Laboratories of Civil Engineering

The Civil Engineering Department has well equipped Laboratories and following are the details

1. Fluid Mechanics & machinery Laboratory
2. Construction Material Laboratory
3. Soil Engineering Laboratory
4. Survey Laboratory
5. Strength of Material Laboratory
6. CADD laboratory
7. Environmental Engineering Laboratory


Fluid Mechanics & Machinery Laboratory

Description of Equipments
� Bernoulli's Theorem - Verification Apparatus
� Calculation of Met centric height water tank ship model with accessories
� Measurement of Velocity pitot tube assembly
� Flow measurement
� Open flow channel











Channel with provision for fixing notches (rectangular, triangular & trapezoidal forms) Flume
assembly with provisions for conducting experiments on Hydraulic jumps, generation of surges.




Flow measurements in pipes
Venturimeter, U tube manometer fixtures like valves, collecting tank.
Orifice meter, with all necessary fitting in pipe lines of different diameters.

Calibration of flow through Orifice tank with provisions for fixing orifice of different shapes collecting tank.
Calibration of flow through mouth piece tank with provisions for fixing mouth pieces
viz external mouth piece and internal mouth piece.
� Losses in pipes
Major loss - Friction loss pipe lengths (min 3m) of different
diameter with Valves and pressure rapping & collecting tank
Minor loss - Pipe line assembly with provisions for having sudden
contractions in diameter, expansion bends, elbow fitting etc.
� Pumps
Centrifugal pump assembly with accessories (single stage)
Reciprocating pump assembly with accessories
Deep well pump assembly set with accessories
� Turbine
Impulse turbine assembly with fittings & accessories

Construction Material laboratory

Description Of Equipments
o Le Chatelier's Apparatus
o Vicat's Apparatus
o Mortar cube moulds
o Concrete cube moulds
o Concrete cylinder moulds
o Concrete Prism moulds
o Pycnometer
o Sieves
o Concrete mixture
o Slump cone
o Flow table
o Vee Bee consistometer
o Aggregate Impact testing machine
o Deval abrasion
o Flankiness Index

Soil Engineering Laboratory

Description Of Equipments
o Sieves
o Hydrometer
o Liquid and plastic limit apparatus
o Shrinkage limit apparatus
o Proctor compaction apparatus
o UTM (minimum of 20KN capacity)
o Direct shear apparatus
o Thermometer
o Field density measuring device
o Triaxial shear apparatus
o Sieve shaker
o Jodhpur permeability apparatus
o Loading frame
o Density bottle
o Weighting balance
o Borosil measuring jars

Surveying Laboratory

Description Of Equipments
o Theodolites
o Dumpy Level
o Plain Table
o Pocket Stereoscope
o Ranging Rods
o Leveling Staff
o Cross Staff
o Chains
o Tapes
o Arrows
o Subtense Bars
o Parallax Bars

Strength Of Materials Laboratory

Description Of Equipments
o UTM of minimum 400 KN capacity
o Torsion testing machine for steel rods
o Izod/Charpy impact testing machine
o Rockwell Hardness testing machine
o Brinnel Hardness testing machine
o Beam deflection test apparatus
o Extensometer
o Spring testing machine
o Dial gauges
o Fatigue testing machine

CADD Laboratory

Description Of Software
o Auto Cadd 2004
o ANSYS