An automatic triaxial testing system is also available. A large-capacity environmental chamber is available for temperature and humidity control testing. The soil dynamics laboratory is equipped to study wave propagation characteristics through soil and rock, the basic dynamic properties of particulate materials, and the interaction between foundation structures and underlying soils. The equipment consists of a resonant column device, a high-strain amplitude torsional shear test apparatus, a cyclic shear system, and a miniature electrodynamic exciter used for studying the response of dynamically loaded model footings. A cross-hole apparatus and a wave analyzer are available for subsurface investigation.
Several apparatus are available for basic student instruction.
Three multipurpose hydraulic benches are equipped with attachments designed to demonstrate the basic principles of mass, momentum, and energy conservation and transfer. A tilting flume is available for similar experiments and demonstrations. The laboratory is equipped with a set of hot film anemometers for turbulent flow measurements of velocity fluctuations and their correlations. Apparatus to study sediment transport and water quality are also available. The environmental engineering laboratory is. equipped for performing basic and analytical work for the analysis of water and wastes and the unit processes associated with treatment.