Computational/Software Facilities
In-House Computing Infrastructure
- Powerful In-House Lab Server
- University of Manitoba WestGrid System (Grex)
- Computational Cluster for Students
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)