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Laboratory
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Vector’s Grass Valley laboratory expands!
• NEW FACILITY
In January 2005 Vector moved its Geotechnical lab into a 5,000 square foot facility next door to our corporate offices in Grass Valley, California.
• ROCK MECHANICS LABORATORY
Within the facility, Vector is adding a rock mechanics laboratory. Uniaxial, Indirect Tensile (Brazilian), and Direct Shear are a few of the rock tests Vector is NOW offering. Complete list of tests
• NEW HIRE LUMIN MA, Ph.D. – ROCK MECHANICS
Vector has recently hired Lumin Ma, Ph.D. to head the new rock mechanics lab and manage the Geotechnical laboratory. Dr. Ma comes to Vector from the University of Nevada-Reno. Dr. Ma has performed extensive research using rock mechanics on both the Yucca Mountain and WIPP Projects.
• ADDITIONAL NEW SERVICES
• Los Angeles Abrasion machine. This unit is a valuable tool in measuring the wear and abrasive properties of concrete, asphalt and other types of aggregates.
• Unsaturated hydraulic conductivity testing. Vector is adding the capability to perform tests for determining the Water Characteristics Curves of soils. This curve is developed with the use of several test methods as defined in ASTM D-6836. Parameters from these test are utilized in evaluating the Unsaturated Hydraulic Conductivity properties of Soils. This service will be available in May 2005.
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Projects
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American
River Watershed Project South Bank Contract 1, California,
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River Watershed Project South Bank Contract 2, California,
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American
River Watershed Project Right Bank, California,
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Heap
Leach Ore Geotechnical Study
Oxide Copper Ore - Tropical Saprolite Formation |
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Multi-Client
Shear-in-Plane Research Program
HDPE Geomembrane Liners
For Chilean and Peruvian Copper Heap Leach Applications |
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Multi-Client
Pipe Deflection Research Program
High Heap Load Simulation
For Chilean Copper Heap Leach Applications |
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Tailings
Co-Disposal in Waste Rock
Feasibility Study - Geotechnical Performance, Argentina
& Chile |
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Tundra
Support Studies for Mine Waste Dumps, Russia |
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HDPE & LLDPE Compatibility
with concentrated H2SO4 Chile, Peru & Brazil |
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Cement stabilization of arsenic-containing
tailings, California, USA |
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Shear strength testing for waste
dumps with marine foundations, Papua New Guinea |
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Municipal waste shear strength
and geomembrane interaction, California, USA |
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Strong acid digestion of mine
waste rock and post-digestion geotechnical properties,
Brazil |
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Shredded tires for LCRS: Geomembrane
puncturing and interface shear strength. California,
USA |
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Clay permeability and cyanide.
Nevada, USA |
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High temperature soften and collapse
of HDPE pipe, Chile |
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Cyanide uptake in surface runoff
from tailings, Argentina |
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Stability and permeability of
cement-treated tailings, Argentina |
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Liquefaction potential of heap
leach ore, Peru |
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High strain triaxial testing
for liquefaction analysis, Peru |
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Collapse potential of Atacama
desert soils due to dissolution of nitrate salts, Chile |
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Liner interface strength and
puncturing for a multi-purpose landfill, Kazakhstan |
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