Technological laboratories

Technological laboratories

Geotechnical Laboratory for Soils and Rocks

  • Cutting and description of undisturbed samples with expeditive tests (pocket, vane test) and photographic imaging, opening and description of reworked samples
  • Determination of natural volume weight
  • Determination of natural moisture content
  • Particle size analysis by screening and sedimentation
  • Determination of specific weight of granules
  • Liquidity and plasticity limits (Atterberg) and shrinkage limits
  • Determination of calcium carbonate content
  • Determination of organic matter content
  • Consolidated drained shear test CD
  • Consolidated drained shear test CD with determination of residual values
  • Edometric compressibility test
  • Determination of swelling pressure
  • Determination of swelling deformation
  • Permeability test in oedometer cell
  • Free lateral expansion compression test ELL
  • Triaxial tests UU – CIU – CID
  • Triaxial cell permeability test
  • Resonant column test
  • Cyclic torsional shear test
  • Cyclic triaxial liquefaction test
  • Cyclic triaxial test for elastic modulus determination
  • Cryogenic triaxial test (on 3 specimens)
  • Cryogenic simple compression test
  • Cryogenic creep test
  • Earth compaction test (Proctor)
  • Earth bearing capacity index CBR
  • Point Load Test
  • Determination of maximum and minimum density
  • Determination of elastic modulus with transducers
  • On-site tests (Plate tests, Proctor etc.)

 

Building Materials Laboratory

Concrete

  • Curing of specimens in air-conditioned chamber and accelerated hot water curing process
  • Study and mix design on an assigned particle size spindle
  • Checking of concrete composition
  • Determination of water content
  • Slump Test
  • Vèbè test
  • Index of compactness
  • Determination of the volume weight
  • Air content (pressure method)
  • Determination of water content (Bleeding)
  • Determination of fibre content
  • Determination of the setting time by measuring the resistance to penetration
  • Determination of the air content
  • Checking the composition
  • Hydraulic shrinkage, measured at 1, 2, 3, 7, 14, 28, 60, 90 days of curing
  • Determination of chloride content
  • Determination of the mechanical resistance
  • Determination of the compressive strength of the concrete with dimensional and weight measurement
  • Calculation of the modulus of elasticity from the stress-strain curve
  • Determination of the flexural strength
  • Flexural strength on prisms
  • Indirect tensile strength (Brazilian)
  • Resistance to frost and thaw degradation

 

Steels

  • Tensile test on plain and adherence improved rounds and on tubes from profiles and sheets
  • Determination of modulus of elasticity
  • Bend test at 90° and subsequent straightening at 20°.
  • Resilience test
  • Tensile strength test on a full screw
  • Load test on screw
  • Load test on nut

 

Bitumen

  • Sampling of bituminous binders
  • Needle penetration determination
  • Determination of softening point
  • Determination of breaking point according to the Fraass method
  • Particle size analysis by sieving
  • Determination of the density of granules and water absorption
  • Determination of the density in piles of bituminous specimens
  • Determination of void characteristics of bituminous test specimens
  • Determining stability and Marshall creep
  • Determining the thickness of a bituminous pavement