PCE 502 SOIL MECHANICS LAB LIST OF

PRACTICALS/APPARATUS
LIST OF EXPERIMENT AS PER UTU SYLLABUS
1. To determine the particle size of soil using Sieve Analysis
2. To perform Hydrometer Analysis for fine grained soil
3. To determine Liquid &Plastic Limit of soil
4. To determine Shrinkage Limit of soil
5. To determine the OMC And MDD of soil by Proctor Compaction
Test
7. To determine the In-Situ Density by Core Cutter &Sand
Replacement method
8. To determine Permeability of soil by falling head and constant head
permeability Test
9. To determine shear parameters of soil by Direct Shear Test
10. To determine Specific gravity of coarse and fine-grained soils by
pycnometer test

1. FALLING HEAD AND CONSTANT HEAD APPARATUS

2. CONSOLIDATION TEST APPARATUS
3. TRIAXIAL TEST APPARATUS
4. DIRECT SHEAR APPARATUS
5. CALIFORNIA BEARING RATIO TEST
6. SIEVE SET
7. SAND REPLACEMENT APPARATUS
8. VANE SHEAR APPARATUS
9. STANDARD PROCTOR TEST
10. OVEN
11. SHRINKAGE LIMIT TEST
12. LIQUID LIMIT TEST
13. CORE CUTTER TEST

14. RAMMERS