Instruments for the monitoring of groundwater pressure, deformation, load and strain in structural members and total stress are described, together with a brief explanation of how they work, schematic diagrams of selected instruments and other important issues. Applications for the instruments are included. The general role of instrumentation for various types of projects is followed by tabular listings of possible geotechnical questions that need to be answered and that may lead to the use of instrumentation, with summaries to indicate some of the types of instruments that can be considered for helping to provide answers to these geotechnical questions.

CONTENTS

  • 95.1

    Introduction 1379

  • 95.2

    Instruments for monitoring groundwater pressure 1379

  • 95.3

    Instruments for monitoring deformation 1384

  • 95.4

    Instruments for monitoring load and strain in structural members 1389

  • 95.5

    Instruments for monitoring total stress 1392

  • 95.6

    General role of instrumentation, and summaries of instruments to be considered for helping to provide answers to various geotechnical questions 1393

  • 95.7

    Acknowledgement 1400

  • 95.8

    References 1402

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