Geotechnical Laboratory Facilities
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| The Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory contains standard soil mechanics laboratory testing equipment, including soil classification, permeability, consolidation, direct shear, and triaxial testing devices. |
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Specialized research equipment includes a microcomputer-controlled GDS pressure control system and Bishop-Wesley cell for stress path testing, a recently developed cuboidal shear ("true triaxial") device, 250 mm on a side, with complete computer control of stresses and deformations, as well as data acquisition and control, CKC cyclic triaxial, a simple shear device. |
| A new earthquake simulator with a 2x2x1.5 m soil bin can be used for testing large-scale models under realistic seismic loading conditions. The geosynthetics laboratory contains equipment for routine tests as well as specialized research on the filtration, separation, reinforcement properties of geosynthetics. The Quaternary Research Center also offers modern laboratory facilities, including a 3 m by 5 m tilt slab in a temperature controlled room (+20 to -50C) for model studies on frozen soils. |
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