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Director: Prof. Dr. Mohamed El-Kholy<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Since its early start in 1933, the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Research Laboratory has been keen in maintaining its leading role in the Civil Engineering research and industry. The first in the Middle East and the third worldwide. The laboratory has its remarkable contribution in all fields of Geotechnical Engineering. The laboratory is located in the north east corner of the Faculty of Engineering Annex, west of the University Street. Its three main halls occupy an area of about 470 m2 for testing equipment, Its facilities include a storage room (51m2), 14 offices for faculty staff and supporting personnel, a library, and a computer hall. The laboratory has just completed the architectural and structural drawings for the extention to the workshop buildings. These modification shall add ultimately, four stories to the existing building making it one of the largest soil mechanics and foundations engineering laboratories worldwide.<\/p>\n The Soil Mechanics and Foundations Research Laboratory currently has 25 full-time faculty members who cover practically all contemporary aspects of the field. This Faculty is assisted by a group of dedicated supporting staff of laboratory engineers, technicians, secretaries, in addition to drilling rig operators.<\/p>\n Laboratory equipment include manual apparatus as well as sophisticated state-of-the-art testing devices. In the last five years, a total investment of L.E. 3,000,000 was placed in updating and renovating the Laboratory equipment and facilities. Equipment to carry out the following tests are currently available:<\/p>\n The Laboratory has field and in-situ testing equipment that enable the determination of in-situ soil properties quickly and accurately. These equipment include:<\/p>\n \u2022 Mechanical rotary drilling rigs capable of drilling and extracting samples down to depths of 60 m.<\/p>\n \u2022 Manual drilling rigs capable of drilling and extracting samples down to depths of 30 m.<\/p>\n \u2022 Long-bed trucks and 4-wheel drive vehicle.<\/p>\n \u2022 20-ton Dutch cone set.<\/p>\n \u2022 Dilatometer testing set.<\/p>\n \u2022 Plate bearing testing sets.<\/p>\n \u2022 In-situ vane shear testing set.<\/p>\n \u2022 In-situ density testing sets using sand cone method.<\/p>\n \u2022 In-situ Speedy Moisture Content apparatus.<\/p>\n \u2022 Advanced pile foundation testing system capable of performing Sonic Integrity Testing (SIT), Pile Diving Analysis (PDA), and Dynamic Load Testing (DLT).<\/p>\n \u2022 Down hole testing system.<\/p>\n \u00a0The Laboratory has the capabilities to carry out the following tests:<\/p>\n \u2022 Determination of physical and chemical soil properties: grain size distribution for coarse and fine grained soils, specific gravity, relative density, Atterberg limits, and chemical analyses.<\/p>\n \u2022 Soil permeability tests: constant head, falling head, and capillarity-permeability tests.<\/p>\n \u2022 Soil compaction tests: standard and modified Proctor compaction tests, and California Bearing Ratio (CBR) tests.<\/p>\n \u2022 Soil compressibility and swelling tests: consolidation, collapse compressibility upon partial loading.<\/p>\n \u2022 Shear strength tests: pocket penetrometer, laboratory vane, unconfined compression, direct shear, simple shear, and triaxial tests.<\/p>\n \u2022 Dynamic soil tests: the laboratory has recently acquired a cyclic triaxial apparatus, resonant column device, cyclic simple shear device, and 1.5×1.5m shaking table.<\/p>\n The Laboratory provides equipment and capabilities required to perform model-scale tests to replicate actual soil\/foundations conditions. Amongst the model-scale studies carried out are the following:<\/p>\n The Laboratory has the largest specialized library in the region. The library is continuously kept up-to-date with the latest periodicals, books, and specialized publications.<\/p>\n The Laboratory has its own supporting facilities comprising \u00a0personal computers, laser printers, plotters, and \u00a0photocopying machines.<\/p>\n The scope of activities of the Laboratory is widely recognized throughout the civil engineering community in Egypt and abroad. Beyond its principal role as a leading educational and research institute, it provides positive input to the engineering practice by offering its consulting services. The following is an elaboration on both wings of activities:<\/p>\n \u00a0The Laboratory is principally an educational facility that aims at preparing civil engineers in the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Engineering field. The Laboratory provides undergraduate and graduate courses to students of Cairo University. The Laboratory plays an active role in advancing geotechnical engineering practice in Egypt and in linking it to the latest advances abroad through seminars and conferences. The following academic activities are provided:<\/p>\n \u2022 Undergraduate courses for the third and fourth year Civil Engineering students.<\/p>\n \u2022 Undergraduate course for third year Architectural Engineering students.<\/p>\n \u2022 Graduate courses in geotechnical engineering up to the Ph.D. level.<\/p>\n \u2022 Workshops and seminars related to specific geotechnical applications.<\/p>\n \u2022 International Geotechnical Engineering Conference.<\/p>\n The Laboratory has been actively involved in providing consultancy services to the engineering community in Egypt and the Middle East. It is an approved consulting organization for several private sector companies in addition to many governmental agencies such as:<\/p>\n \u2022 The General Educational Buildings Authority.<\/p>\n \u2022 The Industrial and Mining Complex.<\/p>\n \u2022 Cairo University.<\/p>\n \u2022 The Egyptian Antiquities Authority.<\/p>\n \u2022 Giza Governorate.<\/p>\n \u2022 The Egyptian Enterprises Company (Mokhtar Ibrahim).<\/p>\n \u2022 The Arab Contractors (Osman Ahmed Osman and Partners).<\/p>\n \u2022 New Communities Authority.<\/p>\n \u2022 Urban planning Authority.<\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Soil Mechanics and Foundations Research Laboratory Director: Prof. Dr. Mohamed El-Kholy Introduction: Since its early start in 1933, the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Research Laboratory has been keen in maintaining its leading role in the Civil Engineering research and industry. The first in the Middle East and the third worldwide. 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