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Computers:

The geotechnical and transportation graduate student computer lab currently contains:
approximately 15 Pentium II or higher processors, laser printer, CD-ROM  writer and a 11x17 inch flat bed scanner,
high speed network (100 mflopMbps) and server that has the capability for high speed distributed computer processing.

Numerical Simulation Software:

ITASCA software: FLAC, FLAC3D, UDEC, 3DEC and PF2D
ABACUS
IDEAS
Modflow
MathCAD, MAPLE, AUTOCAD, etc

Laboratory Testing Equipment:

1.8 m diameter geotechnical centrifuge
Non-destructive testing laboratory
Soil mechanics lab with: Rowe cell; triaxial; consolidation; and direct shear test
True triaxial cell
Controlled volume capillary pressure cell
Test pit (2.4 m (8') wide, by 3.3 m (11') long and 1.7 m (5.5') deep)
National Instrument data acquisition system with the capability to measure over 100 channels of data
Servo controlled hydraulics
Cold chamber

Manufacturing

Engineering faculty machine shop
Student machine shop