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    This document provides instructions for conducting a point load test on rock specimens to determine their strength. It describes the purpose of the test, necessary equipment which includes a point load testing machine and rock specimens. It outlines the procedures for positioning specimens and applying an increasing load until failure within 10 to 60 seconds. Calculations are provided to determine the uncorrected and size corrected point load strength indices Is and Is(50) from the failure load and equivalent core diameter. Forms are included to record test results.

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    This document provides instructions for conducting a point load test on rock specimens to determine their strength. It describes the purpose of the test, necessary equipment which includes a point load testing machine and rock specimens. It outlines the procedures for positioning specimens and applying an increasing load until failure within 10 to 60 seconds. Calculations are provided to determine the uncorrected and size corrected point load strength indices Is and Is(50) from the failure load and equivalent core diameter. Forms are included to record test results.

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    This document provides instructions for conducting a point load test on rock specimens to determine their strength. It describes the purpose of the test, necessary equipment which includes a point load testing machine and rock specimens. It outlines the procedures for positioning specimens and applying an increasing load until failure within 10 to 60 seconds. Calculations are provided to determine the uncorrected and size corrected point load strength indices Is and Is(50) from the failure load and equivalent core diameter. Forms are included to record test results.

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    The document discusses procedures for conducting point load tests and permeability tests on rock samples in a lab setting. The point load test is used to determine the point load strength index of rocks, from which the uniaxial tensile and compressive strengths can be estimated.

    The point load test is used as an index test for strength classification of rock materials.

    The uniaxial tensile (UTS) strength and uniaxial compressive (UCS) strength can be approximated from the point load index (Is(50)).

    Faculty of Science and Technology

    The Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong

    SCE 5431
    Earthwork Engineering

    Lab Session for Earthwork Engineering


    Lab Report on Data Recording Sheet and Question Answering

    Date of Experiment:

    Date of Submission:

    Full Name (in BLOCK letters) Student ID

    Remark: Please submit this lab report two week after the lab session (5 pm
    on or before the due date)
    Point Load Test

    POINT LOAD TEST

    Purpose
    - The point load strength test is used as an index test for strength classification of rock
    materials.

    Equipment and Supplies


    1. Point load testing machine (Figure 1)
    2. Timer
    3. Rock hammer
    4. Brush for cleaning rocks

    Rock specimen

    Core specimens with length/diameter ratio of greater than 1.0, or between 0.3 -1.0.

    Discussion

    - A series of test are commonly used to determine the strength parameter of rock in the
    laboratory, Is(50). The uniaxial tensile (UTS) and compressive (UCS) strengths can be
    approximated from the Is(50) index. The UTS is about 1.25 times Is(50) and the UCS
    is normally between 20 and 25 times the Is(50) index.

    Procedure
    1. Three to four point load test configurations are used depending on the available
    rock specimens
    2. The specimen is positioned between the conical platens. The platens are then
    closed to make contact.
    3. The distance De between the points of contact is read on the scale.
    4. The load is increased such that failure occurs within 10 to 60 sec. and the failure
    load P is read and recorded.

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    HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIBITY (PERMEABILITY) TEST

    Calculations

    The Uncorrected Strength Anisotropy Index (Point load index), Is(50), of a rock is determined by
    the following equation:

    Is = P/De2

    Is: Uncorrected point load strength index, in Mpa or psi

    P: Failure load, in MN or lbf (maximum pressure X jack piston area)

    De: Equivalent core diameter, in meters or inches (De=D for diametral tests)

    The size corrected point load strength is:

    Is(50) = Is x (De/50)0.45

    *The correction can be easily done by using the first equation.

    Fig. 1

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    HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIBITY (PERMEABILITY) TEST

    Form 1

    Date tested: _________________________ Tested by: ____________________________

    Rock description: ________________________________________________________________

    Diameter of the cell: _______________________ Length of the cell: ______________________

    Table 1. Test Results

    Test No. Diameter Pressure Is Is (50)

    Figure Is/Is(50)-Load

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