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Disciplines
Broadly the sphere of activities encompasses the following disciplines:
Main activities of the soil discipline
are:
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Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering
Field and laboratory soil investigations
viz. borrow area and foundation of various river valley
projects and civil engineering structures are taken up
for characterization of soil and construction/foundation
materials.
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Soil Dynamics
Characterization of soil under dynamic
loading condition including evaluation of liquefaction
potential.
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Rock fill Technology
Strength and deformation characteristics
of rock fill materials.
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Geosynthetics
Evaluation of properties of polymeric
materials under quality assurance.
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Soil Chemistry
Evaluation of soil as a construction
material including dispersive characteristics.
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Main activities of the concrete discipline are:
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Concrete Discipline undertakes field
and laboratory investigations of construction materials
for major river valley projects in India and abroad. It
has full fledged field and laboratory facilities for conducting
standardized (BIS, ASTM etc.,) and specialized testing
and analysis of concrete, masonry, cement, steel and other
construction materials for evaluating the material properties,
their failure and performance problems.
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Field investigation facilities include
a Remote Operated Underwater Vehicle (ROV) to detect the
distress in concrete structures by scanning the upstream
face of concrete dam and deployment of non-destructive
testing equipment by Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity method
using PUNDIT in assessing the insitu quality of the structure
(concrete and masonry) in question.
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Special testing facilities, housed
in concrete laboratory, are utilized for studying the
thermal properties of mass concrete, Alkali Aggregate
Reaction in concrete, Abrasion Erosion Resistance.
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Permeability and Durability of concrete.
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Mix design of mass concrete as well
as high performance concrete mixes.
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Construction quality control of concrete
in the field for major hydraulic structures.
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Dissemination of expertise to in-service
engineers of various State Government Departments by establishing
regional testing laboratories and impart training in testing
of concrete.
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Disseminating knowledge on Roller
Compacted Concrete for the construction of dams in the
country.
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The Drilling division
is equipped with deep drilling facilities, which can be
best utilised in case the site is inaccessible, and explorations
are to be made from the top.The Drilling division can also do the drilling
required for in-situ investigations.
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In addition to the above, this Discipline
has the State of the Art equipment facilities for carrying
out studies on ‘Behaviour of Concrete under Multiaxial
State of Stresses’ and long term behaviour of concrete
under Creep.
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Rock Mechanics Discipline of CSMRS comprises Drilling, Instrumentation,
Engineering Geophysics, and Laboratory and In-situ Rock Engineering
divisions. Main activities are:
- Numerical Modelling.
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The involvement of Instrumentation
division with Hydro-electric Projects starts at the pre-construction
stage, and this association continues throughout the construction
stage, and remains active even during the post-commissioning
stage. To gain confidence in the functioning/safety of
the structures involved, and to check the assumptions
involved in the design of the structures, crucial importance
of instrumentation cannot be over-emphasised.
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The Geophysics division helps scan large areas, and helps
unravel the secrets of the hidden earth.
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In-situ stress evaluation.
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For detailed and controlled testing of responses of
rock under different loading conditions, the Rock Engineering
Laboratory is well-equipped to undertake the holistic assessment
of the detached rock.
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Monitoring the health of the existing
structures.
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Main activities of the discipline
are:
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Chemical investigation
of water for irrigation purpose
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Concrete durability
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Chemical analysis
of construction materials
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Diagnostic investigation
of old structures
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Environmental
related issues
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Flyash mission
related issues
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Grouting technology
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Resins for rock
bolting etc.
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Construction material survey, Concrete mix design etc.
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Alkali aggregate reaction
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Water quality studies
- Information Technology And Electronic Division
Main activities of Electronics division are:
The Electronics
division provides support and consultancy in Electronic
Instrumentation, Preparation of specifications of electronic
equipments, calibration and accreditation of laboratory
testing facilities in addition to providing support on Testing,
Installing newly procured electronic equipments. Repair
& Maintenance of instruments.
Main activities of IT division are:
The IT division
is involved in various Information Technology related activities
such as: Server Management, Management of DTP facility,
Network Support, Computer Services Support (including NICNET
services), Procurement of Computer and related Products
Purchase, Automation of various user divisions/sections
including Data Archiving & Retrieval (Digitization of
records), Website Support & Maintenance, Call coordination
for Repair & Maintenance, AMC related works of IT Products,
Coordination for IT specific Training programmes. This division
has undertaken a study on Information Strategy Plan (ISP).
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