API PUBL 351 Overview of Soil Permeability Test Methods
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API PUBL 351 Document Information:
Title
Overview of Soil Permeability Test Methods
American Petroleum Institute
Publication Date:
Apr 1, 1999
Scope:
SCOPE OF REPORT
This publication outlines various methods to test the permeability of
soil. It is intended to serve only as a general guideline in the
selection of a suitable test method for determining soil permeability.
The final selection of the method and its implementation should be the
responsibility of an experienced hydrologist or geotechnical engineer.
The methods listed here are not an exhaustive list of all available
permeability methods. The report distinguishes between laboratory and
field methods. They are identified according to their applicability to
particular soil types. The methods presented in this report are
applicable to fine-grained soils (silts and clays) and coarse-grained
soils (sands and gravels), but may not be appropriate to organic
soils, such as peat, or to materials such as construction and
demolition debris.
The laboratory test methods covered in this report include the
following:
• Constant head test
• Falling head test
• Flexible wall permeameter test (triaxial test)
• Grain size analysis (sieve analysis)
The field methods covered in this report include the following:
• Slug test (Hvorslev's Method)
• Infiltrometer tests
• Double tube test method
• Air-entry permeameter test
• Borehole test
• Gulf Oil Field Test method
• Well pumping test
• Piezometer method
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