Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory

Since the inception of Geotechnical engineering laboratory, all the faculties, students and associated lab staff have dynamically contributed for the progress of the laboratory. The laboratory caters to the needs of graduate as well as post graduate (Goemechanics & structures) students of the civil engineering department. The laboratory is well equipped to execute all the necessary soil tests along with several advanced testing facilities. The facilities provided in the laboratory are such that it can undertake consultancy works. The vision of this division is to utilize the state-of-the art knowledge for solving problems related to subsurface. The results from geotechnical engineering laboratory are critical in determining the engineering behavior that are relevant to a particular project considered, assessing risks posed by site conditions; designing earthworks and foundations. There are different physical, chemical and geotechnical properties determined in the laboratory that is required for identifying the subsurface. This information is used by geotechnical engineer for designing the type of foundations, earthworks such as dams, embankments, tunnels, reservoirs, pavement subgrades, and specialized applications like waste containment systems. The preciseness of such design is entirely based on the experimental information obtained from a geotechnical laboratory. Therefore, geotechnical engineering laboratory has a great role to play in rendering the subsurface a safe and stable load bearing medium