BS 3680-10C is an international standard that guides the methods of sampling sand-bed and cohesive-bed materials.
BS 3680-10C gives guidance on methods for sampling of both non-cohesive sand-bed material and cohesive-bed material (both of which contain some fine gravel) principally for the purpose of determining the grain size-frequency distribution of the bed material in open channels.
BS 3680-10C discusses definitions, sampling procedure, selection of site and sampler, hand-held samplers, lightweight remotely operated samplers, remotely operated samplers requiring handling machinery, subsurface sampling, choice of samplers for muds, determination of sample mass and the number of samples.
BS 3680-10C on sand-bed and cohesive-bed materials sampling is relevant to:
Bed-material samplers are used to obtain samples of sediment from the bed of a watercourse. They are not to be confused with bed-load discharge samplers which are used to determine the discharge of sediment as bed load.
BS 3680-10C provides users with methods for sampling both non-cohesive and cohesive bed material. BS 3680-10C assists with the choice of sampler for muds, determination of sample mass, and the number of samples.
Overall, BS 3680-10C is useful as it provides guidance on the measurement of liquid flow in open channels that can be beneficial for your business.