USES OF AUTOMATED GEOTECHNICAL INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEMS

Developments in electronics and instrumentation offer the promise of lower costs and improved reliability for electronic systems to monitor geotechnical instrumentation. The miniaturization of electronics, reduction of power consumption, reduced component cost, and improved component reliability all help to make new instruments possible and geotechnical instrumentation more cost effective. This paper details the application of some of these developments to 3 problems and summarizes the potential benefits to the engineer from their use.

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• Corporate Authors:

  American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

  100 Barr Harbor Drive, P.O. Box C700
  West Conshohocken, PA  United States  19428-2957
• Authors:
  • Marr, W A
• Conference:
  • Field Instrumentation for Soil and Rock
  • Location: Atlanta, Georgia
  • Date: 1998-6-18 to 1998-6-19
• Publication Date: 1999-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 36-50

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cost effectiveness; Electronic components; Electronics; Engineers; Field tests; Geotechnical engineering; Instruments for measuring chemical content or structure; Instruments for measuring loads or pressure; Instruments for measuring specific phenomena; Instruments for measuring specific properties; Modernization; Piezometers; Soil mechanics; Transportation engineering
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; I42: Soil Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00794534
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0803126042
• Report/Paper Numbers: STP 1358
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 17 2000 12:00AM