The Naval Seafloor Research Program at CSULA



Consulting Services


The geotechnical laboratory at CSULA is equipped with state-of-the-art laboratory and field test equipment. Unique and specialty equipment include:

Lab: Field:
Static and cyclic triaxial shear (Geocomp) Ball Penetrometer (100 cm2)
Static and cyclic direct simple shear (Geocomp) Cone Penetrometer (10 cm2)
Ring shear (Bromhead) Vane Shear (100mm x 50mm & 150mm x 75mm)
Large-scale rigid wall consolidometer Pressuremeter (TEXAM)
Consolidation (pneumatic and dead weight)

Arrangements for consulting services can be made by contacting Professor Tufenkjian
NSERP at California State University, Los Angeles  Last Updated On: February 01, 2010