Uniaxial Compression Tests and Deformation Measurements of A Sarawak Sedimentary Rock

We often lack of basic data to solve engineering problems such as foundation design on local rocks. We often assume data and properties obtained from foreign publications based on foreign rocks which often are greatly varied from local conditions, and blindly apply in the analysis.  Perhaps, we are lucky because we always apply large safety factors, but problems occasionally did arise, which resulted in great disputes and costs.

This research paper attempts to obtain some basic properties of a local sedimentary rock, Salak South Sandstone, so as to understand the behaviour of the local rock under uniaxial loading conditions.