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401.  STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS - I

 

Teaching Scheme   Examination Scheme

                                    Theory             Sessional  Prac/Oral

Theory   Tut/Prac      marks     Hrs      marks     marks Term work      Total

 

   4                2               100           3                50        25       25       200

 

 

Internal Forces: Computation of internal forces in statically determinate structures  such as plane frames, gables, beams curved in plan  and planar truss.

 

Arches: Analysis of the three hinged arches (segmental and parabolic shapes only)

 

Slope and Deflection  of  Beams: Differential  equation  of elastic curve, relation between moment, slope and  deflection, double  integration  method, Maculae's  method,  moment  area method.

 

Strain  Energy: Resilience, strain energy in tension,  shear, bending,  torsion,  proof-resilience, modulus  of  resilience, impact and sudden loads.

 

Direct and Bending Stress: members subjected to eccentric loads,  middle third rule, kernel of the  section,  structures such as dam, chimney, tall buildings, retaining walls etc. subjected to wind or hydraulic loads.

 

Columns and Struts: Standard cases of end conditions  and corresponding effective length, buckling, radius of  gyration, principle   axes, Mohr’s  circle  of  inertia,  Euler’s   and Rankine’s formula, eccentrically loaded columns, columns  with lateral loadings.

 

Influence Lines: Influence line diagram for support reactions, shear force, bending moment for statically determinate beams and axial forces in trusses, criterion for maximum effect  due to point loads and udl.

 

Planar Structures: Types of statically determinate and indeterminate planar structures,  static and kinematics indeterminacy, principle  of superposition,  Maxwell’s reciprocal relation, stable/unstable structures.

 

Propped Cantilever: Analysis of propped cantilever beams by consistent  deformation method, rigid and elastic supports, beams of varying moment of inertia.

 

Fixed Beams: Computation of fixed-end actions for point load, uniformly distributed load, varying load and couples, settlement and rotation of supports, beams of varying moment of inertia.

 

TERM WORK

It shall consist of at least twenty problems based on the syllabus.

 

TEXT BOOKS

Basic Structural Analysis                                                            C.S. Reddy

Mechanics of Structures, Vol.-I                                        S.B. Junnarkar and H.J. Shah

Mechanics of Structures, Vol.-II                                       S.B. Junnarkar and H.J. Shah

REFERENCES

Intermediate Structural Analysis                                                 C.K. Wang

Mechanics of Materials                                                              Timoshenko and Gere

Mechanics of Materials                                                              E. P. Popov

 

402. BUILDING CONSTRUCTION

        Teaching Scheme                                             Examination Scheme

                             Theory                  Sessional  Prac/Oral

Theory               Tut/Prac      marks                         Hrs      marks            marks   Term work       Total

 

     4          2                     100    3      50                25                25             200

 

 

 Setting Out Of Buildings:             Various shape of Buildings, Setting out buildings, marking of Horizontal  & Vertical controls.

 

Excavation & Back filling: Methods of excavations - shallow & Deep, Manual & mechanised, types & methods of supports for different types of soil , Back filling.

 

Treatments: Anti-termite treatment, waterproofing & D.P.C.

 

Foundation Construction: Construction sequences of deep & shallow footings / foundation in buildings, footing, wall footing etc.

 

Masonry Constructions: Construction of masonry walls, load bearing & non load bearing, various types of masonry bonds, Masonry lintels, Arches, Roof etc. in bricks & stones.

 

Concrete Constructions: Common concrete elements, foundation, floors, column, beam & slabs. Method of construction, Do's & Don'ts.

 

Roof:             Various types of roofs, flat  & sloped construction, laying of tiles, construction in brick concrete, wood & tiles, mud.

 

Flooring: Flooring for various types of building, skirting, preparation of floor bases, concrete, RCC, tile, IPS, Screed, vacuum wood flooring etc.

 

Openings: Doors, windows & Ventilators, types, their constructions & installations

 

Finishing: Type of finishing, Internal & External finishing, pointing, plastering, cladding, white washing, distempering, varnishing & painting, wall papers etc.

 

Stairs: Stairs - types & their suitability, construction of stairs.

 

Term Work

Will be based on above topics. Students will make the sketches of construction details of various building elements.

 

Text Books

Building Construction                                                              Bindra & Arora

Building Construction Handbook                                    R. Chudley & R. Greeno

Building Construction                                     S.C.Rangwala

Building Construction                                            B.C.Punmia

 

References

Building construction & Technology  vol. I to IV                           W. Mckay

Building construction Vol. I & II                                                           George Mitchell

National Building code

Building Construction                                              Sharma & Kaul

Building Construction                                           Arora & Gupta

Building Construction                                                 Gurucharan Singh

 

403. RAILWAY AND BRIDGE ENGINEERING

 

Teaching Scheme   Examination Scheme

                                                Theory             Sessional  Prac/Oral

Theory Tut/Prac     marks     Hrs      marks     marks Term work      Total

 

   4           -              100           3           50          -         -      150

 

RAILWAY ENGINEERING

Railway Transportation and its Development: Role of railways in transportation,  Classification  of modes, Characteristics of transportation modes, Land transportation,    Comparison of railway and highway transportation,  Advantages of railways, Political, social  and economic advantages, Classification of Indian railways.

 

Rails and Railway Track : The  permanent  way, Requirements of an ideal  permanent  way, Capacity of a railway track, Gauges in railway track,  Railway track  cross-section, Coning of wheels and theory  of  coning, Functions  of  rails,  Requirements of rails,  Types  of  rail sections: double headed , bull-headed ,flat footed rail ,  merits and  de-merits,  Length of rails, Welding of rails, Buckling of  rails,  Damaged rails, Rail failures, Wear on rails & methods to reduce wear, Unigauge, Gauge conversion, High speed tracks.

 

Creep of Rails: Definition, Indications of creep, Theories of creep including wave  theory,  percussion  theory,  drag  theory . Effects of   creep,  Measurement  of  creep,   Remedies   or prevention of creep, pulling back the rails, Anti-creepers, Use of steel sleepers.

 

Sleepers, Rail Fixtures, Fastenings & Ballast: Functions   of  sleepers,  Requirement  &  classification   of sleepers,  Timber  sleepers,  Spacing of  sleepers  &  sleeper density,  Purpose  & Types of Fish plates  including  sections  & failure, requirements.  Spikes  and  its  characteristics,   dog spike,  screw spike, round spike, standard and classic  spike, Chain  for B.H. and D.H. rails, C.I. chains and slide  chains, Functions  &  requirement of good ballast, Types  of  ballast, Renewal of ballast.

 

Geometric Design of the Track: Necessity, Gradients and grade compensation   including gradients,  momentum  gradient,  pusher  or  helper  gradient, gradients  in  station yards, grade  compensation  on  curves,     Speed   of  the  train,  Radius  or  degree  of   the   curve,     Super elevation or     Cant, objects      of      providing super elevation, relation  with gauge, speed and radius  of  the curve, limits  of   cant deficiency, negative  super elevation  , Curves-necessity,  effects  of  curvature,  types  of  curves, requirements of transition curves.

 

Signaling, Control Systems & Safety of Railway : Objects of signaling, Classification of signaling-detonating hand,  fixed,  semaphore, Warner,  shunting,  coloured  light, Automatic  train   control  systems, Causes of  accidents  and their prevention, points & crossings, Yards : Station yard, marshalling yard, goods yard & locomotive yard.

 

BRIDGE ENGINEERING

Introduction: Development, classification and importance, identification  of bridges,   Selection  of  bridge  site,   Alignment,   Traffic requirement  of highway bridge, waterway of a bridge,  Maximum flood discharge.

 

Foundations and Substructures: Essential requirement of a good foundation, General principles of design, sub-soil exploration, Types  of  foundations  & cofferdams,  Abutments,  Piers,  Wing  walls,  Materials   for substructures.

 

Super Structures : Essential requirement of good super structures, type & general   principles  of design, Bridge architecture, major bridge, minor bridge and selection of bridges.

 

Loading On Bridges: Buoyancy pressure, Centrifugal forces, Dead load,  Deformation stresses,  Earth pressure, Erection stress, Impact load,  Live load, Longitudinal forces, Seismic load, Temperature variation forces,   water  pressure,  Wind  load  &  design  of   bridge foundations.

 

Temporary Bridges: Materials used, Fastenings  used,  Types,   Bridges   with intermediate supports, Bridges without intermediate  supports, Floating bridges, Bridge bearings, Economic span of bridge.

 

Maintenance of Bridges: General aspects for maintenance of bridges and bridge components.

 

TEXT BOOKS

Railway Engineering                                                                  Saxena & Arora.

Bridge Engineering                                                           S.P.Bindra

Railway Engineering                                                                  S.C.Rangwala

Bridge Engineering                                                           S.C.Rangwala   

 

REFERENCES

Text book of Railway Engineering                         P.K.Bhattacharjee & A.K.Basu

Railway Engineering                             N.K.Vaswani

Essentials of Bridge Engineering                  D.J.Victor

Bridge Engineering                              Agarwal & Sodhi


404. BUILDING AND TOWN PLANNING

 

Teaching Scheme  Examination Scheme

                                             Theory             Sessional  Prac/Oral

Theory      Tut/Prac     marks       Hrs     marks     marks        Term work         Total

 

  2                  2                100   4        50    25                        25    200

 

 

Planning Of Buildings : Planning of buildings from different fields of human activities viz. habitation,   Education, Health, Recreation, Industry and Transportation, Spatial and land use planning, Techniques of organising spaces of different kinds in relation to each other, Modular planning, selection of appropriate materials and techniques of construction, fire - resistant structures.

 

Building Bye-Laws: Objectives, importance of bye-laws, F.S.I., Principles underlying building bye laws, rules governing light, parking etc.

 

Elements of Perspective Drawing: Types of perspectives, birds-eye-view, and methods of drawing perspectives.

 

Town Planning: Civil Survey, purpose, type, data required and presentation, Elements of city plan, circulation pattern, landscaping pattern of building, use of master plan. Central area, town centre, civil space, shopping centre. Housing, neighbourhood units, layout of houses, Industry: Priorities, classification, industrial estates, Redevelopment, slum clearance scheme, Town planning scheme, Satellite Town, Control of ribbon development.

 

TERMWORK

Working drawings and sketches based on above syllabus.

 

 

 

TEXTBOOKS

Elements of building planning                                                            Shah & Kale

Elements of perspective drawing                        Shah & Kale

Building drawing                                    Shah, Kale & Patki

Town Planning                                    S C Rangwala

 

REFERENCES

Planning and designing of buildings                        Y.S.Sane

Planning and drawing of buildings                                   S.C.Agrawal

National building code of India

Civil Engineering Drawing & Design                                     Shahni


 

405.  CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY

                  

       Teaching Scheme  Examination Scheme

                            Theory       Sessional  Prac/Oral

Theory     Tut/Prac   marks    Hrs       marks     marks        Term work    Total

 

   3                2             100        3                 50        25             25               200

 

Introduction: Concrete as building material, advantages of concrete over conventional building materials, future of concrete.

 

Concrete Ingredients: Role of different ingredients, cement; Manufacturing, Types, suitability of different cements, properties of cement, Hydration process; Aggregates : various types, suitability, properties; Water: Role of water on concrete properties, quality of water; Admixtures ; Various Natural & factory made additives, Role of Mineral admixtures, chemicals :Accelerating, Retarding, plasticizers, Super-plasticizers & grouts.

 

Fresh Concrete: Properties of fresh concrete & their measurement, quality control, Role of equipment in producing good concrete, concept of maturity.

 

Hardened Concrete : Properties of hardened concrete and their measurement, Dimensional stability- Elasticity, shrinkage & creep, durability- Carbonation, sulphate  attack, acid attack etc., testing of concrete on samples and testing of concrete in structure-  Destructive, semi-destructive & non-destructive tests.

 

Mix Design : Concrete mix requirements, effect of w/c , statistical quality control, principles of mix design, Mix with  & without admixtures.

 

Special Techniques : Extreme weather concreting, mass concreting, pumped concrete, underwater, guniting & grouting.

 

Advances in Concrete : Architectural concrete, Pre-packed concrete, light weight structural concrete, High Strength, High Performance Concrete, High density concrete, Polymer concrete, Ready mix concrete etc.

 

TERMWORK

It shall consist of at least ten experiments based on the syllabus.

 

Text Books

Properties of Concrete                              A. M. Neville

Concrete Technology                                 M. L. Gambhir

 

 

References

Concrete Technology                                 A. M. Neville

Concrete Vol. I, II, III                                                Orchard

Composition & Properties of concrete                  Troxel Davis & Kelly

Concrete structures, Properties & materials                  P. Kumar Mehta

Testing of concrete in structures                        Bailey

 


406. COMPUTER APPLICATIONS - II

 

Teaching Scheme   Examination Scheme

                                                 Theory             Sessional  Prac/Oral

Theory Tut/Prac      marks   Hrs        marks     marks Term work      Total

 

   3          2                    100           3           50       25        25     200

 

 

Introduction:  Introduction various programming languages.

 

Flowcharts  and  Algorithms  : Definitions, rules  for  drawing flowcharts and writing algorithms, examples.

 

 “C“ Language: Fundamentals of C programs: Introduction, structure of  “C”  program, include   statement, Concept of function, comments in “C”, operands in “C”, Data-types in “C” :Integer, Real, Enumerated etc. Branching and looping in “C” if, if-else, and switch statements, while, do-while, and for loop, break and continue statement in loop, nesting of loops.  Arrays and Functions in “C” Declaration of arrays, initialization  of  arrays, single  and multi-dimensional arrays, arrays of characters, global and  local variables, dividing a complex task into small modules, functions that make arguments, standard functions in header files. Input and output using screen and  files, introduction of pointers and memory addressing.

 

TERM WORK

At least ten applications Programs on matrix  operations, solution of quadratic equations, support  reactions, shear  force and  bending  moment diagrams, programs for concrete mix designs, surveying, fluid mechanics  and soil mechanics etc.

 

TEXT BOOK

Programming in                                                       E.Balaguruswami                    

 

REFERENCES

C-Programming                                                                 B.W. Kernighan & Dennis M. Ritchie

Mastering Turbo C                                                                Stan Kelly-Bootle

 

 

 

 

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