Open Channel and Fluid Mechanics Lab located on the Building -03 of Room No-3101. Covers a floor area of 700 sft. It is well equipped with many sophisticated equipment like Laboratory Flume with the provision of using Broad Crested Weir, Parshall Flume, Venturi Flume, Sluice Gate, and full set of Hydraulic Bench with provision of using Venturi Meter, Orifice, Mouthpiece and Toroidal Quadrant. This lab is designed for carrying out a clear visual appreciation of basic hydraulic principles like Centre of Pressure, discharge measurement.

Facilities of this Laboratory:

– Centre of Pressure

– Bernoulli’s Theorem

– Flow Through Venturi meter

– Flow Through an Orifice

– Flow Through an External Cylindrical Mouthpiece

– Flow over a Sharp-Crested Rectangular Weir

– Flow over a V –notch

– Determination of state of flow and critical depth in open channel

– Flow over a broad-crested weir

– Flow through a Venturi flume

– Flow through a Parshall flume

– Flow through a cut throat flume

– Flow beneath a sluice gate

– Study on hydraulic jump

– Development of generalized specific energy and specific force curves

 

List of the Instruments of this Laboratory:

Sl No.	Name of the Equipment/ Instrument	Quantity
1	Hydraulics Bench with Accessories i) Hydraulic Bench (standard with reservoir tank and overhead tank) Accessories ii) Bernoulli’s Apparatus iii) Venturi meter iv) Orifice and Mouth Piece v) Flow over V-notch vi) Flow over sharp crested rectangular weir vii) Pitot-tube viii) Clear tubing, tube clamps and other necessary accessories ix) Stop watch x) Water pump (0.5-hp) xi) Point gauge xii) Gauge carrier	1 unit
2	Center of Pressure Apparatus i) Rectangular Transparent water tank ii) Toroidal Quadrant of rectangular section iii) Water level measuring device iv) Weight or other accessories as required	1 unit
3	Flume with Accessories i) 10 m / 30 ft Tilting Flume (with reservoir tanks and overhead tanks ii) Broad Crested Weir iii) Sluice Gate iv) Piezometer v) Venturi Flume vi) Parshall Flume vii) Cut throat flume viii) Hydraulic jump basin ix) Water Pump (3-hp) x) Current Meter

Transportation Engineering Lab located on the Building -03 of Room No-3102. Covers a floor area of 450 sft. It is well equipped with many sophisticated equipment like Loss Angle Abrasion Testing Machine, Aggregate Impact Value testing machine, Marshall mix design testing machine, CBR Testing machine, ductility testing machine, Cleveland open cup tester, Penetrometer etc.

 

Facilities of this Laboratory:

This laboratory is widely able to give the following facilities for UG teaching and research purposes.

– Determination of Aggregate Impact Value

– Determination of Aggregate Crushing Value

– Determination of Ten Percent Fine Value

– Determination of Flakiness Index

– Determination of Elongation Index

– Specific Gravity of Bituminous Material

– Ductility of Bituminous Material

– Determination of Angularity Number

– Loss on heating of asphaltic compound

– California Bearing Ratio Test

– Determination of Specific Gravity Semi-solid Bituminous Material

– Determination of Flash and Fire point of Bituminous Material

– Los Angeles abrasion test

– Determination of Softening point of Bituminous Material

– Penetration Test of Bituminous Material

– Marshall Method of Mix Design

List of the Instruments of this Laboratory:

Sl No.	Name of the Equipment/ Instrument	Quantity
1	Standard ASTM Sieves with Accessories	1 set
2	Motorized Sieve Shaker machine	1 set
3	Particle Density (Specific Gravity) and Water Absorption Measuring Equipment Set for Coarse and Fine Aggregates	1 set
4	Aggregate Impact Value tester with Accessories	1 set
5	Aggregate Crushing Value and Ten Percent Fineness tester with Accessories	1 set
6	Standard Flakiness Index and Elongation Tester Set for Aggregates Along with Standard Accessories	1 set
7	Penetrometer for Asphalt (full set)	2 unit
8	Cleveland Flash and Fire Point Tester set (open cup type)	2 unit
9	Ring and Ball Apparatus (full set with hot plate, thermometer, beaker etc.)	1 set
10	Motorized Marshall Test Apparatus (full set including compaction hammer, water bath, asphalt mixer etc.)	1 set
11	Miscellaneous common Accessories for the above mentioned experiments: Digital balance (0.1 g to 500 gm), Tray, Wire brush, Spatula, Trawel, pan, Slide calipers, Stop watch, Glass thermometer 300 C. digital thermometer 300 C, Hot Air Oven With Digital Temperature Controller	Available

Geotechnical Engineering Lab located on the Building -03 of Room No-3103. Covers a floor area of 450 sft. It is well equipped with many sophisticated equipment like Unconfined compression testing machine, direct shear testing machine, consolidation testing machine, soil grinding machine, soil hydrometer (151H, 152H) etc.

Facilities of this Laboratory:

This laboratory is widely able to give the following facilities for UG teaching and research purposes.

– Field Identification Test

– Moisture Content Determination

– Specific Gravity Test

– Grain Size Analysis Test (Sieve Analysis)

– Particle Size Analysis Test by Hydrometer

– Atterberg Limit Test

– Constant Head Permeability Test

– Relative Density Test

– Compaction Test

– Direct Shear Test

– Unconfined Compressive Strength Test

– Consolidation Test

 

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List of the Instruments of this Laboratory:

Sl No.	Name of the Equipment/ Instrument	Quantity
1	One Dimensional Consolidation test with all accessories (ASTM standard)	1 set
2	Atterberg’s limit test for determining soil index properties (ASTM standards)- Determination of Liquid Limit using Casagrande method, Grooving Tool & Gauge, Glass plate, pen, tray, scoop, spatula	2 set
3	Determination of Field Density by Sand cone replacement  Method (ASTM Standards)- Sand Cone Apparatus (With Plate & Bottle), Base plate (Aluminum), Tools to dig a small Hole in the field, Steel straight Edge, balance gm to 25 kg	1 set
4	Standard Proctor Compaction Test- (1/30) cft mold with box and collar, lb. Hammer, Straight edge, Tray,  Ejector, Sand scoop, Brush, Graduated jar of 500 ml, Container for moisture content etc.	2 set
5	Maximum and Minimum Density of sand, CBR mold with box and collar, Spoon/sand scoop , Standard galvanized iron tray, Rubber mallet, Straight edge,	1 set
6	Permeability Testing of Sand- Plated steel chamber head assembly, Corrosion-resistant cast aluminum base assembly, balance, scoop etc.	1 set
7	Standard equipment for performing Unconfined Compression test- 2 kN capacity Proving Ring, dial gauge, soil sampler, soil rejecter, Soil lathe, wire saw and split mold, straight edge, graduated jar, etc	1 set
8	Standard equipment for Sieve Analysis- ASTM standard Sieve set #4, #8, #16, #30, #40, #50 #100, #200 (Brass, Día 8″), Sieve Shaker–Motorized, Balance gm to 25 kg, pen, scoop etc	1 set
9	Standard equipment for Hydrometer Analysis- Soil hydrometer 151H-nos, 152H-1 nos, 1000 ml Graduated Jar, 1000 ml Plain Jar, Thermometer Small Div.0.5ºC, Sodium Hexametaphosphate solution 500 gm, Stopwatch etc.	1 set
10	Standard Testing equipment for Direct Shear Test- Proving Ring 2 kN, Dial gauge 0.01mm, counter balance etc.	1 unit
11	Field Identification Test- Hammer, Spatula narrow end, Spatula– Wide end, Beaker–500 ml, Moisture can, trowel, etc.
12	Hot Air Oven With Digital Temperature Controller 300 C.	1 unit
13	Standard testing equipment for determination of Specific Gravity- Pycnometer–250 ml, Pycnometer-1000 ml, Funnel (glass),	Available

Engineering Materials Lab located on the Building -03 of Room No-3102. This laboratory is widely able to give the following facilities for UG teaching and research purposes.

 

Facilities of this Laboratory:

– Determination of normal consistency of cement with Vicat’s Apparatus

– Determination of initial and final setting time of cement with Vicat’s Apparatus

– Sieve analysis of fine and coarse aggregate

– Specific gravity and absorption capacity of fine aggregate

– Specific gravity and absorption capacity of coarse aggregate

– Unit weight and voids in aggregate

– Cylindrical concrete specimens and Slump test of concrete

– Test for direct compressive strength of cement mortar

– Resistance to degradation of small size coarse aggregate by abrasion and impact of the Los Angeles machine

– Compressive strength of cylindrical concrete specimens

– Sampling and testing of brick for compressive strength and absorption

List of the Instruments of this Laboratory:

Sl No.	Name of the Equipment/ Instrument	Quantity
1	Vicat Apparatus with full Accessories Vicat Frame complete with consistency plunger, 10 mm diameter. Requires one initial & final set needle to make up test weight to 300 g. Comprising Initial Setting time Needle mm diameter and Final Setting time Needle mm mm diameter with special footing, conical ring, glass plate, non absorb metallic pen, graduated jar, stop watch etc.	3 set
2	Standard Sieve set, Sieve shaker Machine,	1 set
3	Determination of compressive strength of cement mortar 50 mm x 50 mm cube mold, mixing tray, graduated jar, tamping rod etc.	4 set
4	Cylindrical concrete specimens and Slump test of concrete -Cube (6” x 6”)-18 nos (4” x 4”)-40 nos , cylinder mold (6” x 12”)-18 nos, concrete mixing tray, Slump Cone with Base Plate, scoop, Balance, 16 mm dia tamping rod etc.	Set
5	Los Angeles Abrasion Machine, Set of 12 Abrasive Charges ASTM, Drying Oven with LED Temperature Display, Motorized Sieve Shaker and Standard Sieves with Accessories, Hand Trowel, tray, balance etc.	1 unit

This Laboratory is located in the Building No-3, Room No-3104. The Surveying Laboratory has the instruments and tools that students use throughout the surveying course. Surveying laboratory is equipped with Total station, Digital Theodolite, Automatic Level, other common surveying tools and ancillary equipment’s.

 

Facilities of this Laboratory:

-A small plot is to be surveyed by chain surveying.

– A small area is to be surveyed by plane table surveying.

– Elevation of different points on the ground is to be calculated to draw a Contour map.

– A simple Area surveyed by Leveling

– A small plot bounded by a polygon is to be surveyed by theodolite traversing.

– Height of a building/tower is to be measured by digital theodolite machine.

– A simple circular curve is to be set in the field.

– House Setting a simple Building Plan.

– Route Survey

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List of the Instruments of this Laboratory:

Sl No.	Name of the Equipment/ Instrument	Quantity
1	Total Station with Tripod case, Prizm and other accessories	1 set
2	Digital Theodolite with Tripod case and other accessories	1 set
3	Plane Table with Tripod case and other accessories	4 set
4	Automatic Leveling Instrument with Tripod Case, leveling staff and other accessories	4 set
5	Plumbing U-Fork	2 nos
6	Engineering Chain, 100 ft	4 nos
7	Measuring Tape, 100 ft	10 nos
8	Prismatic Compass With Stand	2 nos
9	Trough Compass	2 nos
10	Alidade 18″	6 nos
11	Optical Square	6 nos
12	Aluminum Ranging Pole, 3 meter long	15 nos
13	Umbrella (72″)	1 nos
14	Leveling Staff	4 nos
15	Other Accessories like hammer, arrow, chalk powder, rope etc	available

The Environmental Engineering Laboratory situated in the Building-03 Room No: 3104 of the Southern University Bangladesh. The laboratory is spacious enough for carrying out all sorts of routine tests. It is well equipped for making routine physical, chemical and bacteriological analyses of water and waste water.

 

Facilities of this Laboratory:

This laboratory is widely able to give the following facilities for UG teaching and research purposes.

-Determination of pH of water

-Determination of Turbidity of water

-Determination of TS, TDS and TSS of water

-Determination of CO₂

-Salinity Meter

-Determination of Alkalinity of water

-Determination of Chloride of water

-Determination of Desolve Oxygen in water

-Determination of Bio-chemical Oxygen Demand

-Determination of Chemical Oxygen Demand

 

List of the Instruments of this Laboratory:

Sl No.	Name of the Equipment/ Instrument	Quantity
1	pH Meter, TDS Meter, DO Meter, Salinity Meter, Turbidity Meter, sound meter, Digital weight balance 0.001 gm to 500 gm,	available