WITH EFFECT FROM THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2012 - 2013

 

CE 381

 

SOIL MECHANICS LABORATORY

 

Instruction                                             3              Periods per week

Duration of University Examination    3              Hours

University Examination                        50            Marks

Sessional                                               25            Marks

 

DETERMINATION OF INDEX PROPERTIES:

 

1. 1.Determination of Specific Gravity of soil solids using “Density bottle” method.

 

1. 2.Determination of Specific Gravity of soil solids using “Pycnometer” method.

 

1. 3.Determination of water content using “Pycnometer” method.

 

1. 4.Determination of Liquid limit using Casgrande’s standard LL device.

 

1. 5.Determination of Liquid limit using Cone Penetration apparatus.

 

1. 6.Determination of Plastic limit

 

1. 7.Sieve Analysis for plotting Particle size distribution curve.

 

1. 8.Determination of Field Density using Sand Replacement Method

 

DETERMINATION OF ENGINEERING PROPERTIES

 

1. 9.Determination of Compaction Characteristics.

 

1. 10.Determination of Co-efficient of Permeability by “Constant Head Permeameter test”

 

1. 11.Determination of Co-efficient of Permeability by “Variable Head Permeameter test”

 

1. 12.Determination of shear strength parameters by “Direct Shear Test”

 

1. 13.Determination of Shear Strength of Cohesive soils by “Unconfined Compression Test”

 

14. Determination of Shear Strength by conducting “Vane Shear Test”

 

DEMONSTRATION OF TEST PROCEDURES:

 

 

 

1. 15.Consolidometer test

 

 

 

1. 16.Tri-axial Shear Test

 

 

 

1. 17.Laboratory Plate Load Test

 

 

 

1. 18.Reverse Osmosis Test

 

 

 

1. 19.Quick Sand Model

 

 

 

1. 20.Cyclic Tri-axial Shear Apparatus

 

 

 

Suggested Reading:

 

 

 

1. 1.Relevant IS Codes of Practice.

 

 

 

1. 2.Lambe, T.W., “Soil Testing for Engineers”, Wiley Eastern Ltd., New Delhi, 1969.

 

 

 

1. 3.Relevant ASTM Codes of Practice.