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Features and Benefits:
Product Code : GDSCTS
The GDS Consolidation Testing System (GDSCTS) is a state-of-the-art, fully-automated consolidation testing system designed for soil.
The system is based on the Rowe and Barden type consolidation cell using GDS pressure/volume controllers from the Advanced, Standard, or Enterprise range. Two of these pressure controllers link to the computer, one for axial stress and axial displacement control and one for setting back pressure.
| Key features | Benefits to the user |
|---|---|
| Rowe and Barden type cell: | Direct stress control on specimen via either a flexible or rigid porous disk. |
| Flexibility in the capacity of the system: | Specimen size, load, pressures can be chosen to ensure the system is created specifically to suit the testing required and the budget. |
| Advanced testing (ADVCTS): | Remains the leading Rowe & Barden type consolidation system for research testing throughout the world. All elements of the ADVCTS system are biased towards achieving the greatest resolution and accuracy, for the highest quality tests achievable in a research environment. |
| Standard testing (STDCTS): | Provides a low cost alternative with all the features of the ADVCTS system with slightly reduced accuracies by using GDS standard pressure/volume controllers. |
Techinical Specification:
| Accuracy of Pressure Measurement |
STDCTS: <0.25% measured value. ADVCTS: <0.1% full range
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|---|---|
| Accuracy of Volume Measurement |
STDCTS: <0.25% measured value. ADVCTS: <0.1% full range |
| Pressure Range (MPa) |
3.5 |
| Sample Sizes |
50, 61.8, 63.5, 70, 76.2 or 100mm |
- Radial drainage,
- UNSAT (High air entry stone bonded into a specially modified base) and bender elements.
- Permeability testing
- Bender Elements Testing
