Infrastructure
Laboratories
Surveying & Geomatics Lab
Course Outcomes
At the end of the course, the student will be able to:
- Apply the principle of surveying for civil Engineering Applications
- Calculation of areas
- Drawing plans and contour maps using different measuring equipment at field level
- To learn the applications of GPS in surveying system
- Write a technical laboratory report
List of experiments
- Survey of an area by chain surveying.
- Determination of two inaccessible points by using prismatic compass.
- Surveying of a given area by prismatic compass (closed traverse) and plotting after adjustment.
- Radiation & intersection method by plane table survey.(Any one exercise)
Exercise on fly levelling using dumpy level. - An exercise on L.S, C.S and Plotting
- Trigonometric leveling – Heights and distance problem
- Determination of Area & Remote height using total station
- Traversing & Contouring using total station
- Distance, gradient, Diff. height between two inaccessible points using total station
- Study on use of GPS for data collection
- Collection of Point Data, Line Data, and Polygon Data using GPS.
Engineering Geology Lab
Course Outcomes
At the end of the course, the student will be able to:
- To study the physical properties and identification of minerals referred under the theory.
- Describe and identify the rocks referred under the theory.
- Illustrate the Microscopic study of rocks.
- Interpret and draw the sections for geological maps showing tilted beds, faults, unconformities etc.,
- Solve the simple structural geological problems.
List of experiments
- Study of physical properties and identification of minerals.
- Study of physical properties and identification of rocks (Igneous Rocks)
- Study of physical properties and identification of rocks (Sedimentary Rocks)
- Study of physical properties and identification of rocks (Metamorphic Rocks)
- Microscopic study of rocks
- Microscopic study of Minerals
- Study of Geological Structures like Faults and Folds
- Study of Geological Structures like Tilted Bed models and unconformities
- Interpretation and drawing of sections for geological maps showing tilted beds, faults, uniformities etc.
- Calculation of Dip using strike method.
- Calculation of Dip using dip method.
- Calulation of Dip using different angels/inclinations.
Environmental Engineering Lab
Course outcomes
After the completion of the course student should be able to
- Understand principles and their practical application in water treatment.
- Determine physical, chemical and biological characteristics of water and wastewater.
- Determine the optimum dose of coagulant.
- Estimate the chloride, nitrate and iron content in water.
- Summarize the solutions using titration, conductivity meter, pH meter, turbidity meter and DO meter.
List of experiments
- Determination of pH and turbidity
- Determination of Conductivity and total dissolved solids
- Determination of Alkalinity and Acidity
- Determination of Chlorides
- Determination of Iron
- Determination of Dissolved Oxygen
- Determination of Nitrates
- Determination of Optimum dose of Coagulant
- Determination of Chlorine Demand
- Determination of B.O.D
- Determination of C.O.D
- Presumptive Coliform test
Solid Mechanics Lab
Course Outcomes
At the end of the course the student will be able to:
- Predict the behavior of materials under impact, hardness, tensile and compressive loads.
- Determine elastic constants by flexural and torsion test.
- Determine the spring constants under various loadings.
- Understand the deflection of materials under bending
- Understand basic material properties stress and strain.
List of Experiments
- Tension test
- Bending test on (Steel / Wood) Cantilever beam.
- Bending test on simple support beam.
- Torsion test
- Hardness test
- Spring test
- Compression test on wood or concrete
- Impact test
- Shear test
- Verification of Maxwell’s Reciprocal theorem on beams.
- Use of electrical resistance strain gauges
- Continuous beam – deflection test.
Computer Aided Drafting of Building Lab
Course Outcomes
At the end of the course, the student will be able to:
- Assess the Software with aiding source.
- Draft the Plan and Elevation & Sectional views of the buildings.
- Develop the components of the building.
- Replicate the detailing of framed and Industrial structures.
- Interpret the isometric and orthogonal projection of buildings.
List of Experiments
- Introduction to the basic commands of CADD software.
- Practice exercises on basic commands of CAD software.
- Drawing of single line plans Single storey buildings.
- Drawing of plans of Multi storied buildings with Brick thickeness (Max G+2)
- Developing sections and elevations of Single storey buildings
- Detailing of different types (any 2 types) of doors and its components by using CAD
- Detailing of different types (any 2 types) of windows and its components by using CAD
- Detailed drawing of Roof trusses by using CAD
- Exercises on the development of working of building by using CAD
- Planning of commercial building (School building)
- Fundamentals of Building Information Modelling (BIM)
- Demonstrationon workflow in using BIM in the building life cycle
Geotechnical Engineering Lab
Course Outcomes
At the end of this course the student will be able to
- Demonstrate the engineering properties the soil.
- Illustrate the field bulk and dry density of cohesive and cohesion less soils.
- Classify the Coarse grained soils based on sieve analysis test & a grain size distribution curve.
- Compute the shear strength of cohesive and cohesion less soil.
- Determine the permeability of coarse grained soil and fine grained soil by constant head permeability test and falling head method.
List of Experiments
- Atterberg’s limits
- Fileld density- core cutter and sand replacement method
- Grain size analysis
- Permeability of soil, constant head
- Permeability of soil variable head test.
- Compaction test
- B.R test
- Consolidation test
- Unconfined compression test
- Triaxial compression test
- Direct shear test
- Vane shear test.
Fluid Mechanics &Hydraulic Machinery
Course Outcomes
Students who successfully complete this course will have demonstrated ability to:
- Describe the basic measurement techniques of fluid mechanics and its appropriate application.
- Interpret the results obtained in the laboratory for various experiments.
- Discover the practical working of Hydraulic machines- different types of Turbines, Pumps, and other miscellaneous hydraulics machines.
- Compare the results of analytical models introduced in lecture to the actual behavior of real fluid flows and draw correct and sustainable conclusions.
- Write a technical laboratory report
List of experiments
- Calibration of venture meter and Orifice meter
- Determination of coefficient of discharge for a small orifice/mouthpiece by constant head method
- Calibration of contracted rectangular notch and triangular notch
- Determination of friction factor of a pipe
- Determination of coefficient for minor losses.
- Verification of Bernoulli’s equation.
- Impact of jet on vanes
- Study of hydraulic jump.
- Performance test on Pelton wheel turbine.
- Performance test on Francis turbine
- Performance characteristics of a single stage /multi stage centrifugal pump.
- Performance characteristics of a reciprocating pump
Concrete & Highway Materials Lab
Course Outcomes
- Examine the experimental strength of aggregate materials as per codal provisions.
- Illustrate the stability & properties of bituminous materials & mixes by conducting tests.
- Determine the properties of cement by conducting the test.
- Define the workability of fresh concrete by conducting tests.
- Estimate the strength of hardened concrete by conducting destructive and non destructive testing.
LIST OF EXPERIMENTS
Road Aggregates
- Aggregate Crushing Value.
- Aggregate Impact Test.
- Specific Gravity And Water Absorption.
- Attrition Test.
- Abrasion Test.
- Shape Test.
Bituminous Materials
- Penetration Test.
- Ductility Test.
- Softening Point.
- Flash And Fire Point.
Cement and concrete
- Tests on cements
- Fineness of cement.
- Normal Consistency of cement
- Initial And Final Setting Time of cement.
- Specific Gravity and Soundness of cement.
- Compressive Strength of cement.
Tests On Concrete
- Workability Test on Concrete By Compaction Factor , Slump cone and Vee- Bee.
- Compressive Strength and Young’s Modulus of Concrete.
- Bulking of Sand.
- Non Destructive Testing on Concrete (For Demonstration).