- Determination of the water content according to DIN 18121 – Part 1 or Part 2 (rapid method)
- Determination of the state limits (yield and roll-out limits according to Atterberg) in accordance with DIN 18122 – Part 1
- Determination of the shrinkage limit in accordance with DIN 18122 – Part 2 or by determining the change in volume and water content
- Determination of grain density according to DIN 18124 (capillary pycnometer)
- Determination of the dry bulk density according to DIN 52102 (pycnometer method)
- Determination of water content, density of moist and dry soil, pore number and saturation number in accordance with DIN 18125
- Determination of loss on ignition according to DIN 18128 (content of organic components)
- Determination of lime content according to DIN 18129
- Determination of water binding capacity (Enslin/Neff)
- Determination of the loosest and densest storage according to DIN 18126 (impact fork or vibrating table test)
- by sieving: dry sieving (Section 5.4.1) or sieving after wet separation of the fines (Section 5.4.2)
- by sedimentation (section 6)
- by sieving and sedimentation (section 7)
- Determination of the water permeability coefficient using a compression-permeability device (Section 6)
- Determination of the water permeability coefficient using a sampling nozzle, sample diameter up to 30 cm for non-cohesive soils and up to 15 cm for cohesive soils (Section 7)
- Additionally: Determination of the hydraulic gradient
- Determination of the Proctor density and the optimum water content in the Proctor pot (up to 30 cm diameter)
- Determination of the density achievable with Proctor energy at a given water content (up to 30 cm diameter)
- Determination of the deformation behaviour according to DIN 18135 (oedometer test, up to 100 cm diameter)
- Determination of the settlement behaviour over time
- Calculation of the permeability from the time settlement curve
- Determination of swelling pressure, swelling heave and swelling heave over time
- Determination of the uniaxial compressive strength on samples with a diameter of up to 11.5 cm
- Subsequent determination of all relevant key figures (see determination of basic values)
- in the frame shear tester: CU or UU test (fast) or CD test (slow), series of 3 individual tests, sample dimensions up to 50/50 cm; additionally: determination of residual shear strength
- using a pocket penetrometer: up to 0.5 MPa
- using a laboratory vane probe
- in the triaxial compression test in accordance with DIN 18137: CU or UU test (with or without pore water pressure measurement) or CD test, series of 3 individual tests, sample diameter up to 10 cm; additionally: saturation and determination of the water permeability coefficient
- Triaxial deformation test: sample diameter up to 10 cm, with or without pore water pressure measurement
- Pin-hole test
- Determination of the water absorption value according to DIN 18035
- Analyses on asphalt concrete samples and other special tests
- Uniaxial compression test (according to DGEG recommendation no. 1 of AK 19)
- Splitting tensile test (according to DGEG recommendation no. 10 of AK 19)
- Point load test (according to DGEG recommendation no. 5 of AK 19)
- Determination of the shear strength of rock interfaces at constant normal force (on samples up to 10 cm edge length, including processing and casting of the test specimen)
- Determination of the variability of rock samples in water according to DIN 4022 – Part 1
- Testing of natural stone and aggregates in accordance with DIN 52 101 – 52 110
Dynamic analyses of soil samples with 20 cm sample diameter in the double-simple-shear device
- Carrying out pile-driving or diaphragm soundings (with the heavy pile-driving probe if required)
- Carrying out soundings with the vane probe
Carrying out plate load tests in accordance with DIN 18134
Carrying out and analysing geotechnical measurements:
- Inclinometer
- Extensometer
- Pore water pressure transducer
- Base pressure transducers
- Load cells
- and much more
- Determination of density in the field using the sand replacement method (up to max. 15 litres of sample) or using a densitometer in accordance with DIN 18125 – Part 2
- Borehole expansion tests according to Ménard (pressiometer)
- Phicometer tests
- Assessment of water, soils and gases attacking concrete in accordance with DIN 4030
