Department of Civil Engineering

Department of Civil Engineering

Engineering College, Ajmer

(An Autonomous Institute of Government of Rajasthan)

News Letter 2020

Vision

Department Head Message Mission

Department of Civil Engineering at GEC, Ajmer was established in 2011 and has continuously upgraded itself in terms of academic, building infrastructure including state-of-the-art laboratories.

The department attracts the finest young and dynamic faculty members and the best of the students for its Bachelors. Students are exposed to well-defined academic programs along with a host of sports, cultural and organizational activities in GEC, Ajmer. Our graduates have been selected by leading state and national and research/academic institutes. The achievements of our students have really made us proud. The department is committed to providing better in classroom infrastructure, enrichment of the academic and professional experience of students, outreach to the engineering community and society, and advancements in Civil Engineering. The department provides the testing and consultancy facilities for the various agencies in the area of structural, geotechnical, environmental and transportation engineering. We would be happy to receive any valuable suggestions from your side. Feel free to contact us if you have any such questions or comments.

Dr. Ganpat Singh

1) To impart quality education to prepare competitive undergraduate students for a successful career incivil engineering 2) To impart soft skills, leadership qualities and professional

ethicsamongst thegraduates to handle projects independently.

3) To promote innovative thinking in the minds of promising

engineers to face

the future

challenges for an evolving sustainable world.

Entrusted by society and industry to foster a sustainable world by making competent and ethically strong civil engineers.

1. Expert lecture on “Design of concrete structures” by Prof. O. P.Chhangani Director Apex Group of Institutions Jaipur.

2. Industrial visit: North Western Railway Loco Workshop, Ajmer

3. Industrial visit: Sewerage treatment plant site, Anasagar lake, Ajmer.

4. Technical Seminar: J.K Cement Ltd, Jaipur.

5. Gate Guidance Seminar for final year students, Civil engineering department.

6. Industrial visit: Shree Cement Limited Ras, Ajmer.

7. Tree Plantation Drive at Engineering College, Ajmer.

CONFERENCE / SEMINAR /

WORKSHOPS CONDUCTED

GATE Qualified Candidates-2020

Md. Rashid Shubham Gaur

Kuldeep Puneet Choudhary Akash Meena Anju Kumari

Deepesh Bharat Saini

Arvind Singh

Aashish Panwar

GATE Qualified Candidates-2020

Divaish Kumawat Rishabh Kumar

Ritesh Kushwah Sanjay Choudhary

Shrikant Sharma Shivam Sahu

Harshal Verma

Department Labs developed in 2020

1. Structural Engineering Lab

Experiments Conducted

 2 hinged Arch

 3 hinged Arch

 Maxwell Reciprocal Theory

 Portal Frame Analysis

 Truss Analysis

 To Understand the behaviour of Shear centre

 Slope and Deflection Analysis

2. Material Testing Lab

Major Equipments

 Flexural Testing Machine

 Digital Universal Testing Machine (UTM)

 Digital Compression Testing Machine (CTM)

 Fatigue Testing Machine

 Rockwell Hardness Testing Machine

 Izod Charpy Testing Machine

 Torsion Testing Machine

Experiments Conducted

 Tension test on steel rods

 Shear test on steel rods

 Torsion test on mild steel rods

 Bending test on steel and timber beams

 Compression test on concrete cubes and cylinders

 Bending test on RCC beams

 Flexural test on RCC beams

 Hardness tests on metals

Civil Engineering Department

Labs

3. Concrete Technology Lab

Major Equipments

 Vee-Bee consisto-meter

 Blaine's Permeability Test

 Accelerated Curing Tank

 Sieve Vibrating Machine with Timer

 Flow Table

 Vibrating Table

 Le-Chateliers Apparatus

 Slump Cone and Compaction Factor test

 J-Ring, V-Funnel, L-Box and U-Box for SCC Testing

 Air Permeability Apparatus

Experiments Conducted

 Tests to determine properties of cement

 Tests on coarse and fine aggregates

 Tests to determine workability of concrete

 Tests to determine properties of Self Compacting Concrete

 Tests on bricks

 Tests on timber beams

4. CAD Lab

 Departmental Computer Lab with 30+ PC sets

Softwares

 AutoCad- Computer added design and drafting software

 Staad-Pro- Structural analysis and designing program

 Matlab- Numerical computing program

 Ansys- Simulation and 3D design software

5. Road Material Testing Lab Major Equipment

 Marshall Stability Test

 Viscometer

 Benkelman Beam

 Bump Integrator

 Los Angeles Abrasion Test

 Thickness and Length Gauge

 Ductility Testing Machine

Experiments Conducted

 Aggregate Crushing Value Test

 Los Angeles Abrasion Value Test

 Aggregate Shape Tests

 Penetration Test

 Softening Point Test

 Specific Gravity Test

 Stripping Value Test

 Ductility Test

 Elastic Recovery for Bitumen Macadam

 Viscosity and Water Content Test for Emulsion

 Marshal Stability Test

 Bitumen Content Test

 Benkelman Beam Test

 Unevenness Measurement Using Bump Integrator

6. Geotechnical Engineering Lab Major Equipments

 Sieve Shaker and Sieve sets for grain size distribution

 Sedimentation test apparatus including stirrer facility – Hydrometers and Pipette

 Liquid limit devices and shrinkage limit apparatus

 Relative density apparatus and density bottles

 Field density kit and sand pouring cylinders

 Permeability test apparatus

 Digital consolidation test apparatus and consolidometer

 Direct shear apparatus

 Automated Cyclic triaxial testing machine

 Unconfined compression apparatus

 Vane shear test apparatus

 CBR test apparatus

 Swell test apparatus

 SPT test device with split spoon samplers and core cutters Experiments Conducted

 Specific gravity of coarse and fine grained soils

 Field Density by (a) Sand replacement and (b) Core cutter methods

 Grain Size Distribution: Sieve and Pipette/hydrometer Analysis

 Determination of Atterberg’s limits: Liquid, Plastic and Shrinkage Limits

 Permeability Test – (a) Constant Head and b) Variable Head Methods

 Proctor Compaction Test- (a) Light and (b) heavy compaction tests

 California Bearing Ratio Test

 Direct Shear Test

 Triaxial compression Test

 Consolidation Test

 Unconfined Compression Test

 Laboratory Vane Shear Test

7. Surveying Lab Major Equipments

 Total Station

 Micro-optic Theodolite

 Vernier Theodolites

 Dumpy Level

 Tilting Level

 Auto Level

 Prismatic Compass

 Plane Table

 Surveyors Compass

Minor Equipments

 Pocket compass, Alidade, Planimeter, measuring tapes, Chains, Ranging rods, Optical squares, Cross staffs, Pegs, Arrows, Ranging Rods etc.

8. Geology Lab

This lab provides a hands-on survey of the fundamentals of physical geology. Lab introduce the identification and interpretation of rocks and minerals. We use topographic and contour maps to analyze and understand the basic features.

Major Equipments

 Mineral Samples

 Rock Samples

 Mohr Scale kit

 Magnifying Lense

 Streak/lusture Plate

Experiments Conducted

 Physical Properties of Minerals

 Physical Properties of Rocks

 Identification of Minerals in Hand Specimen

 Identification of Rocks in Hand Specimen

 Identification of Geological features

 Interpretation of Geological Map

 Dip & Strike Problems

9. Environmental Engineering Lab Experiments Conducted

 Determination of pH & Alkalinity

 Determination of Hardness

 Total Solids, Dissolved Solids & Suspended Solids

 Dissolved Oxygen

 BOD & COD

 Sludge Volume Index (SVI)

 Determination of Chloride in Water

10. Hydraulics Engineering Lab Major Equipments

 Francis Turbine Test Rig.

 Flow Over Notches

 Pipe friction for laminar / turbulent flow

 Centrifugal pump test Rig.

 Tilting bed open channel flow

 Pressure measuring devices

 Falling Ball viscometer

EDITORIAL TEAM

Mr. Pravesh Saini

Mr. Anurag Singh

Mr. Nishant Kushwaha