Available Experiments

Some of the most important laboratory equipment available and usable in the Green Earth Technology Laboratory is as follows:

Sample Preparation:

 
  • ​​​​​​​Preparation and curing of plant-based or bacterial soil samples under controlled three-variable environmental conditions
  • Applying freeze-thaw cycles within a temperature range of -25 to 70 degrees Celsius without limitation
  • Burning soil materials up to a controllable temperature of 1200 degrees Celsius
  • Propagation and growth of plant species under laboratory conditions
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Biomechanical Properties of Soil:

 
  • ​​​​​​​Index tests and determination of biomass characteristics and bacterial population
     
  • Measurement of saturated and unsaturated soil consolidation curves
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  • Measurement of wave velocity in the root-zone environment
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Hydraulic Properties of Soil:

 
  • Determination of the one-dimensional permeability function
  • ​​​​​​​Determination of the two-dimensional permeability function and anisotropy coefficient
  • Determination of the soil-water retention function for simulation of multiphase flow under transient conditions
  • Determination of temperature-dependent permeability for the design of final covers for municipal waste landfills​​​​​​

Physical Modeling:
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  • ​​​​​​​Evaluation of failure or water erosion of soil slopes
  • One-dimensional physical modeling of multiphase flow in the presence of soluble or insoluble pollutants
  • Evaluation of debris flows and design of engineering and natural barriers to counteract them
  • Thermal evaluation of soil layer behavior in relation to water permeability and methane gas permeability