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This chapter is an introduction to the book. It discusses laboratory and in situ tests, their advantages and limitations. The chapter introduces the test covered by the book and discusses the necessity of empirical relationships for the practising engineer. Finally, it briefly mentions how the book is organised into the nine different chapters.
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Ameratunga, J., Sivakugan, N., Das, B.M. (2016). Introduction. In: Correlations of Soil and Rock Properties in Geotechnical Engineering. Developments in Geotechnical Engineering. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2629-1_1
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