A technique for cutting brittle undisturbed lateritic soil block samples.
This note describes a technique for cutting undisturbed brittle block samples into smaller specimens for further geotechnical testing. This technique revealed very useful in dealing with collapsible soils, where the sampling is recommended to be done with block soil samples. A further use of this technique as an efficient way for sampling collapsible soils is proposed.
Galvão
T Cássia de Brito
TC
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Escola de Engenharìa, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. cassia@etg.ufmg.br
Drnevich
Vincent P
VP
Schulze
Darrell G
DG
D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D012987:Soil; D013048:Specimen Handling
D012987:Soil