Rock Tests:

BCRCo provides a wide variety of Rock Tests in all over Afghanistan; in provinces like Kabul, Herat, Mazar, Kandahar, Jalal Abad, Badakhshan, Badghis, Ghor, Farah, Helmand, Bamyan, and others.

No. Test MethodTest Procedure
1ASTM D 2938Unconfined Compressive Strength
2ASTM D 3967Tensile Strength, Splitting (Brazilian) Method
3ASTM D 4543Preparing Rock Core Specimens and Determining Tolerances
4ASTM D 5313Durability of Rock to Wetting and Drying
5ASTM D 5731Point Load Index
6ASTM D 5873Standard Test Method for Determination of Rock Hardness by Rebound Hammer Method
7ASTM D 5878Rock-Mass Classification for Engineering Purposes
8ASTM D 6032Standard Test Method for Determination Rock Quality Determination (RQD) of rock core
9ASTM D 6473Specific Gravity and Absorption of Rock