{"id":3894,"date":"2026-10-01T14:28:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T08:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sif.iitbbs.ac.in\/?page_id=3894"},"modified":"2026-10-01T14:29:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T08:59:50","slug":"geotechnical-engineering-laboratory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sif.iitbbs.ac.in\/index.php\/geotechnical-engineering-laboratory\/","title":{"rendered":"Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3894\" class=\"elementor elementor-3894\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3d0883a0 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3d0883a0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3e6caacc\" data-id=\"3e6caacc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bedbab elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2bedbab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a370207 elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-phone\" data-id=\"a370207\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5e38807d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5e38807d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-66bb9c01\" data-id=\"66bb9c01\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36181f4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36181f4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Geotechnical laboratory<\/b> of school of infrastructure houses basic amentias for conducting UG and PG laboratory. Experimental facilities housed in the lab are<\/p><div><ul type=\"disc\"><li>Specific gravity apparatus<\/li><li>Dry and sedimentation analysis<\/li><li>Standard, modified, auto and mini compaction device<\/li><li>Consolidometers<\/li><li>Direct shear apparatus<\/li><li>Triaxial set up<\/li><li>Soil and rock pulverizer<\/li><li>Constant and falling head permeameter<\/li><li>Relative density apparatus<\/li><li>UCS apparatus<\/li><li>CBR apparatus<\/li><\/ul><p><b>The laboratory is also equipped with state-of-the-art research instruments. The instrumentation facilities available in the lab are:<\/b><\/p><\/div><p><b>Zeta Potential cum Particle Size Analyzer: <\/b>measures zeta potential ranging from \u00b1200 mV; determines particle size range from 0.3 nm to 5 mm;electrophoresis, Ionic mobility, etc<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><b>Triaxial System coupled with Flexible Wall Permeameter: <\/b>useful for determining the hydraulic conductivity, shear strength characteristics, soil-contaminant interaction studies, volume change behavior of soils<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><b>Impedance Analyzer:<\/b>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.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><b>Dew Point Potentiameter, WP4: <\/b>Useful for measuring the soil suction up to 300 MP; useful to establish water retention properties (SWCC) of a soil, waste or agricultural materials<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3ee6828\" data-id=\"3ee6828\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-491c6e24 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"491c6e24\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5feee90f\" data-id=\"5feee90f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fc4d523 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5fc4d523\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Office of the School of Infrastructure<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19e3599f elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"19e3599f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">School of Infrastructure, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Jatni, Khordha, Odisha - 752051, India. <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b29b9d5 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"5b29b9d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">+91 674-713-6605<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">office.sif[at]iitbbs.ac.in<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory Geotechnical laboratory of school of infrastructure houses basic amentias for conducting UG and PG laboratory. 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