Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering

Screenings from the Soil Research Lab

These research newsletter were written by Dr. Richard L. Handy, Emeritus Anson Marston Distinguished Professor of Engineering and published by Engineering Research Institute, Iowa State University, 1957-67. The newsletters are written in a lighthearted tone.

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Vol. 1, No. 1-6, 1957

  1. Introduction, 3 pages
  2. Mechanical Stabilization of an Artic Beach, 3 pages
  3. Soil Stabilization with Organic Cations, 5 pages
  4. Origin of Loess, 6 pages
  5. Soil Stabilization with Lime, 6 pages
  6. Soil Stabilization with Lime-Fly Ash, 6 pages

Vol. 2, No. 1-6, 1958

  1. Mexico City Soil Problems, 6 pages
  2. Marston Theory of Soil Loads on Pipe, 6 pages
  3. Soil-Cement, 6 pages
  4. X-ray Diffraction of Soils, 6 pages
  5. Pleistocene Geology, 6 pages
  6. CaCl2 and Salt Stabilization of Roads, 6 pages

Vol. 3, No. 1-6, 1959

  1. Alaska Soils, 7 pages
  2. Sand, 6 pages
  3. Air Photo Interpretation, 8 pages
  4. Foamed Asphalt, 6 pages
  5. Soil Houses, 6 pages
  6. Particle Sizes, 6 pages

Vol. 4, No. 1-4, 1960

  1. Electroosmosis, 6 pages
  2. History of Roads, 6 pages
  3. Alluvial Geology, 6 pages
  4. Earth Dams, 6 pages

Vol. 5, No. 1-4, 1961

  1. Frost Action, 6 pages
  2. Grout, 6 pages
  3. Seventh Approximation (agronomic soil classification), 4 pages
  4. Engineering Soil Classification, 6 pages

Vol. 6, No. 1-2, 1962

Vol. 7, No. 1, 1963

Vol. 8, 1964

Vol. 9, 1967