Major Equipment in Lab
Sr. No.
Major Equipment
Total Cost in Rs.
1
Triaxial Test Equipment
2
Direct shear test Equipment
3
Unconfined
Equipment
4
Swell test Equipment
61,500/-
5.
Tempo Thermostatic laboratory
oven
47,200/-
compression
2,63,700/98,600/test
76,500/-
List of Laboratory Experiments / Practical Syllabus
Second Year Civil Engineering (2019 Course)
201013 Geotechnical Engineering-Lab
Credit : 01
Practical: 2 hrs / week
Oral : 50 Marks
The term work shall consist of a journal giving details of at least 11 out of 13 of the following
experiments.
Sr. No.
Title of Experiment
1
Water content determination by any two methods a) Oven drying method,
b) Infrared moisture method, c) calcium carbide method
2
Specific gravity determination by Pycnometer /density bottle.
3
4
5
6
Sieve analysis, particle size determination and IS classification as per I.S.
Codes.
Determination of Consistency limits and their use in soil classification as
per I.S. Codes.
Field density test by a) Core cutter b) Sand Replacement and c) Clod
method
Determination of coefficient of permeability by a) Constant head and b)
Variable head method.
7
8
Direct shear test.
9
Vane Shear test.
10
Triaxial test
11
Standard Proctor test / Modified Proctor test.
12
Differential free swell test.
13
Swelling Pressure test
14
Assignments on the following topics (Any 2):
a)
Rebhann’s and Cullman’s graphical method for determination of earth pressure.
b)
Solution of problems on shear strength parameters using graph.
c)
Collection of sample soil investigation report for any construction project.
Unconfined compression test.