Laboratory

Laboratory

The laboratory at RTF is fully equipped to handle the following

Tests on Soil Samples


  • Classification Tests
  • ⦁ Unit Weight and Moisture Content
  • ⦁ Atterberg limits
  • ⦁ Liquid Limit
  • ⦁ Plastic Limit
  • ⦁ Shrinkage Limit
  • ⦁ Grain Size Distribution
  • ⦁ Sieve and hydrometer analysis
  • ⦁ Specific Gravity
  • ⦁ Free Swell Index
  • ⦁ Triaxial Tests
  • ⦁ Unconsolidated Undrained
  • ⦁ Consolidated Undrained
  • ⦁ Consolidated Drained
  • ⦁ CU and CD Triaxial Test with Pore Pressure and Volume Change measurement
  • ⦁ Isotropic and Anisotropic test
  • ⦁ Direct Shear Test
  • ⦁ One Dimensional Consolidation Test (up to 6.4 MPa Pressure)
  • ⦁ Permeability Test (Constant Head and Falling Head)
  • ⦁ Compaction Characteristics
  • ⦁ Light energy compaction
  • ⦁ Heavy energy compaction
  • ⦁ CBR Tests

Advanced Tests


State-of-the-art Cyclic Triaxial Test

System (meeting the requirements of ASTM 5311/3999)

Tests on Rock Samples


  • Classification Tests
  • ⦁ Water Absorption
  • ⦁ Density and Porosity
  • ⦁ Specific Gravity
  • ⦁ Slake Durability
  • ⦁ Rock Specimen Preparation (Cutting, Polishing and Grinding)
  • ⦁ Engineering Property Tests
  • ⦁ Point Load Index
  • ⦁ Unconfined Compression Test (UCS)
  • ⦁ Unconfined Compression with Modulus
  • ⦁ P and S Wave Velocity
  • ⦁ Tensile Strength (Brazilian Test)
  • ⦁ Poisson's ratio