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Facilities

Facilities

Geotechnical Field Testing

1- Penetration Tests

 

·         Static cone penetrometer rigs,  self-anchoring and self-propelled and truck mounted types, capacity 200kn.

 

Each rig is equipped with the following systems:

 

-          Mechanical cone penetrometer / Begeman cone (CPT).

-          Elecrical testing system (CPTU).

-          50 MPA piezocone.

-          Seismocone.

 

·         Standard Penetration Tests (SPT).

·         Dynamic Cone Penetration Test (DCPT).

·         Manual dynamic penetrometer (Mackintosh Probe) and (TRL).

·         Pocket penetrometers.

·         Field Vane shear test apparatus, various dimensions.

 

 

2- Expansion Tests

 

·         Menard pressuremeter sets (for soil and weak rock).

·         High pressure dilatometers / elastometers (for rock).

 

3- Permeability Tests

 

·         Field constant head permeability test.

·         Field falling head permeability test.

·         Pneumatic single packer test in borehole (Lugeon test).

·         Pneumatic double packer test in borehole (Lugeon test).

 

4- Pumping Tests

 

·         Pumping test.

·         Discharge measurement for channels.

·         Infiltration test.

·         Percolation test.

 

5-Compaction Tests

 

·        Plate bearing tests.

·         Field CBR test.

·         Field density tests.