00000cmm a22000004i 4500 UP-99796217612318105 Buklod 20230215105418.0 m |o d | ta 150122s2015 vau jo u eng d 9780784479056 (ebook : PDF) (iLib)UPD-00259713791 NJQ/DLC DENGII rda eng TA 710 E48 2015eb Elton, David J. author. Grounded! amazing classroom demonstrations in soil mechanics David J. Elton. Reston, Virginia American Society of Civil Engineers [2015] 1 online resource. text rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 187) and index. Exploding soils -- Rice is nice : an exercise in pile capacity -- Break that block : the power of bentonite -- A retaining wall made of: paper! -- Slip slidin' away with effective stress -- Magic beaker: sand defies gravity -- Effective potato chips -- Foam balls in a pipe : soil arching -- Geotechnical Rorschach test (water flows around a drain, instead of into the drain) -- Hairy soil -- Sand cylinder hoisting -- Water that won't go through a sieve; water that does -- Dilation in someone's hand: (silty soil identification) -- Piping under a sheetpile dam -- Jar of rocks : soil void ratio, porosity, unit weight and water content of soils -- Liquefaction by upward gradient -- Blow it out : critical hydraulic gradient. flowlines -- Relative density of soil in a graduated cylinder -- Soil filter demonstration using marbles -- Sand in a jar, strong as you are -- Slinky shear waves (and compression ones, too!) -- Soil bridge in a tube -- Capillarity and cotton balls, plus (bonus!) non-woven geotextile strength demonstration -- Stick slip behavior -- Tilt me up Scotty : interface friction -- Soils relaxing : the angle of repose -- Falling head over heels for permeability : the permeability of ooblech -- Bulking of soils : aka, less soil for your money -- Geotextile puncture test -- Soil dilation and compaction using ping pong balls -- Campus geology tour -- Settlement rates of soils in jars -- Bearing capacity : bigger is better -- Retaining wall in a box -- Rockfall simulator lab. IP based subscription, on campus and remote access. Access via Electronic Resources of the UPD Engineering Library and University Library websites. Soils Experiments. Soil mechanics Experiments. Electronic books. Electronic Resource https://dx.doi.org/10.1061/9780784413920 Available for University of the Philippines Diliman College of Engineering via ASCE Library. Click here to access https://ascelibrary-org.ezproxy.engglib.upd.edu.ph/doi/book/10.1061/9780784413920 Also available remotely for University of the Philippines Diliman College of Engineering via ASCE Library. Click here to access thru EZproxy (viewed 13 February 2019) FO UPD DENG-II Electronic Resource