Soil Bearing Capacity Test 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.

Soil bearing capacity test equipment.

Compaction control and bearing capacity. Gilson s selection of cbr test equipment and products meet astm and aashto standards. Drop hammer 65 kg 140 lbs. For performing this test the plate is placed at the desired depth then the load is applied gradually and the settlement for.

Equations for calculating the bearing capacity and settlement of soil. Products are also available for the florida limerock bearing ratio lbr laboratory test. Humboldt s soil lab testing equipment includes atterberg limits testing hydrometer analysis permeability cbr unconfined soil testers and sand equivalent testing. The plate load test is a field test which is performed to determine the ultimate bearing capacity of the soil and the probable settlement under a given load.

This test is very popular for the selection and design of the shallow foundation. Standard penetration test tools. The standard penetration test spt is most popular and economical test to determine the surface information both on land and offshore. Procedure excavate a pit of required depth.

Also available are plate load testers used to determine bearing capacity of soil under varying load conditions. This equipment is used to evaluate soils per astm standards such as astm d1883 d4318 d2166 and d7928. Preferably equal to the depth of foundation take a solid ball or square cube of known weight and dimension. What is the plate load test.

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 ultimate bearing capacity is divided by 2 or 3 for the factor of safety to determine the safe bearing capacity. Cbr lab testing determines moisture content and strength of laboratory samples. Consolidation equipment tests for.

Drop the ball or square cube several times from a known height. Soil bearing capacity of clay soil. The ultimate bearing capacity safe bearing capacity can be determined from the ultimate load on the plate. Field tests measure the strength of soils in place.

This simple and quick field test will give you a rough idea of bearing capacity of soil.