An environmental chamber is a controlled enclosure that simulates Constant temperature, humidity, and gas concentration to test the behaviour of Construction Materials
An environmental chamber is a controlled enclosure that simulates Constant temperature, humidity, and gas concentration to test the behaviour of Construction Materials
A curing tank is a specialized, temperature-controlled water bath used in construction and materials testing to consistently cure concrete or mortar specimens (cubes, cylinders) by maintaining a stable temperature and humidity
An Accelerated Curing Tank is a lab device that heats concrete/mortar samples in water to speed up strength gain, simulating years of normal curing in just days
This setup can be used to determine the soil water characteristic curve (SWCC) of soil samples under different stress states. Both drying and wetting SWCCs can be determined using this equipment.
This system is used to measure the saturated hydraulic conductivity of soils and has several advantages over conventional permeameters. Back pressure saturation is possible and the tests can be conducted at different normal stress values. Also the issues related to side wall leakage is not there in the case of flexible wall permeability system.
This facility includes fully computer controlled triaxial test apparatus, consolidation apparatus and direct shear apparatus. Using this facility the consolidation and shear strength parameters of all soil types can be determined with high accuracy using dedicated control systems and compatible software. Dedicated data acquisition systems with sensors are used to collect accurate data and the required graphs also can be plotted using the software.
This facility involves equipment like soil-geosynthetic interface shear resistance testing apparatus, geosynthetics pull-out equipment, transmissibility testing set-up along with other setups to test the properties of geosynthetics for different applications.
Automatic cyclic triaxial testing apparatus is capable of stress-controlled and strain controlled repeated loading under triaxial conditions on soil samples. Both one-way and two-way cyclic loading are possible using this setup. This facility will be useful to determine the dynamic properties and liquefaction potential of soil as well as to study the behavior of soil under repeated loading like traffic loading.
CRS testing system is useful to perform the consolidation test at a much reduced time than the conventional oedometer test. CRS test is a strain controlled test and the behaviour of soil samples at higher stress levels can be studied when compared to the stress controlled oedometer tests. Also, complete saturation of the samples is possible in CRS test by applying back pressure.
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