Cyclic Simple Shear Testing for evaluation of liquefaction potential Liquefaction is a condition in which pore water pressures within a soil mass increase significantly under cyclic loading, […]
How soil behaviour shaped destruction and why geotechnical insight is key to earthquake resilience. Introduction On 28 March 2025, a powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck central Myanmar […]
Bromhead and Bishop Ring Shear Devices Two main Ring Shear devices are generally available on the market, Bishop and Bromhead Ring Shear. In this blog post, a comparison […]
Over Consolidation Ratio (OCR) Geotechnical design is an important aspect of civil engineering that deals with the analysis and design of structures that interact with the ground. […]
This blog aims to highlight the differences between the two types of Dynamic Simple Shear systems that VJ Tech provide, and why one might be preferred over […]
(1) Cloud Licensing Clisp has grown significantly since its inception and now has hundreds of test types, supported instruments and standards. The existing Physical Security Keys (Dongles) […]
Adequate saturation of the High Air Entry (HAE) ceramic disc is important to perform a Soil Water Characteristic Curve (SWCC) test as it provides higher accuracy in […]
This support document is designed to give a brief introduction to the theory of Direct Simple Shear (or DSS) testing for a technician or engineer new to this test. This […]
There are several laboratories and in situ tests that can be done to estimate the permeability of the soil and every test has its own advantages and […]
A Bender Element Test is a non-destructive test performed in soil specimens to determine the small-strain shear modulus (Gmax) of the soil. Gmax is an important soil property which […]