Facilities

Computational/Software Facilities

In-House Software

  • HYBRID (FEM/BEM) | Fortran: Seismic Site Effect & Dynamic Soil-Structure Interaction
  • SeismoAcousticNDT (Spectral Element Method) | Fortran & Python: Non-Invasive Assessment of Multiphase Geomaterials and Permafrost
  • Theta-Stock (FEM) | Fortran: THM Analyses, High-Temp & High-Pressure Geomechanical, Multiphase Geomechanical Analyses, Constitutive Models (Elastic, Elastoplastic, Elastoviscoplastic, Fracture) 
  • OpenGeoSys (FEM) | C++: THMC Geomechanical Analyses for Multiphase Media 
  • Fortran, C++
  • Python, Mathematica, Matlab

Commercially-Available Software

  • COMSOL Multiphysics 5.5 (Research License) | FEM
  • Abaqus (Research License) | FEM
  • FlexPDE (Research License) | FEM Builder
  • Flac (Research Licesnse) | FDM

Laboratory Equipment

Laboratory Equipment

  • Standard Triaxial Apparatus
  • Hight-Temp, High-Pressure Triaxial Apparatus
  • Direct Shear Test Apparatus
  • Oedometer Test Apparatus
  • Hydraulic Conductivity Apparatus
  • Walk-In Cold Chamber
  • Small-Scale Shake Table
  • Physical Model for Soil-Structure Interaction
  • Culvert Testing Facility
  • Actuators

Field Equipment

Field Equipment

  • Data Logger
  • Weather Stations
  • Geotechnical Sensors (soil Moisture, Soil Temperature, and EC; Piezometer; Extensometer, Strain, Load Cell, Inclinometer)
  • Soil Sampling Equipment
  • Geophysical Testing (MASW, FWD, GPR)