BS 7755-5.1(1996) : 1996
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SOIL QUALITY - PHYSICAL METHODS - DETERMINATION OF PORE WATER PRESSURE - TENSIOMETER METHOD
Hardcopy , PDF
English
01-01-1996
31-05-2014
Committees responsible
National foreword
Method
1 Scope
2 Definitions
3 Principle
4 Apparatus
5 Procedure
6 Expression of results
7 Test report
Annexes
A (normative) Construction and use of mercury
manometers
B (informative) Tensiometer materials and
construction
C (informative) Examples of pressure sensors other
than mercury manometers
D (informative) Field installation of tensiometers
E (informative) Relation of pore water pressure and
hydraulic pressure, and calculation from
tensiometer measurements
F (informative) Bibliography
Table
1 Conversions between soil water potential and its
pressure and head equivalents
Figures
1 The main elements of tensiometers incorporated into
a variety of designs intended for field and
laboratory use
2 Components of the pressure measured by a sensor
attached to a tensiometer
A.1 Mercury manometer system for use with tensiometers
A.2 Diagram of the pressure components measured by a
mercury-manometer type tensiometer
B.1 Alternative air trap and connecting tube
arrangements
D.1 Tensiometers installed at depth from the side of
a pit
D.2 Tensiometer installation methods
| Committee |
EH/4
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| DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes 92/53777 DC. (10/2005) Renumbered and superseded by BS EN ISO 11276. (05/2014)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
22
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Superseded
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| SupersededBy | |
| Supersedes |
| 10/30205348 DC : 0 | BS 10175 - INVESTIGATION OF POTENTIALLY CONTAMINATED SITES - CODE OF PRACTICE |
| BS 10175(2011) : 2011 | INVESTIGATION OF POTENTIALLY CONTAMINATED SITES - CODE OF PRACTICE |
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