CIVIL ENGINEERING

LAB MANUAL
Soil Mechanics
LIST OF EXPERIMENTS

Sl. No. Name of the Experiment

1 Determination of moisture content of the given soil sample.
2
Determination of specific gravity of the given soil sample.
3
Determine the in situ density of natural or compacted soils using sand
pouring cylinders.
4
Grain size analysis of soils using sieve analysis and using hydrometer
analysis test.
5
Determination of Consistency Limits
6
To determine the relative density of given coarse grained Material.

7 To determine the coefficient of permeability of a soil using constant head

method.

8 To determine the moist density and dry density of soil sample using Proctor
Compaction Test.
10
To determine the shearing strength of the soil using the direct shear
apparatus.
11
Determine Shear Parameters of Cohesive Soil using unconfined
compression apparatus.

12 To find the shear of the soil by Undrained Triaxial Test.

13 To determine the settlements due to primary consolidation of soil by

conducting one dimensional test.