The department has well equipped laboratories which provide good facilities for teaching, field testing and research works in civil engineering. The laboratories have been set up to enable students to use the techniques, skills and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice. The following laboratories are part of the Civil Engineering Department.
Survey Lab
This lab serves the needs of the civil engineering programs in basic plane surveying, and supports the advanced surveying courses as well. The equipment is used in applications that give practical training and provide insight about the topics covered in lecture. At the basic level topics include compass survey, plane table survey, leveling and theodolite survey. Training is imparted in total station survey as well. The main equipment include:
- PrismatIc Compass with Tripod
- Measuring Tape 30 m
- Metric Chain 20m and 30m
- Plane Table With Accessories
- Dumpy Level
- Theodolite
- Ghat Tracer Ceylon Type
- Box sextant
- Clinometer
- Planimeter
- Pentagraph
- Hand Level
- Total Station (Leica )
Materials testing lab
This laboratory, containing materials testing machines, is used to introduce students to material properties through actual testing of specimens. The department uses this lab in support of several courses where this type of experimentation is used like testing of the basic building materials, assessing its property and analyzing whether it confirms to the standards given by BIS codes. The main equipment include:
- Spring Testing Machine
- Torsion Pendulum apparatus
- Torsion Testing Machine
- Universal Testing Machine
- Rockwell cum Brinell Hardness Testing Machine
- Vickers Hardness Testing Machine
Geotechnical engineering lab
This lab consists of several equipment for testing the various parameters of soil like CBR test, Direct Shear test, Vane Shear test, Unconfined compression test, Triaxial compression test, Consolidation test, Permeability test, Compaction test, Consistency limit tests etc. The study of the various properties of soil and its safe bearing capacity, is a prime requisite for designing a proper foundation for the construction of roads, buildings etc. Thus this lab helps the students in understanding the concept of geotechnical engineering in detail. The main equipment include:
- Hot Air Oven
- Pycnometer
- Sand -Pouring Cylinder Calibrating Container
- Core Cutter with Rammer
- Seive Shaker with sieve Set
- Hydrometer
- Pipet with Stand
- Cassagrande’s Liquid Limit Device and Grooving tool
- Shrinkage Dish
- Over Head Tank Permeameter Mould
- Permeameter Mould ,Graduated glass ,Stand etc
- Compaction Mould and Rammer (2.6kg x 310mm fall)
- Consolidometer
- Direct Shear Apparatus
- Triaxial Cell and Loading Frame
- Unconfined Compression Test ( Proving Ring Type)
- Vane Shear Apparatus
Concrete Laboratory
This lab provides facilities for various tests for cement and concrete which includes test for compressive strength, flexural strength, fineness, and mix design of concrete etc. The main equipment include:
- Vicat Apparatus
- Air Permiability Apparatus
- Le Chatlier’s Flask
- Le Chatlier’s Mould
- Compression Testing Machine
- Compaction Factor Apparatus
- Mould for Slump Test
- Vee Bee Consistometer
- Flexural Strength Testing Machine
- Steel Cylinder with Plunger and Base Plate
- Oven, Wire Basket,Water tight Container
- Pycnometer
- Compression Testing Machine,Compressometer
- I.S sieves as per IS code,Sieve Shaker
- TileTesting Machine
- Cement autoclave
- Air entrainment meter
- Concrete penetrometer
- Ultrasonic pulse velocity meter
- Flow table
- Lateral Extensometer
- Longitudinal compressometer
- J Ring apparatus
- Tile abrasion test
- Concrete air entrainment meter
- Accelarated curing tank
- Core cutter
- Plastic extruder
- Sustainable brick making unit
- Concrete Shredder
structural Engineering Lab
This lab provides facilitates for testing heavy beams, slabs, beams and columns. The lab is equipped with
- 200 tones loading Frame
- 100 T and 25 T hydraulic power pack with digital data acquisition facility
- Thermocouple, LT rectilinear displacement transducers (50 mm and 100mm)
- Data acquisition system
- Load cell
- 25 ton electric overhead crane
CAD Lab
Computer Aided Design laboratory is an important practical subject which the Civil engineering students have to learn in their sixth semester. This lab deals with the study of various distinctive features and tools used in AutoCAD and the uses of this software in Civil engineering is covered extensively. The students also learn a Structural Analysis software(STAAD) for analysing structures like trusses, beams etc and a project management software (Prima Vera P6). They will also learn how to use Microsoft Excel in solving various civil engineering problems. The lab is full-fledged with 45 computer systems.
Transportation Engineering Lab
This branch of civil engineering is involved with multifarious activities related to highway engineering in particular and transportation engineering in general. It is a well-equipped laboratory related to highway material testing, pavement evaluation and traffic engineering studies. The List of some of the experiments that can be conducted in the transportation engineering laboratory are given below.
| Test on Aggregates | Equipment used |
| Crushing Test | Compression Testing Machine |
| Impact Test | Impact testing Machine |
| Los Angeles Abrasion Test | Los AngelesAbrasion Testing Machine |
| Water Absorption and Specific Gravity Test | Wire Basket,Balance etc |
| Stripping Test | Stripping Value Test Apparatus |
| Flakiness and Elongation Index Test | Thickness Gauge ,Length Gauge |
| Test on Bitumen | Equipment used |
| Penetration Test | Penetrometer |
| Softening Test | Ring and Ball Apparatus |
| Viscosity Test | Tar Viscometer |
| Flash and Fire Point Test | Flash and fire point apparatus |
| Ductility Test | Ductility Testing Machine,water bath, Briquette moulds (4nos) |
| Tests on Bituminous Mixes | Equipment used |
| Bituminous Mix Design | |
| Marshall Stability and Flow value | Marshall Stability Apparatus |
| Pavement Evaluation Tests | Equipment used |
| CBR apparatus for field and laboratory test | CBR loading Machine, Metalic Mould, Collar, Plunger etc. |
| Traffic Engineering studies | |
| Spot Speed Study | |
| Volume Studies |
Environmental engineering lab
The purpose of this lab is to acquaint students with the details of water and wastewater analysis, and to provide hands-on experience in the operation and performance of traditional and innovative systems for water and wastewater treatment. The lab is well equipped with:
| Experiment | Equipment |
| Determination of Acidity, Alkalinity, Chlorides, Hardness(Mg &Ca), D.O | Burette with stand,Pipette,conical flask,Reagent bottles |
| Detrmination of B.O.D | B.O.D. Bottles., Incubator, Burette, Pipette, Conical flask |
| Determination of C.O.D | Reflexing apparatus, Burette, pipette, Glass beads, Round bottom flask |
| Jar Test | Jar test Apparatus( Floculator), Nephelometer |
| Turbidity | Nephelometer |
| Total Solids | Muffle Furnace, Steam Bath, Oven, China Dish |
| Determination of PH | PH Meter |
| M.P.N | Auto Clave |
| Distilled water | Sterilizing apparatus |