Laboratory facilities:

Excellent workshop support is readily available for modification in equipment for any innovative testing.

Name of Tests:

Soil Testing

• Grain Size Analysis & Hydrometer
• Moisture Content and Density
• Void Ratio
• Direct Shear Tests on FMC ( on 6cm x6cm specimen) per three specimen
• Residual Shear
• Direct shear test on remoulded specimen (on 6cm x6cm specimen) per three specimen
• Permeability (Falling head)
• Triaxial shear Test ( on 38mm & 50mm specimen for three specimens)
• Unconsolidated undrained 3 specimen
• Consolidated Undraines with pore pressure measurement 3 specimen
• Consolidated Drained with volume change measurement ( 3 specimen)
• Compaction Tests on disturbed samples
  1. Light compaction
  2. Heavy Compaction
• CBR tests ( Soaked)
• Swelling Pressure
• Atterberg Limits
• Atterberg Limits& Shrinkage Limit
• One- dimensional Consolidation 0to 8 kg / cm2. Pressure & unloading
• Swell Index
• Specific Gravity

Rock Testing

• Dynamic Modulus of Elasticity
  1. P wave Velocity
  2. P and S waves Velocities
• Point Load Strength and Schmidt harness
• Brazilian Test
• Slake Durability
• Density dry / sat
• Unconfined Compressive Strength
  1. Triaxial shear test as rocks, NX size(5 specimens)
  2. Triaxial Compression ( 3 specimens)
• Joint Shear Test
• Poisson's Ratio
• Modulus of Elasticity
• Moisture Contents SMC
• Saturated moisture content
• Specific Gravity
• Uniaxial compressive strength
• Modules of deformation of rock material
• Physical Properties (Dry Density, Specific Gravity, Porosity & Saturated Moisture Content)
• Double Shear test
• Unconfined Compressive strength with deformability
• Drilling from lumps
• Cutting & Lapping