Laboratories

In the construction sector, Civil Engineering laboratories are essential areas for testing, research, and training. By evaluating materials, testing structural integrity, and looking into geotechnical characteristics, they play a vital part in assuring the sustainability, safety, and durability of constructed environments. These labs also facilitate failure analysis, research and development, and environmental monitoring.

The Civil Engineering department is equipped with state of art labs where the theoretical courses are supplemented by imparting practical experience. The department has 8 major laboratories:

• Surveying Lab

• Concrete Lab

• Environmental Engineering Lab

• Transportation Engineering Lab

• Fluid Mechanics Lab

• Geotechnical Engineering Lab

• Mechanics of Solid Lab

• Computer Lab

1. Surveying Lab

The Surveying Laboratory enables students to understand and practice the basic principles of surveying by conducting field exercises using a wide spectrum of surveying equipment. This laboratory covers data collection methods including surveying, profile levelling, contouring, compass traversing, laying out of curves, base line measurement and triangulation.

 Our Surveying Lab is equipped with following experimental setup:

• Metallic Chain

• Ranging Rod

• Tilting level

• Auto level

• Total Station

• Plane Table its accessories

• Electronic Theodolite

• Prismatic Compass

• Surveyor Compass

2.  Concrete Lab

The Concrete Technology Laboratory of Civil Engineering program provides hands-on experience in testing cement and aggregates, evaluating concrete workability, and conducting compressive strength tests.  Students learn concrete mix design as per IS codes and explore non-destructive testing methods, enhancing their understanding of concrete properties and quality control.

 Our Concrete Lab equipped with the following experimental setup:

• Compression Testing Machine

• Cement mortar vibrating machine

• Rebound hammer

• Concrete mixer

• Different Mould cast

• Abrasion resistance machine

• Impact Value test

3. Environmental Engineering Lab

An environmental engineering laboratory is a facility designed for testing, and analysis related to environmental quality and pollution control, equipment for analyzing various environmental samples like water, wastewater with a focus on chemical, biological, and physical parameters.

The instrument list includes:

• Benchtop PH meter kit

• Battery operated Portable Turbidity meter

• Battery operated Portable Dissolved oxygen meter (DO-meter)

• Electronic precision balance

• Hot air oven with Thermo-static control

4. Transportation Engineering Lab

For the design & construction of highways and airfields, it is imperative to carry out tests on construction materials for their scientific designing and economic utilization. The prime objective of the different tests in use is to know and classify the pavement material into different groups depending upon their physical and strength or stability characteristics.

The instrument list includes:

• Marshall Stability Testing machine

• Ductility testing machine

• Penetration testing machine

• Aggregate impact testing machine

• Abrasion testing machine

• CBR testing machine

5. Fluid Mechanics Lab

The Fluid Mechanics Laboratory of Civil Engineering branch provides practical experience in fluid properties, flow measurements, and hydraulic machines. Students perform experiments on Bernoulli’s theorem, flow through pipes, and orifices, enhancing their understanding of fluid behavior essential for hydraulic structure and water resource design.

The laboratory is equipped with the following experimental set-ups:

• Bernoulli’s Apparatus.

• Venturimeter & Orifice Meter Apparatus

• Notch Apparatus

• Reynolds Apparatus

• Rotameter Apparatus

6. Geotechnical Engineering Lab

A Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory is a facility within civil engineering departments dedicated to studying the properties and behavior of soils and rocks. It helps engineers understand how these materials behave under different conditions, which is crucial for designing stable foundations, earthworks, and other structures.

The laboratory is equipped with the following experimental set-ups:

• Liquid limit device

• Cone penetrometer

• Shrinkage limit test

• Pycnometer

• Plastic Limit set

• Direct shear apparatus

7. Mechanics of Solid Lab

The Mechanics of Solids Laboratory is demonstrating the basic principles in the area of strength and mechanics of materials and structural analysis to the undergraduate students through a series of experiments. Students can learn a variety of engineering and structural materials and their mechanical and engineering properties,materials stress-strain behavior and failure patterns, types of materials based on characterization and evaluation of the experimental results.

The laboratory is equipped with the following experimental set-ups:

• Universal Testing Machine

• Torsion Testing Machine

• Rockwell & Brinell Hardness Tester

• Impact Testing Machine

8. Computer Lab

The Computer Lab provides a convenient approach for civil engineering planning, drawing and drafting the report. Students of UG and PG courses can get professional training on 2D & 3D drafting of civil engineering drawings with the help of AutoCAD. The students will also learn design and drafting, necessary for the civil-engineering discipline.