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Surveying and Levelling Laboratory

Surveying laboratory is equipped with state of the art equipment’s for conducting chain survey, compass survey and tachometric survey. It also helps in measuring various distances and angles using total station and theodolite.


Equipments:

  • Total Station
  • Global Positioning System
  • Plane Table and Accessories
  • Prismatic Compass
  • Metric Chain
  • Ranging Rod
  • Arrows and Pegs
  • Cross Staff
  • Tapes
  • Dumpy Level
  • Tilting Level
  • Theodolite

 

Soil Mechanics Laboratory

To develop skills to test the soils for their index and engineering properties and to characterize the soil based on their properties.

 

  • Sieves
  • Hydrometer
  • Thermometer
  • Liquid and Plastic limit apparatus
  • Shrinkage limit apparatus
  • Sand replacement method
  • Core cutter
  • Three Gang Consolidation test device
  • Direct Shear apparatus
  • UTM of minimum of 20 kN capacity
  • Van Shear apparatus
  • Triaxial shear apparatus
  • California bearing ratio test apparatus
  • Permeability Test apparatus

 

Hydraulic Engineering Laboratory

 

To provide hands on experience in calibration of flow meters, performance characteristics of pumps and turbines.

 

  • Rotameter
  • Orifice meter/mouthpiece,Venturimeter and Notches
  • Bernoulli’s Experiment
  • Friction factor in pipes.
  • Minor losses
  • Centrifugal pumps
  • Gear pump
  • Submersible pump
  • Reciprocating pump
  • Pelton wheel turbine
  • Francis turbine
  • Metacentric height of floating bodies

 

 

Water and Wastewater Analysis Laboratory

Water and wastewater analysis laboratory is equipped with state of the art equipments for determination of pH, turbidity and conductivity, Hardness, Alkalinity and Acidity, Chlorides, Phosphates and Sulphates, iron and fluoride, Dissolved Oxygen and BOD for the given sample, etc.,


Equipments:

  • pH Meter
  • Turbidity Meter
  • Dissolved Oxygen Meter
  • UV Spectrophotometer
  • Flame Photometer
  • Electrical Conductivity Meter
  • Water Bath
  • O.D Incubator
  • Muffle Furnace
  • Hot Air Oven
  • Reflux Apparatus
  • Jar Test Apparatus
  • Vacuum Filtration
  • Compound Microscope
  • High Precision Weighing Balance

Concrete and Highway Engineering Laboratory

Construction Materials laboratory is equipped with state of the art equipments for determination of various tests on fine aggregate, coarse aggregate, fresh and hardened concrete and tests on bricks, cement and blocks, bitumen and bituminous mixes.


Equipments:

  • Compression Testing Machine
  • Flexure Testing Machine
  • Compaction factor apparatus
  • Aggregate Impact testing machine
  • Flow table
  • Vee Bee consistometer
  • Slump cone
  • Los Angeles abrasion testing machine
  • Concrete cube moulds
  • Concrete cylinder moulds
  • Concrete prism moulds
  • Mortar cube moulds
  • Sieves sets
  • Density Bottle
  • Elongation Index
  • Flakiness Index
  • Vicat apparatus
  • Blains Apparatus
  • Concrete mixer
  • CBR apparatus
  • Marshall Stability Apparatus

 

Building Drawing and Detailing Laboratory

Building drawing and detailing laboratory is equipped with state of the art equipments using computers and software’s.

Software details:

  • Auto CAD
  • Revit

Equipments:

  • Desktop Computers
  • Printer

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