This centrifuge is primarily used as an instructional tool in undergraduate geotechnical engineering labs to introduce simple concepts, including slope stability, active and passive earth pressure ...

Bowen Laboratory for Large-Scale Civil Engineering Research ... repair and maintenance of underground pipes; and • geotechnical engineering, a field that analyzes how buildings and other structures ...

The geotechnical and structural engineering research labs at Drexel University provide a forum to perform large-scale experimentation across a broad range of areas including infrastructure ...

Our laboratory is equipped with a series of specialised flumes ... aligning with traditional geotechnical engineering methods. Our focus centres on the Discontinuity Layout Optimization (DLO) ...

The University of Colorado Boulder centrifuge laboratory includes a 15 g-ton centrifuge, which has a symmetrical arm comprised of aluminum sections carrying swing-baskets at each end. The centrifuge ...

Laboratory experience that illustrates soil mechanics and fluid flow theory. Experiments are conducted in the soils and hydraulics laboratories. Course emphasizes data acquisition and analysis and ...

Faculty in Civil Engineering in the geotechnical area have interests in slope stability, foundations, geoenvironmental ground water, geotextiles, behavior of deep foundations and soil dynamics.

The geotechnical engineering program at the University of Nevada, Reno has evolved over a period of years, which is a reflection of the hard work and dedication of its well-respected faculty members.