FIELD MEASUREMENTS WITH MICROCOMPUTERS IN SOILS AND ROCKS

Four field applications of microcomputers are described: (I) a microcomputer system has been developed which allows inclinometer readings to be processed and plotted; (II) a system to monitor and analyse pressuremeter tests uses a microcomputer-based "autonomous data acquisition unit" to log the data, which are simultaneously manipulated, and the results displayed on the graphics screen of a separate microcomputer without interfering with the data logging; (III) seismic signals are logged by a microcomputer, on which the data can subsequently be processed; (IV) a data logging system has been developed for use with the CSIRO cell to carry out in situ measurements of rock stresses, with an on-site microcomputer plotting and analysing the strain measurements to give the complete stress tensor immediately following overcoring. By using microcomputers not only to collect but also to analyse data in the field, a programme of field tests and also the conduct of individual tests can be improved. This paper was presented at a joint meeting of the Engineering and Information Groups of the Geological Society on "Applications of Microcomputers in Engineering Geology" held 8 May 1984. For the covering abstract see IRRD 287456. (Author/TRRL)

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• Authors:
  • Coatsworth, A M
  • Corke, D J
  • Finn, P S
  • Jones, A P
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 327-334
• Serial:
  • QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING GEOLOGY
  • Volume: 18
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
  • ISSN: 0481-2085

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data collection; Engineering geology; Field tests; Information processing; Mechanical strain; Microcomputers; Physical properties; Properties of materials; Rocks; Soils; Stresses
• Uncontrolled Terms: Field measurements; Soil properties
• Old TRIS Terms: Insitu methods; Rock properties; Strains
• ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 3874: Control; 8655: Data processing; 5595: Deformation; 8673: Digital computer; 6226: In situ; 4029: Landslide; 5730: Logging; 9045: Micro; 6128: Pressiometer; 4154: Rock; 5731: Seismic; 4156: Soil
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00466028
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1988 12:00AM