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AS 1289.0-1991

AS 1289.0-1991

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Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes General requirements and list of methods

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Superseded date

30-06-2017

Superseded by

AS 1289.0-2000

Language(s)

English

Published date

01-01-1991

Publisher

Standards Australia

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1 - AS 1289.0-1991 METHODS OF TESTING SOILS FOR ENGINEERING PURPOSES - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS AND LIST OF METHODS
4 - PREFACE
9 - CONTENTS
5 - LIST OF METHODS
9 - CONTENTS
10 - 1 SCOPE
10 - 2 REFERENCED AND RELATED DOCUMENTS
10 - 2.1 Referenced document
10 - 2.2 Related documents
10 - 3 DEFINITIONS
10 - 3.1 Added moisture
10 - 3.2 Air voids line
11 - 3.3 Boulders
11 - 3.4 Bulk density
11 - 3.5 California bearing ratio (CBR)
11 - 3.6 Clay fraction
11 - 3.7 Cobbles
11 - 3.8 Coefficient of consolidation
11 - 3.9 Coefficient of permeability
11 - 3.10 Coefficient of volume decrease
11 - 3.11 Compaction
11 - 3.12 Cone friction ratio
11 - 3.13 Cone liquid limit
11 - 3.14 Cone resistance
11 - 3.15 Cone skin friction
11 - 3.16 Consolidation
11 - 3.17 Converted wet density (CWD)
11 - 3.18 Degree of saturation
11 - 3.19 Density index
11 - 3.20 Dispersive soils
11 - 3.21 Distilled water
11 - 3.22 Dry density
11 - 3.23 Drydensity moisture content relationship
11 - 3.24 Dry density ratio
11 - 3.25 Electrical resistivity
11 - 3.26 Emerson class number
12 - 3.27 Field vane shear strength
12 - 3.28 Gravel fraction
12 - 3.29 Hilf density ratio
12 - 3.30 Hilf roller efficiency
12 - 3.31 Linear shrinkage (LS)
12 - 3.32 Liquid limit
12 - 3.33 Maximum dry density
12 - 3.34 Moisture content
12 - 3.35 Moisture variation
12 - 3.36 Optimum moisture content
12 - 3.37 Particle size distribution
12 - 3.38 Penetration resistance (SPT)
12 - 3.39 Percentage air voids
12 - 3.40 Percent dispersion (PD)
12 - 3.41 Pinhole dispersion
12 - 3.42 Plasticity index
12 - 3.43 Plastic limit
12 - 3.44 Quartering
12 - 3.45 Riffling
12 - 3.46 Sample
12 - 3.47 Sand equivalent
13 - 3.48 Sand fraction
13 - 3.49 Saturation line (zero air voids line)
13 - 3.50 Silt fraction
13 - 3.51 Soil
13 - 3.52 Soil particle density
13 - 3.53 Specimen
13 - 3.54 Triaxial compressive strength
13 - 3.55 Void ratio
13 - 3.56 Water
13 - 3.57 Wet density
13 - 4 APPARATUS
13 - 4.1 General
13 - 4.2 Drying ovens
13 - 4.2.1 General requirements
14 - 4.2.2 Loading
14 - 4.2.3 Efficiency
14 - 4.2.4 Rate of loading
14 - 4.3 Balance calibration and accuracy of mass determination
14 - 5 SOIL GROUPS
14 - 6 ACCURACY OF REPORTED RESULTS

Provides general information, definitions and apparatus requirements, including a specification for drying ovens, for the AS 1289 series of methods for testing soils.

Committee
CE-009
DocumentType
Standard
ISBN
0 7262 6923 9
Pages
7
PublisherName
Standards Australia
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy
Supersedes

This Standard is fundamental to all of the methods in the AS 1289 series. It provides the following information: (a) A list of methods in the AS 1289 series.(b) Referenced documents.(c) Definitions.(d) A list of the main apparatus used and the Standards with which that apparatus must comply.(e) A list of the quantity and unit symbols used.(f) Other supplementary information.

First published as part of AS A89-1966.
Revised and redesignated in part as AS 1289.A1-1977.
Second edition 1979.
Third edition 1983.
Revised and redesignated AS 1289.0-1991.

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AS 2166-1995 One-mark pipettes
AS 2164-1995 Laboratory glassware - One-mark volumetric flasks
AS 1349-1986 Bourdon tube pressure and vacuum gauges (Reconfirmed 2018)
AS 2026-1994 Density hydrometers
AS 2245-1979 Glass filter funnels
AS 2165-1996 Laboratory glassware - Burettes
AS 2831-1985 Thermometers - Solid stem - Long and short - For precision use

AS 4133.3.4-1993 Methods of testing rocks for engineering purposes Rock swelling and slake durability tests - Determination of the slake durability index of rock samples
AS 1289.5.2.1-1993 Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil compaction and density tests - Determination of the dry density/moisture content relation of a soil using modified compactive effort
AS 1012.21-1999 Methods of testing concrete Determination of water absorption and apparent volume of permeable voids in hardened concrete (Reconfirmed 2014)
AS 1289.3.5.2-1995 Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil classification tests - Determination of the soil particle density of combined soil fractions - Vacuum pycnometer method
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 1289.3.6.3-1994 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 1289.7.1.1-1998 Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil reactivity tests - Determination of the shrinkage index of a soil - Shrink-swell index
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 1289.6.2.2-1998 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 1289.2.1.6-1993 Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil moisture content tests - Determination of the moisture content of a soil - Hotplate drying method (subsidiary method)
AS 4133.2.1.2-1993 Methods of testing rocks for engineering purposes Rock porosity and density tests - Determination of rock porosity and dry density - Saturation and buoyancy techniques
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 1141.2-1999 Methods for sampling and testing aggregates Basic testing equipment
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 1289.5.3.5-1997 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 1289.7.1.1-1992 Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil reactivity tests - Determination of the shrinkage index of a soil - Shrink swell index
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 1289.3.7.1-1995 Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil classification tests - Determination of the sand equivalent of a soil using a power-operated shaker
AS 1289.3.6.2-1995 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 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 1726-1993 Geotechnical site investigations
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 4133.1.1.1-1993 Methods of testing rocks for engineering purposes Rock moisture content tests - Determination of the moisture content of rock - Oven drying method (standard method)
AS 1289.1-1991 Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Preparation of disturbed soil samples for testing
AS 1289.7.1.3-1992 Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil reactivity tests - Determination of the shrinkage index of a soil - Core shrinkage index (subsidiary 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 4133.2.1.1-1993 Methods of testing rocks for engineering purposes Rock porosity and density tests - Determination of rock porosity and dry density - Saturation and calliper techniques
AS 1289.7.1.2-1992 Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil reactivity tests - Determination of the shrinkage index of a soil - Loaded shrinkage index
AS 1289.2.1.1-1992 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 1289.6.1.1-1998 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 1289.7.1.3-1998 Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil reactivity tests - Determination of the shrinkage index of a soil - Core shrinkage index (Reconfirmed 2013)
AS 1289.5.3.2-1993 Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil compaction and density tests - Determination of the field dry density of a soil - Sand replacement method using a sand pouring can, with or without a volume displacer
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 1289.6.1.2-1998 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 1289.5.1.1-1993 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 1289.7.1.2-1998 Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil reactivity tests - Determination of the shrinkage index of a soil - Loaded shrinkage index
AS 1289.4.1.1-1997 Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil chemical tests - Determination of the organic matter content of a soil - Normal method
AS 1289.5.3.1-1993 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
AS/NZS 4456.10:1997 Masonry units and segmental pavers - Methods of test - Determining resistance to salt attack

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