VNIT Nagpur Applied Mechanics Department

Infrastructure

Laboratories in Department

  • Earthquake Engineering Laboratory: Servo-hydraulic Shake Table (3m X 3m) for unidirectional seismic motion simulation of 5 tone capacity.
  • Instrumentation Laboratory: Ultrasonic concrete tester, Concrete rebound hammers of 0.75 to 29 N-m capacity, Reinforcement-Corrosion scanning equipment, Concrete and Steel Penetrometer,  Static and Dynamic strain gauges  and dicators, Digital displacement indicator (LVDT), Digital force indicator (load cells), Mechanical dial gauges
  • Structural Dynamics Laboratory: Small shake Table, Models for single storey and Multi storey buildings, Water Tanks etc.
  • Strength of Materials Laboratory: Universal Testing Machine (100T and 50T capacity), Torsion testing machine, Compression Testing and Flexural, Loading frame of 100T capacity.
  • Structural Analysis Laboratory: Laboratory setups & study experiments for various structures, namely, simply supported Beam, Simply Arch, and Two Hinged & Three Hinged Arch.
  • Engineering Mechanics Laboratory: Laboratory setups covering various concepts of Engineering Mechanics.
  • Computer Laboratory: Structural Analysis Programs and Software are SAP 2000, STAAD-Pro. There are 60PCs in the department for students.
  • Advanced Computing Laboratory: High End Workstations
  • Data Processing Laboratory: Data Acquisition System, Work Stations, Load Cells, Strain Gauges
  • Advanced Concrete Laboratory: Compression Testing Machine, Corrosion Test Setup, Mortar Mixer, Concrete Mixer Accelerated Curing Tank, Vicat’s Apparatus, Air Permeability Apparatus, Vibration Machine, Salt Spray Chamber, Lechatelier Apparatus, MCC8 multi-functional control console machine, 100 KN cap high stiffness flexural frame
  • Blast Impact Simulation and Testing Laboratory: 50 mm diameter Compression Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar for characterization of materials at high strain  rate along with various FE packages for Blast and Impact Simulations and Workstations; High Velocity Bullet Impact Test (Velocity varying from 200 m/s to 1000 m/s)
  • Structural Fire Engineering Laboratory: Under Construction