RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

DEPARTMENT’S

LABORATORIES

Entrance of Research and Development Department

LABORATORIES OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

Concrete Laboratory

Mechanical Laboratory

Physics Laboratory

Chemical Laboratory

Soil Mechanics Laboratory

Rock Mechanics Laboratory

Bituminous Binders Laboratory

Bituminous Mixtures Laboratory

Soil and Stabilization Laboratory

Calibration Laboratory

Petrographic Thin Section Laboratory

Geophysical Investigations

Concrete Laboratory

Entrance of Laboratory

Curing Room

Curing Tank

Temperature Monitoring for Curing

Oven for Aging Tests

General View of Cement Room

Cement Mixer

Cement Curing Tank

Humidity Cupboard

Temperature and Humidity Monitoring Unit for Cement Room

Compression Test Machines’ Room for Cement and Concrete

Cement and Concrete Compression Room

Compression Test Machine, 3000kN

Bending Strength Test Machine

Compression Test Machine (300 kN) for Splitting Tensile Strength Test

Machines for Bending and Compression of Cement

General View of Concrete Laboratory

Sieves

Aggregate Divisions

Sieves for Flatness Test

Los Angeles Test Machine

Sieve Analysis Test

Methylene Blue Test Equipment

Nordic Test Equipment

Magnesium Sulphate Test Equipment

Freeze-Thawing Test Equipment

Concrete Mixer

Micro Deval Equipment

Alkali-Silica Test Room

Alkali-Silica Equipment

(Mortar-Bar Method)

Mechanical Laboratory

Tensile Machine, 100kN

Tensile and Compression Machine, 180 Tons

Tensile Machine for Steel and Rubber, 100kN

Tensile Machine for Steel, Geotextile and Geomembrane

Physics Laboratory

Road Paint Abrasion Test

Test Machine of Night Visibility of Road Paint

(GPS Controlled)

Reflectivity Test Equipment (Night Visibility)

Thermoplastic Road Paint Test

Granulometry, Floating, Adhesion Coating, Refraction Index of Glass Beads

Tension Tests (Load cells: 500N, 20kN, 50kN,100kN)

UV Aging Test of Plastics and Paint

Equipment for Granulometry and Sieve Analysis of Glass Beads

Retroreflective Sheeting of Reflection in Dark Room

Chemical Laboratory

General View

Determination of Potential Alkali Silica Reactivity of Aggregates

(Chemical Method)

Determination of Potential Alkali Silica Reactivity of Aggregates

(Chemical Method)

Determination of Potential Alkali Silica Reactivity of Aggregates

(Chemical Method)

Determination of Potential Alkali Silica Reactivity of Aggregates

(Chemical Method)

Determination of Freezing Point of Liquid Deicers

Determination of Freezing Point of Liquid Deicers

Determination of Freezing Point of Liquid Deicers

Test for Determination of Sulphate in Water

Test for Determination of Sulphate in Soil

Chemical Analysis of White Titanium Pigments in Road Paint

Determination of Binder Material in Road Paints

Determination of Binder Material in Road Paints

Balance

General View of Chemical Laboratory

Refractometer Equipment

Fume Cupboard

General View of Chemical Laboratory

Soil Mechanics Laboratory

Cyclic Tri-axial Test Machine

Equipment for Consolidation Tests

Equipment for Swell Pressure Test

Equipment for Swelling Pressure Test

Sieve Analysis

Tri-axial Test

Consolidation Test

L

Direct Shear Test Machines

Direct Simple Shear Test Machine

Equipment for Determination of Density

Balance

Rock Mechanics Laboratory

General View

Test Machine for Determination of Tri-axial Compressive Strength, Uni-axial Compressive

Strength and Deformability of Rock Materials under Uniaxial Compression, Indirect Tensile

Strength by Brazilian Method

Rock Specimens/ Samples

Point Load Test Machine

Sample Preparation

Sample Preparation

Uni-axial Compression Test

Rock Samples

Balance

Bituminous Binders Laboratory

Test for Ductility of Bituminous Materials

Dynamic Shear Rheometer (DSR) Test Machine

Samples for DSR Test

Determination of needle penetration

Bending Beam Rheometer (BBR) Test

Determination of the Softening Point - Ring and Ball Method

Bituminous Mixtures Laboratory

Universal Testing Machine for Dynamic Modulus, Resilient Modulus, Permanent Deformation,

Creep Compliance Tests of Bituminous Mixtures

Asphalt Extraction Apparatus

Asphalt Analysator for Extraction

Universal Testing Machine for Dynamic Modulus

Four Point Fatique Tester

Four Point Fatique Tester

Superpave Gyratory Compactor

Pressure Aging Vessel (PAV)

Sieve Analysis

Marshall Compactor

Marshall Stability Test

Wheel Tracking Tester for Rutting

Wheel Tracking Tester for Rutting

Sample Preparation for Polish Stone Value

Pandulum Test

Soil and Stabilization Laboratory

Standard and Modified Compaction Machines

Sieves for Soil Tests

Liquid Limit Apparatus

Apparatus for Determination of Atterberg Limits

Equipment for Methylene Blue Test

Vibratory Compactor

Vibratory Compactor for Resilient Modulus

CBR and Resilient Modulus Tests

Permeability Test Equipment

Calibration Laboratory

Entrance of the Laboratory

Force Test Equipment for Calibration

Dimensional Measurement

Dimensional Measurement

Temperature Measurement

Glass Thermometer Measurement

Glass Thermometer Measurement

Glass Thermometer Measurement

Balance References

Sieve Calibration

Sieve Calibration

Comparator Calibration

Compression Test Machine Calibration

Compression Test Machine Calibration

Petrographic Thin Section Laboratory

Sample Preparation

Coarse Grinding of Sample Fine Grinding

Sample Control under Microscope

Pyroxenite

Andesite

View of Thin Sections of Different Rock Types under Microscope

Geophysical Investigations

Geoelectric Measuring Equipment

Seismic Measuring Equipment