The Geotechnical Laboratory is established in an area of about 50 square meters in the department and various activities are carried out in the laboratory, some of which are as follows:
Laboratory Research Activities
Important activities in the geotechnical laboratory include carrying out research projects of undergraduate, graduate and Ph.D. students. A variety of accurate and precise measuring equipment and instruments for measuring force are available in the laboratory, providing a good opportunity for research and application projects. Various research has been completed by research groups so far, including pressure cell, load cell, flat dilatometer, rigid intra-borehole dilatometer, flat jack, and Micro TBM. Industrial and Service Activities
One of the important activities carried out at the geotechnical laboratory is the implementation of various industrial projects to connect with the industry. Subjects considered up to now in industrial and service projects include a variety of tests on different soils. The most important activities in this laboratory are:
Measuring the rock abrasion percentage (Los Angeles method)
Measuring the stone abrasion percentage (Duval method)
Atterberg limits of soil
Measuring soil consolidation
Determining the soil moisture percentage
Determining the soil uniaxial resistance
Creating the concrete sample in two models (cylindrical-square)
Direct shear of soil
Vane shear of soil
Determining the soil density
Determining the soil gradation
Determining the S20 and SJ indices
Determining the Cerchar index
Laboratory Equipment
Hydraulic press machine, model Engineering Testing Machine, with a capacity of 113 tons
Hydraulic press machine, Chicago model, with a capacity of 120 tons
250-ton press machine made by Toni Technik Company, Germany, with control panel
Vibroground geophysical instrument, Chicago Model
Speedy Moisture Tester made by Thomas Ashworth Company
Newview camera made by WILD Company with its tripod
Theodolite-camera made by Keuffel and Esser company with its tripod
Alignment telescopic camera with its tripod
Casagrande soil test machine, Soil Test model, made by Evanston Company, USA