ADVANCED SOIL MECHANICS LABORATORY

The division of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering is equipped well with state of the art equipment's. The division possesses field testing equipment such as Static Cone Penetration test, Field Vane Shear Test, Pressure Meter Test etc. In addition to the above, the Division is having special kind of equipment's like Cyclic Triaxial Servo Controlled system with Bender Element. Also, the Division is having Pressure Plate Extractor and Block Vibrator testing system. The above mentioned equipments are being used continuously for classroom teaching, Laboratory classes, testing and consulting works. Students are trained with all these testing equipment's.

Bender Element Tester

COMPUTER LABORATORY

Division is in possession of computing laboratory having sufficient computers with internet facility. Scanner and copiers are also available for students use. A computer laboratory has been developed in the division to provide solutions for various Geotechnical Engineering problems through numerical analysis. This laboratory has computing facilities using various softwares such as PLAXIS, GEOSLOPE, STRAP and STADD Pro. All these above mentioned facilities are frequently used by students for their research work and consultancy works

LIBRARY

The Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering students have access to division library, which have a large numbers of collection for reference books in various fields of geotechnical engineering, International and National conference proceeding volumes, research reports and Indian standard specifications.

EQUIPMENT AND MACHINERIES COSTING MORE THAN ONE LAKH

• Triaxial Testing System
• Static Cone Penetration test facility
• UTM to conduct UCC and CBR tests
• Conventional Direct Shear apparatus
• Conventional Consolidation apparatus
• Pressure Meter Testing System
• Three Gang Consolidation Apparatus with Electronic out fit
• Direct Shear Apparatus with Electronic out fit
• UTM 100 KN capacity with accessories to test Geotextiles
• Point Load Index Tester
• Brazilian Test

UNIQUE FACILITIES

• Static and Dynamic Pullout test facility
• Load Frame facility
• Laboratory Electro Osmosis apparatus
• Model shake table
• Cyclic Lateral load test facility
• Servo Controlled Cyclic Triaxial test
• Bender Element testt
• Pressure Plate Extractor