Laboratory Facilities 

The experimental facilities available in the laboratory are grouped into the following categories: 

(a) Traffic Engineering: The following experimental facility is available:

• Traffic speed detection radar
• Driver testing unit
• Video processing unit
• Video recording unit

(b) Mix Design: The following experimental facility is available:

• Marshall method of mix design

(c) Pavement evaluation

• Benkelmen beam deflection apparatus

• Core cutting tool for roads

• Dynamic cone penetrometer

• Profilograph

• Skid resistance tester

(d) Materials Testing Facility: The following testing facilities are available:

    (i) Bituminous binder

• Dean and Stark apparatus
• Distillation of bituminous materials
• Ductility testing machine
• Flash point and fire point test apparatus
• Float test apparatus
• Frass breaking point test
• Penetration testing equipment
• Softening point testing apparatus
• Thin film oven test apparatus 
• Viscosity testing apparatus 

   (ii) Aggregates

• Abrasion test
• Aggregate shape test
• Aggregate impact test
• Alkali-aggregate reaction test
• Deval attrition test
• Sand equivalent value test
• Soundness test
• Stone polishing value test

   (iii) Bituminous mix

• Aggregate-bitumen stripping value test
• Centrifuge extractor
• Fatigue testing apparatus
• Permeability test
• Bitumen content test

(e) Basic equipments/ facilities : The following basic equipments are available:

• Vacuum oven
• Refrigerator