Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

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Facilities

The Geotechnical Engineering laboratories contain standard soil testing equipment including soil classification, compaction, consolidation, direct shear, permeability, unconfined compression, and stress and strain controlled monotonic triaxial devices. Specialized research equipment include two CKC cyclic triaxial testing devices capable of testing 7.1 cm and 15.2 cm diameter samples, a SBEL (Stokoe) hybrid resonant column/torsional shear device for obtaining dynamic soil parameters, cyclic simple shear and direct-residual shear devices. A flexible wall permeability testing apparatus offers the capability of handling toxic permeants for geo-environmental studies. All devices are equipped with computer data acquisition. Equipment for extracting field samples are also available. A humidity room is available for storage of field samples.
Geotechnical facilities include soil and rock testing equipment as well as computer hardware/software for modeling soil/rock behavior.

The department owns a fully equipped drill rig with 6 in (152 mm) hollow stem augers with shelby tube sampler, split spoon sampler, and piston sampler. A licensed driller is part of the permanent staff of the department. The university also has two geophysical trucks equipped with borehole logging equipment. Geotechnical faculty and graduate students have ready access to other on-campus facilities such as the electron microscopy and digital image analysis processing centers.

Other facilities within and outside of the department are also accessible, such as the facilities of hydraulics engineering, structural engineering, geology, geophysics, and the Washington State Water Resource Center. Excellent instrumentation shops and support staff are also available in the Department and College.

Computer facilities include a large number of PC's with educational versions of popular geotechnical software (i.e., XSTABL, FLAC3D).

The Washington State High-Resolution X-Ray Computed Tomography Laboratory (WAX-CT) at Washington State University promotes the advanced characterization simulation and design of solids including, metals, ceramics, geological and biomaterials. The WAX-CT actively collaborates on research and teaching with local as well as international academic institutions and industries. The WAX-CT also promotes scientists, faculty and student exchanges (http://www.waxct.wsu.edu).

Washington Center for Asphalt Technology (WCAT) was established through partnership between Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT), the Washington Asphalt Paving Association (WAPA), and Washington State University (WSU). The National Science Foundation (NSF) has also contributed by funding the acquisition of a material testing system (NSIT0085081). The collective investment to-date amounts to over $750,000. WCAT is accredited by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) under the Materials Reference Laboratory (MRL) Program.The WCAT facilities are housed in Sloan Hall, home of the Civil and Environmental Engineering department on the Pullman Campus. They occupy rooms B15, B17, B19 and B20.

 
Geotechnical facilities include soil and rock testing equipment as well as computer hardware and software for modeling soil and rock behavior.

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