Dynamic Soil Testing

Major Equipment

Sieves, permeameter (falling head and constant head), lab compaction equipment, CBR test equipment (ELE), soil extruder, unconfined compressive strength apparatus, liquid limit and plastic limit apparatus, shrinkage apparatus, Terzaghi plate load equipment, cone penetrometer, electrical resistivity meter, soil sampling kit (disturbed and undisturbed), automatic soil compactor, vane shear apparatus, direct shear apparatus, simple shear apparatus, hand operated augers, drilling machine for disturbed samples, different transducers and proving rings, one dimensional consolidation apparatus, data loggers, piezometers, seismograph and strong motion recorders, muffle furnace, MTS dynamic triaxial soil and asphalt testing system (soil configuration with upgrade path for asphalt testing with temperature control), 50 KN load frame assembly with hydraulic actuator, hydraulic service manifold and 50 KN load cell, Teststar II digital controller and application system, geomechanical application software, dynamic triaxial cell soil configuration with temperature control, servohydraulic dynamic confining pressure control system, automated medium pressure static confining pressure regulator system (1000Kpa) with confining pressure measurement system and pore fluid management system.

Tests

Sieve analysis, permeability, compaction by automatic mechanical compactor, Havard miniature compaction of soils using hand operated compactor, standard and modified proctor, CBR, unconfined compressive strength, moisture content, shrinkage, liquid limit, plastic limit, bearing capacity of soil, electrical resistivity, soil temperature at different depths, UU, CU and CD shear strength parameters using triaxial machine, controlled rate of consolidation and pore pressure using computerized ROWE cells, percolation test, boring and sampling of undisturbed soil samples, seepage tank for modeling water flow through geotechnical structures models (e.g., embankment dams), shear strength using fully automated direct shear apparatus, shear strength by trovane and penetrometer, 1-D swell test, insitu tests (CBR, shear vane, bearing capacity, dry density, electrical resistivity, pore pressure piezometers, cone penetration, earth pressure cells, permeability, water table levels, etc.), earthquake characteristics (epicenter, magnitude, etc.), earthquake strong motion (three components of acceleration), erodibility of soil by pin hole method, consolidation and dynamic triaxial stress-strain-strength characteristics under different loading conditions and drainage conditions (e.g., drained and undrained).