Glossary of Standards

Germany

DIN 18134:2012-04
DIN 18134 – Soil – Testing procedures and testing equipment – Plate load test, (Deutsches Institut für Normung e. V.)

TP BF-StB Teil 8.3
TP BF-StB – Technical regulation for soil and rock in road construction. Part B 8.3: Dynamic plate load test with the Light Falling Weight Deflectometer (FGSV Verlag GmbH)

ZTV A-StB
ZTV A-StB – Additional technical contract terms and guidelines for excavations of traffic areas (FGSV Verlag GmbH)

ZTV E-StB
ZTV E-StB – Additional technical contract terms and guidelines for earthworks in road construction. (FGSV Verlag GmbH)

ZTV Beton-StB
ZTV Beton-StB – Additional technical contract terms and guidelines for the construction of base layers with hydraulic binders and road pavements of concrete. (FGSV Verlag GmbH)

TP Eben
TP Eben – Technical test regulation for measuring the evenness of carriageway surfaces in longitudinal and transverse directions, 2005 edition; Part: Contiguous measurements (TTR Evenness — contiguous measurements) (FGSV Verlag GmbH)

RStO
RStO – Guidelines for the standardization of the superstructure of traffic areas.(FGSV Verlag GmbH)

DB NGT 39
DB NGT 39 1997 – Deutsche Bahn – Guidelines for the use of the Light Drop Weight Tester in railway construction.

Switzerland

SN 670312
SN 670312 – VSS-device for plate load test EV and ME (Swiss Standards Association)

SN 670317
SN 670317 – Swiss Standards Association
Title: Soil – plate load test EV and ME (Swiss Standards Association)

Austria

ÖNORM B4417
ÖNORM B4417 – Geotechnical engineering; Exploration of soils; The plate load test (Austrian Standards Institute)

RVS 08.03.01
RVS 08.03.01 – Preliminary work, excavations and earthworks: earthworks (Policies and regulations for the Road Administration in Austria RVS)

RVS 08.03.04
RVS 08.03.04 – Preliminary work, excavations and earthworks: Compaction test by means of dynamic plate load test (Policies and regulations for the Road Administration in Austria RVS)

RVS 08.15.01
RVS 08.15.01 – Subgrade und unbound road bases: unbound road bases (Policies and regulations for the Road Administration in Austria RVS)

RVS 08.15.02
RVS 08.15.02 – Subgrade und unbound road bases: unbound road bases with granulated asphalt (Policies and regulations for the Road Administration in Austria RVS)

RVS 08.17.01
RVS 08.17.01 – Concrete road surfaces: base courses with binders (Policies and regulations for the Road Administration in Austria RVS)

RVS 08.17.02
RVS 08.17.02 – Concrete road surfaces: slab construction (Policies and regulations for the Road Administration in Austria RVS)

RVS 11.03.21
RVS 11.03.21 – Road pavements: Asphalt and asphalt layers, Audit and accounting, billing examples (Policies and regulations for the Road Administration in Austria RVS)

RVS 11.06.62
RVS 11.06.62 – Carriageway surfaces: measuring of the evenness (Policies and regulations for the Road Administration in Austria RVS)

America

ASTM D1195
ASTM D1195 – American Society for Testing and Materials
Title: Standard Test Method for Repetitive Static Plate Load Tests of Soils and Flexible Pavement Components, for Use in Evaluation and Design of Airport and Highway Pavements

ASTM D1196
ASTM D1196 – American Society for Testing and Materials
Title: Standard Test Method for Nonrepetitive Static Plate Load Tests of Soils and Flexible Pavement Components, for Use in Evaluation and Design of Airport and Highway Pavements

Italy

CNR BU 146
CNR BU 146 – Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche,
Title (english): Determination of the deformation module Md and M’d of the sub structure or base layer using plate load test (with repetition of the loading cycle), plate ø = 300 mm
Title (italiano): Prove di carico con piastra, Il modulo di compressibilità Md, M’d

Great Britain

BS 1377-9
BS1377-9 – British Standards
Title (english): Methods for test for soils for civil engineering purposes – In-situ tests