The piezometer What is a piezometer? The piezometer is an instrument for measuring the level of the water table and/or the interstitial pressures. This instrumentation is installed in the probing hole and performed with continuous core drilling or core destruction. Types of piezometer There are different types of piezometers adopted in low to the hydrogeological…
The EN Eurocodes apply to the structural design of buildings and other civil engineering works including, geotechnical aspects, structural fire design and situations including earthquakes, execution and temporary structures. For the design of special construction works (e.g. nuclear installations, dams, etc) other provisions than those in the EN Eurocodes might be necessary. It is basically used in 27…
In the design of road and rail embankments on fine-grained or very fine-grained soils, it is necessary to understand the settlements to overland the time. This is because, in the case of water infiltration, the drainage process takes place very slowly in the medium and long term. The problem is particularly felt in the sections…
