Geo-Tech/Soil Mechanics laboratory is well equipped with all latest testing facilities required for identification and classification, determination of strength and compressibility characteristics of soils.
The various equipments available in the lab are:
- Direct shear test apparatus
- Vane shear apparatus
- Swell Pressure Test Apparatus
- Permeability test apparatus (constant + falling head)
- Proctor compaction apparatus
- Triaxial compression test apparatus
- CBR apparatus
- Plate load apparatus
- Plastic limit apparatus
- Shrinkage limit apparatus
- Liquid limit device
- Static cone penetrometer
- Unconfined compression tester (proving ring type) (motorized)
- Load truss
- Soil Extruder
- Core cutter with dolly rammer
- Consolidometer
- Lateral Pressure Assembly
- Rapid Moisture Meter
- Relative Density Apparatus
- Sand pouring cylinder
- Electronic weighing balance of capacity 50kg
- Pycnometer
- Hot air oven