Pavement Laboratory

  • Materials testing system for dynamic and resilient modulus of soils, aggregate, and asphalt.
  • 3 MTS frames with 3 seperate controllers and 3 environmetal chambers, 1 large hydraulic pump.
  • Triaxial cyclic testing capabilities with varying lateral pressures
  • Beam fatigue tetsing facility, hydraulic power system
  • Diametral modulus and Indirect tension devices, Data Acquisition (DAQ) system with LabVIEW
  • Uniaxial compression machine of 600 ksi capacity, automated asphalt saw and coring machine
  • Superpave Gyratory compactor, Marshall Compactor, and Fatigue Beam (PMW linear) compactor
  • Micro-Deval, Los Angeles abrasion testing device, sand equivalent testers, ovens, and compression device
  • A full range of sieve shakers, splitters, aggregate washer, mixing whisks, water baths, specific gravity testing device, scales, and ovens
  • A large Freeze-Thaw Chamber
  • Vacuum desiccator, permeability (lab and field) apparatus, MIST device
  • Asphalt COncrete's Direct Shear Tester (SDS 150) with Servo-hydraulic controller
  • Hamburg Wheel Tracking Device