Our laboratory facilities feature sophisticated research-level devices for conducting the specialised laboratory and model testing needed to characterise conventional and carbonate sediments.

• Fixed beam centrifuge: 40g-tonne capacity with 1.8m radius platform
• Drum centrifuge: 1.2m diameter and 500g capacity with precision-controlled turntable
• A modern well-equipped laboratory for computer-controlled triaxial, simple shear, and constant normal stiffness interface testing
• Optical and electron microscopes, x-ray and high-speed camera equipment for studies of soil fabric and damage mechanics
• Assorted smaller calibration chambers and specialist apparatus for model foundations, including inclined and torsional loading and grouted driven piles
• Novel site investigation equipment, including T-bar and spherical penetrometers, self-boring pressuremeters
• Dynamic pile testing instrumentation and software

COFS houses the only centrifuge modelling facility in Australia. Only COFS and the University of Cambridge are home to both a fixed beam and a drum centrifuge.