Soil Bearing Test Equipment

Products are also available for testing relative density.

Soil bearing test equipment.

Also available are plate load testers used to determine bearing capacity of soil under varying load conditions. This test is carried out in a special transparent container called triaxial cell the sample preparation involves special devices and the dimensions of the sample generally cylindrical depend on the end use or the type and detailed design of building or road. Soil compaction equipment for tests such as the proctor both standard astm d698 or aashto t99 and modified astm d1557 and aashto t180 variants. Ele s materials testing equipment enables the accurate classification of soils and the measurement of key parameters such as moisture density shear strength permeability bearing capacity compaction and cbr consolidation atterberg limits shrinkage limit plastic limit and liquid limit particle size distribution sand equivalent value slope stability triaxial soil strength pore water pressure effective stress soil chemistry and much more.

For lab and field use. Proctor testing was developed in the early 1930s and has been used extensively to determine the relationship of moisture and density in compacted cohesive soils. Test results are used to control placement and compaction of soil embankments and engineered fills. Aquaprobe soil moisture meter.

Dredges take samples from the bottoms of lakes rivers ponds or tanks. The bearing plate test determines the soil bearing capacity by the application of an increasing pressure on a foundation formed by a circular plate loaded against a reaction frame and measuring the associated vertical displacement settlement. The consistency of clayey soils can often be estimated from this test. The standard penetration test spt is widely used to get the bearing capacity of soil directly at a certain depth.

The most extensively used test method for load bearing ability is the shear strength test. California bearing ratio cbr equipment for use in the laboratory or field is available. Test mark provides a large selection of soil testing equipment. For testing compaction uniformity and stiffness humboldt provides the hd 4129 3f lightweight deflectometer and the geogauge both provide accurate and established methods for this type of soil testing.

Cbr lab testing determines moisture content and strength of laboratory samples. 642 products soil testing equipment is used in farming construction and civil engineering projects.