Laboratory Testing of Soil / Rock Samples :

Descrption of Item IS / OTHER Standard
Grain Size Analysis
(Dry Sieving/Wet Analysis and Hydrometer Analysis)
IS:2720(Part 4)
Determination of Atterberg’s Limits
Determination of Liquid Limit by Cone Penetration Method IS:11196
Determination of Liquid Limit and Plastic Limit IS:2720 (Part 5)
Determination of Shrinkage Factors IS:2720 (Part 6)
Determination of Linear Shrinkage IS:2720 (Part 20)
Determination of Water Content IS:2720(Part 2)
Determination of Field Density IS:2720 (Part 29)
Determination of Specific Gravity IS:2720 (Part 3)
Direct Shear Test IS:2720 (Part 13)
Unconfined Compression Test IS:2720 (Part 10)
Triaxial Unconsolidated Undrained Test IS:2720 (Part 11)
Triaxial Consolidated Undrained Test and Drained Test with Measurement of Pore ‘Soil Testing for Engineers’ by Water Pressure T. W. Lambe ‘Measurement of Soil Properties in Triaxial Test’ by Bishop A.W. and Henkel D. J. IS:2720 (Part 12)
Laboratory Vane Shear Test IS:2720 (Part 30)
Consolidation Test IS:2720 (Part 15)
Standard Proctor Test IS:2720 (Part 7)
Modified Proctor Test IS:2720 (Part 8)
Swelling Index of Soils IS:2720 (Part 40)
Swelling Pressure of Soils IS:2720 (Part 41)
Permeability of Soils IS:2720 (Part 17)
Laboratory C.B.R. Test IS:2720 (Part 16)
Determination of Chemical Properties
Chemical Analysis of Soil
Organic Matter IS:2720 (Part 22)
Sulphate Content IS:2720 (Part 27)
pH Value IS:2720 (Part 26)
Chloride Content
Chemical Analysis of Water
Testing for Stabilised Soils IS:4332 (Parts 1 to 10)
Testing for Rock Specimens
Unconfined Compressive Strength IS:9143
      Absorbtion
      Porosity
      Density

We have full-fledged laboratory equipped with the state-of-art equipmentsalongwith calibrated measuring devices having traceability to NPL for conducting all the laboratory tests as listed in Section III.

Laboratory Testing of Soil / Rock Samples
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