Since the beginning of the establishment of the Civil Engineering Diploma specialization based on the three-year academic study plan system in 1979, the Soil Mechanics Laboratory was established. This laboratory offers many practical experiments such as soil classification, permeability, Atterberg limits, granular gradation, specific gravity, shear strength, and others.
The importance of the soil laboratory comes from the fact that the civil engineer, during the early stages of designing the project, must ensure that the laboratory results of the available soil properties are actually appropriate for the foundations and thus for the facility and building to be constructed, and this is what makes conducting the necessary laboratory tests on soil samples extremely important.
“This laboratory provides many practical experiments such as soil classification experiments, permeability, Atterberg limits, granular gradation, specific gravity and shear strength, etc. The importance of the soil laboratory comes from the fact that the civil engineer during the early stages of project design
It covers practical courses for students of the Bachelor of Building Engineering, Surveying Engineering, and Geomatics in the fifth and sixth semesters, and it also targets diploma students in the civil specialization in the fourth semester.
1. Soil mechanics laboratory for bachelor’s degree building engineering students.
2. Material testing laboratory 2 for diploma students.
Constant-head and Falling Head permeability devices, Gazakarand devices, electronic scales, molds for longitudinal and volumetric shrinkage samples, standard and modified Proctor molds, shear device, unconfined compression devices, metal cone device, a set of soil sieves, ovens, and others.
Provides the following: firefighter, first aid, dust masks resulting from soil experiments, gloves, and anti-noise headphones.
Eng. Afnan Alkaraki
