SOIL - INVESTIGATION AND TESTING - DETERMINATION OF THE COEFFICIENT OF WATER PERMEABILITY - PART 1: LABORATORY TESTS

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

01-01-1998

Publisher

German Institute for Standardisation (Deutsches Institut für Normung)

Foreword
1 Scope and field of application
2 Normative references
3 Concepts
3.1 Flow rate
3.2 Discharge velocity
3.3 Standpipe head
3.4 Difference in head
3.5 Hydraulic gradient
3.6 Coefficient of permeability
3.7 Permeability range
3.8 Test class
4 Designation
5 Test conditions
5.1 General
5.2 Sample material
5.3 Density
5.4 Properties of water
5.5 Degree of saturation
5.6 Hydraulic gradient
5.7 Temperature
5.8 Specimen size
6 Test arrangements
6.1 Producing the hydraulic gradient
6.2 Measurement of standpipe heads
6.3 Measurement of water flow
6.4 Prevention of seepage
6.5 Saturation
6.6 Stresses in the specimen
6.7 Test arrangement
7 Test methods
7.1 Compression permeameter test
7.2 Constant-head permeameter test
7.3 Triaxial cell test
7.4 Simple hydraulic cell test
8 Evaluation
8.1 Constant-head permeameter tests
8.2 Variable-head permeameter tests
8.3 Relationship between coefficient of permeability and voids
ratio
8.4 Expression of results
9 Examples

DocumentType	Standard
Pages	24
PublisherName	German Institute for Standardisation (Deutsches Institut für Normung)
Status	Current
SupersededBy	DIN EN ISO 17892-11:2019-05

DIN 4020 E : 2010	GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATIONS FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING PURPOSES - SUPPLEMENTARY RULES TO DIN EN 1997-2
DIN EN 16416 E : 2013	GEOSYNTHETIC CLAY BARRIERS - DETERMINATION OF WATER FLUX INDEX - FLEXIBLE WALL PERMEAMETER METHOD AT CONSTANT HEAD
DIN 4020:2010-12	GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATIONS FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING PURPOSES - SUPPLEMENTARY RULES TO DIN EN 1997-2