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The Geotechnical
Engineering Laboratory is used by undergraduate and graduate civil engineering students to
determine engineering properties of soils and rocks for the design of geotechnical
structures including building foundations, dams, and tunnels. The facility is equipped for
both field and laboratory investigations to determine the strength and hydraulic
properties of geomaterials and to investigate foundation systems during landslides,
earthquakes, and flooding. Specialized equipment enables sample preparation, permeability
testing, and soil dynamic and soil static testing. Computer equipment is also available
for data collection and data interpretation.
The laboratory houses
equipment such as a cyclic triaxial testing apparatus, a resonant
column testing apparatus, a direct shear testing apparatus, a cyclic simple shear testing
apparatus, a consolidation testing apparatus, a triaxial shear testing apparatus, a
triaxial
hydraulic conductivity testing apparatus, a large-scale constant head permeameter, a gas
chromotographer, and an atomic absorption spectrophotometer.
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Teaching Faculty:
Krishna Reddy
