Department Facilities
The Department has many laboratory facilities, Computer facility and a Department Library for students.
A) Laboratory Facilities
Department of Civil Engineering has eight laboratories and a Civil Engineering Workshop. The laboratories of the Department have state-of-the art equipments and are made available for the regular academic work, research works and Consultancy works.
Environmental Engineering Lab
Transportation Engineering Lab
Geotechnical Engineering Lab
Survey Lab
Strength of Materials Lab
1. Strength of Materials Lab
The laboratory has facilities for conducting practical classes for undergraduate programs. The students are being encouraged to take up topics in the field of Structural Engineering for their project work by making use of facilities available in the laboratory.
Various equipment available in the lab are:
Computerized UTM of capacity 120 T
Universal Testing Machine of capacity 60 T
Torsion Testing Machine
Impact Testing Machine
Brinell Hardness Testing Machine
Rockwell Hardness Testing Machine
Spring Testing Machine
Torsion Pendulum
Test set up for finding Moment of Inertia for Fly Wheel
A uni-axial horizontal Shake Table with maximum acceleration of 2.0 g and maximum load carrying capacity of 60 kg has been installed recently. NI Data Acquisition system, high sensitivity accelerometers and modally tuned impact hammer are the additional features.
2. Geotechnical Engineering Lab:
The laboratory has facilities for conducting practical classes for undergraduate programs, post graduate programmes and for doing various consultancy works in the field of Soil Mechanics. The undergraduate students are being encouraged to take up topics in the field of Geotechnical Engineering for their project work by making use of facilities available in the laboratory.
Various equipment available in the lab are:
Sets of Sieves
Hydrometer
Pycnometer
Liquid limit device
Plastic limit device
Shrinkage limit testing apparatus
Core cutter
Sand replacement apparatus
Permeability testing apparatus
Proctor compaction apparatus
Modified Proctor Compaction apparatus
CBR testing apparatus
Tri-axial testing machine
Direct shear apparatus
UCC apparatus
Vane shear apparatus
Standard Penetration test apparatus
Hot air oven
3. Transportation Engineering Lab
The Transportation Engineering Laboratory is equipped with facilities for testing of aggregates, bitumen and soil. The Laboratory is fully equipped for conduct of regular experiments at UG level and consultancy works.
Various equipment available in the lab are:
Los Angeles Abrasion testing machine
CBR testing machine
Aggregate Impact testing machine
Sieve set and sieve shaker
Flakiness and Elongation testing apparatus
Angularity number testing apparatus
Pensky Marten Flash and Fire point apparatus
Penetrometer
Softening point testing apparatus
Constant temperature water bath
Brooke field Viscometer
Dynamic Cone penetrometer
Modified MERLIN Roughness testing machine
Bitumen Extractor
4. Concrete Lab
The Concrete Lab is equipped with the following equipments which is extensively used for the laboratory practical classes as well as for the testing and Consultancy works.
Vicat apparatus
Le-chatlier apparatus
Sieves of different sizes
Sieve shaker
Flakiness and elongation gauges
Slump cone
Compaction factor test apparatus
Moulds for casting cubes, cylinders and beams
Needle vibrator
Compressometer
Compression testing machine
Tile testing machine
Weighing balance (mechanical & digital)
Concrete mixer
Rapid chloride permeability apparatus
5. Environmental Engineering Lab
This lab is mainly intended for qualitative and quantitative analysis of the characteristics of water and wastewater.
Various equipment available in the lab are:
pH meter
Nephelometer/ Turbidity meter
Conductivity meter
Titration Apparatus
Hot air oven
Muffle furnace
Jar Test Apparatus
Reflex apparatus
Distillation unit
Laminar Air Flow Apparatus
Incubator
Autoclave
6. Survey Lab
The lab has a collection of the following equipments which are provided for the practical sessions for UG students. Students perform the Survey camp for getting a practical exposure of field survey using the Total Station.
Total Station
Theodolite
Levels
Levelling Staff
Prismatic Compass
Plane Table Set
Telescopic Alidade
Arrows
Surveyor’s Compass
Subtense bar
Measuring tape
Chain
Cross Staff
Ranging rod
Offset rod
7. Computer Aided Civil Engineering (CACE) Lab
The lab provides the facility for preparing structural drawings of building components using AutoCAD, analysing structures using structural analysis software, interpreting survey data obtained from total station etc. Training programmes for students on different softwares are also conducted in the lab.
Software available in the lab are:
Structural Analysis software SAP 2000 (10 user licenses)
AutoCAD
8. Project Lab
A civil engineering project lab is a practical, resource-rich environment within an educational institution designed for students to execute their final and mini-projectsin a particular area of civil engineering. Project lab facility is a space for students to work on their projects, including discussions, and development.The department is having a project laboratory which is functioning under the regular laboratories.Several successful projects have been carried out by students in this lab.Experimental studies help the students prepare for the real-world applications. Project Laboratory enables students to obtain hands-on experience helping students develop both the physical and creative skills and to realize their project ideas as executable projects.
Hands-on Experience
Students gain practical experience with physical materials, instruments, and testing equipment.
Innovative Idea Execution
It serves as a space for students to implement their innovative ideas and execute their final projects.
Teamwork & Collaboration
The lab is a meeting location for students to work on team-based projects.
B) Civil Engineering Workshop
Various equipment available in the lab include:
Surveying Equipments like Chain, Dumpy Level etc.
Measuring Tools like Vernier Calipers, Screw Gauge, Distometer etc.
C) Department Library Facility:
There is a collection of about 250 text books and Seminar and Project Reports of students specifically provided to the Civil Engineering Department students. The students can lend books from the library on semester basis.