Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Laboratories
Two geotechnical laboratories have facilities for carrying out soil-structure interaction studies under both static and dynamic loading conditions. Other advanced testing facilities include: light and heavy duty triaxial machines with pore water pressure measuring systems under both monotonic and cyclic loadings; material testing machines for rock samples; a wide array of consolidation apparatus for samples of different diameters; a stiff testing machine to study post-peak behavior; anteus consolidometers; and a shear box apparatus.
The geotechnical and geoenvironmental testing facilities include: automated computer controlled apparatus (GeoComp loadtrac/flowtrac, ELE, Geotest, Rowe Cell) for consolidation, hydraulic conductivity, residual shear, and stress or strain path controlled static and cyclic triaxail testing; MTS actuators/loading frames to test large size specimens or scale models; HP network analyzers for material characterization/non-destructive testing; calibration chamber and model test facility for static and dynamic penetration testing, model pile studies, and 1-g seismic shake table studies; and electromagnetic shaker and analyzer for ground vibration studies. Geoenvironmental testing is conducted at the environmental engineering laboratories.
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