| Name of the Lab | Soil Mechanics Laboratory |
|---|---|
| Year of Establishment | 2014 |
| Venue | Cambridge Block |
| Room No. | 2122 |
| Area | 84.69 Sq.m |
| Faculty In-charge | Mr.B. Jegatheeswaran, Assistant Professor/Civil |
| Lab Technician | Mr.M. Gunasekar, DEEE., |
Lab courses Handled in the Lab:
- CE8511 – Soil Mechanics Laboratory (III Year – V Semester)
The knowledge of the Soil Mechanics Laboratory is necessary for all Civil Engineering works as the determination of the engineering properties of soils plays an important role in all types of construction.
The following are the main objectives of this laboratory:
- To determine the classification of soil into silt, sand and clay etc.
- To determine the Index and Engineering properties of soil like specific gravity, water content, shrinkage limit, plastic limit, permeability, consolidation, shear strength tests etc.
The knowledge gained from this laboratory will be useful to understand the theoretical subjects like Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering. This laboratory is also useful in the field of structural design of sub structures like footings, pile foundations and retaining walls.
EQUIPMENT DETAILS
| S.No. | Name Equipment | Quantity |
| 1 | Test sieves 20 cm dia brass frame size: 20 mm, 16mm, 12.5mm,10mm, 6.7mm, 4.75mm, 2.36mm, 1.18mm, 600 micron, 425 micron,300 micron, 150 micron, pan | 2 |
| 2 | Soil Glass Hydrometer | 2 |
| 3 | Liquid limit apparatus | 2 |
| 4 | Plastic limit apparatus | 2 |
| 5 | Shrinkage limit apparatus | 3 |
| 6 | Mercury – 1kg | 1 |
| 7 | Proctor compaction apparatus size 150 mm dia x 2250 cc | 2 |
| 8 | Sand pouring cylinder size: 150 mm dia | 2 |
| 9 | Relative density apparatus | 1 |
| 10 | Soil permeability apparatus (constant head method & falling head method) | 1 |
| 11 | Three gang consolidation device | 1 |
| 12 | Direct shear apparatus | 1 |
| 13 | Motorized vane shear apparatus | 1 |
| 14 | Triaxial shear test apparatus | 1 |
| 15 | Digital table top weighing balance, capacity: 30 kg, L.C-I gm | 1 |
| 16 | Weighing balance 1 kg capacity (Electronic digital scale) | 3 |
| 17 | Motorized sieveshaker with digital timer along with 30 cm adoptor | 1 |
| 18 | Core cutter | 2 |
| 19 | Hot air oven | 1 |
| 20 | Unconfined compression testing machine | 1 |
| 21 | High speed stirrer | 1 |
| 22 | Specific gravity bottle – 100ml | 7 |
| 23 | Pyconometer | 4 |
| 24 | Specific gravity bottle | 4 |
| 25 | Silica Crucible 100ml/150ml. | 12 |
| 26 | Silica Crucible 150ml – 6 Nos. | 6 |
| 27 | Density Bottle – 100ml/50ml | 12 |