A report on

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING

LABORATORY

Is submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the degree of

M.TECH

IN

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING

Submitted by: Jyothis Paul E

(203216026)

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

TIRUCHIRAPPALLI

(2016-2017)
 DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that a bonafide record of the CE654: STRUCTURAL

ENGINEERING LABORATORY work done as a part of M.Tech (SE) 1st semester curriculum
and submitted by Jyothis Paul E (Register number : 203216026) during the academic year
2016-2017.

Course Instructor Head of the Department

Internal Examiner External Examiner

 TABLE OF CONTENT

Expt. Date Title of the Experiment Page No. Remarks

No.

1a 25/08/2016 Specific gravity of fine aggregate 1

1b 18/08/2016 Specific gravity of coarse aggregate 3
1c 25/08/2016 Specific gravity of cement 5
2a 18/08/2016 Sieve analysis of fine aggregate 7
2b 18/08/2016 Sieve analysis of coarse aggregate 9
3a 08/09/2016 Dry rodded density of fine aggregate 11
3b 25/08/2016 Dry rodded density of coarse aggregate 13
4a 18/08/2016 Fineness of cement 15
4b 20/10/2016 Standard Consistency of cement 18
4c 25/08/2016 Initial Setting time of cement 21
5a 20/10/2016 Determination of flakiness index 24
5b 20/10/2016 Determination of elongation index 26
6 15/09/2016 Marsh cone test 28
7 06/10/2016 Mix design 31
7a 06/10/2016 Slump cone test 34
7b 13/10/2016 Compressive strength of concrete 36
7c 13/10/2016 Splitting tenstile strength of concrete 37
7d 14/10/2016 Flexural strength of concrete 39
8 27/10/2016 Modulus of elasticity 41
9a 10/11/2016 Rebound hammer test 45
9b 10/11/2016 Ultra sonic pulse velocity test 48

10 10/11/2016 Strain Gauge 51

11 a 10/11/2016 Shear strength of RCC beam 53

11 b 10/11/2016 Flexural strength of RCC beam 55
12 17/11/2016 Light weight concrete using vermiculite 58