IS 14294 : 1995 Geotextiles - Method for determination of apparant opening size by dry sieving technique

1 Scope

This Indian Standard specifies method to determine apparent opening size(AOS) by sieving glass beads through the geotextile. This method is suitable forAOS 60 microns and above.

2 References

IS460Specification for test sieves :

Part 1 :1985Part 1 Wire cloth test sieves(Reaffirmed 1990)

Part 2 :1985Part 2 Perforated plate test sieves(Reaffirmed 1990)

Part 3 :1985Part 3 Methods of examination of apertures oftest sieves(Reaffirmed 1990)

IS 6359 :1971Method for conditioning of textiles(Reaffirmed 1993)

IS 13321 : Part 1 :1992 Glossary of terms for geosynthetics:Part 1 Terms used in materials and properties