Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory
Geotechnical laboratory of school of infrastructure houses basic amentias for conducting UG and PG laboratory. Experimental facilities housed in the lab are
- Specific gravity apparatus
- Dry and sedimentation analysis
- Standard, modified, auto and mini compaction device
- Consolidometers
- Direct shear apparatus
- Triaxial set up
- Soil and rock pulverizer
- Constant and falling head permeameter
- Relative density apparatus
- UCS apparatus
- CBR apparatus
The laboratory is also equipped with state-of-the-art research instruments. The instrumentation facilities available in the lab are:
Zeta Potential cum Particle Size Analyzer: measures zeta potential ranging from ±200 mV; determines particle size range from 0.3 nm to 5 mm;electrophoresis, Ionic mobility, etc
Triaxial System coupled with Flexible Wall Permeameter: useful for determining the hydraulic conductivity, shear strength characteristics, soil-contaminant interaction studies, volume change behavior of soils
Impedance Analyzer:frequency-0.3 mHz to 40 MHz; can be used for determining the electrical properties of soil and geomaterials, for modeling flow of AC current in soils, for characterizing the contaminated soils, etc.
Dew Point Potentiameter, WP4: Useful for measuring the soil suction up to 300 MP; useful to establish water retention properties (SWCC) of a soil, waste or agricultural materials
Office of the School of Infrastructure
- School of Infrastructure, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Jatni, Khordha, Odisha - 752051, India.
- +91 674-713-6605
- office.sif[at]iitbbs.ac.in