Laboratories

Lab Name

Surveying / Geomatics Lab

Room

Building RB-09 / Room 205

Related Courses

CEN 271, CEN 381

Major Equipment

Mirror Stereoscope, Total Station, GPS, Surveying Compass, Electronic Measuring Wheel, Compact Measuring Wheel, Digital Theodolite, Digital Level, Digital Planimeter, Electronic Level Inclinometer, Auto Level

Skills Acquired in the Lab

• Knowledge of the basic Surveying apparatus like Compass, Automatic digital level, theodolites etc.
• Familiarity with the functioning, operation and maintenance of latest apparatus like GPS, Total Station etc.
• Ability to understand the basic principles of Surveying and Transportation Engineering by correlating core theoretical concepts with the practical knowledge gained during experimentation in the lab.
• Carry out topographic surveying and measure distances, angles, elevations of points.
• Learn how to conduct and report experiments in a proper manner.
• Understanding the importance and necessity of safety measures in the laboratory.
• Analysis of experimental results.

Lab Manual

The manuals are delivered to the students before the lab works.

Online reachable information is available at

https://fer-ce.kau.edu.sa/Pages-slaben.aspx

Lab Name

Structures and Concrete Lab

Room

Building RB-09 / Room 101

Related Courses

CEN 202, CEN 341

Major Equipment

Concrete Mixer, Air Entrainment in Fresh Concrete, Slump Cone Test Set for Concrete, Compression & Split Tension and Bending Testing Machine

for Concrete, Digital Rebound Hammer, Aggregate Gradation, Cement Mixer, Digital Apparatus for Cement Setting Time, Universal Testing Machine, Vibrating Table, Rebar Locator Device, Rebar Corrosion Detection Device, Compaction Factor Apparatus for Concrete, Le Chatelier Apparatus, Ultrasonic pulse analyzer for Concrete Specimens, Concrete Specimen Grinding Machine,

Skills Acquired in the Lab

• Knowledge of the apparatus like Digital Compression testing machine, Universal Testing Machine, Tile Abrasion Testing machine etc.
• Ability to understand the basic principles of Stress and strain, Torsion, Flexure etc. by correlating core theoretical concepts with the practical knowledge gained during experimentation in the lab.
• Learn how to perform and report the findings of experiments.
• Acquiring information about the physical and mechanical properties of steel, aggregates, fresh and hardened concrete by performing relevant experiments.
• Recognize the importance of accuracy in measurement methods.
• Acquire the technical skills needed to operate the machines and devices.

Lab Manual

The manuals are delivered to the students before the lab works.

Online reachable information is available at

https://fer-ce.kau.edu.sa/Pages-claben.aspx

Lab Name

Hydraulics Lab

Courses Taught in the Lab

CEN 251, CEN 352

Major Equipment

Hydrology Apparatus, Ground Water Flow Unit, Permeability Tank, Rainfall Hydrograph, Hydrostatic Bench, Volumetric Hydraulic Bench, Flow Measurement Apparatus, Liquid Sedimentation Apparatus, Flow Through an Orifice, Open Channel Flume, Centrifugal Pump Demonstration Apparatus, Series & Parallel Pump Test RIG, Multi Turbine Test Set, Hele-Shaw Apparatus, Pipe Surge and Water Hammer

Skills Acquired in the Lab

• Learn how to determine Hydrostatic pressure and center of pressure.
• Ability to understand the principles of Bernoulli’s equation, flow measurement, losses in transition and bends etc.
• Compare the pressure drops across each flow measurement device, across a sudden enlargement and a 90-degree elbow.
• Carry out a direct comparison of flow measurement using a Venturi- meter and orifice plate.
• Carry out a visual demonstration of laminar and turbulent flow and then determine Reynolds number.
• Investigate the principles of uniform flow in an open channel flow under a sluice change of depth with a hydraulic jump and flow over a broad crested weir.
• Ability to Simulate rain and moving storms and obtain water-table profiles
• Ability to recognize flow through permeable media, flow lines and trace flow patterns.
• Ability to draw storm hydrographs.
• Ability to comprehend the cone of depression for a single and two wells in an unconfirmed aquifer

Lab Manual

The manuals are delivered to the students before the lab works.

Online reachable information is available at

https://fer-ce.kau.edu.sa/Pages-hlaben.aspx

Lab Name

Geotechnical Lab

Courses Taught in the Lab

CEN 333

Major Equipment

Soil Sieve Analysis, Hydrometer, Atterberg’s limit Sets, Relative Density of Cohesionless Soil, Soil Compaction Test (Standard / Modified Proctor Test), Soil Hydraulic Conductivity, Soil Consolidation Test, Soil Direct Shear Test, Soil Triaxial Test, Unsaturated Soil Triaxial Test

Skills Acquired in the Lab

• Learn to determine moisture content of a soil sample.
• Carry out sieve and hydrometer analysis in accordance with ASTME standards.
• Familiarity with the methods required to determine the Atterberg’s limit.
• Investigate the effects of soil compaction.
• Determine the permeability of soil by constant head and falling head permeability principles.
• Investigate the consolidation of clayey soil.
• Analysis of experimental results

Lab Manual

The manuals are delivered to the students before the lab works.

Online reachable information is available at

https://fer-ce.kau.edu.sa/Pages-gelaben.aspx