A range of laboratory tests

  • Determination of soil moisture content – ČSN EN ISO 17892-1
  • Determination of aggregate moisture content – ČSN EN 1097-5
  • Determination of soil grain size distribution – ČSN EN ISO 17892-4
  • Determination of aggregate gradation – screen analysis – ČSN EN 933-1
  • Determination of consistency limits – ČSN EN ISO 17892-12
  • Determination of bulk density of soils – ČSN EN ISO 17892-2
  • Determination of apparent density of solid particles – ČSN EN ISO 17892-3
  • Laboratory determination of carbonates in soils – ČSN 72 1022
  • Determination of loss by annealing – Methodologies of ČGÚ 1987 (the former Czech Geological Institute, now the Czech Geological Survey), Chapter 8
  • Laboratory determination of soil compactibility – ČSN EN 13286-2
  • Parameter of the degree of compaction “C”, “D” – ČSN 72 1006 *
  • Laboratory determination of bearing ratio (CBR) – ČSN EN 13286-47
  • Laboratory determination of minimum and maximum soil compactness – ČSN 72 1018 *
  • Laboratory determination of relative linear shrinkage of soils – ČSN 72 1019 *
  • Laboratory determination of soil permeability – ČSN 72 1020, method F *
  • Determination of soil compressibility in an oedometer – ČSN EN ISO 17892-5 (time pattern of consolidation with a calculation of the consolidation coefficient, soil sagging, soil swelling capacity, determination of coefficient “z”)
  • Determination of soil swelling capacity – Methodologies of ČGÚ 1987, Chapter 20
  • Box shear test – ČSN EN ISO 17892-10 (effective parameters of peak and residual shear strength)
  • Tests of unconfined compressive strength – ČSN EN ISO 17892-7
  • Triaxial shear test – ČSN EN ISO 17892-8
  • Consolidated triaxial test – ČSN EN ISO 17892-9 *
  • Cone thrust test – ČSN EN ISO 17892-6 *

* Non-accredited tests

Based on the results of index tests, classification is performed according to ČSN EN ISO 14688-2 and ČSN 73 6133, including the depiction of the Scheible criterion of frost susceptibility or boundary lines according to ČSN 75 2410 in a graph of a grain size distribution test.

A range of laboratory tests

  • Determination of soil moisture content – ČSN EN ISO 17892-1
  • Determination of aggregate moisture content – ČSN EN 1097-5
  • Determination of soil grain size distribution – ČSN EN ISO 17892-4
  • Determination of aggregate gradation – screen analysis – ČSN EN 933-1
  • Determination of consistency limits – ČSN EN ISO 17892-12
  • Determination of bulk density of soils – ČSN EN ISO 17892-2
  • Determination of apparent density of solid particles – ČSN EN ISO 17892-3
  • Laboratory determination of carbonates in soils – ČSN 72 1022
  • Determination of loss by annealing – Methodologies of ČGÚ 1987 (the former Czech Geological Institute, now the Czech Geological Survey), Chapter 8
  • Laboratory determination of soil compactibility – ČSN EN 13286-2
  • Parameter of the degree of compaction “C”, “D” – ČSN 72 1006 *
  • Laboratory determination of bearing ratio (CBR) – ČSN EN 13286-47
  • Laboratory determination of minimum and maximum soil compactness – ČSN 72 1018 *
  • Laboratory determination of relative linear shrinkage of soils – ČSN 72 1019 *
  • Laboratory determination of soil permeability – ČSN 72 1020, method F *
  • Determination of soil compressibility in an oedometer – ČSN EN ISO 17892-5 (time pattern of consolidation with a calculation of the consolidation coefficient, soil sagging, soil swelling capacity, determination of coefficient “z”)
  • Determination of soil swelling capacity – Methodologies of ČGÚ 1987, Chapter 20
  • Box shear test – ČSN EN ISO 17892-10 (effective parameters of peak and residual shear strength)
  • Tests of unconfined compressive strength – ČSN EN ISO 17892-7
  • Triaxial shear test – ČSN EN ISO 17892-8
  • Consolidated triaxial test – ČSN EN ISO 17892-9 *
  • Cone thrust test – ČSN EN ISO 17892-6 *

* Non-accredited tests

Based on the results of index tests, classification is performed according to ČSN EN ISO 14688-2 and ČSN 73 6133, including the depiction of the Scheible criterion of frost susceptibility or boundary lines according to ČSN 75 2410 in a graph of a grain size distribution test.