Civil Workshop

List of Experiments:

1. Introduction to Surveying – Linear measurements – Hands on session on Setting out of a small residential building.
2. Introduction to Levelling – Hands on sessions using Dumpy level – Levelling exercise.
3. Introduction to Total Station – Hands on sessions - small exercises.
4. Tests on cement and aggregates: Demonstration of standard consistency, initial and final setting time of cement - Hands on sessions - Compressive strength test on cement mortar cubes and sieve analysis for coarse and fine aggregates.
5. Tests on hardened concrete, brick, timber and steel: Demonstrations on hardness tests (Rockwell hardness), impact tests (Charpy and Izod) on steel specimens-demonstration on properties of timber – Hands on sessions - Compression test on concrete cubes, bricks and tension test on mild steel specimen.
6. Masonry: Hands on sessions - English bond, Flemish bond – wall junction – one brick – one and a half brick - Arch construction.
7. Water supply and sanitation: Study of water supply pipe fittings – tap connections – sanitary fittings.
8. Various tests on Driver characteristics – Visual acuity and colour blindness, peripheral vision, depth perception, driver reaction time.

References:

1. T.P. Kanetkar, S.V. Kulkarni, Surveying and Levelling - Part1, Pune Vidyarthi Griha Prakashan, Pune, 1994.
2. B.C. Punmia, Building Construction, Laxmi Publications, New Delhi 1999.
3. Satheesh Gopi, R. Sathikumar, N. Madh, Advnaced Surveying, Pearson Education,2007.
4. M.S. Shetty, Concrete Technology, S. Chand & Company, New Delhi,2005.
5. Khanna, S. K., and Justo, C. E. G., Highway Engineering, Nemchand and Bros, Roorkee,2001.