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Committee D18 on Soil and Rock
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Subcommittees and Standards

Standards under the jurisdiction of D18

Each main committee in ASTM International is composed of subcommittees that address specific segments within the general subject area covered by the technical committee. Click on the subcommittee links below to see the title of existing standards for each subcommittee. Then, click on the resulting titles to see the standard's scope, referenced documents, and more.

D18.01 Surface and Subsurface Characterization
D18.01.01 Site Characterization for Environmental Purposes
D18.01.02 Geophysics
D18.01.03 Geospatial Technology
D18.02 Sampling and Related Field Testing for Soil Evaluations
D18.02.01 In-Place Shear Test
D18.02.02 Diamond Core Drilling
D18.02.03 Auger Sampling
D18.02.04 Sampling of Soils
D18.02.05 Cone Penetrometer
D18.02.06 Pressuremeter
D18.02.07 Package, Transport and Storage of Soil Samples
D18.02.08 Energy Measurements
D18.02.09 Flat Dilatometer
D18.02.10 Flat Plate Dilatometer
D18.02.12 Borehole
D18.02.14 Erodability of Soils
D18.03 Texture, Plasticity and Density Characteristics of Soils
D18.03.01 Particle Size and Specific Gravity
D18.03.02 Plasticity
D18.03.03 Density
D18.04 Hydrologic Properties and Hydraulic Barriers
D18.05 Strength and Compressibility of Soils
D18.06 Physical-Chemical Interactions of Soil and Rock
D18.07 Identification and Classification of Soils
D18.08 Special and Construction Control Tests
D18.08.01 Nuclear Methods
D18.08.03 New Methods for Construction Control
D18.08.04 Field Testing
D18.08.05 Precision and Bias
D18.09 Cyclic and Dynamic Properties of Soils
D18.09.01 Resonant Column
D18.09.02 Cyclic Testing
D18.09.03 Specimen Preparation
D18.09.04 In Situ Testing
D18.09.05 Centrifuge Methods
D18.09.06 Resilient Modulus
D18.09.07 Terminology and Definitions
D18.11 Deep Foundations
D18.12 Rock Mechanics
D18.14 Geotechnics of Sustainable Construction
D18.15 Stabilization With Admixtures
D18.15.01 Admixtures used in Soil Stabilization
D18.17 Rock for Erosion Control
D18.19 Frozen Soils and Rock
D18.21 Ground Water and Vadose Zone Investigations
D18.21.01 Direct Push Sampling
D18.21.02 Vadose Zone Monitoring
D18.21.03 Well Design, Maintenance & Construction
D18.21.04 Ground Water Sample Collection and Handling
D18.21.05 Hydrogeologic Properties, Modeling, and Data Analysis
D18.21.06 Design of Ground Water Monitoring Networks
D18.21.07 Ground Water and Vadose Zone Remediation Technologies
D18.21.08 Terminology
D18.22 Soil as a Medium for Plant Growth
D18.23 Field Instrumentation
D18.24 Characterization and Handling of Powders and Bulk Solids
D18.25 Erosion and Sediment Control Technology
D18.25.01 Mulches and Tackifiers
D18.25.02 Erosion Control Blankets
D18.25.03 Turf Reinforcement Mattings
D18.25.04 Articulating Concrete Block Revetments
D18.25.05 Gabions & Mattresses
D18.25.07 Fabric-Formed Concrete Revetments
D18.25.08 Sediment Control
D18.25.09 Terminology
D18.25.10 Bioengineering
D18.25.11 Tackifiers
D18.80 Planning
D18.90 Executive
D18.90.01 Public Relations (Communicator)
D18.91 Standards Development and Review
D18.91.02 Standards Preparation Manual
D18.92 Geotechnical Testing Journal
D18.93 Terminology for Soil, Rock and Contained Fluids
D18.94 Education and Training
D18.95 Information Retrieval and Data Automation
D18.96 Symposia
D18.97 Awards
D18.98 Hogentogler Award
D18.99 Quality Control


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