A TENTATIVE CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR NUCLEAR DEPTH MOISTURE/DENSITY GAGES

NUCLEAR EQUIPMENT FOR FIELD MEASUREMENT OF SOIL MOISTURE AND DENSITY HAS RECEIVED WIDE ACCEPTANCE FROM SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS, BUT THE MAJORITY OF WORK ACCOMPLISHED WITH THESE INSTRUMENTS HAS BEEN DONE WITH SURFACE-TYPE GAGES. THE USE OF NUCLEAR DEPTH INSTRUMENTS PRESENTS SOME SERIOUS PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE STANDARDIZATION AND CALIBRATION OF THE EQUIPMENT. AS TENTATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR SOME OF THESE PROBLEMS, TECHNIQUES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND MEASUREMENT OF SECONDARY LABORATORY STANDARDS ARE PRESENTED AND A PRELIMINARY CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR BOTH MOISTURE AND MOISTURE AND DENSITY GAGES IS PROPOSED. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrr/1968/248/248-007.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper sponsored by Committee on Nuclear Principles and Applications and presented at the 47th Annual Meeting. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
• Authors:
  • LeFevre, E W
  • Manke, Phillip G
• Publication Date: 1968

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 82-90
• Monograph Title: Construction practices and nuclear testing
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 248
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Calibration; Depth; Measuring instruments; Nuclear tests; Soil densification; Soil water; Standardization
• Old TRIS Terms: Fild measurements
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00216748
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-003 258
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Aug 10 2004 5:50PM