Soil Mechanics Laboratory
Introduction
The Soil Mechanics Laboratory of the Civil Engineering Department constructed over an enclosed area of xxx square meters. It is fully equipped and supported by highly qualified technical staff to respond to the needs of academic institutions, researchers, engineers and construction industries for testing of :
- Soil
- Rock
- Aggregate
Equipment
Latest state of the art equipments that are mostly fitted with computerized data collection used to perform various types of soil testing to the highest standard. Some of these machines are:
- Portable Shear Box for rock
- BS & ACI Sieves
- Pocket Shear Device
- Pocket Pentrometer
- Polishing &Grinding Machine
- Point Load Test Apparatus
- Triaxial Test Apparatus (computerized)
- Balances
- Permeability System for soil
- Consolidation Apparatus
- Sieve Shaker
- Slake Durability Apparatus
- Speedy Moister Tester
- Coring Machine
- Direct Shear Apparatus (computerized)
- seismograph
Testing Services
The followings are the major tests that can be performed at Soil Mechanics Laboratory :
Aggregate & Soil Testing
- Specific gravity
- Atterberg Limits
- Sieve analysis(Mechanical &Hydrometer)
- Triaxial Test
- Soil Classification
- Permeability test
- Consolidation
- Direct Shear Test
- Unconfined Compression Test
- Proctor Test (Standard & Modified) Field Density Test
Rock Testing
- Point Load Test
- Direct Shear Test
- Slake Durability Test
Technical Staff
All tests are run by highly qualified engineers and technicians who are constantly supervised by experienced faculties in order to assure the compliance of these tests with international standards. Accurateness of computer generated tests results are often verified and thus considered reliable by decision-makers. Quality assurance of material testing services is maintained through periodic evaluation programs in term of checking the calibration of the equipment and upgrading them to meet the market demands.
Engineer Nadia A. Sweedat
Master Degree in Civil Engineering/Geotechnical
Civil Engineering Laboratories
Department of Civil Engineering
Faculty of Engineering – Jordan University of Science and Technology
P.O. Box 22110, Irbid, Jordan
Tel: +962 (2) 7201000 22138 - Fax: +962 (2) 7201074
Email: civeng@just.edu.jo | 
