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Cuarren 33 Inclinometers Faclag pore $39 fs borehole or 08 a srueture: of @ gravity operated peadtulars anal. 1f © is the inclination at 2 particu abvalute horizontal displacement rom the vertical Tir Lo, where L = the reading interval, oo thatthe total displacement from deal 38H = LO, Thus the change im is E380. The inctina- measured a ity is ths Ing over a getiod of time cnable both movement to be calculated (Green, described, lation consists of an. access tubing, a torpedo and & shows the necess tube, torpedo, cable drum and port- f the components of tht inelinemeter (Series ‘Seil Instruments Ltd (SIL), London. © able digital read-ont 600) manufactured esd Ualt ‘The Jnformation derived from the inclinameser can be displseed elther om 4 mete or digstal read-out unit, ‘The meter displays inclination on ts switched ad diplscement ranges te nomially a 20" (een tity 0081 and 10 m (aenstviy 0.001 mn) respecte Figs SIL Inetizameter Torpedo (Coursey: SIL Leadon} Forpess tervals in the tube, and any angular changes cause a movement of the’penda- Jum, The resultant change in ouput from the brids: arc fed to the read-out Phase 32.3 inometer sbowing torpedo and coniral baw, Indicator Co., Settle, Washingtos) Facing page 542 4 counting dial eading from 0 io 1000. connected by a heavy duty cable wheels. Fixed guid wheels, align in a cf the Instrument, are mounted oa coe sie. The torpedo and ‘The torpeda ha vertical plane parallel —_ ination ata given epih produces a change in cal dilference (fy Dial = [Rs — By) new reading [B.. — Re] initial reading ‘The change jm inclination may be expressed af “To compute the Iateral displacement (A/F at each interval of desth, Foeing page 515 = Hg mas =e (44 Dial) pe resaings BF where: 1 vertical distance beraren surce ' <= aay A the vertical distance between ssccstsive rendings is constant, them the tora Lxeral displacement Hof any point with respect to the botuem is A= EAH = BA Dal on in one measuring dircc- ‘perpendicular positon 5348 RDSO Ieclinometer ‘The inclinomeler® developed at the Reseasch Designs and Standard Orpanisttion (RDSO) of the Railways, Lucknow, is meant to measure Interal ‘Cogrteny Shri EN Verma, Jnlat Dlistoe Remarch (SM), RISO, Lucknow, 1977 sa3 movement cif the soil and the Injeral mowesiear of sheet be, diaphragm wall 5 shuren an Fig ‘pendulum streéchex the spring and Thereby to Cchasiged, Tee change ix ependent cm the if RO Inclewsietes Probe “To mesure horizental soil movements, a 154) nimi ke ts drilled 19 a depth at least | m below the depth of expetted soil movemems. A 30 mm square lumintam pope ezccted centrally in the bole asd the ssmolor space bebweem the aluminum pipe and the tides of the hele fs lied with cement sand shurry. ‘The sluriimium pipe serves as an pocess cube ia which the inclinometer probe fc lowered, ay shown in Fig. 33-4, One face of the pipe fs kept parallel. to tha Bligncoent The probe is guided by its set of wheels moving i the opponite comers of the square pipe. For ebserving soil movements in the other directice, the peobe i rotted at 90° and agsin lowered. The probe fs ta Be calikrated by meens of n ealfwation rig and the setusl memsarements arc taken. with referener ta the calibration hast “When mescuriog movements of 3 sheet pile or diaphragm wail, the 50mm wminium pipe is inserted into 2 73 mm. G1. pipe fixed om the sheet isphvagm wall. The comers of the alumininm pipe are chamfered be arcommedaicd in the 75 min C1. pipe, The lower end of the Cysrna 4 Refraction Setsnobopy Up the wre ereatecl by records the wave signal frum we peophcm Hedee hammer impact, urbess the ensifive device for detncting ground wibretions: wed Secticil sigeal. It corssts of x coi] of wire supported eld, Viratioon cause the eal to move through the tion lew of the peophone szgnal, The sl sct- ‘frat cycle’ readings of the growed wheat ons jena, taiely on” Parinecrina Seivncgrans Vases ae, USA. The mothor gratefully ackecmledes ‘ioe Manual of Bove pperealian of wppradeation, 1718

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