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GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
The Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory is an integral part of the Department of Civil Engineering at U V Patel College of Engineering. Geotechnical engineering subject was started under the civil engineering department in 2010. Since its inception, all the faculties, students, and associated lab staff have actively contributed to its development. The laboratory is equipped to perform all the necessary basic characterization of soils. Geotechnical engineering is the branch of civil engineering that deals with the engineering behavior of subsurface materials. It includes Soil Mechanics, which is essential to identify, characterize and study the mechanics of soil/rock, and Applied Soil Mechanics, which transfers the behavioral knowledge to practice. This includes investigating existing subsurface conditions and materials; determining their engineering behavior that is important to the project considered and designing the foundations. A typical geotechnical engineering laboratory helps in identifying the engineering behavior of soil. Our Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory is well-equipped with equipment for evaluating all engineering properties of soils including index properties, compaction characteristics, consolidation characteristics, and shear strength of soils.
| SR NO | PRACTICAL NAME | REFERENCE | APPLICATION |
| 1 | Sieve Sets And Shakers | IS-2720-4(1985)--1986 | To determine the grain size distribution of a coarse grain soil by sieving. |
| 2 | Direst Shear Test Equipment | IS-2720 part-13--1986 | To determine the shear parameters of a sandy soil specimen by direct shear test. |
| 3 | Triaxial Test Equipment | IS-2720 part-11--1986 | To determine the shear parameter for the cohesive soil specimen by Triaxial compression test. |
| 4 | Unconfined Compression Test Equipment | IS-2720 part-10--1986 | To determine the unconfined compressive strength of clayey soil using controlled strain. |
| 5 | Consolidation Test Equipment | IS-2720 part-15-1986 | To determine the swelling potensial of a given soil sample by conducting Consolidation test |
| 6 | Permeability Test Equipment | IS-2720 part-17-1986 | To determine the coefficient of permeability of a given soil sample by conducting variable head test. |
| 7 | Vane Shear Test Equipment | IS-2720 part-30-1986 | To determine the shear strength of soil using laboratory vane shear apparatus. |
| 8 | Free Swell Test Equipment | IS-2720 part-40-1977 | To determine the free swell index of a given soil. |
| 9 | Standard Penetration Test Kit | IS-2131-1981 | To determine the liquid limit of the soil sample using static cone penetration apparatus. |
| 10 | Automatic Compactor | To compact the soil automatically through this appartus | |
| 11 | Field Density Apparatus | IS-2720 part-28-1974 | To determine field density and dry density of soil by sand replacement method. |
| 12 | CBR Testing Machines | IS-2720 part-16-1987 | To determine the California Bearing Ratio (CBR) of the sub grade soil in the Laboratory. |
| 13 | Specific Gravity By Pycnometer | IS-2720 part-3-1980 | To find put Specific gravity of soil |
