Analyse des performances do profigomètre
Amongst the equipment included in instrumentation programs for the construction of embankments on compressible soils, the full profile gage makes it possible to determine the profile of the vertical settlement by measuring the hydrostatic pressure in a flexible pipe filled with liquid and placed horizontally under a structure. Four full profile gages were installed under OLGA-C, which is a test fill built by Hydro-Québec near Matagami. On the site of OLGA-C, settlement tubes, located near the full profiles gages, have provided data that could be closely compared with those given by the full profile gages. Equipped with high accuracy pressure transducers (±0.1%), the full profile gages have shown settlement values within 1 cm, on the average, of the values obtained with vertical tubes. Key words : full profile gage, instrumentation, geotechnic, settlement data, fill construction, test fill. [Journal translation]