Model testing facilities

Soil model box

Test capabilities:

  • Pavement model test with repeated wheel load application
  • Investigate the performance of Geogrid reinforced pavement/soil
  • Investigate the performance of shallow foundation
  • Fully instrumented test
  • Performance of buried structures such as pipes

Instrumented soil column

Test capabilities:

  • Size: 400mm internal diameter, 1200mm height
  • Investigate ground-climate interaction
  • Investigate the performance of piles and piers
  • Fully instrumented test

Large CBR mould

Test capabilities:

  • Size: 305mm internal diameter, 600mm height
  • Pavement material testing with repeated loading
  • Investigate the performance of Geogrid reinforced pavement/soil
  • Investigate the performance of shallow foundation
  • Investigate the performance of pile and pier foundations

Slaking chamber

Test capabilities:

  • Size: 400mm internal diameter, 600mm height
  • Maximum vertical pressure: 5MPa
  • Slaking material under pressure, saturated and wet conditions
  • Application in slaking mining spoil

The proposed large soil box

Test capabilities:

  • Size: 2m x 2m 1.2m high
  • Pavement model test with repeated wheel load application
  • Investigate the performance of Geogrid reinforced pavement/soil
  • Investigate the performance of shallow foundation
  • Fully instrumented test
  • Performance of buried structures such as pipes