Military Soils Engineering: Field Manual C1- FM 5-410

This manual emphasizes the soils engineering aspects of road and airfield construction. The references give detailed information on other soils engineering topics that are discussed in general terms. This manual provides a discussion of the formation and characteristics of soil and the system used by the United States Army to classify soils. It also gives an overview of classification systems used by other agencies. It describes the compaction of soils and quality control, settlement and shearing resistance of soils, the movement of water through soils, frost action, and the bearing capacity of soils that serve as foundations, slopes, embankments, dikes, dams, and earth-retaining structures. This manual also describes the geologic factors that affect the properties and occurrences of natural mineral/soil construction materials used to build dams, tunnels, roads, airfields, and bridges. Theatre-of-operations construction methods are emphasized throughout the manual.

Author: U. S. Government Department of the Army

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Publication Date: Jan 18, 2013

Number of Pages: 472 pages

Binding: Paperback or Softback

ISBN-10: 1481914545

ISBN-13: 9781481914543