Soil Mechanics Laboratory (& Site Investigation)
Experiment
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Soil Mechanic
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Classification Test
Sieve and Sedimentation Analysis
Liquid and Plastic Limit
Specific Gravity
Compaction Tests
Standard Compaction
CBR
Experiment
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Soil Mechanic
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Soil Mechanic
Strength Test
Compession Testing Up to 100 KN at
rates down to 50nm/minutes
Five 38 mm “Triaxial Cells”
Two “101 mm” Triaxial Cells
Pre Pressure Measurement
Box Shear Test
“undisturned” Sample Preparation
Equipment
Experiment
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Consolidation Test- Conventional
and Bowe Type Cells
Permeability Tests
Constant and Falling Head
Seepage Tank
Site Tests
Density
Boring Rig
4-Wheel Drive Vehicle
Hand augers
Mackintosh/JKT Probe
Vane Test
SPT
Cone Penetration
Undisturbed Sampling
Surveying
Experiment
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Survey
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Tapes
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Chains Band
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Theodolites Up to 1/5 Seconds
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3 Tripped Equipment
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Plane Table Equipment
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Including Direct Reading Alidades
Survey
Experiment
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Electronic Distance Measurement
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Short Range
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Levels Up to Second Order
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Stereoscopes
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Photogrammetric
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Hand Calculators
The equipment provides for all common surveying and engineering work up to second order.
Hydraulic
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Hydraulic
Hydraulic
Experiment
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Simple hydrostatics experiment
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Demonstration of Bernoulli’s equation
Experiment
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Impact of jet
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Osborne Reynolds’s apparatus
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Flow visualization table
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Mobile bed tank
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Characteristics of orifices
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Weirs
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Pipe “:friction”
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Centifugal and exial flow pumps
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Axial flow
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Pelton Shell
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Francis turbine
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Airflow: Compressor
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Wind tunnel (small)
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Open channel flume
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Surge tank
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Compressible flow apparatus
Concrete Laboratory
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Concrete
Experiment
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Rigden surface area of powder
apparatus, Le Chatelier’s mould
for soundness of consent and
Lime, Vicant apparatus for
standard consistency and setting
times of cement
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Mortar moulds, standard vibrating
machine and compression testing
machine
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Cylindrical metal containers for
determination of bulk density of
aggregates.
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Slump cone and compacting factor
apparatus and Vee Bee
consistometer for workability of
concrete.
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Laboratory mixing pan, standard
cube moulds, vibrating hammer,
curing tank, capping apparatus,
beam noulds, vibrating table for
compressive and flexurual
strength tests of concrete.
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Prism mould and shrinkages
testing apparatus.
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Apparatus for the analysis of
concrete, various weighing
balances, measuring glass jars,
thermometers, stop clock and
other miscellaneous Items.
Strength of Materials Laboratory
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Structure
Experiment
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Tension test, compression test, bending
test using universal testing machine,
load ragne 50NK to 100NK.
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Impact test-universal impact test
machines
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Strut apparatus
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Shear centre apparatus
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Torsion apparatus-reserve torsion
approach and hand mechanical
operated machine
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Hardess test apparatus
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Sharpless demonstration polariscope
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Instron-multi purpose testing machine.
Structure Laboratory
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Structure
Experiment
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Universal frame and stand.
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Suspension bridge
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Reaction of beams apparatus
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Three hinged Arch
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Two hinged Arch
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Elastic beam apparatus
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Plastic bending moment apparatus
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Shear force apparatus
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Demec mechanical strain gauges
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Begg’s deformeter
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Continuous beam apparatus
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Deflection of beam apparatus
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Plain truss
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Electrical Strain Gauge Apparatus
Heavy Structure
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Structure
Experiment
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6000 KN multipurpose structural testing
frame, Hydraulic Rams-31/2 Tons and 20
Tons. The testing frame accommodates
the testing of many different types of
structures and structural components.
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The base of the frame consists of four
HYS steal grillage units each, 2.7 square
which are interchangeable on all four
sides. The fur steel grillage may be used
separately or coupled together to form a
5.4 m square array test bed. As an
alternative they may be joined in line to
give a test bed of area of 2.7 m by 10.8
m. the super structure selected for the
erection on the steel grillages consist of
standard steel columns and beam of.
Almost any kind of structure such as,
walls, beams, slabs, columns and shells
could be erected on the grillages units
for full scale testing. The loading is
applied by means of centrally operated
hydraulic jacks and loads are measured
by load cells.