RH 405
Transparent Soils Lab
Description
Research in the Transparent Soils lab focuses on two areas of geotechnical research:
- Modeling of soil structure interaction and flow using transparent soil surrogates
- Foundation engineering
This includes work on the high-strain rate behavior of soils, applications of machine learning in geotechnics, dynamic image analysis, tunneling, seismic earth pressure, and soil structure interaction of rigidly framed structures.
Major Equipment
- Drop Test Unit
- Compressed Gas Projectile Launcher
- Pugmill (Sample Prep)
- 4' x 8' Optical Table
- 2' x 6' Optical Breadboard
- High Speed Cameras
- HeNe Laser
Faculty
