该CEN-报告“物理一致性”来源于“物理性能 - 可用性”（HORIZONTAL报告编号21 [60]）和“物理性质 - 固体，触变行为和打桩行为”（HORIZONTAL Report No.22 [61] ）水平工程。 “水平”项目旨在在污泥，生物废物和土壤领域制定横向和协调的欧洲标准，以便在涉及欧盟指令管理的不同用途和处置的多项决策中促进这些主要流程的监管。水平项目包括工作包7“机械性能”，其中包括开发物理一致性的“桌面研究”，因为认识到这种属性对污泥的表征非常重要，因为它几乎影响到所有的处理，利用和处置操作，例如作为储存，抽水，运输，处理，土地扩散，脱水，干燥，填埋。物理一致性的重要性也适用于生物废物和土壤的表征。许多其他材料（如水泥和沥青）的处理和利用也依赖于物理的一致性。描述了对操作的控制和材料特性的需求

This CEN-Report "Physical Consistency" derives from the Desk Studies "Physical Properties -Flowability"(HORIZONTAL Report No. 21 [60]) and "Physical Properties - Solidity, Thixotropic Behaviour andPiling Behaviour" (HORIZONTAL Report No. 22 [61]) of the Horizontal Project. The "Horizontal" project hasthe objective to develop horizontal and harmonised European standards in the fields of sludge, bio-waste andsoil to facilitate regulation of these major streams in the multiple decisions related to different uses anddisposal governed by EU Directives. The Horizontal Project includes the Work Package 7 "Mechanicalproperties" consisting in the development of Desk Studies on physical consistency, because it is recognizedthat this property is very important for the characterization of sludge, since it affects almost all treatment,utilization and disposal operations, such as storage, pumping, transportation, handling, land-spreading,dewatering, drying, landfilling. The importance of the physical consistency is also true for the characterizationof bio-waste and soil. Also handling and utilization of many other materials, such as cement and asphalt arestrictly depending on their physical consistency. The needs for control of operations and also materialcharacteristics are described.