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University of Melbourne Further Expands their Geotechnical Laboratory

GDS and the University of Melbourne have worked together for a number of years, over this time they have accumulated 13 GDS systems. This year, Dan Zanet visited the University to install a further 4 systems to their Geotechnical Soil and Water Laboratory.

EMDCSS  GDSTAS  GDSCRS  DYNTTS  LVDT  GDSSS  GDSAOS  GDSBES 

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GDS Fully Equips Brand New Geowynd Laboratory

Earlier this year GDS got a chance to visit the brand new Geowynd Laboratory in Southampton.

GDSTAS  RCA  ELDYN  DYNTTS  GDSCRS  PERM  EMDCSS  GDSAOS 

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Thurber Invest in Static & Consolidation Apparatus for their Edmonton Laboratory

Dan Zanet, Geotechnical Systems Engineer at GDS Instruments, has recently returned from Canada, where he spent a few days visiting Thurber.

GDSCRS  GDSTAS 

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Case Study: Technical Laboratory For Offshore Soil Mechanics Testing In Taiwan

As global concerns increase about the pace of energy transition in accounting for long-term climate risks, the shift from fossil-based energy production to renewable sources, like wind, has been accelerated. Within Taiwan, the national offshore wind allocation plan has set a target of increasing local production to 20GW by 2035.

GDSTAS  GDSBES  GDSCRS  GDSAOS  ELDYN  DYNTTS  EMDCSS  GDSRCA  GDSRSA 

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GDS Case Study: Cadia Valley Operations Northern Tailings Storage Facility Embankment Slump

During the afternoon of the 9th of March 2018, a mobile slump occurred in an approximately 300 m section of the southern embankment of the Cadia Valley Operations (Cadia) Northern Tailings Storage Facility (NTSF), located in central-west New South Wales, Australia. The embankment slump resulted in a release of tailings from the NTSF, with the released tailings captured within the adjacent South Tailings Storage Facility (STSF).

GDSTAS  EMDCSS  GDSCRS  GDSBES 

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Vale Open Advanced Soil Testing Laboratory

GDS Instruments and Solotest (Local Agent) has assisted the geotechnical team at Vale (the world's largest producer of iron ore, pellets, and nickel) in setting up an advanced soils laboratory at their research premises in Belo Horizonte Brasil, with the purpose of enhancing their in-house capabilities for soil characterisation. 

GDSRES  EMDCSS  GDSCRS  GDSAOS  GDSBES  LVDT  GDSTAS 

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Consolidation Constant Rate of Strain with the option of temperature control

Consolidation Constant Rate of Strain (CRS) apparatus is available with low pressure or high pressure cells. The CRS system now has the option to add temperature control to the apparatus.

GDSCRS 

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GEOLABS Laboratory Expands with GDS Apparatus

Geolabs Limited have recently implemented their laboratory expansion which has included the next phase of their advanced testing capabilities, with more Anisotropic CAU/CAD triaxial equipment featuring local strain and shear wave velocity measurements as well as Resonant Column (GDSRCA), Direct and Simple Shear (EMDCSS) and Continuous Rate of Strain Consolidation (CRS) test facilities.

GDSCRS  EMDCSS  GDSRCA  GDSTAS 

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