KEPALA LABORATORIUM
Dr. Ir. AHMAD RIFA’I, M.T.
Kegiatan utama laboratorium ini adalah untuk melayani pendidikan, penelitian dan pengembangan dan pelayanan publik sebagai tujuan utama. Laboratorium Mekanika Tanah memimpin di garis depan bidang Rekayasa Geoteknik yang memiliki peran penting dalam desain, konstruksi, pemeliharaan dan teknik forensik.
Laboratorium Mekanika Tanah memiliki berbagai fasilitas, yang terdiri dari uji laboratorium, uji in-situ, pemodelan numerik dan laporan ahli ‘yang berhubungan dengan Rekayasa Geoteknik.
LAYANAN
Laboratorium Mekanika Tanah telah dilakukan penelitian beberapa program, seperti:
- Utilization coal ash as recycling material options in view point of
geo-environment. - Karst Material characterization & construction of underground river barrage.
- Local genius and rehabilitation of Prambanan temple due to earthquake.
- Characterization and constitutive model development of unsaturated soils in
geotechnical engineering analysis and design. - Slope stability analysis using numerical simulations including dynamic
analysis. - Soil reinforcement uses conventional and modern methods.
- Stress-deformation analysis using numerical simulations.
- 3D landslide numerical simulation: case studies.
- Study and development of foundation system on soft soil.
- Liquifaction and sand boiling
FASILITAS
Analisis yang didukung oleh aparat di Laboratorium Mekanika Tanah adalah:
– Soil Index Properties Test
– Grain Size Analysis Test
– Atterberg Limit Test
– Compaction Test
– CBR Test
– Sedimentation Test
– Consolidation Test & Rowe
– Geonor Swelling Test
– Permeability Test
– Direct Shear Test
– Unconfined Compression Test
– Triaxial Test
– Cyclic Triaxial Test
– Development of Unsaturated Triaxial Test
– Development of Scale Model Test
The equipment for in-situ testing is:
– Drilling Machine
– Standard Penetration Test (SPT)
– Cone Penetration Test (CPT)
– In-situ CBR Test
– Vane Shear Test
– In-situ Density Test
– Geo-gauge In place Soil Stiffness Modulus Test
– Software Geoteknik GEO5. The Software contains :
| 1. Slope Stability: slope stability analysis | 14. Pile: Verification of single pile |
| 2.Sheeting Check: excavation shoring design (Non linear elastic/plastic model) | 15. Micropile: Verification of a micropile |
| 3. Sheeting Design: design of various shoring excavation and retaining wall types | 16. Pile Group: analysis of group of piles (pile raft foundations with rigid pile cap) |
| 4. Cantilever Wall: cantilever retaining wall design | 17. Pile CPT: verification of pile or a pile group based on CPTs |
| 5. Gravity Wall: Massive gravity wall design software | 18. Beam: beam on elastic foundations |
| 6. MSE Wall: Mechanically stabilized earth wall design and analysys | 19. Slab (Plate): design of foundation mat and slab (FE) |
| 7. Gabion: design and verification of gabion retaining wall | 20. Settlement: terrain settlement caused by surcharge and change of GWT |
| 8. Masonry Wall: design and verification of reinforced masonry wall | 21. Ground Loss: settlement above tunnels + prediction of building damage |
| 9. Prefab Wall: design and analysis of block walls | 22. Abutment: design of bridge abutments and wing walls |
| 10.Nailed Slope: design of soil nail walls abd slopes | 23. Terrain: digital terrain modelling (DTM) + excavation volumes |
| 11. Anti-Slide Pie: verification of anti-slide pile (for stabilizing slopes) | 24. Rock Stability: rock slope stability design |
| 12. Earth Pressures: earth pressures calculation | 25. Shaft: circular shaft design software |
| 13. Spread Footing: design of spread footings | 26. FEM: Modelling of various geotechnical problems by FE analysis |