Soil Mechanics Lab

SOIL ENGINEERING LABORATORY
Prof. Incharge: Prof. S M Mahajan
Lab Assistant: Shri. Syed Riyaz
Area Of Lab: 146 Sq.m
List Of Experiments:
4CE06 GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING – I-LAB
PRACTICALS :-
Based on above syllabus, following ten practical are required to be formed and a laboratory
report be submitted by vevery student. Practical examination will be viva based on above
syllabus.
EXPERIMENTS :-
1. Determination of specific gravity of soil solids by Pyconometer,
density bottle.
2. Determination of moisture content by ovendrying method.
3. Determination of field density of the soil by sand replacement / core
cutter method.
4. Determination of grain size distribution by mechanical sieve analysis.
5. Determination f Atterbergs limits (LL, PL and SL)
6. Determinatin of Compaction properties (Standard Proctor Test)
7. Determination of permeability of falling head test
8. Determination of shear strength parameters by direct shear test
9. Determination of unconfined compressive strength of soil.
10. Determination of shear strength parameters by Triaxial of UU type
11. C.B.R. test.
12. Consolidation test

7CE07: GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING- II – Lab
LIST OF EXPERIMENTS: (Any six)
1.To determine the shear strength by conducting Field Vane shear test.
2. To identify the subsoil strata by conducting soil resistivity / seismic refractivity method
3. To determine the bearing capacity of soil by conducting standard penetration test
4. To determine the soil characteristic by conducting standard penetration test
5. To determine the soil properties by conducting the static cone penetration test.
6. Computation of bearing capacity by analytical approach to verity with field test
7. To determine the C- characteristic with respect to soil log bore presentation and interpretation
of exploration
8. To examine the soil characteristic with respect to soil log bore presentation and interpretation
of exploration