IN SITU SOILS MEASURING DEVICES-PART 2

Soils engineering is as much art as science - mostly because techniques for measuring soil parameters leave much in the realm of estimation. Developing instrumentation practices and equipment improving the odds, however. The trend is toward in situ measurements, so here is a roundup of equipment and procedures that help soils engineering. Although new instruments are coming on the market, most are simply improvements on old techniques. There are areas where new equipment and techniques would be most welcome. /ASCE/

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• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

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  New York, NY  United States  10017-2398
• Publication Date: 1975-12

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 00 73-77
• Serial:
  • Civil Engineering
  • Volume: 45
  • Issue Number: 12
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0885-7024
  • Serial URL: http://www.pubs.asce.org/ceonline/newce/html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Boreholes; Cone penetrometers; Engineering soils; Equipment; Field tests; Geotechnical engineering; Load cells; Measuring instruments; Physical properties; Porosity; Soil penetration test; Soil samplers; Soil tests; Soils
• Uncontrolled Terms: Site investigation
• Old TRIS Terms: Insitu methods
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00133495
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 5 1976 12:00AM