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 Laboratory / Soil -Testing Lab


   Soil Testing laboratory is equipped with facilities to carry out many types of tests on soils.These include testing of a large range of sample sizes for compressibility,shear strength and drainage properties.Basic equipment availability
   consists of sieve analysis,specific gravity of soil,atterberg limits,field density by core-cutter and sand replacement,permeability of soils-constant head and falling head method,SPT test, proctor compaction(Light and heavy)test,
   pycnometer bottle test,Direct shear test,vane shear test,triaxial compression test,consolidation test.There are different physical,chemical and geotechnical properties determined in the laboratory that is required for identifying the
   geo-materials.For designing purpose,these information are used by the geotechnical engineer related to the type of foundations,earthworks such as dams,embankments,tunnels,reservoirs,etc.Soil testing is a great way to
   evaluate salts,nutrient availability and the effects of adding composts or other amendments to the soil.


 List of Experiments
  1. Determination of Water Content (Oven Drying)
  2. Determination of Specific Gravity (Pycnometer)
  3. Grain Size Analysis
  4. Grain Size Analysis (Hydrometer)
  5. Determination of Dry Density of Soil in Place (Sand Replacement Method)
  6. Determination of Dry Density of Soil in Place (Core Cutter Method)
  7. Determination of Liquid Limit (Soil Cone Penetrometer, Casagrande's Apparatus)
  8. Determination of Plastic Limit and Shrinkage Limit
  9. Light Compaction Test
  10. Permeability test- constant head and falling head methods.
  11. Undrained Shear Strength using Vane Shear Test.
  12. Consolidation test: estimation of settlement, compression index parameter, rate of settlement, coefficient of consolidation.
  13. Shear strength tests: direct shear test, Triaxial compression test - unconsolidated - undrained tests, consolidated undrained tests with pore pressure measurement, consolidated drained tests.
  14. Plate load test
  15. California Bearing Ratio test

     






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