GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING LAB

Course Objective:
Student will gain familiarity with laboratory procedures for assessing the index and engineering
properties of soil by conducting appropriate tests and interpretation of experimental results.

1. Classification of soil by visual inspection

2. Determination of Specific Gravity using Pycnometer and Density Bottle
3. Determination of Field Unit Weight using Core Cutter
4. Determination of Field Unit Weight using Sand Replacement Method
5. Determination of Grain Size Distribution using Dry Sieve Analysis
6. Determination of Grain Size Distribution using Hydrometer Analysis
7. Determination of Consistency Limits – (i) Liquid Limit (ii) Plastic Limit and
(iii) Shrinkage Limit
8. Determination of Permeability using (i) Constant Head and (ii) Falling Head method.
9. Determination of maximum dry density and optimum moisture content using Standard
Proctor Compaction test
10. Determination of shear strength parameters using Direct Shear test
11. Determination of strength parameters using Unconfined Compression test
12. Determination of strength parameters using Triaxial test
13. Determination of strength parameters using Vane Shear test
14. Determination of suitability of Subgrade using California Bearing Ratio
15. Determination of Consolidation Co-efficient using Consolidometer
Video demonstration of SPT and SCPT