Research Test Facility

Foundation Lab

This testing facility is revived recently in the year 2016 for carrying out advanced research in the area of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering. Model foundation tank with loading frame and servo-hydraulic shaking table are two important facilities of the laboratory, which enable testing of small-to-large scale foundation models under static and dynamic loading conditions. Laminar box is another important facility, which enables study of dynamic response of level grounds including effects of wave propagation and liquefaction. The laboratory is also equipped with large size cyclic triaxial, which has capability to determine the dynamic properties of any all type of soils including aggregates

Pseudo-Dynamic Structural Test Facility

Welcome to the Pseudo Dynamic Structural Test Facility, Department of Earthquake Engineering, IIT Roorkee. This test facility has been established with the sole purpose of binding teaching, research, innovation and industrial needs onto one platform. With state-of-the-art testing equipment, computing and data acquisition facility, the lab is equipped to conduct pseudo-static to dynamic, full scale structural (three floor heights) as well as component level and material related testing. This laboratory is continuously being modernized to accomplish research needs in the advanced field of structural and earthquake engineering.

Quasi-Static Airbag Test Facility

Welcome to the Quasi-Static Airbag Test Facility, Department of Earthquake Engineering, IIT Roorkee. This test facility has been established for testing the unreinforced and strengthened masonry walls in reversed cyclic loading with realistic boundary conditions. The sole purpose of this facility is to test the walls under uniformly distributed load under one-way or two-way out-of-plane flexural action and to develop load-displacement hysteretic curves. With state-of-the-art test facility, the lab is equipped to conduct quasi-static tests in full-scale level. This facility has been developed to improve ‘Research and Development’ and continuously being modernized to accomplish research need

Seismological Observatory

The seismological observatory was founded in early 1970s to cater for the recording of earthquake signals in the Ganga foredeep. The basement depth here is approximately 3000 m below the seismological observatory. The observatory is situated near the junction of north east rock sequence of the Himalayan orogenic belt and the area is covered with quaternary alluvial deposits of the Indo Gangetic plains and is about 25 km south of Himalayan Frontal Fault. Northeast direction of crustal shortening is reported in the nearby areas. North of the Roorkee Seismological observatory lies the Ganga Tear, a conspicuous transverse fault along which nontectonic activity is evident.

Shake Table Test Facility

The Department of Earthquake Engineering, IIT Roorkee has a biaxial, servo-controlled shake table for testing a payload of upto 20 Tonnes against earthquake motions. The facility can reproduce past recorded earthquake time histories, artificial time histories generated to be compatible with the design spectra, sine sweep, or any other regular waveforms in one vertical plane. The facility is housed in a 12 m high test hall equipped with a 15 Tonnes electrically operated overhead travelling crane. An electric substation of 425 KVA provides 3 phase, 440 VAC, 50 Hz power supply to the facility with a provision for 200 Amps, 440 VAC supply for On-Load testing of equipment.

Shock Table Test Facility

Shock table test facility at the Department of Earthquake Engineering, IIT Roorkee was developed in 1972. It is an affordable and unique type of facility for analyzing the feasibility, applicability and durability of different kinds of building models under impact type of loading. The pay load capacity of the facility is approximately 20 tonnes. The facility is suitable for studying the relative merit of different earthquake resistance measures in structural models and feasibility studies on new concepts of earthquake resistance measures.

Soil Dynamics Lab

The Soil Dynamics Laboratory is one of the oldest laboratories in DEQ, IIT Roorkee, India. This laboratory provides suitable equipments and facilities to work on the dynamic strength and stability of soils by evaluating dynamic soil properties, index properties of soils and liquefaction resistance of soils. Highly sensitive element test facilities such as Resonant Column, Cyclic Triaxial, Bender Element are available within this lab. Field testing and geophysical testing i.e. SPT, CPT, Plate Load Test, MASW and Block Vibration Test facilities are also available in laboratory which provides a great research scope for the students. Model testing facility such as Liquefaction Table, Small Scale