GEOMECHANICS LABORATORY

GeoMechanics Lab Home Laboratory Facilities Laboratory Procedures Resedimentation Sample Characterization Constant Rate of Strain (CRS) Testing Permeability Downhole Tools Research Opportunities Bldg 131, 1.204 Lab Floor Plan click for larger image Bldg 131, 2.308 Lab Floor Plan click for larger image

SAMPLE CHARACTERIZATION Sample characterization is a key component part of our research. Sample characterization takes place either in the lab, through colleagues at the BEG, or through outside vendors. In House: • grain size analysis • Atterberg tests • specific surface area • thin sections analysis At the BEG http://www.beg.utexas.edu/sem/NanoSEM.html: • scanning electron microscopy (SEM) • gas adsorption Outside Labs: • confined and unconfined mercury injection capillary pressure (MICP) • specific surface area • crushed rock permeability (often referred to as GRI) • steady state permeability • high-resolution x-ray texture goniometry (HRXTG)