Civil engineering materials laboratory

Lectures: 1 session / week, 2 hours / session

Dr. John T. Germaine

Room 1: Machine Shop

Room 2: Loading Frames: 200,000 lb Balbwin, 60,000 lb Baldwin, 20,000 lb Instron

Room 3: Concrete Fabrication Lab

Room 4: Soil Structure Interaction, Earth Dams, Centrifuge

Room 5: Perini Lab - Structural Elements, etc.

Room 6: Compaction, Grain Size, Ovens

Room 7: General Open Space, Permeability, Scales

Room 8: Triaxial, Constant Rate of Loading, Permeability

Room 9: Hand Tools, Calibration Equipment

Room 10: Humid Room / Soil Sample Preparation

Room 11: Consolidation, Direct Shear

You should learn about:

You should be able to:

Here are some practical applications of OUR Golden Rule:

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