Laboratory Geotechnics

Geotechnics is a constructive field of civil engineering and stands as a generic term for all construction technology in and on the building ground and with the soils. The geotechnical engineering laboratory has a complete range of state-of-the-art equipment for standardised and special soil mechanical investigations. Worth highlighting are:

• Equipment for static and dynamic plate load tests
• Large shear frame 30 cm x 30 cm (special test apparatus for investigating shear and frictional strength in contact and separation surfaces between soil surfaces or geotextiles or geocomposites)
• Test rig for compression and shear tests with 9 units (online measurement)
• 10 triaxial units for water permeability determinations
• Suspension testing equipment (filter press etc.)
• Laboratory vane probe with variable rotation speed
• Test set-up for determining the eluates of building material recyclates
• Photometer for water analysis