LIST OF LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS

1. Fluid Mechanics Laboratory

Experiment 1 Calibration of Notches
Experiment 2 Calibration of Orifice meter
Experiment 3 Determination of Hydraulic Coefficient of an Orifice
Experiment 4 Performance Test on Centrifugal Pump
Experiment 5 Performance Test on Reciprocating Pump
Experiment 6 Determination of Minor Losses in Pipes due to Sudden Enlargement and Sudden
Contraction
Experiment 7 Performance Test on Pelton Wheel Turbine
Experiment 8 Measurement of water surface profile for flow over Broad crested weir
Experiment 9 Measurement of water surface profile for a hydraulic jump

2. Solid Mechanics Laboratory

Experiment 1 Tension test on Structural Materials: Mild Steel and Tor steel (HYSD bars)
Experiment 2 Compression Test on Structural Materials: Timber, bricks and concrete cubes
Experiment 3 Bending Test on Mild Steel
Experiment 4 Torsion Test on Mild Steel Circular Bar
Experiment 5 Hardness Tests on Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Metals: Brinnel and Rockwell Tests
Experiment 6 Test on closely coiled helical spring
Experiment 7 Impact Test: Izod and Charpy
Experiment 8 Demonstration of Fatigue Test

3. Engineering Geology Laboratory

Experiment 1 Identification of minerals in hand specimen
Experiment 2 Identification of igneous rocks in hand specimen
Experiment 3 Identification of sedimentary rocks in hand specimen
Experiment 4 Identification of metamorphic rocks in hand specimen
Experiment 5 Study of crystals with the help of crystal models
Experiment 6 Study of geologic structures with the help of models
Experiment 7 Interpretation of geological maps: horizontal, vertical, uniclinal, folded and
faulted structures
Experiment 8 Microscopic study of rocks and minerals

4. Surveying & Geomatics Laboratory

Experiment 1 Traverse survey by Prismatic Compass: Procedure; Computation and checks on
closed traverse; Preparation of field book; Plotting the traverse; Sources of
errors.
Experiment 2 Theodolite Survey: Closed traverse by transit theodolite, Preparation of field
book
Experiment 3 Differential Levelling using Dumpy level: Collimation and Rise and Fall methods,
Field book preparation
Experiment 4 Total Station Survey: Traversing and Levelling
Experiment 5 Visual Image Interpretation
Experiment 6 Satellite Image Pre-processing
Experiment 7 Digital Image Classification and Accuracy Assessment
Experiment 8 Stereoscopic fusion of aerial photographs using mirror stereoscope

5. Concrete Technology Laboratory

Test on Fine Bulking, Specific gravity, Bulk Density, Percentage voids, Fineness Modulus.
aggregates Grading curve.
Test on Coarse Specific gravity, Bulk Density, Percentage voids, Fineness Modulus. Grading
aggregates curve.
Test on Normal consistency, fineness, Initial setting and final setting time of cement.
Cement Specific gravity, soundness and Compressive strength of Cement.
Test on Fresh Concrete mix design, Various workability tests – slump, compacting factor, vee-
Concrete bee test.
Test on Spilt-tensile strength test, Flexure test, NDT Tests (Rebound hammer and Ultra-
Hardened sonic pulse velocity), Poission ratio.
Concrete

6. Soil Mechanics Laboratory

Experiment 1 Field identification of different types of soil as per Indian Standards [collection
of field samples and identifications without laboratory testing].
Experiment 2 Determination of natural moisture content.
Experiment 3 Determination of specific gravity of cohesionless and cohesive soils.
Experiment 4 Determination of in-situ density by core cutter method and sand replacement
method.
Experiment 5 Determination of grain size distribution by sieve and hydrometer analysis.
Experiment 6 Determination of Atterberg limits (liquid limit, plastic limit and shrinkage
limit).
Experiment 7 Determination of co-efficient of permeability by constant and variable head
permeability tests.
Experiment 8 Determination of compaction characteristics of soil by standard proctor
compaction test.
Experiment 9 Determination of unconfined compressive strength of soil by unconfined
compression test.
Experiment 10 Determination of shear strength parameters of soil by direct shear test.
Experiment 11 Determination of undrained shear strength of soil by vane shear test.
Experiment 12 Determination of shear strength parameters of soil by unconsolidated
undrained triaxial test.
Experiment 13 Determination of California Bearing Ratio (CBR) of soil.
Experiment 14 Determination of relative density of soil.
Experiment 15 Standard Penetration Test.

7. Environmental Engineering Laboratory

Experiment 1 Determination of turbidity for a given sample of water
Experiment 2 Determination of electrical conductivity for a given sample of water
Experiment 3 Determination of Total Solids, Suspended Solids, Dissolved Solids and Volatile
Solids in a given sample of water
Experiment 4 Determination of pH for a given sample of water
Experiment 5 Determination of carbonate, bi-carbonate and hydroxide alkalinity for a given
sample of water
Experiment 6 Determination of acidity for a given sample of water
Experiment 7 Determination of hardness for a given sample of water
Experiment 8 Determination of concentration of Iron in a given sample of water
Experiment 9 Determination of concentration of Chlorides in a given sample of water
Experiment 10 Determination of the Optimum Alum Dose for a given sample of water through
Jar Test
Experiment 11 Determination of the Chlorine Demand and Break-Point Chlorination for a
given sample of water
Experiment 12 Determination of amount of Dissolved Oxygen (DO) in a given sample of water
Experiment 13 Determination of the Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) for a given sample of
wastewater
Experiment 14 Determination of the Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) for a given sample of
wastewater
Experiment 15 Determination of Colliform Bacteria: presumptive test, Confirmative test and
Determination of MPN
 8. Transportation Engineering Laboratory
Experiment 1 Shape test of aggregate
Experiment 2 Crushing Strength Test of aggregate
Experiment 3 Impact test of aggregate
Experiment 4 Los Angeles Abrasion test of aggregate
Experiment 5 Specific Gravity and Water Absorption test of aggregate
Experiment 6 Specific Gravity test
Experiment 7 Penetration test
Experiment 8 Static or Kinematic viscosity
Experiment 9 Softening point test
Experiment 10 Flash and Fire Point test
Experiment 11 Ductility test
Experiment 12 CBR value of sub-grade (Soaked and unsoaked)
Experiment 13 Marshall Stability test

9. Water Resource Engineering Laboratory

Experiment 1 Catchment area delineation (Manually and using DEM)
Experiment 2 Calculation of average rainfall over a catchment area with arithmetic mean
method, Thiessen polygon method and Isohyetal Method.
Experiment 3 Use of different type of Rain gauges.
Experiment 4 Measurement of infiltration rate using double ring infiltrometer.
Experiment 5 Measurement of evaporation using evaporimeter.
Experiment 6 Measurement of bright sunshine hours using sunshine recorder.