Geotechnical Engineering Lab
Geotechnical Engineering Lab equipped with state of the art to identify the engineering behavior of geomaterials (soils, rocks) and industrial by products such as red mud, fly ash, mine tailing etc., This is also (fully) equipped with enough facility to handle soil exploration program in consultancy projects. The lab provides all facilities for UG & PG in the area of soil mechanics, foundation engineering, ground improvement, rock mechanics, geo-environmental engineering. The floor area is about 150 Sqm.
Major instruments available: For physical and engineering analysis/properties.
- Triaxial Shear Test equipment
- Automatic & Conventional Direct Shear Test (Digital)
- 6 – Gang Consolidation Test equipment
- Soil Permeability apparatus
- C B R Test equipment
- Swell Pressure Test apparatus
Soil Exploration or Field Testing equipment:
- Plate Load Test Truss with accessories (50 Ton cap)
- Pile Load Test equipment
- Standard Penetration Test equipment
- Field CBR Test equipment
- Field Compaction Control facility
- Field Permeability test apparatus
Chemical Analysis:
- Soil pH value
- Soil Resistivity & Conductivity
- Chloride content in soil
- Sulphate content (Sodium Sulphate) in soil
- Soil Chemical Composition
Rock Testing:
- Core drilling machine
- Point Load Index test equipment
- Rock cradle & Ultrasonic rock hammer
Staff In-charge: Smt. Bharati Chiniwalar
Technical Staff: Mr. H. A. Devaraj