{"id":7268,"date":"2024-01-01T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-01T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geotec.rs\/?post_type=cpt_services&#038;p=7268"},"modified":"2025-05-13T23:26:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T23:26:48","slug":"mpt","status":"publish","type":"cpt_services","link":"https:\/\/geotec.rs\/en\/usluge\/mpt\/","title":{"rendered":"MPT (Menard pressuremeter test)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The pressuremeter test is an <em>in situ<\/em> stress-strain test performed in a borehole. The test can be performed in two ways depending on the type of soil being tested.<\/p>\n<p>In clayey soil, where the walls of the borehole are stable, it is necessary to prepare a pocket into which the cylindrical probe used for testing is lowered.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In sandy soil, the probe together with the slotted casing is pressed or driven to the required depth from the bottom of the borehole.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>GeoTec Insitu has a G-type probe (\u00d844 mm and \u00d860 mm) which consists of a central measuring cell and two guard cells.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/geotec.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/slika3-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geotec.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/slika3-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/geotec.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/slika3-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/geotec.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/slika3-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/geotec.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/slika3-1-370x493.jpg 370w, https:\/\/geotec.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/slika3-1-840x1120.jpg 840w, https:\/\/geotec.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/slika3-1-410x547.jpg 410w, https:\/\/geotec.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/slika3-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/geotec.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/slika1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geotec.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/slika1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/geotec.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/slika1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/geotec.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/slika1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/geotec.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/slika1-370x493.jpg 370w, https:\/\/geotec.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/slika1-840x1120.jpg 840w, https:\/\/geotec.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/slika1-410x547.jpg 410w, https:\/\/geotec.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/slika1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The main results of the test are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>dependence of the change in the borehole volume on the applied pressure on the borehole wall,<\/li>\n<li>Menard&#8217;s limit pressure (plm) and<\/li>\n<li>Menard modulus (Em).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Limit pressure and modulus can be directly used for geotechnical calculations or can be used to derive soil parameters necessary for geotechnical design. The test itself takes about 10 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>MPT<\/strong> is often used for soil testing at depths where it is not possible to perform the <strong>CPTu<\/strong> and <strong>SDMT<\/strong> tests. The test can be performed in most soil types and in soft rocks (qu &lt; 4 MPa).<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/geotec.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/slika2-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geotec.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/slika2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/geotec.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/slika2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/geotec.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/slika2-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/geotec.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/slika2-370x493.jpg 370w, https:\/\/geotec.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/slika2-840x1120.jpg 840w, https:\/\/geotec.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/slika2-410x547.jpg 410w, https:\/\/geotec.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/slika2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/geotec.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/slika4-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geotec.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/slika4-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/geotec.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/slika4-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/geotec.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/slika4-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/geotec.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/slika4-370x493.jpg 370w, https:\/\/geotec.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/slika4-840x1120.jpg 840w, https:\/\/geotec.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/slika4-410x547.jpg 410w, https:\/\/geotec.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/slika4.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stress-strain test performed in a borehole<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7274,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","cpt_services_group":[79],"class_list":["post-7268","cpt_services","type-cpt_services","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cpt_services_group-ispitivanje-i-kontrola"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.0","language":"en","enabled_languages":["sr","en"],"languages":{"sr":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geotec.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt_services\/7268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geotec.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt_services"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geotec.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cpt_services"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geotec.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geotec.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7268"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/geotec.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt_services\/7268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7288,"href":"https:\/\/geotec.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt_services\/7268\/revisions\/7288"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geotec.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geotec.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cpt_services_group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geotec.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt_services_group?post=7268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}