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in-situ soil test [1 record]

Record 1 1986-12-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Tests (Construction)
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
  • Soil Mechanics (Engineering)
DEF

A test to determine soil properties performed on the ground, in a borehole, trial pit, or trench as opposed to a laboratory test on a sample. It may be a soil density test, vane test or a dynamic penetration test.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Essais du sol (Construction)
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
  • Mécanique des sols
CONT

Les techniques les plus souvent employées [...] interviennent sur le terrain (essais «in-situ») et en laboratoire. Les essais «in-situ» consistent à sonder le sol à différentes profondeurs grâce, le plus souvent, à deux instruments : le pénétromètre [...] [et] le pressiomètre muni d'une sonde à membrane.

Spanish

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