List of Laboratory’s Equipment with respect to soil and rock mechanics :

Equipment soil sample preparation.

Full technical instrumentation for classification and determination of physical and mechanical characteristics of soil and rock samples.

Consolidation apparatus: 24 pieces

Unconfined compression apparatus: 2 pieces

Direct shear apparatus: 3 pieces, equipped with 8 shear boxes. Sample diameters: 60mm-100mm

Ring shear apparatus (1 unit).

Rock shear box apparatus. (1 unit, 3 casting moulds)

Hydraulic frame R.M.U. 2000 kN for concrete and rock specimen testing.

Hydraulic frame DIGICON 2000 kN for concrete and rock specimen testing.

Point load apparatus (1 unit).

Electronic load frames: TRITECH 50 kN, TRISCAN 50 kN (2 pieces), TRITECK 100 kN.

GDS computerized triaxial system (2 controllers)

CBR and PROCTOR apparatus for compaction testing.

Full instrumentation for execution of any type of triaxial test (12 cells, pressure transducers, volume change transducers e.t.c.). Sample diameters: 35mm, 50mm, 70mm, 100mm)

Full instrumentation for constant / falling head permeability tests

Fully equipped laboratory with automated system of simultaneously stored data in digital format within the laboratory software unit MPX32 (2 x 32 = 64 channels).

Special testing equipment for various geotechnical tests (e.g. pinhole test, viscosity determination, e.t.c.).

Gereneral laboratory instruments (ovens, hotplates, balances, e.t.c.).

Spectrophotometer HACH Co DR/2010.

Electronic conductivity device.

Electronic pH-meter.

Electronic scanner and strain meter UCAM-1A (KYOWA).