This lab is equipped with the equipments to test bitumen, aggregate and bituminous mixture and confirm the material requirement as per relevant standards. Equipments and accessories related to traffic data collections were also added to lab facilities.
The following are the list of facilities available
- Penetration test apparatus
- Bitumen Ductility machine
- Marshall stability testing machine
- Ring and Ball apparatus
- Rotational Viscometer
- Water bath, hot plates
- Video camera
- Rader gun
Brookfield Viscometer
Marshal Stability Equipment with Compactor
Penetrometer
Softening Point Device
Water bath
Lab development In-charge | Dr. A. Padma Rekha Associate Professor, AB204, Department of Civil Engineering, SRMIST Kattankulathur | 9600003735 | |
Lab In-charge | Ms. R. Dhanya Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, SRMIST Kattankulathur | 8015271368 |
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Mr. G. Sivaprakash Assistant Professor, CEF8, Department of Civil Engineering, SRMIST Kattankulathur | 9788955865 | ||
Non-teaching staffs | Mr. R. Vaideeswaran Technical Assistant Department of Civil Engineering, SRMIST, Kattankulathur | 9566934838 | |
Mr. M. Raviraman Lab attender Department of Civil Engineering, SRMIST, Kattankulathur | 9003144977 |
Asphalt Research Laboratory
This laboratory is established under DST-SERB sponsored project. This laboratory is equipped with Anton-Paar (MCR-102) rheometer. Research work on temperature susceptibility of bitumen, fatigue damage quantification of bitumen, study on the influence of lime on rheology and aging behaviour of bitumen are under progress.
Dynamic Shear Rheometer
Lab development In-charge | Dr. A. Padma Rekha Associate Professor, AB204, Department of Civil Engineering, SRMIST Kattankulathur | 9600003735 | |
Lab In-charge | Mr. G. Sivaprakash Assistant Professor, CEF8, Department of Civil Engineering, SRMIST Kattankulathur | 9788955865 |