Material Testing Laboratory

(virtual)

School of Civil Engineering

KIIT Deemed to be University
 Material Testing Lab. (CE 2195)

3rd Semester Civil

Course Co-ordinator – Prof. S S Panda

Faculty : Prof. T Mohanty – Section CV-1

Prof. S S Panda – Section CV-2

3rd Semester
Subject code General Description Credit Hours
CE 2195 Material Testing Laboratory 1 2
 Laboratory Weekly Schedule*

Section CV1-G1 CV1-G2 CV2-G1 CV2-G2

Weekly Schedule Days Monday Wednesday Tuesday Thursday
Time 04.10 PM – 06.10 PM 04.10 PM – 06.10 PM 04.10 PM – 06.10 PM 09.00 AM – 11.10 AM
Faculty Name Prof. Tribikram Mohanty (TBM) Prof. S S Panda (SSP)
Faculty Contact No. +91 9437230562 +91 8895585380
Faculty Email tmohantyfce@kiit.ac.in Sushree.pandafce@kiit.ac.in

* Time Table : Rev_0, Effective from: 20-07-2020

 Laboratory Component Detail
Sl. No. Name of Experiment
Schedule Dates
CV1-G1 CV1-G2 CV2-G1 CV2-G2
1 Overview 27-07-20 29-07-20 28-07-20 30-07-20
2 Fineness of cement 03-08-20 05-08-20 04-08-20 06-08-20
3 Specific gravity of cement 10-08-20 12-08-20 11-08-20 13-08-20
4 Consistency test of cement 17-08-20 19-08-20 18-08-20 20-08-20
5 Setting times of cement 24-08-20 26-08-20 25-08-20 27-08-20
6 Soundness of cement 31-08-20 2-09-20 01-09-20 03-09-20
7 Compressive strength of cement 14-09-20 16-09-20 15-09-20 10-09-20
8 Water absorption test of brick 21-09-20 23-09-20 22-09-20 17-09-20
9 Compressive strength test of brick 28-09-20 30-09-20 29-09-20 24-09-20
10 Fineness modulus of sand 05-10-20 07-10-20 06-10-20 01-10-20
11 Water absorption and Bulking of sand 12-10-20 14-10-20 13-10-20 08-10-20
12 Slump test of concrete 19-10-20 21-10-20 20-10-20 15-10-20
13 Compressive strength of concrete 26-10-20 28-10-20 27-10-20 22-10-20
14 Review 02-11-20 04-11-20 03-11-20 29-10-20
15 Examination 09-11-20 11-11-20 10-11-20 05-11-20
 List of Experiments (CE 2195)
 Cement : used as binder in mortar and concrete
for plastering, brick work and concrete work
 Testing of Cement (OPC)
1. Fineness by dry sieving (IS 4031,Part-1:1988)
2. Specific gravity using Le-Chatelier flask (IS 4031,Part-11:1988)
3. Consistency, Initial and Final Setting time using Vicat apparatus
(IS 4031,Part-4:1988)
4. Soundness by Le-Chatelier method (IS 4031,Part-3:1988)
5. Compressive strength of cement mortar (IS 4031,Part-6:1988)
 List of Experiments (CE 2195) contd.
 Brick : fired clay block used in masonry, making walls, pavements etc.

 Testing of Brick
6. Water absorption (IS 3495,Part-2:1992)
7. Compressive strength (IS 3495,Part-3:1992)
 List of Experiments (CE 2195) contd.
 Fine Aggregate (Sand) : used as filler material in the matrix of mortar, concrete

 Testing of Fine Aggregate

8. Water absorption and Bulking (IS: 2386,Part-3:1963)
9. Fineness modulus (IS: 383-1970)
 List of Experiments (CE 2195) contd.
 Concrete : composite material comprising fine and coarse aggregates bonded together with
cement paste, that hardens

 Testing of Concrete
10. Workability (Slump) (IS: 7320-1974)
11. Compressive strength (IS: 516 - 1959)

Concrete
 Material Testing Lab. (CE 2195)
 Course Objective :
 Testing and understanding physical and mechanical properties of major
construction material as per IS Code

 Course (learning) outcomes :

 Testing of significant physical and mechanical properties of OP Cement
 Testing of absorption and strength properties of standard clay brick
 Testing of significant physical property of fine aggregate/natural sand
 Testing of significant wet and hardened property of normal concrete
 Laboratory Component Detail
 References
CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY THEORY AND PRACTICE
by M S Shetty, S Chand & Company

 Assessment Component
Sl. No. Assessment Component Weightage / Marks

1 Continuous Evaluation
Total Marks - 60
 Attendance & interaction in each sessional
component  40 Marks
 
 Quiz/viva
 Submission of completed sessional record  10 Marks
10 Marks

2 End Semester Examination Total Marks - 40
 A comprehensive viva-voce  20 Marks
 Quiz  20 Marks
   
 List of available VLAB experiments

• Expt. No. 1 : Fineness modulus of cement

• Expt. No. 2 : Specific Gravity of Cement
• Expt. No. 3 : Standard Consistency of Cement, Initial setting time of cement
• Expt. No. 9 : Fineness modulus of fine aggregate
• Expt. No. 10 : Slump test
 (http://civ02.vlabs.ac.in/index.html#)
 Snippets from VLAB
http://civ02.vlabs.ac.in/index.html#
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