The Benefits of Automated CBR Testing VJ Tech Limited - Blog - campaigns@seojunkies.com May 01 2014 240 0 The California Bearing Ratio (CBR Test) is a penetration test for evaluating the load-bearing capacity of soils used for building roads and other hardened surfaces. The traditional method of for a CBR Test involved penetrating a plunger of fixed diameter into a soil sample using a Load Frame (usually controlled by some mechanical device) with a Load Ring for measuring Vertical Load and the Displacement measured using Mechanical Dial Gauges. This required the laboratory technician to be on hand with a clipboard and datasheet(s) to record the data when required throughout the Test. Read more ...
Equipment Maintenance part 4 VJ Tech Limited - Blog - campaigns@seojunkies.com Apr 30 2014 33 0 Company News Support Documents ACONS Equipment maintenance These 'Equipment Maintenance' posts are intended to show how to service and perform basic maintenance of different VJ Tech equipment. This post describes how to attach the ACONS earth lead should it prove necessary and how to adjust the screen contrast on the ACONS and other various VJ Tech Instruments. This may be necessary if the screen is too bright or too dark. Read more ...
Consolidation Testing Part 1 (Test Setup) VJ Tech Limited - Blog - campaigns@seojunkies.com Apr 29 2014 195 0 Company News Consolidation Testing Automation Consolidation Testing Consolidation Testing – Part 1 will describe the initial setup for a Consolidation Test involving the system setup and test creation using an Automatic CONSolidation (ACONS) Instrument. Read more ...
The Benefits of Automated Shear Testing VJ Tech Limited - Blog - campaigns@seojunkies.com Apr 28 2014 57 0 Company News Shear Testing Shear Testing The Benefits of Automated Shear Testing | Shear Testing Understanding shear strength is vital to the engineering properties of any structural project. Shear testing determines the strength of a material and records the specific strains a substance can take allowing the technician to understand how the sample will ‘behave’ in its relative field. Read more ...
Using Clisp Studio - Part 3 VJ Tech Limited - Blog - campaigns@seojunkies.com Apr 25 2014 82 0 Welcome to part 3 of our Clisp Studio user guide. To get the best performance from our advanced software you must become familiar with all the facilities in Clisp Studio to help your testing run smoothly. Read more ...
Triaxial Testing Part 3 - Test Execution, Monitoring and Results VJ Tech Limited - Blog - campaigns@seojunkies.com Apr 24 2014 117 0 Triaxial Testing Part One of our Triaxial Testing guide described the initial setup for a Triaxial Test involving the System Setup, Sample Preparation and Test Creation. Part 2 described the setup required for the Saturation, Consolidation and Shear stages. Triaxial Testing Part 3 will describe the Test execution, monitoring and results manipulation and assumes that all 5 setup steps of the ‘Assistant’ have already been completed. Read more ...
Equipment Maintenance Part 3 - Replacing the Internal O Ring on the Ram in a Triaxial Cell VJ Tech Limited - Blog - campaigns@seojunkies.com Apr 23 2014 97 0 Equipment maintenance checks are vital to ensure the risk of potential problems is significantly reduced. Part three explains how to replace the internal Ram ‘O’ Ring in a standard Triaxial Cell, as well as one fitted with an internal load cell. Read more ...
Remote Support VJ Tech Limited - Blog - peter@vjtech.co.uk Apr 01 2014 26 0 Remote Support from VJ Tech Read more ...
Direct Simple Shear VJ Tech Limited - Blog - peter@vjtech.co.uk Mar 31 2014 364 0 Press Releases Direct Simple Shear Shear Testing VJ Tech has developed a Simple Shear Testing System, used to carry out a direct simple shear test to determine the shear modulus of a soil sample. The sample is contained within confining rings under applied normal load and is sheared along a predefined plane until it is stressed to failure. Read more ...
Large Sample Rowe Cell - 252.3 mm - 10 Inch VJ Tech Limited - Blog - peter@vjtech.co.uk Mar 31 2014 315 0 Press Releases Consolidation Large Sample Rowe Cell VJ Tech has recently developed a Rowe Consolidation Cell suitable for a 252.3 mm (10”) sample. The Rowe cell is a development of the original cell designed by Professor P W Rowe at Manchester University, England. Read more ...