289.5.8.9-1998	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil compaction and density tests - Nuclear surface moisture-density gauges - Water content of a standard moisture block using comparison against primary blocks (Reconfirmed 2013) (Reconfirmed 2014)
AS 1289.6.3.2-1997	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil strength and consolidation tests - Determination of the penetration resistance of a soil - 9 kg dynamic cone penetrometer test
AS 1289.6.7.3-1999	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil strength and consolidation tests - Determination of permeability of a soil - Constant head method using a flexible wall permeameter
AS 1289.1.4.2-1998	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Sampling and preparation of soils - Selection of sampling or test sites - Stratified random number method
AS 1289.7.1.2-1998	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil reactivity tests - Determination of the shrinkage index of a soil - Loaded shrinkage index
AS 1289.3.5.2-2002	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil classification tests - Determination of the soil particle density of combined soil fractions - Vacuum pycnometer method (Reconfirmed 2013)
AS 1289.6.6.1-1998	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes - Soil strength and consolidation tests Determination of the one-dimensional consolidation properties of a soil - Standard method
AS 1289.3.8.3-1997	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil classification tests - Dispersion - Determination of pinhole dispersion classification of a soil
AS 1289.3.7.1-2002	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil classification tests - Determination of the sand equivalent of a soil using a power-operated shaker
AS 1289.2.1.1-2005	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil moisture content tests - Determination of the moisture content of a soil - Oven drying method (standard method)
AS 1289.6.1.2-1998	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil strength and consolidation tests - Determination of the California Bearing Ratio of a soil - Standard laboratory method for an undisturbed specimen
AS 1289.6.3.3-1997	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil strength and consolidation tests - Determination of the penetration resistance of a soil - Perth sand penetrometer test (Reconfirmed 2013)
AS 1289.3.3.2-1995	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil classification tests - Calculation of the cone plasticity index of a soil
AS 1289.3.2.1-1995	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil classification tests - Determination of the plastic limit of a soil - Standard method
AS 1289.6.2.1-2001	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil strength and consolidation tests - Determination of the shear strength of a soil - Field test using a vane (Reconfirmed 2013)
AS 1289.5.8.1-1995	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil compaction and density tests - Determination of field density and field moisture content of a soil using a nuclear surface moisture-density gauge - Direct transmission mode
AS 1289.5.4.1-1993	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil compaction and density tests - Compaction control test - Dry density ratio, moisture variation and moisture ratio
AS 1289.3.5.1-1995	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil classification tests - Determination of the soil particle density of a soil - Standard method
AS 1289.6.7.2-2001	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil strength and consolidation tests - Determination of permeability of a soil - Falling head method for a remoulded specimen (Reconfirmed 2013)
AS 1289.6.2.2-1998	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil strength and consolidation tests - Determination of shear strength of a soil - Direct shear test using a shear box
AS 1289.3.8.1-2006	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil classification tests - Dispersion - Determination of Emerson class number of a soil
AS 1289.5.3.2-2004	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil compaction and density tests - Determination of the field density of a soil - Sand replacement method using a sand pouring can, with or without a volume displacer (Reconfirmed 2016)
AS 1289.2.3.1-1998	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil moisture content tests - Establishment of correlation - Subsidiary method and the standard method (Reconfirmed 2013)
AS 1289.7.1.3-1998	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil reactivity tests - Determination of the shrinkage index of a soil - Core shrinkage index (Reconfirmed 2013)
AS 1289.5.8.7-1998	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil compaction and density tests - Nuclear surface moisture-density gauges - Water content of a standard moisture block using hydrogen content of components
AS 1289.3.9.1-2002	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil classification tests - Determination of the cone liquid limit of a soil
AS 1289.4.3.1-1997	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil chemical tests - Determination of the pH value of a soil - Electrometric method
AS 1289.5.6.1-1998	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil compaction and density tests - Compaction control test - Density index method for a cohesionless material (Reconfirmed 2016)
AS 1289.3.9.2-2006	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil classification tests - Determination of the cone liquid limit of soil - One-point method
AS 1289.5.8.8-1998	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil compaction and density tests - Nuclear surface moisture-density gauges - Water content of a standard moisture block using proportion of water (Reconfirmed 2013)

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