Laboratory

Labs
  • Geotechnical Lab
  • Concrete Lab
  • Hydraulics Lab
  • Workshop Practice Lab
  • Highway Engineering Lab
  • Surveying Lab
  • Environmental Lab
  • Computer Lab
  • Computational Lab

    1. Finite Element Modeling and Analysis: FEA of Curved Beams, Plates and Shells, various infrastructures like Dam, Transmission line Tower, Bridges, Tunnels etc. Usage of Commercial FE software like ANSYS, ABAQUS, STAAD pro etc.
    2. Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering: Seismic Behavior of Reinforced Concrete and Steel Structures, Seismic Load Estimation, Soil Structure Interaction, Advance analyses like Response Spectrum Analysis (RSA), Time History Analysis (THA), Nonlinear Time History Analysis (NTHA), Pushover Analysis, Incremental Dynamic Analysis (IDA)
    3. Analysis and Design: Design of High Rise Structures, Industrial Buildings, Prestressed Concrete Skewed bridges; Stability of Structures etc.

Equipments
List of Equipments:

Environmental Engineering Laboratory :

Name of Instrument Quantity

Jar Test (6 sample Stirrers)

 1

Double Distillation Unit

 1

Silica desiccators

 3

Step Distillation

 1

Imhoff Cone

 1

Conductivity Meter

 1

Vacuum Pump

 1

Electronic Balance

 2

Digital Oven

 2

Digital pH meter

 1

Digestion Apparatus

 2

Respirable Dust Sampler

 1

Spectrophotometer

 1

Autoclave

 1

Muffle Furnace

 1

Multi-parametric Equipment

 1

BOD Incubator

 1

COD reactor

 1

Turbidity Meter

 1

High Precision Water Bath

 1

Nitrogen Gas Cylinder

 1

COD Digestion Apparatus

 1
Highway Engineering Laboratory
S.No Description Of The Equipment Available
1. Ductility testing machine, electrically operated
2. Thermometers of various ranges
3. Los angles Abrasion testing machine,IS 2386 Part IV, ASTM C 131, AASHTO T96
4. Aggregate crushing value apparatus 7.5 cm, 15cm & 30cm
5. Aggregate impact tester IS 2386(IV) Automatic blow counter
6. Laboratory CBR App motorized IS 9669, IS 2720 (Part XVI) 1979. “Aimil”
7. Penetration piston, Face 50 mm. dia. With adjustable bracket for penetration dial gauge
8. Thickness( flakiness ) gauge, ISI mark, IS 2386 (Part I)
9. Length( elongation) gauge, ISI mark
10. Flash point closed Pensky mortens Apparatus, IS 1209, IS 1448 with NPL certificate
11. Ring ball apparatus, electrically heated , IS 1205
12. Marshall Test(Digital )
13. Benkelman Beam
14. Serological Temperaturecontrolled waterbathwithstirrer & digitaltemperaturecontrollercumindicator
15. Electricallyoperated BitumenExtractor
Hydraulic Engineering Laboratory
S. No. Description 0f The Equipment Available
1. Bernoulli’s Theorem Apparatus
2. Apparatus forReynolds’ Experiment
3. Apparatus for Determining of Minor Losses in Pipe & Pipe Fittings
4. Venturimeter Test Rig
5. Orifice Meter Test Rig
6. Apparatus for Conducting Orifice Experiments
7. Triangular Notch Tank Apparatus
8. Rectangular Notch Tank Apparatus
9. Pipe Friction Apparatus
10. Pitot Tube Apparatusfor Velocity Distribution
11. Impact of Jet Apparatus
12. Metacentric Height Apparatus
13. Centrifugal Pump Test rig
Concrete Technology Laboratory Equipments
  • Computerized Universal Testing Machine (UTM), Cap-1000 kN
  • Compression Testing Machine (CTM), Cap-2000 kN
  • Rebound hammer
  • Compaction Factor Test apparatus
  • Concrete Flow Table
  • Slump test apparatus
  • Briquette testing machines
  • Air permeability apparatus
  • Vicat’s needle apparatus
  • Le-Chatelier apparatus
  • Flexure Testing Machine (Third Point loading)
  • Drum Mixer
  • Marsh Cone Apparatus
  • Vibrating Table
  • Cement Autoclave
  • Accelerated Curing Tank
  • Digital Hot Air Oven

Research Areas: High Performance concrete, high strength concrete, Fracture energy, Reactive powder concrete, Fibre reinforced concrete, Pervious concrete, Self compacting concrete, Mechanical behavior of short circular column confined with welded wire mesh, Mechanical behavior of under reinforced beam confined with welded wire mesh etc.

Workshop Technology Laboratory Equipments
  • Centre Lathe, Size – 4.5 ft. with necessary accessories. (Gear Driven)
  • Horizontal and Vertical Milling machine with all accessories.
  • Circular Saw
  • All carpentry tools with bench vice for wood working joints.
  • Electric arc welding machine.
  • Table Drilling Machine with all standard accessories (12.5 mm)
  • Hand Drill with all accessories.
Geotechnical Engineering and Geology lab(CE)
S No. Name of Equipments No. of Equipments
1 Liquid limit device 6
2 Sand pouring cylinder 3
3 Direct shear apparatus 2
4 Field density kit 4
5 Compactionmould 3
6 Compaction mould heavy wt. 2
7 Compaction rammer light 2
8 Core cutter 4
9 Auger outfit 2
10 Standard penetration test 1
11 Electronic balance 1
12 shrinkage limit apparatus set 5
13 Sampling tube 12
14 Sample extractor 1
15 High speed stirrer 1
16 Pan balance 1
17 oven 2
18 Moisture content container 75
19 Vacuum desiccators 1
20 Magnetic base 5
21 Dial gauge 7
22 Wire saw 1
23 Vane shear apparatus 3
24 Consolidation apparatus 6
25 Swell test apparatus 1
26 Permeability app.(Falling and variable head) 1 each
27 Standard test sieve 34
28 Hydrometer 3
30 Triaxial shear test app. 1
31 Constant pressure system oil water type 1
32 Unconfined compressive strength test 1
33 pycnometer 4
34 Electronic display kit 2
35 DCPT 1
36 Straight edge 3
37 Hydraulic sample ejector 1
38 Mineral Boxes 10
39 Geologic models 13
Test Facilities
A. TEST ON AGGREGATES
  • Specific gravity of aggregates.
  • Water absorption of aggregates.
  • Los Angle’s abrasion test.
  • Impact test on Road aggregate.
  • Aggregate crushing value.
  • Weathering test for 10 cycles.( Sodium / Magnesium Sulphates)
  • Flakiness and Elongation Index.
B. TEST ON BITUMEN
  • Penetration test on Bitumen.
  • Softening point.
  • Ductility Test.
  • Flash and Fire point test.
  • Viscosity test.
C. TEST ON BITUMEN MIXES
  • Marshall Test
  • Marshall test with rubber aggregates
  • Mix properties ( Gradation and bitumen content)
D. ADVANCE TEST
  • CBR test of soil.
  • CBR value of aggregates.
  • Benkelman Beam test for overlay thickness.
  • Laying of a model pavement and testing its characteristics.
  • Reaction time of driver. (PIEV theory)
  • Dry and wet Attrition test on aggregate.
E. COMPUTER ORIENTED EXPERIMENTS
  • Simulation of waiting time.
  • Overlay design based on computer program.
  • Thickness of individual layer design from the given parameters.
  • Shortest test path for a traffic network
  • Chart preparation for Speed Vs Radius of highway design.
F. Field and Lab Soil Testing
  • Triaxial Test
  • Direct Shear Test
  • Standard Penetration Test
  • Swell and Swell Pressure Test
G. Water Quality Testing
  • Physical
  • Chemical And Biological Parameters Testing
  • BOD and COD
  • Spectrophotometer

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