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Investigation · 07

In-situ & laboratory testing

Seventeen in-situ tests in the field and a full physico-mechanical suite in our own laboratory — so sampling and testing stay under one roof and one chain of custody.

17 In-situ tests
80 bar Pressuremeter
300 bar Dilatometer
In-house Laboratory

In the field

In-situ tests

  • Drilling and sampling
  • Bore hole logging
  • Permeability
  • Standard Penetration Test
  • Dynamic Cone Penetration Test
  • Vane Shear Test
  • Pressuremeter Test — max. 80 bar
  • Dilatometer — max. 300 bar
  • Plate Load Test
  • Modulus of Sub-grade Reaction (K-value)
  • California Bearing Ratio
  • Plate Jacking Test inside drift, with borehole extensometer option for multi-point measurement
  • Hydrofracture / HTPF Test
  • Flat Jack Test for in-situ stress measurement
  • In-situ Direct Shear Test
  • Pull Out Test of grouted rock anchors
  • Monitoring of rock movements
Direct shear test apparatus
Direct shear apparatus.

In the laboratory

Soil

Our in-house laboratory is built to international standard and equipped for characterising the physico-mechanical properties of soil, rock and rock joints.

  • Gradation analysis
  • Atterberg limit
  • Direct shear test
  • Uniaxial compressive test
  • Triaxial compressive strength test — UU / CU / CD
  • California Bearing Ratio (CBR)
  • Consolidation
  • Permeability
  • Density
  • Proctor compaction
  • Swell pressure and swelling index
  • Total soluble solids, organic matter, calcium carbonate, carbon exchange capacity, pH and total soluble sulphates
Laboratory testing equipment

Intact rock and rock joints

  • Index properties
  • Uniaxial compressive test
  • Triaxial compressive test
  • Modulus of elasticity and Poisson’s ratio
  • Tensile strength test
  • Point load index test
  • Hardness / toughness test
  • Petrographic analysis
  • Direct shear test
  • Hydro fracture tests
Rock testing apparatus in the laboratory

Next step

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Send us the test schedule or the specification you are working to.

Beantpreet Singh — Business Development +91 78883 13160 bd@rawelsinghco.in