CiviLab 2027 · Soil tests

Menard pressuremeter test

The pressuremeter test is an in-situ geotechnical test that measures soil deformation and failure using a probe inflated with nitrogen. At a given depth, the pressuremeter test provides the following mechanical properties of the soil

  • The pressuremeter modulus EM which defines the pseudo-elastic behavior of the soil;
  • The limit pressure pl which characterizes the failure strength of the soil;
  • The creep pressure pf which defines the boundary between pseudo-elastic behavior and the plastic state.

For the Menard pressuremeter test, CiviLab applies the following standards:

  • ASTM D4719-87;
  • EN ISO 22476-4;
  • BS EN ISO 22476-4;
  • NF EN ISO 22476-4;
  • NF P 94 110-1.

With our soil software "CiviLab", you can easily perform the pressuremeter test calculations and plot the pressuremeter curve and profile. CiviLab also produces high-quality reports and archives them properly


CiviLab allows you to:

  • Pressure calibration (linear and non-linear according to the model P= b. Va + c);
  • Volume calibration (V(P) = a.P +Vc);
  • Plot the pressuremeter curve
  • Calculate: EM, pl and pf ;
  • Plot the pressuremeter profile;
  • Produce high-quality reports;
  • Archive reports properly.

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