Geological Engineering Rock Mechanics Facility
The geological engineering program has a well-equipped rock mechanics lab. The facility is used for teaching undergraduate geological engineering students, conducting graduate student research, and performing contract work for industry.
Rock Mechanics Testing Includes:
- Density and porosity
- Resistivity
- Permeability
- Point load
- Magnetic susceptibility
- Cerchar Abrasivity
- P and S wave single velocity
- Thermal conductivity (only unfrozen samples)
- Brazilian
- UCS, with or without strain
- Triaxial
- Uniaxial creep