Designation:D5514/D5514M−14StandardTestMethodforLargeScaleHydrostaticPunctureTestingofGeosynthetics1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD5514/D5514M;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thistestmethodevaluatesthestress/timepropertiesofgeosyntheticsbyusinghydrostaticpressuretocompressthegeosyntheticoversyntheticornaturaltestbasesconsistingofmanufacturedtestpyramids/cones,rocks,soilorvoids.1.2Thistestmethodallowstheusertodeterminetherelativefailuremode,pointsoffailureforgeosynthetics,orboth.1.3Thistestmethodofferstwodistinctprocedures.1.3.1ProcedureAincorporatesmanufacturedtestpyramidsorconesasthebaseofthetestingapparatus.ProcedureAisintendedtocreatecomparabledatabetweenlaboratories,andcanbeusedasaguideforroutineacceptancetestforvariousmaterials.1.3.2ProceduresBandCincorporatesitespecificsoilorothermaterialselectedbytheuserasthetestbaseofthetestingapparatus.ProceduresBandCaremethodsforgeosyntheticdesignforaspecificsite.1.4ThevaluesstatedineitherSIunitsorinch-poundunitsaretoberegardedseparatelyasstandard.Thevaluesstatedineachsystemmaynotbeexactequivalents;therefore,eachsystemshallbeusedindependentlyoftheother.Combiningvaluesfromthetwosystemsmayresultinnon-conformancewiththestandard.1.5Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.Foraspecificwarningstatement,seeSection6.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2D792TestMethodsforDensityandSpecificGravity(Rela-tiveDensity)ofPlasticsbyDisplacementD1505TestMethodforDensityofPlasticsbytheDensity-GradientTechniqueD2488PracticeforDescriptionandIdentificationofSoils(Visual-ManualProcedure)D4439Terminol...
