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Geotech facilities and equipment

  1. Large Soil Direct Shear and Pull out Testing
  2. Large-Scale Triaxial Testing
  3. High Stress Consolidation Testing
  4. Slurry Consolidation Testing
  5. Instrumented Column Testing
  6. Soil Water Characteristic Curves
  7. Filtration Cell
  8. Soil Direct Shear Box and Consolidation
  9. Instrumented Large Columns
  1. Vane Shear Test
  2. Conventional Triaxial System (Hoek-Cell)
  3. Stereo Ultra-High-Speed Camera Facility
  4. The GEC Sensors
  5. Hybrid True Triaxial Testing Facility
  6. Biaxial/Impact Testing Facility
  7. Large Restrained Shrinkage Test
  8. Shotcrete Toughness Testing Facility
  9. Discrete Element Modelling (DEM)

6. Soil Water Characteristic Curves

  • Sample dimension 75 mm diameter and 25 mm height
  • Simulates drying/wetting of tailings under applied pressure to measure moisture vs suction values

Soil Water Characteristic Curves

Soil Water Characteristic Curves

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