DETERMINATION OF SOIL DENSITY AND MOISTURE CONTENT BY MEANS OF GRAMMA RAYS /IN RUSSIAN/

A MOBILE ISOTOPE DEVICE DEVELOPED IN THE U.S.S.R. IS DESCRIBED. IT CAN BE MOUNTED ON THE CHASSIS OF THE VEHICLE GAZ-69. TO MEASURE SOIL DENSITY, A METHOD BASED ON THE DIRECT IRRADIATION OF SOIL LAYERS WITH GAMMA RAYS IS USED. THE MEAN DENSITY VALUE OF THE UNDISTURBED SOIL STRUCTURE CAN BE OBTAINED FOR A SECTION 40 CM. LONG. A NEUTRON PROBE MEASURES THE MOISTURE CONTENT OF THIN SOIL LAYERS EVERY 8 TO 10 CM. /LCPC/RRL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 31, No 4, PP 6-7, 1 FIG, 1 PHOT
• Authors:
  • Kravchenko, V I
  • Ivlev, N I
  • Kamenets, A M
• Publication Date: 1968-4

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Avtomobil Nye Dorogi /Ussr/
  • Publisher: Kiev

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Density; Gamma rays; Irradiation; Measurement; Moisture content; Nuclear tests; Pavement layers; Soils
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00216535
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Road Research Laboratory /UK
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 25 1971 12:00AM