Texture, Plasticity & Density Characteristics

• Laboratory Determination of Water Content of Soil and Rock
• Liquid Limit, Plastic Limit and Plasticity Index of Soils (Atterberg Limit)
• Particle-Size Distribution (Gradiation) of Soils using Sieve Analysis
• Particle-Size Distribution (Gradiation) of Fine-Grained Soils using the Sedimentation (Hydrometer) Analysis
• Specific Gravity of Soils
• Shrinkage Factors of Soils by Mercury Method
• Unit Weight of Soils
• Laboratory Compaction Characteristics of Soils using Standard Effort [12,400 ft-lb/ft (600 kN-m/m)]
• Laboratory Compaction characteristics of Soil using Modified Effort [56,0000 ft-lb/ft (2,700 kN-m/m)]
• Moisture, Ash and Organic Matter of Peat and Other Organic Soils
• California Bearing Ration (CBR) of Laboratory - Compacted Soils
• Minimum and Maximum Index Density / Unit Weight of Soils

Mechanical Properties

• Laboratory Miniature Vane Shear test for Saturated Fine-grained Clayey Soil
• Unconfined Compressive Strength of Cohesive Soils
• Direct Shear Test of Soils under Consolidated Drained Conditions
• One Dimensional Consolidation properties of soils
• Unconsolidated Undrained Compressive Strength of Cohesive Soils in Triaxial Compression
• Consolidated Undrained Triaxial Compression Test on Cohesive Soils
• Consolidated Drained Triaxial Compression on Cohesive Soils

Hydrologic Properties

• Permeability of Granular Soils-Constant Head Method
• Permeability of fine-grained Soils- Falling Head Method
• Pinhole Dispersion Test

Rock Deformation and Strength

• Slake Durability of Shale and Similar Weak Rock
• Splitting Tensile Strength of Intact Rock Core Specimen
• Unconfined Compressive Strength of Intact Rock Core Specimen
• Point Load Strength Index of Rock
• Direct Shear Test
• Compressive Strength and Elastic Moduli of Intact Rock Core Specimen
       Method A: Triaxial Compressive Strength of Undrained Rock Core Specimens without Pore Pressure measurements
       Method C: Uniaxial Compressive Strength of Intact Rock Core Specimen

Aggregates

• Specific gravity and Absorption of Fine Aggregates
• Specific gravity and Absorption of Coarse Aggregates
• Clay Lumps and Friable Particles in Aggregates
• Organic Impurities of Fine Aggregates
• Resistance to Degradation of Small-size coarse aggregates by Abrasion and Impact in the Los Angeles Machine
• Resistance to Degradation of Large-size Coarse Aggregates by Abrasion and Impact in the Los Angeles Machine
• Total Moisture Content of Aggregate by Drying
• Material Finer than 0.75mm (No. 200) sieve in mineral aggregates by washing
• Sieve Analysis of Fine & Coarse Aggregates
• Soundness of Aggregates by use of Sodium Sulfate or Magnesium Sulfate
• Surface Moisture Content in Fine Aggregates
• Unit Weight and Voids in Aggregate
• Lightweight pieces in aggregates
• Emerson Aggregate Test
• Resistance of Fine Aggregate to Degradation by Abbrasion in the Micro-Deval Apparatus

Concrete Mixtures

• Slump of Portland Cement Concrete
• Making and Curing Concrete Test Specimen
• Capping Cylindrical Concrete Specimen
• Compressive Strength of Beam Concrete Specimen
• Flexural Strength of Beam Concrete Specimen using third point loading
• Specific Gravity and Adsorption and Voids in Hardened Concrete
• Obtaining and Testing Drilled Cores

Asphalt Tests

• Quantitative Extraction of Asphalt Binder from Asphalt Mixture
• Bituminous Mix Testing
• Resistance to Plastic Flow of Bituminous Mixtures using Marshall Apparatus
• Resistance of Compacted Asphalt to Moisture Induced Damage
• Theoretical Maximum Specific Gravity and Density of Bituminous Paving Mixtures
• Bulk Specific Gravity and Density of Non-Absorptive Bituminous Paving Mixtures
• Percent Air Voids in Compacted Asphalt Mixtures; Degree of Compaction in Compacted Asphalt Mixtures

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