Laboratory Infrastructures

The Engineering Geology Lab is equipped with complete mechanical equipment for performing laboratory tests in Soil Mechanics, Rock Mechanics, Suitability of Soils, and Aggregates, in accordance with current Greek and international standards (ASTM, EN, BS, ISRM, E105-86, E105-84, etc.).

At the same time, the Lab provides specialized services for monitoring landslide kinematics, as well as modern equipment for demanding field operations.

• Soil Mechanics Tests
  • Identification properties: moisture, degree of saturation, bulk density, specific gravity, void ratio, porosity, relative density
  • Classification properties: grain size distribution, consistency limits – indices, swelling, carbonates – organic matter, permeability
  • Mechanical properties: unconfined compression, direct shear, triaxial compression (UU, CUPP, CD), ring shear, one-dimensional consolidation, large-scale shear (30×30 cm)
• Rock Mechanics Tests: Slake durability, ultrasonic velocities, hardness, mechanical strength parameters (point load, uniaxial compression, tensile strength – Brazilian), triaxial compression, deformability parameters (modulus of elasticity, Poisson's ratio), shear strength of discontinuities.
• Soil Suitability Tests: Proctor compaction, California Bearing Ratio (CBR), compaction control using the sand cone method.
• Quality Control Tests for Aggregates
  • Geometric properties: grain size distribution, flakiness index, elongation index, shape index, sand equivalent value
  • Physical properties: specific gravity and water absorption
  • Mechanical properties: Micro-Deval resistance, resistance to fragmentation and abrasion (Los Angeles), Polished Stone Value (PSV), Aggregate Impact Value, weathering resistance ("soundness")
  • Chemical properties of aggregates
• Equipment for instrumental monitoring of landslide kinematics with two systems of portable electronic inclinometers and one piezometer
• Meteorological stations, GNSS, and permanent installation inclinometers for real-time landslide kinematics monitoring
• Network for monitoring landslide kinematics with NAS stations for data storage using wired or mobile phone networks
• Velodyne Real-time 3D Lidar sensor system
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) system
• Equipment for In-situ Plate Load Tests