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