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Have questions about your materials testing equipment? We have the answers to these questions and much more right here! Check back monthly for long-form blog posts, how-to guides, and more. We’ll address industry insights, the operation and maintenance of specific equipment, and our product line recommendations, all designed to better serve you.
Knowing how to determine stress versus strain is central to almost any strength assessment performed in a construction materials testing lab. In this blog, we explore the various the test methods and instruments available for measuring load and displacement.
Continue Reading Stress vs. Strain: Selecting Equipment to Measure Load & Displacement
Laboratory load frames perform multiple test methods on a variety of soil, asphalt, and cement materials simply by changing prescribed components used for load and distance measurements. This blog post introduces Gilson's innovative Servo Control Load Frames and explores important considerations for selection of a suitable load frame and testing components for your applications.
Continue Reading Gilson Servo Control Load Frames: Comprehensive, Adaptable, Precise
Soil is a natural material and is sometimes employed as a construction material without modification. It is crucial to understand how it performs in its original (in-situ) environment. For this article, we will examine various field tests of soil and the equipment required to perform them.
Continue Reading Soil Field Testing: Physical Properties of Soil
Performing geotechnical and engineering tests on soils in the field is a combination of necessity and practicality. In this two-part series, this first post looks at methods, procedures, and equipment needed for field sampling and visual classification of soils.
Continue Reading Soil Sampling & Visual Classification, Methods & Procedures
With a little thought and planning, you can avoid duplicating the equipment needed to perform many sample preparation tasks. Many ASTM and AASHTO soil tests performed follow similar techniques and use the same or similar equipment to set up samples for your soil testing.
Continue Reading Soil Sample Preparation: Saving Money in Your Geotechnical Lab
This month's blog discusses the triaxial shear test of soil. It focuses on three different test methods, all with variable requirements based on soil types and properties of individual specimens.
Continue Reading Triaxial Shear Testing of Soils, Understanding Methods and Equipment
In this blog post we discuss why it is important to perform strength tests of soil subgrades for pavement design, and also review what is needed for each type of test method whether it be in the lab or out in the field including the DCP test.
Continue Reading California Bearing Ratio Test: CBR Values & Why They Matter
Measuring the particle size distribution of fine-grained soils like clay and silt is best performed using the soil hydrometer test. In this blog post, we provide some guidance from sample prepping to performing the test procedure by following the ASTM D7928 standard test method.
Continue Reading Soil Hydrometer Testing: Sedimentation Method Techniques & Equipment
In this blog, we briefly discuss what soil permeability (hydraulic conductivity) is and detail what equipment can be used for a wide array of soil permeability tests.
Continue Reading Soil Permeability Test: All You Need To Know
