Practical Laboratory Rock Mechanics Testing
Members of Geolabs rock testing team attended the Practical Laboratory Rock Mechanics Testing for Civil and Ground Engineering Course at Portsmouth University with Phil Benson (PhD CPhys FGS) and Pete Rowley (PhD). The course was aimed at geologists, civil and geotechnical engineers for their skills and rock mechanics theory and practise to be developed and refreshed. It included extensive practical experience in testing (characterization tests, UCS, UCS with Young’s Modulus and Poisson’s Ratio, Hoek triaxials, acoustic wave velocities, advanced rock triaxials, shearbox, etc.) and analysing rock samples to a range of International Society of Rock Mechanics (ISRM) laboratory standards, covering the science behind the testing.
The course was endorsed by
