Objectives:

• To determine various soil parameters.
• To classify a particular soil inacordance with ISI specification.
• To determine the permeability characteristics of a particulars soil sample.
• To determine compaction characteristics of a particular soil sample.
• To determine sate bearing capacity of soil at a site from its shear parameters.

Outcomes:

• To impart knowledge to students regarding importance of soil parameters.
• To enable a student to go for knowing seepage value at a dam site.
• To enable the student to estimate amount of soil required at an embankment.
• To enable the student to decide foundation depth of a structure.

Major Equipments

• Triaxial shear test machine.
• Unconfined shear test machine
• CBR test machine
• Consolidometer
• Constant head permeameter
• Falling head permeameter

Objectives:

• To determine Los Abrasion in value of road aggregates.
• To determine toughness value of aggregates
• To determine design parameter for preparation of road mix by marshal stability test machine.
• To determine grade of bitumen by ductility test.
• To determine softening point of bitumen.

Outcomes:

• To verify whether in aggregate mass is fit for a particular type of road making.
• To determine strength of bitumen mix
• To determine the suitability of bitumen mixture to meet the specified criteria for surface course.
• To get determine thickness of road layers over a particular course.
• To verify workability of a bitumen mix.

Major Equipments

• Los Angles Abrasion.
• Impact Testing Machine
• Marshall Stability test machine.
• Bitumen ductility test machine.

Objectives:

• To determine setting times of cement
• To determine bulking of sand
• To determine soundness of cement.
• Endurance limit of steel.
• Flexural strength of RCC beam.

Outcomes:

• Students can distinguish between well graded and poorly graded aggregates.
• Students can distinguish between good quality and bad quality cements.
• Students can know whether a steel rod justify its grading.
• Students can estimate the amount of sand required for a particular mix.

Major Equipments

• Mortar vibrator
• Compression testing machine
• Vicat apparatus
• Fatigue test machine

Objectives:

• To determine compressive strength of concrete cubes
• To determine treacle strength of concrete specimen
• To determine flexural strength of concrete beams.
• To determine aggregate crushing strength.
• To prepare concrete mixes for various tests.

Outcomes:

• To enable students to know various concrete parameters for mix design.
• To enable students to co relate properties of different mixes.
• To enable students to decide slump values for various purposes.
• To enable students to carry out experiments on different type of materials used for concrete.

Major Equipments

• Universal testing machine
• Compaction testing machine
• Tensile testing machine
• Flexure apparatus