National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN ISO 22476‑6:2018.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee B/526/3, Site investigation and ground testing.

A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary.

This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application.

Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations.

This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 31 October 2018.

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This document was prepared by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) Technical Committee CEN/TC 341, Geotechnical investigation and testing, in collaboration with ISO Technical Committee ISO/TC 182, Geotechnics, in accordance with the Agreement on technical cooperation between ISO and CEN (Vienna Agreement).

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European foreword

This document (EN ISO 22476‑6:2018) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 182 "Geotechnics" in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC 341 “Geotechnical Investigation and Testing” the secretariat of which is held by BSI.

This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by April 2019, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by April 2019.

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According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

Endorsement notice

The text of ISO 22476‑6:2018 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 22476‑6:2018 without any modification.

1 Scope

This document specifies the equipment requirements, execution of and reporting on self-boring pressuremeter (SBP) tests.

NOTE This document fulfils the requirements for self-boring pressuremeter test as part of the geotechnical investigation services according to EN 1997‑1 and EN 1997‑2.

Tests with the self-boring pressuremeter cover the measurement in situ of the deformation of soils and weak rocks by the expansion and contraction of a cylindrical flexible membrane under pressure.

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

4 Symbols

5 Equipment

5.1 General

5.2 Self-boring pressuremeter probe

5.3 Self-boring head

5.4 Pressure and displacement CU

5.5 The connecting lines

5.6 The injected fluid

5.7 Means of measurement and control

6 Test procedure

6.1 Selection of equipment and procedures

6.2 Calibration of the testing device and corrections of readings

6.3 Probe placing

6.4 Relaxation

6.5 Loading program

6.6 Backfilling of the borehole

7 Test results — Interpretation of tests

8 Self-boring pressuremeter test report

Bibliography

BS EN ISO 22476-6:2018

Geotechnical investigation and testing. Field testing - Self-boring pressuremeter test

Current, Under Review

Published:

31 Oct 2018