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Bender Elements for measuring a soil sample‘s maximum shear modulus
Bender elements allow you to measure the maximum shear modulus (Gmax) of a soil sample to evaluate its stiffness. Gmax (typically with shear strain levels of about 0.001%) is a key parameter in the l...
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Engineering new materials to replace diamonds for drilling
Diamond drilling was a break-through approach mostly used in mining industry to exploit deposits that would otherwise remain inaccessible. It also enabled the recovery of cores to examine the undergr...
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Meet Humboldt’s new Grand Loader with a loading capacity up to 22000 lbf
Humboldt’s new Load Frame, Grand Loader (HM-5040), is designed to handle multiple applications from road construction to high-volume commercial and educational laboratories, which require higher pres...
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Automatic Ring Shear Testing Machine for Residual Strength of Soils
The new Fully automatic Ring Shear Soil Testing System - Torshear EmS – by Wykeham Farrance/ Controls Group is a versatile machine that benefits from the new low maintenance, efficient and environmen...
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How-to perform automatic consolidation test on soil
A procedure that involves the determination of one-dimensional consolidation and swelling properties of soils is presented by Wykeham Farrance/ CONTROLS Group. The Automatic Computerized Oedometer (A...
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Triaxial Sample Preparation Items
Humboldt has an extensive inventory of all the tools and consumables used for preparing soil samples for triaxial testing. All products adhere to ASTM standards: ASTM D2850, ASTM D2166, ASTM D4767. T...
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A Portable & Low-Cost Solution For Field Or Lab Testing
- May, 31, 2019
- News On Products & Services Laboratory Testing Site Characterization & In-Situ Testing (General)
Unconfined soil testers allow for quick and accurate determinations of unconfined compressive strength of cohesive soils in intact, remolded or reconstituted condition in the field or lab. Humboldt'...
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How to prepare a remoulded soil sample for triaxial testing
A procedure that involves the preparation of remoulded soil samples for soil testing is presented by Wykeham Farrance/ CONTROLS Group. Investigation of stress-strain relationships in soil is usually...
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Fluid viscosity impact on earthquake's intensity
According to a research conducted by a PhD candidate at EPFL, the viscosity of fluids affects the intensity of earthquakes. The study, which was recently published in Nature, was carried out b...
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Advanced Automatic Oedometer System for Soil Consolidation
- Mar, 29, 2019
- News On Products & Services Laboratory Testing Laboratory Testing Instrumentation Instrumentation Laboratory Testing
Control's Group ACE EmS is a versatile and fully automatic Oedometer soil consolidation testing machine featuring incremental loading, swelling, CRS (constant rate of strain), CHG (controlled hydraul...
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