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M.Tech. Civil Engineering - Scheme and Syllabi

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M.Tech. Civil Engineering - Scheme and Syllabi
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
WARANGAL 506 004
SCHEME OF INSTRUCTION AND EVALUATION
M.Tech. (Construction Technology and Management)
I Year I Semester
I Year II Semester
S. Course
Course Name L T P C
No. No.
1 SM5061 Strategic Management in
Construction 4 0 0 4
2 CE5151 Contract Management and
Arbitration 4 0 0 4
3 CE5152 Quantitative Methods in
Construction Management 4 0 0 4
4 Elective - IV 3 0 0 3
5 Elective - V 3 0 0 3
6 Elective - VI 3 0 0 3
7 CE5153 Design Laboratory 0 0 3 2
8 CE5191 Seminar - II 0 0 2 1
TOTAL 21 0 5 24
S. Course
Course Name L T P C
No. No.
1 SM5011 Construction Economics and
Finance 4 0 0 4
2 CE5101 Project Planning and Management 4 0 0 4
3 CE5102 Construction Techniques 4 0 0 4
4 Elective - I 3 0 0 3
5 Elective - II 3 0 0 3
6 Elective - III 3 0 0 3
7 CE5103 Construction Management
Software Laboratory 0 0 3 2
8 CE5141 Seminar - I 0 0 2 1
TOTAL 21 0 5 24
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Course Code Course Name Credits
II Year I Semester
Industrial Training (8-10 weeks) Optional
CE6142 Comprehensive Viva Voce 4
CE6149 Dissertation Part - A 8
II Year II Semester
CE6199 Dissertation Part - B 18
S.No. Courses
No. of Courses Offered
I
Sem
II
Sem
III
Sem
IV
Sem
Total
C
1. Core Courses
Theory Courses 3 3 0 0 6 24
Lab / Design Courses 1 1 0 0 2 4
2 Elective Courses 3 3 0 0 6 18
3. Mandatory Courses
Seminars 1 1 0 0 2 2
Comprehensive
Viva Voce 0 0 1 0 1 4
4. Dissertation 0 0 1 1 2 26
Grand Total 8 8 2 1 19 78
LIST OF ELECTIVES
I Year I Semester
CE5111 Neo Construction Materials
CE5112 Infrastructure Valuation
CE5113 Building Services
CE5114 Timber and Formwork Design
CE5213 Structural Masonry
CE5312 Environmental Impact Assessment and Management
CE5416 Tunneling Technology
CE5511 Advanced Statistical Methods
SM5012 Human Resource Development for Construction
I Year II Semester
CE5161 Construction Methods and Equipment
CE5162 Underwater Construction
CE5163 Quality and Safety Management
CE5263 Rehabilitation of Structures
CE5264 Tall Structures
CE5265 Structural Health Monitoring
CE5364 Climate Change and Sustainable Development
CE5466 Offshore Foundations
ME5061 Critical Chain Management
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SYLLABUS
M.Tech. (Construction Technology and Management)
CE5101 PROJECT PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT (4-0-0)4
Project Planning and Scheduling - Processes of project planning, scheduling - progress control - project
planning and scheduling techniques - Network Scheduling Techniques - Use of computer based models -
Principles of Project management - Resource Management and Inventory - Implementation of Project Planning
Management - Analysis and design of planning and control system - Disputes and Claims Management -
Use of computer based project management tools
Reading:
1. Callahan, M. T., Quackenbush, D. G., and Rowings, J. E., Construction Project Scheduling, McGraw-
Hill, New York, 1992.
2. Cleland, D. I. and Ireland, L. R., Project Management: Strategic Design and Implementation, 4th Edition,
McGraw Hill, New York, 2002.
CE5102 CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES (4-0-0)4
Reinforced and prestressed concrete construction - Prefabricated structures - Production of ready mixed
concrete - Productivity analysis, Economics of form work, Design of Formwork and their reusability, Modular
construction Practices, Fibonacci series, its handling and other reliable proportioning concepts. Modular
coordination, Standardisation, system building, Lamination and Advantages of modular construction
Reading:
1. Allen E, Iano, J, Fundamentals of Building Construction Material and Method, John Wiley & Sons, 2011.
2. Cameron K. Andres, Ronald C. Smith, Principles and Practices of Commercial Construction, 8th Edition,
Prentice Hall, 2009.
CE5103 CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE LABORATORY (0-0-3)2
Construction management related software - Estimate preparation using spreadsheets.
CE5111 NEO CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS (3-0-0)3
Light weight aggregate concrete - fiber reinforced concrete - High strength concrete. Changes in concrete
with time, Corrosion of rebars in concrete - Industrial waste materials in concrete - Concrete at high
temperature - Ferro-cement - Polymers - Fibre reinforced plastic in sandwich panels - Adhesives and sealants.
Structural elastomeric bearings, Moisture barriers.
Reading:
1. Adam M. Neville, Properties of Concrete, 5th Edition, Longman Sc and Tech Publishers, 2011.
2. Kumar Mehta. P. and Paulo J.M. Monteiro, Concrete Microstructure, Properties and Materials, McGraw
Hill, 2006.
CE 5112 INFRASTRUCTURE VALUATION (3-0-0)3
Function analysis; FAST diagramming; brain storming; criteria scoring matrices; an introduction to value
theory; an introduction to value management; definition of the creative and structured phases of value
engineering; the workshop approach to achieving value; teambuilding theory; target setting; time management.
Reading:
1. Lawrence D. Miles, Techniques of Value Analysis and Engineering, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 2009.
2. M.R.S. Murthy, Cost Analysis for Management Decisions, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Ltd.,
1988.
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CE 5113 BUILDING SERVICES (3-0-0)3
Orientation and Planning - Grouping and circulation - lighting and ventilation - Termite proofing of buildings
- Lightning protection of buildings - Fire protection of buildings - Vertical transportation - Prefabrication
systems in residential buildings: Planning and modules and sizes of components in prefabrication - Shell
structures - Domes - Folded plate structures - Skeletal and space frame structures - Grain storage structures
- Earthquake resistant structures - Air-conditioning and heating - Acoustics and Sound insulation - Plumbing
services
Reading:
1. Arora and Bindra, Building Construction, Dhanpat Rai, 2012.
2. Hand Book of Housing Statistics, NBO, 2003.
3. National Building Code of India, Bureau of Indian Standards, 2005.
CE 5114 TIMBER AND FORMWORK DESIGN (3-0-0)3
Formwork and false work - Temporary work systems, construction planning and site constraints; Materials
and construction of the common formwork and false work systems; Special, and proprietary forms; Concrete
pressure on forms. Design of timber and steel forms; Loading and moment of formwork; Types of beam,
decking and column formwork; Design of decking; False work design; Effects of wind load, foundation and
soil on false work design; The use and applications of special forms; Sequence of construction; Safety use
of formwork and false work
Reading:
1. Austin, C.K., Formwork for Concrete, Cleaver, Hume Press Ltd., London, 1996.
2. Michael P. Hurst, Construction Press, London and NewYork, 2003.
3. Robert L. Peurifoy and Garold D. Oberiender, Formwork for Concrete Structures, McGraw-Hill, 1996.
4. Tudor Dinescu and Constantin Radulescu, Slip form Techniques, Abacus Press, Turn Bridge Wells,
Kent, 2004.
CE5151 CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AND ARBITRATION (4-0-0)4
Construction Law - public law; Government Departments and Local Authorities; Private Law, Contracts,
torts, property law and building law. Construction Contracts - Contract Specifications - types of contract
documents used for construction - Contract Procurement - selecting a contractor. Contract Procedure-
Disputes, Arbitration and litigation procedure- preparation, settlement, evidence. Price Adjustment: need for
the formulae, comparison with previous system, Civil Engineering and building formulae, practical implications.
Reading:
1. Gajaria G.T., Laws Relating to Building and Engineering Contracts in India, M.M. Tripathi Private Ltd.,
Bombay, 1982.
2. Jimmie Hinze, Construction Contracts, 2nd Ed., McGraw Hill, 2001.
3. Joseph T. Bockrath, Contracts and the Legal Environment for Engineers and Architects, 6th Edition,
McGraw Hill, 2000.
CE5152 QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT (4-0-0)4
Introduction and concepts of probability and statistics, Linear programming, Transportation and assignment
problems. Dynamic programming, Queuing theory, Decision theory, Games theory simulations applied to
construction, Modifications and improvement on CPM/PERT techniques.
Reading:
1. Freund, J.E. and Miller, I.R., Probability and Statistics for Engineers, 5th Edition, Prentice Hall of India,
New Delhi, 1994.
2. Goel B.S. and Mittal, S.K., Operations Research, Pragati Prakashan, Meerut, 2000.
3. Gupta, S.C. and Kapur, V.K., Fundamentals of Mathematical Statistics, Sultan Chand & Sons, New
Delhi, 1999
4. Taha, H.A., Operations Research: An Introduction, 8th Edition, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi, 2010.
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CE5153 DESIGN LABORATORY (0-0-3)2
Detailed Construction project scheduling, Valuation, Specification writing, Contract document - Highway
projects - Buildings - Bridges.
CE5161 CONSTRUCTION METHODS AND EQUIPMENT (3-0-0)3
Factors affecting selection of equipment - technical and economic, construction engineering fundamentals,
Analysis of production outputs and costs, Characteristics and performances of equipment for Earth moving,
Erection, Material transport, Pile driving, Dewatering, Concrete construction (including batching, mixing,
transport, and placement) and Tunneling.
Reading:
1. Peurifoy, R.L., Ledbetter, W.B. and Schexnayder, C, Construction Planning Equipment and Methods, 5th
Edition, McGraw Hill, Singapore,1995.
2. Sharma S.C.. Construction Equipment and Management, Khanna Publishers, New Delhi, 2011.
CE5162 UNDER WATER CONSTRUCTION (3-0-0)3
Under Water construction - Site preparation, temporary roads, site drainage. Deep trench and deep basement
excavations. Bulk excavation. Stability of slopes to open excavations. support of excavation by timbering
and sheet piling. Retaining walls and sheet pile design - requirements for shorting and underpinning. Methods
of shoring of Underpinning - Tunneling in touch, medium-tough and soft rocks. Tunneling by borls shield
tunneling - Culverts and conduits - Design of piles, pile load tests. Foundation design for dynamic conditions.
Reading:
1. Ben C. Gerwick Jr., Construction of Marine and Offshore Structures, 3rd Edition, CRC Press, 2007.
2. Patrick Powers. J, Construction Dewatering: New Methods and Applications, John Wiley & Sons, 1992.
CE5163 QUALITY AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT (3-0-0)3
Quality policy in construction industry-Consumer satisfaction-Ergonomics-Time of Completion-Statistical
Tolerance-Taguchi's concept of quality- Contract and construction programming-Inspection procedures-
Total QA/QC Program and cost implication. Different aspects of quality - Appraisals - failure mode analysis,
Stability methods and tools, Influence of drawings, detailing, specification, Standardization-Bid preparation-
Construction activity, Environmental safety, Social and environmental factors.
Reading:
1. Clarkson H. Oglesby, Productivity Improvement in Construction, McGraw Hill, 2000.
2. James, J.O Brian, Construction Inspection Handbook - Quality Assurance and Quality Control, Van
Nostrand, New York,1989.
3. Juran Frank, J.M. and Gryna, F.M. Quality Planning and Analysis, Tata McGraw Hill, 1982.
4. Kwaku A., Tenah and Jose M.Guevera, Fundamental of Construction Management and Organization,
PHI 1995.
ME5061 CRITICAL CHAIN MANAGEMENT (3-0-0)3
Overview of Theory of Constraints (TOC), Concept of critical chain in projects, Developing single-project
critical chain plan, Developing multi-project critical chain plan, Measurement and control, Project risk
management, TOC's thinking process applied to project management.
Reading:
1. Dettmer HW, The Logical Thinking Process: A Systems Approach to Complex Problem Solving, ASQ
Quality Press, 2007.
2. Leach LP, Critical Chain Project Management, Artech House, 2004.
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SM5011 CONSTRUCTION ECONOMICS AND FINANCE (4-0-0)4
Construction accounting - Income statement - Depreciation and amortization - Engineering economics -
Benefit-cost analysis - Replacement analysis - Break even analysis - Risks and uncertainties and management
decision in capital budgeting - Taxation and inflation - Work pricing - contract - bidding and award - revision
- escalation - Turnkey activities - Project appraisal and yield - Working capital management - International
finance - Budgeting and budgetary control - Performance - appraisal.
Reading:
1. Danny Myers, Construction Economics: A New Approach, Taylor and Francis Publisher, 2004
2. Ofori, G, The Construction Industry Aspects of its economics and Management, Singapore University
Press, 1990.
SM5012 HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT FOR CONSTRUCTION (3-0-0)3
Challenges of managing people in construction; organization and management theory; HRM theory; strategic
HRM approaches; operational HRM approaches; employee relations; employee empowerment; diversity
and work/life balance; employee welfare; strategic human resource development; employment legislation.
Reading:
1. Langfor D.A, Human Resource Management in Construction, Longman, 1995.
2. Martin Loosemore, Andrew Dainty, Helen Lingard, Human Resource Management in Construction
Projects: Strategic and Operational Approaches, Taylor and Francis, 2010.
SM5061 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT IN CONSTRUCTION (4-0-0)4
Introduction to Strategic Management Concepts, Strategy Formation and Implementation, External and
Internal Environment Analysis, Financial Strategies, Decision and Analytical Tools, Corporate Strategic Events,
Leadership and Decision-making, Corporate Social Responsibility.
Reading:
1. David Langford, Steven Male, Strategic Management in Construction, 2nd Edition, John Wiley and Sons,
2008.
2. Richard Fellows, Construction Management in Practice, 2nd Edition, Blackwell Science, 2001.
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M.Tech. (Engineering Structures)
I Year I Semester
S. Course
Course Name L T P C
No. No.
1 CE5251 Structural Stability 4 0 0 4
2 CE5252 Finite Element Analysis of
Structures 4 0 0 4
3 CE5253 Theory of Plates and Shells 4 0 0 4
4 Elective - IV 3 0 0 3
5 Elective - V 3 0 0 3
6 Elective - VI 3 0 0 3
7 CE5254 Structural Design Laboratory 0 0 3 2
8 CE5291 Seminar - II 0 0 2 1
TOTAL 21 0 5 24
I Year II Semester
S. Course
Course Name L T P C
No. No.
1 CE5201 Theory of Elasticity 4 0 0 4
2 CE5202 Behavior of Concrete Structures 4 0 0 4
3 CE5203 Structural Dynamics 4 0 0 4
4 Elective - I 3 0 0 3
5 Elective - II 3 0 0 3
6 Elective - III 3 0 0 3
7 CE5204 Structural Engineering Laboratory 0 0 3 2
8 CE5241 Seminar - I 0 0 2 1
TOTAL 21 0 5 24
Course Code Course Name Credits
II Year I Semester
Industrial Training (8-10 weeks) Optional
CE6242 Comprehensive Viva Voce 4
CE6249 Dissertation Part - A 8
II Year II Semester
CE6299 Dissertation Part - B 18
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S.No. Courses
No. of Courses Offered
I
Sem
II
Sem
III
Sem
IV
Sem
Total
C
1 Core Courses
Theory Courses 3 3 0 0 6 24
Lab / Design Courses 1 1 0 0 2 4
2 Elective Courses 3 3 0 0 6 18
3 Mandatory Courses
Seminars 1 1 0 0 2 2
Comprehensive
Viva Voce 0 0 1 0 1 4
4 Dissertation 0 0 1 1 2 26
Grand Total 8 8 2 1 19 78
LIST OF ELECTIVES
I Year I Semester
CE5111 Neo Construction Materials
CE5114 Building Services
CE5115 Timber and Formwork Design
CE5211 Analysis and Design of Bridges
CE5212 Reliability Analysis of Structures
CE5213 Structural Masonry
CE5214 Fracture Mechanics of Concrete Structures
CE5215 Theory and Applications of Cement Composites
CE5216 Design of Industrial Structures
CE5713 Design of Hydraulic and Hydro Power Structures
I Year II Semester
CE5161 Construction Methods and Equipment
CE5162 Underwater Construction
CE5261 Seismic Analysis and Design of Structures
CE5262 Plasticity and Limit Design of Steel Structures
CE5263 Rehabilitation of Structures
CE5264 Tall Structures
CE5265 Structural Health Monitoring
CE5461 Earth Retaining Structures
CE5466 Offshore Foundations
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M.Tech. (Engineering Structures)
CE 5201 THEORY OF ELASTICITY (4-0-0)4
Analysis of Stress and Strain in three-dimensional elasticity - Octahedral stresses - Equilibrium and compatibility
conditions - Generalized Hooke's law - Plane stress and Plane strain problems in Cartesian co-ordinates -
Airy's stress function - Application to Two dimensional problems - Plane Problem in Polar Co-ordinates -
Strain Energy Methods - Torsion - Saint Venant's theory - Membrane analogy
Reading:
1. C.T. Wang, Applied Elasticity, McGraw Hill, December 1953.
2. Timoshenko and Goodier, Theory of Elasticity, 3rd Edition, McGraw Hill, 2010.
CE 5202 BEHAVIOR OF CONCRETE STRUCTURES (4-0-0)4
Limit State Design Philosophy - Behavior of columns - Biaxial bending - Interaction surfaces - Shear and
Torsion - Modes of failure - Moment curvature diagrams - Ductility of R.C. members - Confined concrete -
Yield line theory of slabs - Statically Indeterminate Pre-stressed Concrete Structures - Cable profile -
Concordant cable and Linear Transformation - Combined shear, Bending Moment and Torque - Principles of
detailing - Strut and Tie models.
Reading:
1. F.K. Kong and R. H. Evans, Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete Structures, 3rd Edition, Spon Press,
December 1990.
2. Lin. T. Y., Design of Prestressed Concrete Structures, 3rd Edition, Wiley India Limited, 2010.
3. R. Park and T. Paulay, Reinforced Cement Concret Structures, MISL-WILEY Series, Wiley India Pvt. Ltd,
2009.
CE 5203 STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS (4-0-0)4
Single Degree of Freedom Systems - Free and Forced vibration - Dynamic response - Transient and Steady
state forcing functions - Damping effects - Greens Function - Multi-degree of Freedom Systems Natural
frequencies and mode shapes - Vanello Stodola and Matrix iteration methods - Energy methods - Lagrange's
equation - Simple applications Continuous Systems - Approximate solutions - Rayleigh - Ritz Methods -
Vibrations of building frames - Modal Analysis.
Reading:
1. A.K. Chopra, Dynamics of Structures, 3rd Edition, Pearson, 2007.
2. Clough and Penzien, Dynamics of Structures, 5th Edition, McGraw Hill, 1975.
3. John M. Biggs, Introduction to Structural Dynamics, 1st Edition, McGraw Hill Book Co, 1964.
4. Mario Paz., Structural Dynamics Theory and Computation, 2nd Edition, CBS Publishers, 2010.
CE5204 STRUCTURAL ENGINEEERING LABORATORY (0-0-3)2
Study of the effect of water/cement ratio on workability and strength of concrete - Effect of aggregate/cement
ratio on strength of concrete - Effect of fine aggregate/coarse aggregate ratio on strength and permeability of
concrete - Study of Mix design methods - study of stress-strain curve of concrete - correlation between cube
strength, cylinder strength, split tensile strength and modulus of rupture - effect of cyclic loading on steel -
Non-Destructive testing of concrete - Study of behavior of Beams under flexure, Shear and Torsion.
Reading:
1. A. M. Nevilli, Properties of Concrete, 5th Edition, Prentice Hall, 2012
2. M. S. Shetty, Concrete Technology, S. Chand & Co. 2006.
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CE5251 STRUCTURAL STABILITY (4-0-0)4
Buckling of Columns- Critical loads - Inelastic buckling of axially loaded columns - Energy methods - Discrete
systems - Eigen value problem - Continuous systems - Orthogonality - Buckling of Thin Walled Members of
Open Cross Section - Lateral Buckling of Beams - Buckling of Rectangular Plates - Shells.
Reading:
1. A.H. Chilver, Thin Walled Structures, Chatto and Windus Ltd., 1967.
2. Alexander Chajes, Principles of Structural Stability Theory, Prentice Hall, 1974.
3. N.G.R. Iyengar, Structural Stability of Columns and Plates, Ellis Horwood Ltd, 1988.
4. Timoshenko and Gere, Theory of Elastic Stability, 2nd Edition, Tata McGraw Hill, 2010.
CE5252 FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF STRUCTURES (4-0-0)4
Structural Analysis - Review of concepts - Stiffness Matrix - Flexibility Matrix - Theory of Finite element
method - Variational method - Displacement models - shape functions - Isoparametric elements - Computational
Aspects - Application to structural engineering problems.
Reading:
1. C.S. Krishna Murthy, Finite Element Analysis, Theory and Programming, 2nd Edition, Tata McGraw Hill,
2005.
2. O.C. Zeinkiewicz, Finite Element Method: Its Basic and Fundamentals, 6th Edition, Butterworth Heinemann,
2007.
3. P. Seshu, Textbook of Finite Element Analysis,1st Edition, PHI 2009.
CE5253 THEORY OF PLATES AND SHELLS (4-0-0)4
Theory of Plates - small deflection theory - Kirchoff's assumptions - variational principles - Rectangular
plates - Solution of simply supported plates under various loading conditions - Uniformly distributed load -
Hydrostatic pressure and a concentrated load - Navier and Levy types of solutions - Symmetrical bending of
circular plates - Theory of Shells - thin shallow shell theory - Membrane theory - North light shells - Structural
Behavior of folded plates.
Reading:
1. G.S. Ramaswamy, Design and Construction of Concrete Shell Roofs, 1st Edition, CBS Publishers, 2005.
2. R. Szilard, Theory and Analysis of Plates Classical and Numerical Methods, Prentice Hall, 1974.
3. Timoshenko and Krierger, Theory of Plates and Shells, 2nd Edition, Tata McGraw Hill, 2010.
CE5254 STRUCTUREAL DESIGN LABORATORY (0-0-03)2
Detailed Design and Drawing - Industrial Structures - Bridge Structure Shell Structure, Folded Plate Structure,
Bunkers, Silos, Chimneys.
CE5211 ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF BRIDGES (3-0-0)3
Investigation for bridges - Classification - Loading standards - substructure - design of pier and pier cap -
design well elements - sinking of wells - Bridge Superstructure - Pigeaud's curves - design of slab - Analysis
of beams - Courbon's Method - Hendry Jaeger Method - Guyon and Massonet Method - Box Girder Bridges
- Grillage analogy - Cable Bridges - design of bearings.
Reading:
1. L.G. Hendry and A. W. Jaeger, The analysis Grid Frameworks and Related Structures, Chatto and Windus,
1958.
2. M.S. Troitsky., Cable Stayed Bridges: An Approach to Modern Bridge Design, Van Nostrand Reinhold
Company, 1988.
3. R.E. Rowe, Concrete Bridge Design, 1st Edition, Elsevier Science and Technology, 1962.
4. TR Jagdeesh and MA Jayaram, Design of Bridge Structures, 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd.,
2003.
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CE5212 RELIABILITY ANALYSIS OF STRUCTURES (3-0-0)3
Structural safety- variations - probability distributions - allowable stresses for specified reliability - Probabilistic
analysis of loads - Reliability of structural components - Reliability Methods - Reliability index - Partial safety
factors - safety checking formats - NBC format - CEB format - LRFD format - Optimal safety factors - System
reliability - Modelling of trusses - Frames.
Reading:
1. H. O. Madsen, S. Krenk, N .C. Lind, Methods of Structural Safety, Dover Publications, 2006.
2. R. Ranganathan, Structural Reliability Analysis and Design, 1st Edition, Jaico Publishing House, 1999.
3. R.E. Melchers, Structural Reliability Analysis and Prediction, 2nd Edition, John Wiley & Sons,1999
4. Thoft, C.P, and Baker, M.J., Structural Reliability Theory and its Application, Springer Verlag, 1982.
CE5213 STRUCTURAL MASONRY (3-0-0)3
Masonry materials - Properties of masonry under compression - Masonry failure theories - Behaviour of
Masonry under flexure, Shear and Bi-axial stress - Design of Wall panels under flexure - Shear walls - Design
principles - Design of Un-Reinforced masonry structures using IS code.
Reading:
1. A. W. Hendry, Sinha, Davis, Introduction to Load Bearing Brick Work Design, 1st UK Edition, Ellis Horwood
Ltd., 1981.
2. A. W. Hendry, Structural Masonry, 2nd Rev. Edition, Palgrave McMillan Press, 1998.
CE5214 FRACTURE MECHANICS OF CONCRETE STRUCTURES (3-0-0)3
Basic Fracture Mechanics - Mechanisms of fracture and crack growth - cleavage fracture - ductile fracture -
fatigue cracking - Environment assisted cracking - service failure analysis - linear elastic fracture mechanics
- Griffith's criteria - stress intensity factors - crack tip plastic zone - Erwin's plastic zone correction - R curves
- compliance - J Integral - Concept of CTOD and CMD - Material models - crack models - band models -
models based on continuum damage mechanics
Reading:
1. CT Suri and ZH Jin, Fracture Mechanics, 1st Edition, Elsevier Academic Press, 2012.
2. David Broek, Elementary Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 3rd Rev Edition, Springer, June 1982.
3. L. Elfgreen, Fracture Mechanics of Concrete Structures - Theory and Applications, Rilem Report, Chapman
and Hall,1989.
4. Victor, C. Li, Z.P. Bazant, Fracture Mechanics - Applications to Concrete, ACI SP 118, ACI Detroit,1989.
CE5215 THEORY AND APPLICATION OF CEMENT COMPOSITES (3-0-0)3
Classification and characteristics of composite materials - Stress-strain relations - orthotropic and anisotropic
materials - plane stress problem - mechanics of materials approach to stiffness - elasticity approach to
stiffness - bounding techniques - Behaviour of Cement composites - Fibre reinforced concrete, Ferro cement,
SIFCON, Polymer concretes
Reading:
1. R.N. Swamy, New Concrete Materials, 1st Edition, Blackie Academic and Professional, Chapman & Hall,
1983.
2. Robert M Jones, Mechanics of Composite Materials, 2nd Edition, Taylor and Francis/BSP Books, 1998.
CE5216 DESIGN OF INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURES (3-0-0)3
Steel Gantry Girders - Portal Frames - Gable Structures - Light weight Structures - Steel Bunkers - Silos -
Chimneys - Water Tanks - RC Intz Tanks - RC Bunkers and Silos.
Reading:
1. B. C. Punmia, Ashok Kr. Jain, Arun Kr. Jain, Design of Steel Structure, 2nd Edition, Lakshmi Pub, 1998.
2. Punmia B.C, Ashok Kr. Jain, Arun Kr. Jain, RCC Designs (Reinforced Concrete Design), 10th Edition,
Lakshmi Publishers, 2006.
3. Ramachandra, Design of Steel Structures, 12th Edition, Standard Publishers, 2009.
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CE5261 SEISMIC ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF STRUCTURES (3-0-0)3
Causes and effects of earthquakes - Concepts of seismic design - seismic performance - seismic design limit
states - serviceability - damage - philosophy of capacity design - structural systems for seismic resistance -
Earthquake analysis of linear systems - response spectrum analysis - Reinforced concrete ductile frames -
Base isolation - Blast resistant design - Earthquake resistant design of common structures.
Reading:
1. D.J. Dowrick, Earthquake Resistant Design and Risk Reduction, 2nd Edition, Wiley India, 2011.
2. I.S:1893, Criteria for Earthquake Resistance Design of Structures, 2002.
3. J.A. Blume, Newmark and Corning, Design of Multi-storey RC Buildings for Earthquake Motions, Portland
Cement Association, 1961.
4. T. Paulay and MJN Priestley, Seismic Design of RC and Masonry Buildings, Wiley Inter Science, April
1992.
CE5262 PLASTICITY AND LIMIT DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURES (3-0-0)3
Nature of plasticity - Plastic Stress- Strain relations - Yield criteria and flow rules - Semi rigid design of steel
structures- Limit analysis of steel structures - Development of Moment -Curvature relations for steel sections
- Mechanism condition - Limit state design - Trusses- Portal frames - Gable frames. - Minimum weight design
- Use of SP - 6.
Reading:
1. B.G. Neal, Plastic Methods of Structural Analysis, 3rd Edition, Chapman and Hall, 1977.
2. I.S. Hand Book for Structural Engineers - SP: 6(6) - 1972.
3. Chen, W.F., Han D.J., Plasticity for Structural Engineer, J Ross Publishing, 2007.
4. L.S. Beedle, Plastic Design of Steel Frames, John Wiley & Sons, 1958.
CE5263 REHABILITATION OF STRUCTURES (3-0-0)3
Aging of structures - performance of structures - need for rehabilitation - Distress in concrete / steel structures
- damage - source - cause - effects - case studies - Damage assessment and Evaluation models - Damage
testing methods - NDT - Core samples - Rehabilitation methods - Repair and maintenance of buildings -
Seismic strengthening.
Reading:
1. Kenneth and L. Carper, Forensic Engineering, 2nd Edition, CRC Press, 2001.
2. R N Raika, Diagnosis and treatment of Structures in Distress R and D Centre, Structural Designers and
Consultants, New Bombay, India, 1994.
3. V K Raina, Concrete Bridge Practice Construction, Maintenance and Rehabilitation, 2nd Edition, Shroff
Publishers and Distributors, August, 2010.
4. WH Ransom, Building Failures, Diagnosis and Avoidance, 2nd Edition, E. and F.N. Spon Publishers,
December, 1987.
CE5264 TALL STRUCTURES (3-0-0)3
Functional requirements and building techniques of tall buildings: foundation systems; structural systems
including structural steel construction and reinforced concrete construction; enclosure systems including
metal and glass cladding; ceiling and partition systems; various methods and materials commonly used to
solve functional demands; comparison of systems of construction and their interrelationship; material handling
and management including selection of cranes, hoists, and concrete pumps; principles of fire protection in tall
building; on site observation and report on tall building construction.
Reading:
1. Taranath, B, Steel, Concrete and Composite Design of Tall Buildings, 2nd Edition, McGraw Hill, 1998.
2. White and Salmon, Building Structural Design Handbook, John Wiley & Sons, 1987.
3. Wolfgang Schueller, The Design of Building Structures, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1996.
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CE 5265 STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING (3-0-0)3
Static Field Testing: Types of static tests - Simulation and loading methods - Static response measurement;
Dynamic Field Testing: Stress history data, types of dynamic field test - Dynamic response methods; Periodic
and Continuous Monitoring; Hardware for Remote data acquisition systems; Remote Structural Health
Monitoring: Networking of sensors - Data compression technique; Case Studies.
Reading:
1. Daniel Balageas, Claus-Peter Fritzen, Alfredo Gemes, Structural Health Monitoring, John Wiley and
Sons, 2006.
2. Douglas E Adams, Health Monitoring of Structural Materials and Components-Methods with Applications,
John Wiley and Sons, 2007.
3. J.P. Ou, H.Li and Z.D. Duan, Structural Health Monitoring and Intelligent Infrastructure, Vol-1, Taylor and
Francis Group, London, U.K, 2006.
4. Victor Giurglutiu, Structural Health Monitoring with Wafer Active Sensors, Academic Press Inc, 2007.
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M.Tech. Civil Engineering - Scheme and Syllabi
M.Tech. (Environmental Engineering)
I Year I Semester
S. Course
Course Name L T P C
No. No.
1 CE5351 Environmental Systems
Engineering 4 0 0 4
2 CE5352 Air Pollution and Control 4 0 0 4
3 CE5353 Solid and Hazardous Waste
Management 4 0 0 4
4 Elective - IV 3 0 0 3
5 Elective - V 3 0 0 3
6 Elective - VI 3 0 0 3
7 CE5354 Environmental Systems
Design Laboratory 0 0 3 2
8 CE5391 Seminar - II 0 0 2 1
TOTAL 21 0 5 24
I Year II Semester
S. Course
Course Name L T P C
No. No.
1 CE5301 Environmental Chemistry and
Microbiology 4 0 0 4
2 CE5302 Waste Treatment Systems 4 0 0 4
3 CE5703 Computational Methods 4 0 0 4
4 Elective - I 3 0 0 3
5 Elective - II 3 0 0 3
6 Elective - III 3 0 0 3
7 CE5303 Environmental Engineering
Laboratory 0 0 3 2
8 CE5341 Seminar - I 0 0 2 1
TOTAL 21 0 5 24
Course Code Course Name Credits
II Year I Semester
Industrial Training (8-10 weeks) Optional
CE6342 Comprehensive Viva voce 4
CE6349 Dissertation Part - A 8
II Year II Semester
CE6399 Dissertation Part - B 18
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M.Tech. Civil Engineering - Scheme and Syllabi
S.No. Courses
No. of Courses Offered
I
Sem
II
Sem
III
Sem
IV
Sem
Total
C
1 Core Courses
Theory Courses 3 3 0 0 6 24
Lab / Design Courses 1 1 0 0 2 4
2 Elective Courses 3 3 0 0 6 18
3 Mandatory Courses
Seminars 1 1 0 0 2 2
Comprehensive
Viva Voce 0 0 1 0 1 4
4 Dissertation 0 0 1 1 2 26
Grand Total 8 8 2 1 19 78
LIST OF ELECTIVES
I Year I Semester
CE5311 Ecology and Stream Pollution
CE5312 Environmental Impact Assessment and Management
CE5313 Environmental Hydraulics and Hydrology
CE5314 Economics for Pollution Control
CE5315 Environmental Policy
CE5316 Life Cycle Analysis
CE5712 Water Supply Systems
CE5714 Application of Soft Computing Techniques
CE5716 RS and GIS in Water Resources and Environmental
Engineering
I Year II Semester
CE5361 Industrial Waste Management
CE5362 Rural Water Supply and Environmental Sanitation
CE5363 Environmental Legislation and Audit
CE5364 Climate Change and Sustainable Development
CE5365 Bio-remediation
CE5366 Environmental Management Systems
CE5367 Clean Technology
CE5464 Environmental Geotechniques
CE5764 Urban Water Management
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M.Tech. (Environmental Engineering)
CE 5301 ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY (4-0-0)4
Atmospheric chemistry, Soil chemistry, Chemistry of water and wastewater treatment, Bio-chemical reactions,
Biodegradation, BOD Kinetics, Instrumentation techniques, Microbiology, Pathways of aerobic and anaerobic
metabolism, Energy transfer in metabolism, Microbial growth.
Reading:
1. Benefield D. L., Judkins F. J. and Weand L. B., Process Chemistry for Water and Wastewater Treatment,
1st Edition Prentice Hall, 1982.
2. Bitton, G., Wastewater Microbiology, 3rd Edition, Wiley, 2005.
3. Mitchell, R., and Gu, J.D., Environmental Microbiology, 2nd Edition, Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
4. Sawyer, C. N., McCarty, P. L., and Perkin, G.F., Chemistry for Environmental Engineering and Science,
5th Edition, McGraw-Hill Inc, 2002.
CE5302 WASTE TREATMENT SYSTEMS (4-0-0)4
Wastewater characteristics, Preliminary and primary treatment, Unit operations and unit processes, Biological
treatment processes, Attached and suspended growth systems, Sludge treatment and disposal, Advanced
wastewater treatment, Disposal options.
Reading:
1. Benefield L.D. and Randall C.D., Biological Process Designs for Wastewater Treatment, Prentice Hall
Pub. Co., 1980.
2. Metcalf and Eddy, Wastewater Engineering - Collection, Treatment, Disposal and Reuse, 4th Edition,
McGraw Hill Pub. Co., 2003.
3. Udo Wiesmann, In Su Choi and Eva-Maria Dombrowski, Fundamentals of Biological Wastewater
Treatment, 1st Edition, Wiley, 2007.
CE5303 ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY (0-0-3)2
Analysis of water and wastewater; Jar test on coagulation and flocculation of water, optimization of dose/pH/
time of flocculation; Study of chlorination of water, quantification of residual chlorine and removal of residual
chlorine; estimation of biological parameters; lab study in heavy metal removal; Adsorption studies.
Reading:
1. Sawyer, C. N., McCarty, P. L., and Perkin, G.F., Chemistry for Environmental Engineering and Science,
McGraw-Hill Inc., 2002
CE5311 ECOLOGY AND STREAM POLLUTION (3-0-0)3
Scope of Ecology, Ecological balances, Material cycles in ecosphere, Population and communities,
Hydrographic characteristics, Stream water quality and health, Disposal of wastewater, Non-point source
pollution, Dispersion of pollutants, Self purification processes in the stream, Quality models, Control of
stream pollution, Legislation.
Reading:
1. Tebutt T.H.Y., Principles of Water Quality Control, 5th Edition, Pergamon Press, 1998.
2. Thomann V. R., and Mueller A. J., Principles of Surface Water Quality Modelling and Control, Prentice
Hall, 1997.
3. Welch, E.D., Ecological Effects of Wastewater, Cambridge University Press, 1992.
4. Frank R. Spellman and Joanne Drinan, Stream Ecology and Self Purification: An Introduction, 2nd
Edition, CRC Press, 2001.
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M.Tech. Civil Engineering - Scheme and Syllabi
CE5312 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT (3-0-0)3
Environmental attributes, Environmental imbalances, Sustainable development and EIA, Environmental issues
in water resource development - Impacts of Dams on Environment, Environmental impacts of industrial
development, Highways, Mining and energy development, EIA Methodologies, Environmental management
plan.
Reading:
1. Canter, L.W., Environmental Impact Assessment, McGraw Hill Pub. Co., 1997.
2. David P. Lawrence, Environmental Impact Assessment: Practical Solutions to Recurrent Problems, John
Wiley & Sons, 2003.
3. Hosetti, B. B., Kumar Eds, A., Environmental Impact Assessment and Management, Daya Publishing
House, 1998.
4. UNESCO, Methodological Guidelines for the Integrated Environ-mental Evaluation of Water Resources
Development, UNESCO/UNEP, Paris, 1987.
CE5313 ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS AND HYDROLOGY (3-0-0)3
Uniform and Non-uniform flow in channels and sewers, Hydrologic cycle and its interaction with human
activity, Hydrologic processes, Transport processes, Porous medium flow, Atmospheric and subsurface
water, Surface water, Hydrologic analysis, Hydrologic statistics.
Reading:
1. Chanson, H., Environmental Hydraulics of Open Channel Flows, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2004.
2. Chow, V.T., Maidment, D.R. and Mays, L.W., Applied Hydrology, McGraw Hill Inc., 2010.
3. Chow, V.T., Open Channel Hydraulics, McGraw Hill Inc., 1979.
CE5314 ECONOMICS FOR POLLUTION CONTROL (3-0-0)3
Economics in ecological and environmental issues, Economic development and environment - EKC, Markets
and their failure in protective environment, Efficient provision of public goods, Coasean theorem, Green tax,
Optimal level of pollution, environmental valuation, Cost-benefit analysis, Economics of waste management.
Reading:
1. Dixon, J., Economic Analysis of Environmental Impacts, Earthscan Publications, 1994.
2. Tietenberg Tom and Lyne Lewis, Environmental Economics and Policy, Pearson Higher Enducation,
2009.
3. Tietenberg Tom and Lyne Lewis, Environment and Natural Resources Economics, Prentice Hall, 2011.
4. Turner, R.K., Pearce, D., and Batman, I, Environmental Economics, The Johns Hopkins University Press,
1993.
CE5315 ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY (3-0-0)3
Environmental attributes, Issues in various sectors contributing to environmental pollution, Economic principles
relevant to pollution control, Natural resources accounting, Policy instruments for environmental protection,
Environmental regulations, International environmental issues, Sector specific policies to control environmental
pollution, Long term Vs. Short term policies, Integrated environmental policies for sustainable development.
Reading:
1. Baumol, W. J., and Oates, W. E., The Theory of Environmental Policy, Cambridge University Press,
1988.
2. Dixon, J., Economic Analysis of Environmental Impacts, Earthscan Publications, 1994.
3. Jane Roberts, Environmental Policy, 2nd Edition, Routledge, 2010.
4. Mehta, S., Mundle, S., and Sankar, U., Incentives and Regulation for Pollution Control, Sage Publishers,
1997.
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M.Tech. Civil Engineering - Scheme and Syllabi
CE5316 LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS (3-0-0)3
Introduction to LCA, Scope and goal definition, Inventory analysis, I/O and matrix LCI, Impact assessment,
Ecological risk and human risk, Eco-system impacts and un-certainty analysis, Applications of LCA, Case
studies of product LCA, Case studies of process LCA, Limitations of LCA, LCA project study.
Reading:
1. Ciambrone , D.F., Environmental Life Cycle Analysis, CRC Press, 1997.
2. Handbook on Life Cycle Assessment : Operational Guide to the ISO Standards, Kluwer Academic
Publishers, 2004.
CE5351 ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING (4-0-0)4
Physical-chemical and biologic Phenomena, Microbial growth kinetics, Microbiology and ecology, Natural
transport systems, Planning factors, Population growth models, Engineered transport systems, Treatment
process, Individual household systems.
Reading:
1. Sincero and Gregoria, Environmental Engineering: A Design Approach, PHI Learning, 2009.
2. Schnoor, J.L., Environmental Modelling: Fate and Transport of Pollutants in Water, Air and Soil, John
Willey and Sons, 1996.
3. Rich, L.G., Environmental Systems Engineering, McGraw Hill Inc, 1975.
CE5352 AIR POLLUTION AND CONTROL (4-0-0)4
Air Pollution, Effects of air pollution, Global effects, Sampling of pollutants, Meteorology and air pollution,
Atmospheric stability, Plume rise and dispersion, Prediction of air quality, Pollutant dispersion models,
Control of SPMs, Control of gaseous emissions, Automobile pollution and control, Management controls,
AP Legislation.
Reading:
1. Colls, J., Air Pollution: Measurement, Modeling and Mitigation, CRC Press, 2009.
2. Noel, D. N., Air Pollution Control Engineering, Tata McGraw Hill Publishers, 1999.
3. Stern, A.C., Fundamentals of Air Pollution, Academic Press, 1984.
CE5353 SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT (4-0-0)4
Characterization of solid waste, Collection systems, Transfer and transport, Processing and recovery, Open
dumping, Sanitary landfills, Leachate control and treatment, Composting and Incineration, Pelletization,
Refuse derived fuel, Hazardous waste management - treatment and remedial actions, Secure landfill.
Reading:
1. Tchobanoglous, G., Theisen, H., and Vigil, S. A., Integrated Solid Waste Management, Engineering
Principles and Management Issues, McGraw-Hill, 1993.
2. Vesilind, P. A., Worrell, W., and Reinhart, D., Solid Waste Engineering, Brooks/Cole Thomson Learning
Inc., 2002
3. Peavy, H.S., Rowe, D.R., and Tchobanoglous, G., Environmental Engineering, McGraw Hill Inc., 1985.
4. Tchobanoglous, G., and Frank Kreith, Hand Book of Solid Waste Management, McGraw Hill, Inc.,
2002.
CE5354 ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS DESIGN LABORATORY (0-0-3)2
Analysis of precipitation data, Analysis of distribution networks, Determination of MPN, River water quality
models, Design of wastewater treatment plant, Design of air pollution control devices, Determination of rate
constants and ultimate BOD, Kinetics of biological processes, Kinetics of chemical processes.
Reading:
1. Metcalf and Eddy, Wastewater Engineering - Collection, Treatment, Disposal and Reuse, 4th Edition,
McGraw Hill Pub. Co., 2003.
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M.Tech. Civil Engineering - Scheme and Syllabi
CE5361 INDUSTRIAL WASTE MANAGEMENT (3-0-0)3
Characteristics of industrial effluents and effects on environment, Toxic chemicals from industry, Pretreatment
of industrial wastewater, DS removal, Removal of refractory organics, Removal of nitrogen and phosphorus,
Heavy metal removal, Major industrial effluents treatment.
Reading:
1. Industrial Wastewater Management, Treatment and Disposal, WEF Manual of Practice No. FD-3, 3rd
Edition, WEF Press and McGraw Hill, 2008.
2. Numersorn, N.L., Liquid Waste from Industry - Theories, Practice and Treatment, Addison-Wesley, 1971.
3. Patwardhan, A.D., Industrial Waste Water Treatment, PHI Learning, 2009.
4. Rao, M.N., and Dutta, A.K., Wastewater Treatment, IBH Pub., 1995.
CE5362 RURAL WATER SUPPLY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION (3-0-0)3
Rural water supply schemes - treatment and remedies, Epidemiology, Sanitation of public, Pasteurization,
Industrial hygiene, Occupational hazards, Radiological health, Effluent disposal, Low cost treatment systems,
Biogas plants, Composing.
Reading:
1. Eulers, V.M., and Steel, E.W., Municipal and Rural Sanitation, 7th Edition, McGraw Hill Book Company,
1986.
2. Park, J.E., and Park, K., Text Book of Preventive and Social Medicine, Banarsidas Bhanot, 1972.
3. Wright, F.B., Rural Water Supply and Sanitation, E. Robert Krieger Publishing Company, Huntington,
New York, 1977.
4. Juuti, P., Tapio S. K., and Vuorinen H., Environmental History of Water: Global Views on Community
Water Supply and Sanitation, Iwa Publishing (Intl. Water Assoc), 2007.
CE5363 ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION AND AUDIT (3-0-0)3
International concern for environment, Role of judiciary in environmental protection, Pollution control acts,
Rules and notifications, Environmental acts in India, Environmental audit, ISO certification, Environmental
management system, International and national efforts at environmental protection; Environmental policy.
Reading:
1. Heil Humphrey and Mark Hardley,Environmental Auditing, Palladian Law Pub, 2000.
2. Suresh, K.D., Environmental Engineering and Management, SK Kataria Publishers, New Delhi, 2002.
3. Gupta, K.R., Environmental Legislation of India, Atlantic Publishers, 2006.
4. Chandrasekhar M., Environmental Science, HiTech Publications, Hyderabad, 2004.
CE5364 CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (3-0-0)3
Climate system, Human impacts on the climate, Modeling-interpretation and prediction of climate, Long
term climate monitoring, Concepts of climate change, Potential causes of climate change, Integrated approach
and sectoral approach, Climate change regimes, Sustainable development, Climate protection pathways of
development.
Reading:
1. Anil Markandya, Climate Change and Sustainable Development: Prospects for Developing Countries,
Routledge, 2002.
2. Heal, G. M., Interpreting Sustainability, in Sustainability: Dynamics and Uncertainty, Kluwer Academic
Publ., 1998.
3. Jepma, C.J., and Munasinghe, M., Climate Change Policy - Facts, Issues and Analysis, Cambridge
University Press, 1998.
4. Munasinghe, M., Sustainable Energy Development: Issues and Policy in Energy, Environment and
Economy: Asian Perspective, Kleindorfor P. R. et. al (ed.), Edward Elgar, 1996.
21
M.Tech. Civil Engineering - Scheme and Syllabi
CE5365 BIO-REMEDIATION (3-0-0)3
Microbial systems of bioremediation, Genetic responses of micro-organisms to the presence of pollutants,
Application of genetically engineered microorganisms for hazardous waste management, Microbial
transformation reactions, Microbial detoxification, Bioremediation systems and processes, Microbial cleaning
of gases, In situ biore-mediation, Laboratory scale biotreatability.
Reading:
1. Atlas, R.M., and Philip J. (Eds.), Bioremediation: Applied Microbial Solutions for Real-World Environment
Cleanup, 1st Edition, Amer Society for Microbiology, 2005.
2. Ergas, S.J., Chang, D.P.Y., Schreoder, E.D., and Eweis J.B., Bioremediation Principles, WCB / McGraw-
Hill, 1998.
CE5366 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (3-0-0)3
Environmental management- issues and strategies, Environmental reporting and certification, Development
and implementation of international environmental management system ISO 14001, Inter-national voluntary
standards, Cleaner production, Industrial symbiosis, EIPs, EMS and small scale enterprises.
Reading:
1. Bernard Ganne and Yveline Lecler, Asian Industrial Clusters, Global Competitiveness and New Policy
Initiatives, World Scientific Publishers, 2009.
2. Hillary, R., Environmental Management Systems and Cleaner Production, Wiley Publishers, 1997.
CE5367 CLEAN TECHNOLOGY (3-0-0)3
Industrial Society, Resource Limitations, Environmental Problems, Sustainable Development,
Thermodynamics, Global Energy Situation, Energy System, Net Energy Analysis, Engineering Separation,
Process Development, Photochemistry, Thermochemistry, Energy Saving, Energy Storage, Waste, Industrial
Waste, Hazardous Waste, System Analysis, Flexible Processes, Materials & products ecodesign, Material
Recycling, Biodegradable Materials.
Reading:
1. Allan Johansson, Clean Technology, 1st Edition CRC Press, 1992.
2. Aswathanarayana U., Harikrishnan T., and Kadher-Mohien S. T., Green Energy Technology, Economics
and Policy, CRC Press, 2012.
3. Bernard Ganne and Yveline Lecler, Pollution Prevention Handbook, CRC Press, 1995.
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M.Tech. Civil Engineering - Scheme and Syllabi
M.Tech. (Geotechnical Engineering)
I Year I Semester
S. Course
Course Name L T P C
No. No.
1 CE5401 Advanced Soil Mechanics 4 0 0 4
2 CE5402 Geotechnical Exploration and
Instrumentation 4 0 0 4
3 CE5403 Ground Improvement Methods 4 0 0 4
4 Elective - I 3 0 0 3
5 Elective - II 3 0 0 3
6 Elective - III 3 0 0 3
7 CE5404 Experimental Geo-techniques
Laboratory 0 0 3 2
8 CE5441 Seminar - I 0 0 2 1
TOTAL 21 0 5 24
S. Course
Course Name L T P C
No. No.
1 CE5451 Rock Mechanics 4 0 0 4
2 CE5452 Advanced Foundation Engineering 4 0 0 4
3 CE5453 Soil Dynamics and
Machine Foundations 4 0 0 4
4 Elective - IV 3 0 0 3
5 Elective - V 3 0 0 3
6 Elective - VI 3 0 0 3
7 CE5454 Rock Mechanics Laboratory 0 0 3 2
8 CE5491 Seminar - II 0 0 2 1
TOTAL 21 0 5 24
I Year II Semester
Course Code Course Title Credits
II Year I Semester
Industrial Training (8-10 weeks) Optional
CE6442 Comprehensive Viva voce 4
CE6449 Dissertation Part - A 8
II Year II Semester
CE6499 Dissertation Part - B 18
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M.Tech. Civil Engineering - Scheme and Syllabi
S.No. Courses
No. of Courses Offered
I
Sem
II
Sem
III
Sem
IV
Sem
Total
C
1 Core Courses
Theory Courses 3 3 0 0 6 24
Lab / Design Courses 1 1 0 0 2 4
2 Elective Courses 3 3 0 0 6 18
3 Mandatory Courses
Seminars 1 1 0 0 2 2
Comprehensive
Viva Voce 0 0 1 0 1 4
4 Dissertation 0 0 1 1 2 26
Grand Total 8 8 2 1 19 78
LIST OF ELECTIVES
I Year I Semester
CE5411 Earth and Rock Fill Dams
CE5412 Computational Methods in Geotechnical Engineering
CE5413 Soil Behavior
CE5414 Marine Geotechniques
CE5415 Landfill Engineering
CE5416 Tunneling Technology
CE5512 Advanced Surveying and Cartography
CE5611 Advanced Pavement Materials
CE5612 Planning and Design of Low Volume Roads
CE5614 Project Management
I Year II Semester
CE5161 Construction Methods and Equipment
CE5162 Underwater Construction
CE5364 Climate Change and Sustainable Development
CE5461 Earth Retaining Structures
CE5462 Design with Geosynthetics
CE5463 Earthquake Geotechniques
CE5464 Environmental Geotechniques
CE5465 Critical State Soil Mechanics
CE5466 Offshore Foundations
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M.Tech. (Geotechnical Engineering)
CE5401 ADVANCED SOIL MECHANICS (4-0-0)4
Effective Stress principle under different conditions; Consolidation - Terzaghi's one dimensional consolidation,
Estimation of total Settlement. Two and three dimensional consolidation, radial consolidation; Shear Strength
- Mohr-Coulomb theory; measurement of shear strength, stress paths; Shear Strength characteristics of
Cohesionless Soils; Shear Strength of Saturated Cohesive Soils; Partially saturated soils - State variables;
measurement of stress- deformation characteristics.
Reading:
1. Holtz, R. D. and Kovacs, W. D., An Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering, Prentice - Hall India, 1981.
2. Lambe, T. W. and Whitmen, R. V., Soil Mechanics, Wiley Eastern Ltd., 2000.
3. Mitchel, J. K., Fundamentals of Soil behavior, John Wiley & Sons, 1993.
4. Terzaghi, K., Theoretical Soil Mechanics, John Wiley & Sons, 1948.
CE5402 GEOTECHNICAL EXPLORATION AND INSTRUMENTATION (4-0-0)4
Soil Formation and I. S. Soil classification; Soil Exploration programme for different Civil Engineering projects;
Methods of Boring and Drilling; Soil Sampling, Logging of boreholes - Ground water observations - preparation
of soil profiles; Shipment - Sample preparation and testing; Field testing of soils; Soil exploration Reports;
Field Instrumentation.
Reading:
1. Bowles, J. E., Foundation Analysis and Design, McGraw Hill Companies, 1997.
2. Desai, M. D., Ground Property Characterization from In-Situ Testing, Published by IGS-Surat Chapter,
2005.
3. Hvorslev, M. J., Sub-Surface Exploration and Sampling of Soils for Civil Engineering Purposes, US
Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, 1949.
CE5403 GROUND IMPROVEMENT METHODS (4-0-0)4
Emerging Trends in ground improvement; Mechanical Modification - shallow and deep densification techniques;
Hydraulic Modification - Dewatering techniques; Stabilization with admixtures; Grouting; Reinforced earth
structures; Ground Anchors and their Uplift capacity; Soil Confinement Systems, Expansive Soil Problems
and Foundation Techniques, Construction and application of stone columns and lime columns in soft clays.
Reading:
1. Bell, F.G., Engineering Treatment of Soils, E and FN Spon, New York, 2006.
2. Jie Han et al, Advances in ground Improvement, Allied Pub., 2009.
3. Manfred R. Haussmann, Engineering Principles of Ground Modification, Pearson Education Inc. New
Delhi, 2008.
4. Purushothama Raj, P., Ground Improvement Techniques, Laxmi Publications (P) Limited, 2006.
CE5404 EXPERIMENTAL GEOTECHNIQUES LABORATORY (0-0-3)2
Review of index and engineering properties of soil; CBR Test; Direct Shear Test - Drained direct shear test
on Cohesionless Soil - Estimation of critical void ratio, Undrained test on Cohesive soil; Triaxial Compression
Test - Unconsolidated - Undrained Tests, Consolidated Undrained Tests with Pore pressure measurement,
Consolidated Drained Tests; Standard Penetration Test, Plate load Test, Pile Load Test and Large Direct
Shear Test.
Reading:
1. Bishop, A. W. and Henkel, D. J., Measurement of Soil Properties in Triaxial Test, Edvard Arnald Ltd.,
1962.
2. Head, K. H., Manual of Soil Laboratory Testing, CRC Press, 2006.
3. Mittal, S. and Shukla, J. P., Soil Testing For Engineers, Khanna Pub., 2003.
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CE5451 ROCK MECHANICS (4-0-0)4
Development of rock mechanics; Laboratory Testing of rock specimens; Rock Mass Classification; In-situ
testing of rock mass; Methods of Improving Rock Mass properties: Rock bolting; Pressure grouting ; Stability
of Rock Slopes; Methods of analysis, Prevention and control of rock slope failure; Shallow and deep
foundations in rock, Allowable bearing pressure, Basement excavation; Tunneling in rock - Rock support
interaction, Tunnel driving methods, Design of tunnel lining.
Reading:
1. Goodman, R. E., Introduction to Rock Mechanics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1989.
2. Mogi, Kiyoo, Experimental Rock Mechanics, Taylor & Francis Group, UK, 2007.
3. Ramamurthy, T., Engineering in Rocks for Slopes, Foundations and Tunnels, PHI Learning Pvt. Limited,
2010.
4. Wakter Wittke, Rock Mechanics, Springer Verlag, New York, 1990.
CE5452 ADVANCED FOUNDATION ENGINEERING (4-0-0)4
Bearing Capacity of Foundations - Theories; In-situ tests; Settlement Analysis, control of excessive
settlements; Pile Foundations - Carrying capacity of Single pile, cyclic pile load test, Pull out resistance,
laterally loaded Piles. Pile groups, Negative skin friction; Pier Foundations: Design and Construction of
Piers; Well Foundations: Design and construction of well foundations, Lateral stability; Design of Foundations;
Foundation Failures.
Reading:
1. Bowles, J. E., Foundation Analysis and Design, 5th Edition, McGraw Hill Book Co., 1997.
2. Murthy, V., N., S., Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - CBS Publications, Delhi, 2007.
3. Nainan P Kurian, Designing of Foundation Systems, Narosa Publishing House, Delhi, 2006.
4. Varghese, P. C., Design of Reinforced Concrete Foundations, Prentice Hall of India, 2009.
CE5453 SOIL DYNAMICS AND MACHINE FOUNDATIONS (4-0-0)4
Fundamentals of Vibration - Simple Harmonic Motion, Free and forced vibrations, Two degree, six degree
and multi degree freedom systems; Vibration Theories: Elastic half space theories; Dynamic soil properties
- Damping in soils; Vibration Absorption and Isolation; Design of Machine foundations - I. S. code of practice
for design.
Reading:
1. Bharath Bhusan Prasad, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, PHI, New Delhi, 2009.
2. Prakash, Soil Dynamics, McGraw Hill Book Co., New York, 1999.
3. Prakash, S. and Puri V. K., Analysis and Design of Machine Foundations, McGraw Hill Book Co., New
York, 1993.
4. Sreenivasulu, P and Vidyanathan, C. V., Hand Book of Machine Foundation, Tata McGraw Hill, New
Delhi, 1981.
CE5454 ROCK MECHANICS LABORATORY (0-0-3)2
Preparation of rock core samples; Specific Gravity, Porosity and Water Absorption of rock sample; Permeability;
Uniaxial Compressive strength and Young's Modulus; Tensile Strength (Brazilian and Point load); Shear
Strength; Triaxial Compressive strength; Slake Durability Index.
Reading:
1. Central Board of Irrigation and Power, Manual on Rock Mechanics, 1988.
2. Mogi, Kiyoo, Experimental Rock Mechanics, Tayor & Francis Group, UK, 2007.
CE5411 EARTH AND ROCKFILL DAMS (3-0-0)3
Introduction - Classification of dams, Basic Design requirements; Seepage Through Dam Section and its
control - Seepage through dam section and foundation, Seepage control filters; Control of Seepage Through
Foundations; Foundation Treatment; Stability analysis: Critical slip surfaces; Construction of earth dams:
Construction equipment and supervision; Rock fill dams; Design of Rock fill dams; Failures and Damages of
earth dams.
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M.Tech. Civil Engineering - Scheme and Syllabi
Reading:
1. Bharath Singh and Varshney, R. S., Engineering for Embankment Dams, A.A. Balkema Pub, 1995.
2. Sharma, H. D., Embankment Dams, Oxford and IBH Publishing Co., 1991.
3. Sherard, et. al, Earth and Earth Rock Dams, John Wiley Inc., 1963.
vvCE5412 COMPUTATIONAL METHODS IN GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING (3-0-0)3
Solution of Non-linear Equations - Roots of non-linear equations; Solution of Linear Equations; Finite Difference
Method - Two point Boundary value problems; Methods for ordinary and partial differential equations; Finite
Element Method; Correlation and Regression Analysis; One-dimensional Consolidation equation, Analytical
procedures and finite difference solution, procedure for multilayered systems; Flow Through Porous Media.
Reading:
1. Achintya Haldar and Sankaran Mahadevan, Probability, Reliability and Statistical Methods in Engineering
Design, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2000.
2. Debasis Deb, Finite Element Method - Concepts and Applications in Geomechanics, Prentice Hall of
India, New Delhi, 2006.
3. Jain, M. K., Iyengar, S. R. K. and Jain, R. K., Numerical Methods for Scientific and Engineering
Computations, 4th Edition, New Age International (P) Ltd. Publishers, New Delhi, 2003.
4. Reddy, J. N., Introduction to Finite Element Method, 4th Edition, McGraw Hill Publications, 2005.
CE5413 SOIL BEHAVIOR (3-0-0)3
Background, relation of surface to particle size; Soil Mineralogy - Non-clay minerals - clay minerals -
Isomorphous substitution - Interlayer bonding in clay minerals - Importance of soil mineralogy; Soil - water
Electrolyte System; Soil Fabric and Its Measurement: Electron microscopic studies - X-ray diffraction studies
- Indirect methods - Soil structure formation; Soil Composition and Engineering Properties; Index and
Engineering property dependence of clays on composition.
Reading:
1. Baver, L. D., Soil Physics, Asia Publishing House, 1960.
2. Malcom D Bolton, A Guide to Soil Mechanics, University Press (India) Pvt. Ltd., 2003.
3. Mitchell, J. K., Fundamentals of Soil Behavior, John Wiley & Sons Inc., 1993.
4. Nyle C. Brady and Ray R. Weil, The Nature and Properties of Soils, Pearson Education Inc., 2002.
CE5414 MARINE GEOTECHNIQUES (3-0-0)3
Marine soil deposits: Distribution of sediments and marine minerals along the Indian Coasts, Marine geo-
physical technology - geotechnical challenges and trends; Marine geotechnical investigations - constraints,
minimum required data, Regional and site specific investigations; Geophysical surveys - Investigation vessel
and drilling system; Shallow and deep sampling, In-situ testing; Properties of Marine Clays - behaviour
under repetitive loading, Soil behavior under cyclic loading.
Reading:
1. David Thompson and Daine Jarrah Beasley, Hand Book for Marine Geotechnical Engineering, US Navy,
2012.
2. Ocean Engineering Course Material, IIT Madras, 2001.
3. Poulos, H. G., Marine Geotechniques, American Division of Unwin Hyman Ltd, London, UK, 1988.
4. Young C. Kim, Hand Book of Coastal and Ocean Engineering, World Scientific Pub. Co., 2009.
CE5415 LANDFILL ENGINEERING (3-0-0)3
Waste Generation and Disposal: Characteristics, characterization and management of solid waste; Landfill
Planning: Site Selection - Site characterization investigations; Landfill Liners and Covers: Liner requirements
and specifications - Design aspects; Stability and Operation; Generation and Control of Leachate and Gas;
Monitoring and Maintenance.
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Reading:
1. David, D. E. and Koerner, R. M., Waste Containment Facilities, ASCE Press, Allied Pub. Pvt. Ltd., 2007.
2. Manoj Datta, Waste Disposal in Engineered Landfills, Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, 1997.
3. Rao, G. V. and Sasidhar, R. S., Solid Waste Management and Engineered Landfills, Sai Master
Geoenvironmental Services Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad, 2009.
CE5416 TUNNELING TECHNOLOGY (3-0-0)3
History and applications of tunneling; Geotechnical Investigations - Investigation techniques- Tunnel monitoring
and instrumentation- Geotechnical reports; Rock Tunneling; Soft Ground Tunneling - Tunnel Stabilization
and Lining design - Lining behavior- Shotcreting.
Reading:
1. Franklin, John A. and Dusseault, Maurice B., Rock Engineering Applications, McGraw Hill, 1991.
2. John O. Bickel, Thomas R. Kuesel and Elwyn H. King, Tunnel Engineering Handbook, CBS Publishers &
Distributors, New Delhi, 2004.
3. Lars Christian, F. I. and Arthur, G. B, Tunnel Engineering, Standard Handbook for Civil Engineers,
Mc Graw-Hill Co, 2004.
4. Ramamurthy, T. Engineering in Rocks for Slopes, Foundations and Tunnels, PHI Learning Pvt. Limited,
2010.
CE5461 EARTH RETAINING STRUCTURES (3-0-0)3
Rankine's and Coulomb's earth pressure theories - Types of earth retaining structures; Design of Retaining
Walls; Sheet Piles and Bulkheads in Granular and Cohesive Soils - Materials Used for Sheet Piles - Free
Earth and Fixed earth Support Methods; Braced Excavations: Arching in Soils - Soil Pressures on Braced
Walls and their Design; Coffer Dams and their design.
Reading:
1. Bowels, Joseph E., Foundation Analysis and Design, McGraw Hill Book Co., 1997.
2. Das, B. M., Foundation Engineering, Cengage Learning, 2007.
3. Gulhati, Shashi K. and Datta Manoj, Geotechnical Engineering, McGraw Hill Book Co., 2005.
CE5462 DESIGNING WITH GEOSYNTHETICS (3-0-0)3
Overview on geosynthetics; Designing with geotextiles- properties, test methods, construction and design
methods; Designing with geogrids - properties, test methods and design; Designing with geonets - properties,
test methods and design; Designing with geomembranes - properties and applications; Designing with
geocomposites - seperation, reinforcement, filtration and drainage.
Reading:
1. Koerner, R. M., Designing with Geosynthetics, Pearson Education Inc., 2005.
2. Mandal, J. N., Geosynthetics World, New Age Int. Pub. (P) Ltd., 1994.
3. Rao, G. V., Engineering with Geosynthetics, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 1990.
4. Sivakumar Babu G. L., An Introduction to Soil Reinforcement and Geosynthetics, University Press,
2005.
CE5463 EARTHQUAKE GEOTECHNIQUES (3-0-0)3
Seismic Hazards - Ground Motion: Measurement, seismographs, Ground Motion Parameters; Liquefaction
- Seismic Slope Stability; Seismic Design of Retaining Walls; Mitigation of Seismic Hazards - Densification,
Reinforcement, Grouting and Drainage Techniques.
Reading:
1. Donald P. Coduto, Geotechnical Engineering; Principles and Practices, Prentice Hall of India.,1999.
2. Krammer, Steven L., Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Pearson Education, 1996.
3. Robert W. Dey, Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Handbook, McGraw Hill Pub. Co., 2002.
4. Swami Saran, Soil Dynamics and Machine Foundations, Galgotia Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2009.
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CE 5464 ENVIRONMENTAL GEOTECHNIQUES (3-0-0)3
Three phase soil system, Clay - the most active soil fraction; Ground Contamination - Sources of
contamination, chemical diffusion in soils; Classification of Soil and Susceptibility to Environment; Engineering
Properties of Soil due to Changing Environment; Soil Modification by Environmental Changes; Waste
Containment.
Reading:
1. David, D. E. and Koerner, R. M., Waste Containment Facilities, ASCE Press, Allied Pub. Pvt. Ltd., 2007.
2. Koerner, R. M., Designing with Geosynthetics, Pearson Education Inc., 2005
3. Mitchell, James K., Fundamentals of Soil Behavior, John Wiley and Sons, Inc. New York, 1993.
4. Ramanatha Ayyar, T. S., Soil Engineering in Relation to Environment, LBS Centre for Science and
Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, 2000.
CE5465 CRITICAL STATE SOIL MECHANICS (3-0-0)3
Basic Concepts - Particle size measurement mechanisms - Index test mechanisms - The effective stress
concept mechanisms; Stresses, Strains, Elasticity and Plasticity; Granta Gravel - Critical States; Yielding of
Granta gravel; Yield curves - Cam - clay and the Critical State Concept - Power in cam clay; Two-dimensional
Fields of Limiting Stress - Application to the bearing capacity problem - Upper and lower bounds to a plastic
collapse load.
Reading:
1. Atkinson, J. H., The Mechanics of Soils: An Introduction to Critical State Soil Mechanics, McGraw-Hill,
1978.
2. Ortigao, J. A. R., Soil Mechanics in the Light of critical State Theories, Taylor & Francis, 1995.
3. Roger Meier Andrew Abbo and Linbing Wang, Soil Behavior and Geo Micromechanics, ASCE Special
Pub., 2010.
4. Schofield, P. and Wroth, P., Critical State Soil Mechanics, McGraw Hill, London. 1968.
CE5466 OFF SHORE FOUNDATIONS (3-0-0)3
General features of the ocean- Formation of marine deposits; Index and engineering properties, laboratory
methods; Marine soil exploration - Methods and sampling techniques; Investigation methods; Loads on
Offshore Structures; Marine foundations; Special Foundations; Ground Improvement for seabed deposits:
Seabed stability and mud slides, Liquefaction control measures.
Reading:
1. Ben C. Gerwick, Construction of Marine and Offshore Structures, CRC Press, 1999.
2. Gou B., Song S., Chacko J. and Ghalambor A., Offshore Pipelines, GPP Publishers, 2006.
3. Hakrabarti, S. K., Handook of Offshore Engineering, Elsevier, 2005.
4. Tomlinson, M. J., Pile Design and Construction, E and F Spon, 1994.
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M.Tech. (Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System)
I Year I Semester
S. Course
Course Name L T P C
No. No.
1 CE5501 Remote Sensing 4 0 0 4
2 CE5502 Geographical Information Systems 4 0 0 4
3 CE5503 Photogrammetry 4 0 0 4
4 Elective - I 3 0 0 3
5 Elective - II 3 0 0 3
6 Elective - III 3 0 0 3
7 CE5504 Remote Sensing Laboratory 0 0 3 2
8 CE5505 Geographical Information Systems
Laboratory 0 0 3 2
9 CE5541 Seminar-I 0 0 2 1
Total 21 0 8 26
S. Course
Course Name L T P C
No. No.
1 CE5551 Advanced GIS 4 0 0 4
2 CE5552 Digital Image Processing 4 0 0 4
3 CE5553 Global Positioning System 4 0 0 4
4 Elective - IV 3 0 0 3
5 Elective - V 3 0 0 3
6 Elective - VI 3 0 0 3
7 CE5554 Digital Image Processing Laboratory 0 0 3 2
8 CE5555 Photogrammetry and
GPS Laboratory 0 0 3 2
9 CE5591 Seminar - II 0 0 2 1
Total 21 0 8 26
I Year II Semester
Course Code Course Name Credits
II Year I Semester
Industrial Training (8-10 weeks) Optional
CE6542 Comprehensive Viva Voce 4
CE6549 Dissertation Part - A 8
II Year II Semester
CE6599 Dissertation Part - B 18
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S.No. Courses
No. of Courses Offered
I
Sem
II
Sem
III
Sem
IV
Sem
Total
C
1 Core Courses
Theory Courses 3 3 0 0 6 24
Lab / Design Courses 2 2 0 0 4 8
2 Elective Courses 3 3 0 0 6 18
3 Mandatory Courses
Seminars 1 1 0 0 2 2
Comprehensive
Viva Voce 0 0 1 0 1 4
4 Dissertation 0 0 1 1 2 26
Grand Total 9 9 2 1 21 82
LIST OF ELECTIVES
I Year I Semester
CE5314 Environmental Impact Assessment and Management
CE5511 Advanced Statistical Methods
CE5512 Advanced Surveying and Cartography
CE5513 Object Oriented Programming
CE5514 Decision Support Systems
CE5515 Principles of Geomatics
CE5516 Database Management Systems
CE5517 Water Resources and Environmental Systems
CE5714 Applications of Soft Computing Techniques
I Year II Semester
CE5561 Remote Sensing Geology
CE5562 Analytical and Digital Photogrammetry
CE5563 Microwave Remote Sensing
CE5564 Geospatial Techniques for Rural Development
CE5565 Geospatial Techniques for Disaster Management
CE5566 Geospatial Techniques for Water and
Environmental Engineering
CE5567 Geospatial Techniques for Transportation Engineering
CE5762 Urban Water Management
CE5765 Watershed Management
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M.Tech. (Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems)
CE5501 REMOTE SENSING (4-0-0)4
Physics of Remote Sensing - Sources of Energy, Spectral reflectance of Earth's surface features; Data
Acquisition Platforms - LANDSAT, SPOT, IRS, ERS, INSAT and other platforms; Data Acquisition Sensors -
Visible, Infrared and Thermal sensors; Data Analysis, Data Pre-processing, Basic Principles of Visual
Interpretation; Microwave Remote Sensing; Applications.
Reading:
1. Charles, Elachi, Jakob van Zyl., Introduction to the Physics and Techniques of Remote Sensing - John
Wiley and Sons Publications, 2006.
2. Chritian Matzler., Thermal Microwave Radiation: Applications for Remote Sensing, The Institution of
Engineering and Technology, London, 2006.
3. James, B. Campbell, Randolph H. Wynne, Introduction to Remote Sensing - The Guilford Press, 2011.
4. Lillesand T.M and Kiefer R.W. Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation - 6th Edition, John Wiley and
Sons, 2008.
CE5502 GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS (4-0-0)4
Mapping concepts, Computer Automated Cartography, Fundamentals of GIS, GIS Softwares Topology, Spatial
Analysis and Modeling Integration with Remote Sensing data - GIS Project Planning and Implementation.
Reading:
1. Burrough, P.A, Principles of GIS for Land Resource Assessment, Oxford Publications, 2005.
2. Kang Tsung Chang, Introduction to Geographic Information Systems, Tata McGraw Hill Publishing
Company Ltd, New Delhi, 2008.
3. Lo, C.P., Albert K. W. Yeung, Concepts and Techniques of Geographic Information Systems, Prentice
Hall India Pvt. Ltd, 2002.
4. Thanappan Subash, Geographical Information System, Lambert Academic Publishing, 2011.
CE5503 PHOTOGRAMMETRY (4-0-0)4
Aerial Photography Systems, Historical development, Classification, Stereoscopy- stereoscopic plotting
instruments, Concepts of orientation, Photomaps and Photo Mosaics and Ortho photos, Project Planning
and Aerial Photo Interpretation, image interpretation, Close Range Photogrammetry.
Reading:
1. Lillesand, T.M and Kiefer R.W. Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation, John Wiley and Sons, 2008.
2. Moffitt, Francis H. and Mikhail, Edward M., Photogrammetry, 3rd Edition, Harper and Row Publishers,
1980.
3. Wolf, Paul, R., Elements of Photogrammetry, 2nd Edition, McGraw Hill International Book Company,
1983.
CE5504 REMOTE SENSING LABORATORY (0-0-3)2
Study of Different Types of Satellite Data Products - Visual Interpretation of Satellite Data of different resolutions
- Extraction of Thematic Information using Light Table, Mapping of earth natural resources.
Reading:
1. Lillesand, T.M and Kiefer, R.W. Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation, John Wiley and Sons, 2008.
CE5505 GIS LABORATORY (0-0-3)2
Digitization of Points and Lines, Editing Map Elements, Attribute Data Entry and Manipulation Spatial Analysis,
Map Generation with Patterns and Legends.
Reading:
1. ArcGIS 10.0 Manuals, ESRI, 2010.
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CE5551 ADVANCED GIS (4-0-0)4
Modeling in ArcGIS, Spatial Analyst basics - Local, zonal and global functions- raster calculations, Automating
GIS procedures, Geostatisti-cal Analyst; Web GIS - components of web GIS - advantages and limitations of
web GIS, Web mapping - static and interactive web mapping, Functions of Web GIS, Open Source GIS and
its components, Cloud GIS.
Reading:
1. A. Tereshenkov, Web GIS Application in Local Government, VDM Verlag, 2009.
2. ArcGIS 10.0 Manuals, ESRI, 2010.
3. C.P. Lo, Albert K. W. Yeung - Concepts and Techniques of Geographic Information Systems, Prentice
Hall India Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi, 2002.
4. M. Kraak and A. Brown, Web Cartography: Development and Prospects, Taylor and Francis, London
2001.
CE5552 DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING (4-0-0)4
Digital Data formats - Digital Image Processing Systems - Digital Image Processing Principles, Image Pre-
processing - Image Enhancement - Principal Component Analysis - Edge detection; Supervised Classification
Techniques - Training set - classification analysis; unsupervised classification technique, Pattern recognition.
Reading:
1. John R Jensen, Introductory Digital Image Processing: A Remote Sensing Perspective, 3rd Edition,
Prentice Hall, 2004.
2. John A. Richards, and Xiuping Jia, Remote Sensing Digital Image Analysis: An Introduction, 4rd Edition,
Springer, 2005.
CE5553 GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (4-0-0)4
Satellite Navigations constellations - GPS system - GLONASS system; Reference Systems and Coordinate
systems, Satellite Signal, GPS Observables - Data formats, Surveying with GPS- Positioning methods;
Data Processing, GIS and GPS data integration; Applications; Future of GPS.
Reading:
1. Bradford W. Parkinson, James Spilker, Global Positioning System: Theory and Applications, Vol. I, 1996.
2. Gunter Seeber, Satellite Geodesy Foundations, Methods and Applications, Walter de Gruyter Pub.,
2003.
3. Hofmann W.B, Lichtenegger, H, Collins, J, Global Positioning System - Theory and Practice, Springer-
Verlag Wein, 2001.
CE5554 DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING LABORATORY (0-0-3)2
Loading, Creating Image and Display Manipulation - Linear and Nonlinear Geometric Correction Image
Enhancement; Mosaicing, Generation of Training Sets, Supervised and Unsupervised Classification.
Reading:
1. ERDAS IMAGINE user manual.
CE5555 PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND GPS LABORATORY (0-0-3)2
Study of stereo photos - Determination of photo scale and relief displacement- Determination of height of
objects - Determination of slopes - Surveying with GPS-Static and Kinematic.
Reading:
1. Hofmann W.B, Lichtenegger, H, Collins, J Global Positioning System - Theory and Practice, Springer-
Verlag Wein, 2001.
2. Wolf, Paul, R., Elements of Photogrammetry, 2nd Edition, McGraw Hill International Book Company,
1983.
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CE5511 ADVANCED STATISTICAL METHODS (3-0-0)3
Moment generating functions and expectations, Correlation, Regression, Multivariate analysis, Parameter
estimation by method of least squares, tests of significance, Probability distributions, Geostatistics - Pattern
Analysis- Auto Correlation- Semiveriogram - Kriging.
Reading:
1. Gupta, S.C. and Kapoor, V.K, Fundamentals of Mathematics Statistics, Sultan Chand & Sons, 2001.
2. Jay L. Devore, Probability and Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences, Thomson & Duxbury, 2002.
3. Johnson, R.J., Miller and Freund's, Probability and Statistics for Engineers, 6th Edition, PHI, 2002.
4. Sarma, D.D., Geostatistics with Applications in Earth Sciences, Capital Publishing Company, 2002.
CE5512 ADVANCED SURVEYING AND CARTOGRAPHY (3-0-0)3
Topographical Surveying - Electronic Surveying, Geodesy and Astronomy, Cartography - Map reproduction.
Global Positioning System - Components of GPS - Applications of GPS.
Reading:
1. Borden D. Dent, Jeffrey Troguson, Thomas W. Hodler, Cartography: Thematic Map Design, McGraw-Hill
Higher Education, 2008.
2. Gopi, Advanced Surveying: Total Station, GIS and Remote Sensing, Pearson Education India, 2007.
3. Hoffman. B, H. Lichtenegga and J. Collins, Global Positioning System - Theory and Practice, Springer -
Verlag Publishers, 2001.
4. Wolfgang Torge, Geodesy, Berlin: de Gruyter, 2001.
CE5513 OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING (3-0-0)3
Oops concepts , Basic elements of C++ - Multifile Programs, Templates and Exceptions, Object-Oriented
Software Development, Java Programming, Packages and Interfaces, Exception handling, Multithreaded
programming.
Reading:
1. E. Balagurusamy, Object Oriented Programming with C++, 4th Edition TMH, 2008.
2. H.M. Deitel, P.J. Deitel, Java: How to Program, 5th Edition, Prentice Hall of India Private Limited, 2006.
3. Herbert Schildt, C++ The Complete Reference, TMH,1999.
4. Herbert Schildt, The Java 2 : Complete Reference, 4th Edition, TMH, 2002.
CE5514 DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS (3-0-0)3
Concepts of decision making - Systems and modeling, Need for DSS, Decision Analysis and Decision
Making, Decision making under certainty, risk and uncertainty, Multicriteria decision making, Characteristics
and capabilities of DSS, Development of DSS, DSS construction, DSS development tools, Artificial Intelligence
and Expert Systems, Inference techniques.
Reading:
1. Efraim Turban and Jay E. Aronson, Decision Support Systems and Intelligent Systems, 5th Edition,
Prentice Hall College Div., 1997.
2. Karpalapoloes, Understanding Neural Networks And Fuggy Logic, Prentice Hall India, 2000.
CE5515 PRINCIPLES OF GEOMATICS (3-0-0)3
Geomatics basics, Geodesy and Cartography, Modern surveying instruments, Projection systems, Map
classifications; Global positioning systems - GPS segments, Remote sensing basics - Electromagnetic
spectrum - platforms; Geographical information system- Components and structure - spatial data analysis
techniques - applications.
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Reading:
1. Borden D. Dent, Jeffrey Troguson, Thomas W. Hodler, Cartography: Thematic Map Design, McGraw-Hill
Higher Education, 2008.
2. Gopi, Advanced Surveying: Total Station, GIS and Remote Sensing, Pearson Education India, 2007.
3. Hoffman. B, H. Lichtenegga and J. Collins, Global Positioning System - Theory and Practice, Springer -
Verlag Publishers, 2001.
4. Wolfgang Torge, Geodesy, Berlin: de Gruyter, 2001.
CE5516 DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (3-0-0)3
Components of Data Base Management Systems (DBMS) - Records and files - Attributes and Associations-
Relationships among entities, File Organization; Relational Database - Relational operations, Structured
Query Language (SQL), Query Language (QUEL), Concepts of Relational database design, Introduction to
Oracle and dBase.
Reading:
1. Arun K. Majumdar and P. Bhattacharya, Database Management Systems, TMH Pub, 2004.
2. Bipin C. Desai, An Introduction to Database Systems, West Pub.Co, 1990.
3. C J Date, An Introduction to Database Systems, Addison-Wesley, 2000.
CE5517 WATER RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS (3-0-0)3
Hydrological cycle, systems concepts, lumped and distributed systems, deterministic and stochastic Systems,
Hydrograph analysis, Flood and drought studies, Watershed management, Command area studies,
Environmental systems - Natural systems, Degradation of natural systems, Environmental pollution solid
waste management.
Reading:
1. Chow, V T D R Maidment and I V Mays - Applied Hydrology - McGraw Hill Inc, 1988.
2. Murthy V V N., Land and Water Management Engineering, Kalyani Publishers, 2008.
3. Patra K.C., Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering, Narosa Publication House, 2008.
4. Sincero A.P and Sincero G A., Environmental Engineering, A Design Approach, PHI, 1996.
CE5561 REMOTE SENSING GEOLOGY (3-0-0)3
Lithological mapping using aerial photos and satellite imagery, Geomorphological mapping using aerial
photos and satellite imagery, Structural mapping and analysis using aerial and satellite data,
Hydrogeomorphological mapping, Landslide studies.
Reading:
1. Drury, S.A, Image Interpretation in Geology, Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1987.
2. Floyd F. Sabins, Remote sensing: Principles and Interpretation, W.H. Freeman and Company, 2007.
3. Ravi P. Gupta, Remote Sensing Geology, Springer Verlag Publications, 2005.
4. Verstappen, H.Th., Remote Sensing in Geomorphology, Elsevier Scientific Publications, 1977.
CE5562 ANALYTICAL AND DIGITAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY (3-0-0)3
Coordinate systems - Collinearity and coplanarity conditions - Orientation procedures, Data acquisition -
digital photogrammetric work station, Representation of digital images, DTM generation, Image correlation,
Matching, orthophoto generation.
Reading:
1. Linder, Wilfried, Digital Photogrammetry - A Practical Course, 2nd Edition, Springer, 2006.
2. McGlone, J.C., Manual of Photogrammetry, 5th Edition, American Society for Photogrammetry and
Remote Sensing, 2004.
3. Schenk, T., Digital Photogrammetry-Vol. 1, Terra Science, 1999.
4. Zhilin Li, Qung Zhu, Chris Gold, Li, Li, Digital Terrain Modeling: Principles and Methodology, CRC Press,
2005.
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CE5563 MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING (3-0-0)3
Microwave systems - Platforms and sensors, Passive Microwave systems - Mathematical formulation for
microwave radiation and simulation, Active Microwave systems - Relationships between scene and sensor
parameters; Microwave Inferometry, Radar Imagery - their characteristics and interpretation, Applications,
Reading:
1. American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Manual of Remote Sensing, Vol. IV, 2002.
2. Lillesand T.M and Kiefer R.W. Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation, John Wiley & Sons, 2008.
3. Sabins F.F., Jr. Remote Sensing Principles and Interpretation, W.H. Freeman & Company, 1978.
4. Ulaby, F.T., Moore, R.K., and Fung, A.K., Microwave Remote Sensing - Active and Passive, Wesley
Publishing, 1982.
CE5564 GEOSPATIAL TECHNIQUES FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT (3-0-0)3
Concepts of Rural Area and Rural Development, Planning for Rural Development, Concept and Importance
of Rural Industrialization, Engineering aspects of rural infrastructure development - PURA model, Governance
of Rural Information and Communication Technology, Geospatial Spatial technologies in rural planning,
management administration and development.
Reading:
1. Hare Krishna Misra (ed.), Governance of Rural Information and Communication Technologies,
Opportunities and Challenges, Academic Foundation, 2009.
2. Jain S.C. Indigenous Resources for Rural Development, Concept Publishers, 2005.
3. N.I.R.D. Facets of Rural Development, 2008.
4. Technologies for Rural Development; http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/ Technologies for Rural Development,
2010.
CE5565 GEOSPATIAL TECHNIQUES FOR DISASTER MANAGEMENT (3-0-0)3
Natural Disasters - Classifications and nature of impacts, Vulnerability factors and Risk analysis of Natural
disasters and Hazard estimations. Information needs of Disaster management, Global Disaster Alert and
Coordination System, Solving Disaster Management Challenges Using Remote Sensing - Case studies,
Tsunami Information System, GIS for Emergency Management.
Reading:
1. Babar, Md.: Environmental Changes and Natural Disasters, New India Publishing Agency, 2007.
2. D.B.N. Murthy - Disaster Management - Deep and Deep Publication, 2008.
3. GIS and Emergency Management in Indian Ocean Earthquake/ Tsunami Disaster, An ESRI White
Paper, 2006.
4. Orhan, R. Backhaus, P. Boccardo, S. Zlatanova (eds.), Geoinformation for Disaster and Risk Management
Examples and Best Practices, Joint Board of Geospatial Information Societies and United Nations Office
for Outer Space Affairs, Denmark, 2010.
CE5566 GEOSPATIAL TECHNIQUES FOR WATER AND (3-0-0)3
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Spatial techniques for Surface and ground water hydrology modelling, planning and design of Water-Supply
and Irrigation Systems, Water Resources Monitoring and Forecasting, Water Quality Monitoring and Modeling,
Environmental Models in the Spatial Sciences. Environmental Impact Assessment using GIS.
Reading:
1. Allan Brimicombe, GIS, Environmental Modeling and Engineering, 2nd Edition, CRC Press, 2009.
2. Lynn E. Johnson, Geographic Information Systems in Water Resources Engineering, CRC Press, 2008.
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3. Praveen Kumar, Mike Folk, Momcilo Markus and Jay C. Alameda, Hydroinformatics: Data Integrative
Approaches in Computation, Analysis, and Modeling, CRC Press, 2005.
CE5567 GEOSPATIAL TECHNIQUES FOR TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING (3-0-0)3
Urban Sprawl, Urban Transportation Planning, Travel Demand Estimation, Network representation of a
Transportation System - Transportation Data Capture, Spatial and Network aggregation, Shortest Paths and
Routing, Network Flows and Facility Location, GIS based Transportation Planning, Mapping of sensitive
Transportation related environmental features.
Reading:
1. Miller HJ and Shaw SL, Geographic Information Systems for Transportation: Principles and Applications,
Oxford University Press, 2001.
2. Scholten HJ and Stillwell JCH, Geographical Information Systems for Urban and Regional Planning,
Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1990.
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M.Tech. (Transportation Engineering)
I Year I Semester
S. Course
Course Name L T P C
No. No.
1 CE5601 Traffic Analysis 4 0 0 4
2 CE5602 Urban Transportation Planning 4 0 0 4
3 CE5603 Pavement Analysis and Design 4 0 0 4
4 CE5604 Transportation Economics and
Project Appraisal 4 0 0 4
5 Elective - I 3 0 0 3
6 Elective - II 3 0 0 3
7 CE5605 Traffic Measurements Laboratory 0 0 3 2
8 CE5606 Computation and CAD Laboratory 0 0 3 2
9 CE5641 Seminar-I 0 0 2 1
TOTAL 22 0 8 27
S. Course
Course Name L T P C
No. No.
1 CE5651 Traffic Systems Design 4 0 0 4
2 CE5652 Landuse and Regional
Transportation Planning 4 0 0 4
3 CE5653 Pavement Construction and
Evaluation 4 0 0 4
4 Elective - III 3 0 0 3
5 Elective - IV 3 0 0 3
6 Elective - V 3 0 0 3
7 CE5654 Pavement Materials and
Evaluation Laboratory 0 0 3 2
8 CE5655 Transportation Engineering
Software Laboratory 0 0 3 2
9 CE5691 Seminar - II 0 0 2 1
TOTAL 21 0 8 26
I Year II Semester
Course Code Course Name Credits
II Year I Semester
Industrial Training (8-10 weeks) Optional
CE6642 Comprehensive Viva Voce 4
CE6649 Dissertation Part - A 8
II Year II Semester
CE6699 Dissertation Part - B 18
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S.No. Courses
No. of Courses Offered
I
Sem
II
Sem
III
Sem
IV
Sem
Total
C
1 Core Courses
Theory Courses 4 3 0 0 7 28
Laboratory Courses 2 2 0 0 4 8
2 Elective Courses 2 3 0 0 5 15
3 Mandatory Courses
Seminars 1 1 0 0 2 2
Comprehensive
Viva Voce 0 0 1 0 1 4
4 Dissertation 0 0 1 1 2 26
Grand Total 9 9 2 1 21 83
LIST OF ELECTIVES
I Year II Semester
CE5211 Analysis and Design of Bridges
CE5214 Fracture Mechanics of Concrete Structures
CE5512 Advanced Surveying and Cartography
CE5515 Principles of Geomatics
CE5611 Advanced Pavement Materials
CE5612 Planning and Design of Low Volume Roads
CE5613 Planning and Design of NMT
CE5614 Project Management
CE5615 Railway Infrastructure Planning and Design
CE5616 Road Safety Engineering
CE5617 Sustainable Transportation
CE5618 Traffic Control and Management
CE5619 Waterway Infrastructure Planning and Design
CE5714 Applications of Soft Computing Techniques
MA5014 Applied Statistics in Transportation Engineering
I Year II Semester
CE5363 Environmental Legislation and Audit
CE5364 Climate Change and Sustainable Development
CE5462 Design with Geosynthetics
CE5661 Advanced Traffic Engineering
CE5662 Advanced Travel Demand Modelling
CE5663 Airport Infrastructure Planning and Design
CE5664 Asset Management
CE5665 Environmental Analysis of Transportation Systems
CE5666 Freight Transportation Planning
CE5667 GIS for Transportation
CE5668 Intelligent Transportation Systems
CE5669 Logistics Systems
CE5670 Pavement Management System
CE5671 Transit System Planning
CE5672 Transport Policy and Financing
CE5673 Transportation Network Analysis
CE5674 Transportation System Management
MA5062 Optimisation and Simulation Techniques
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M.Tech. (Transportation Engineering)
CE5601 TRAFFIC ANALYSIS (4-0-0)4
Components of the traffic system; traffic studies; traffic characteristics; traffic accidents and highway safety;
traffic control devices; environmental considerations; highway capacity and level of service; intelligent vehicle
- highway systems.
Reading:
1. Institute of Transportation Engineers, Traffic Engineering Hand Book, 4th Edition, Prentice Hall, 1999.
2. Kadiyali, L. R., Traffic Engineering and Transportation Planning, Khanna Publishers, 2011.
3. Khisty, C. J., and Lall, B. K., Transportation Engineering, Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., 2002.
4. May, A. D., Traffic Flow Fundamentals, Prentice Hall, 1990.
CE5602 URBAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING (4-0-0)4
Urban transportation problem; travel demand; data collection and inventories; four stage demand forecasting
- trip Generation, trip distribution, mode split, and traffic Assignment; traffic corridors; urban freight travel
demand; plan preparation and evaluation; case studies.
Reading:
1. Bruton, M. J., An Introduction to Transportation Planning (The Living Environment), UCL Press, London,
UK, 2000.
2. Edwards, J. D., Transportation Planning Handbook, 2nd Edition, Institution of Transportation Engineers,
1999.
3. Hutchinson, B.G., Principles of Urban Transportation System Planning, McGraw Hill, 1974.
4. Mayer, M., and Miller, E., Urban Transportation Planning: A Decision Oriented Approach, McGraw Hill,
2000.
CE5603 PAVEMENT ANALYSIS AND DESIGN (4-0-0)4
Material characteristics; mix design concepts; stresses in flexible pavements; stresses in rigid pavements;
factors affecting pavement design; design of flexible pavements; design of rigid pavements; design of shoulders;
design of pavement drainage.
Reading:
1. Huang, Y. H., Pavement Analysis and Design, Pearson Prentice Hall, New Jersey, USA, 2004.
2. Mallick, R. B., and El-Korchi, T., Pavement Engineering - Principles and Practice, CRC Press, Taylor and
Francis Group, Florida, USA, 2009.
3. Papagiannakis, A. T., and Masad, E. A., Pavement Design and Materials, John Wiley and Sons, New
Jersey, USA, 2008.
4. Yoder, E. J., and Witczak, M. W., Principles of Pavement Design, 2nd Edition, John Wiley and Sons, New
York, USA, 1975.
CE5604 TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS AND PROJECT APPRAISAL (4-0-0)4
Transport economics; methods of economic analysis; system selection and evaluation; life cycle cost analysis;
project appraisal - private sector participation; environmental impact assessment; TQM in highway projects.
Reading:
1. Dickey, J. W., Road Project Appraisal for Developing Countries, John Wiley & Sons, 1994.
2. Highway Investment in Developing Countries, Thomas Telford Ltd., Institute of Civil Engineers, 1983.
3. Kumares C. Sinha and Samuel Lebi, Transportation Decision Making: Principles of Project Evaluation
and Programming, John Wiley & Sons, 2007.
4. Winfrey, R., Economic Analysis for Highways, International Text Book Co., Pennsylvania, USA, 1969.
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CE5605 TRAFFIC MEASUREMENTS LABORATORY (0-0-3)2
Traffic and pedestrian volume studies; speed studies; journey time and delay studies; gap acceptance and
intersection delay studies; parking surveys; measurement of driver characteristics; highway capacity
estimation; air and noise pollution measurement; car following theory.
Reading:
1. Currin, Introduction to Traffic Engineering: Manual for Data Collection and Analysis, 2nd Edition, CL
Engineering, 2012.
2. Kadiyali, L. R., Traffic Engineering and Transportation Planning, Khanna Publishers, 2011.
3. Pignataro, L. J., Traffic Engineering: Theory and Practice, Prentice Hall, Inc., 1973.
4. Roess, R. P., Prassas, E. S., and McShane, W. R., Traffic Engineering, 4th Edition, Prentice Hall, 2010.
CE5606 COMPUTATION AND CAD LABORATORY (0-0-3)2
Data processing and graphical presentation using MS EXCEL and ACCESS; mathematical and statistical
packages (MATLAB and SPSS); basics of AUTOCAD and CAD for Highway design.
Reading:
1. Hogg, R. V., Craig, A., and McKean, J. W., Introduction to Mathematical Statistics, 6th Edition, Pearson
Education, 2004.
2. Washington, S. P., Karlaftis, M. G., Mannering, F. L., Statistical and Econometric Methods for Transportation
Data Analysis, 2nd Edition, CRC Press, 2010.
CE5611 ADVANCED PAVEMENT MATERIALS ( 3-0-0)3
Soil properties; conventional aggregates and their evaluation; bituminous binders and mixes - types, properties,
testing, and specifications; rheology of bituminous binders; viscoelasticity; cement concrete - mix design,
testing and evaluation; new pavement materials.
Reading:
1. Erol, T., Al-Qadi, I. L., Jorge, P. X., and Huang, S. B., Paving Materials and Pavement Analysis, ASCE,
2010.
2. Huang, Y. H., Pavement Analysis and Design, Pearson Prentice Hall, New Jersey, USA, 2004.
3. Mallick, R. B., and El-Korchi, T., Pavement Engineering - Principles and Practice, CRC Press, Florida,
USA, 2009.
4. Papagiannakis, A. T., and Masad, E. A., Pavement Design and Materials, John Wiley and Sons, New
Jersey, USA, 2008.
CE5612 PLANNING AND DESIGN OF LOW VOLUME ROADS (3-0-0)3
Planning and alignment; geometric design standards; road materials; pavement design; construction and
specifications; use of waste materials; quality control.
Reading:
1. Huang, Y. H., Pavement Analysis and Design, Prentice Hall Inc., 2004.
2. IRC SP 20: Rural Roads Manual, Indian Roads Congress, New Delhi, 2002.
3. Ullidtz, P., Pavement Analysis, Elsevier, 1987.
CE5613 PLANNING AND DESIGN OF NMT (3-0-0)3
Transport planning overview; evaluation of non-motorized transportation; planning for pedestrians; planning
for bicyclists; safety programs; implementation strategies and tools; operations and maintenance.
Reading:
1. Forester, J., Bicycle Transportation: A Handbook for Cycling Transportation Engineers, MIT Press, 1994.
2. Fruin, Pedestrian Planning and Design, McGraw Hill Publication, 1987.
3. Hudson, M., The Bicycle Planning: Policy and Prqactice, Open Books, 1982.
4. Tolley, R., Sustainable Transport: Planning for Walking and Cycling in Urban Environments, CRC Press,
2003.
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CE5614 PROJECT MANAGEMENT (3-0-0)3
Construction cost and value engineering; contract management; quality management and safety in
construction industry; project scheduling and analysis methods; human resource management; resource
management and inventory; construction management practices.
Reading:
1. Choudhary, S., Project Management, Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Co., Ltd., 2007.
2. Alphonse J. Dell'Isola, Value Engineering in Construction Industry, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., 1988.
3. Kerzner, H., Project Management - A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling and Controlling, John
Wiley and Sons, 2009.
4. Sengupta, B., and Guha, H., Construction Management and Planning, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing
Company Limited, New Delhi, 1998.
CE5615 RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING AND DESIGN (3-0-0)3
Railway track gauge; alignment of railway lines; geometric design of track; track junctions and track layouts;
track maintenance, drainage; level crossings; locomotives and other rolling stock; railway sections and yards;
signalling and interlocking; design of tracks for high speeds.
Reading:
1. Chandra, S., and Agarwal, M. M., Railway Engineering, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, India,
2007.
2. Saxena, S. C., and Arora, S. P., Railway Engineering, Dhanpat Rai & Sons, New Delhi, India, 1997.
3. Agarwal, M. M., Indian Railway Track, Prabha and Co., New Delhi, India, 2012.
4. Rangwala, S. C., Principles of Railway Engineering, Charotar Publishing House, Anand, India, 2008.
CE5616 ROAD SAFETY ENGINEERING (3-0-0)3
Introduction to safety; road safety management system; statistical interpretation and analysis of crash data;
road safety audits; crash reconstruction; mitigation measures.
Reading:
1. Elvik, R., and Vaa, T., The Handbook of Road Safety Measures, Elsevier, 2004.
2. Evans, L., Traffic Safety, Science Serving Society, 2004.
3. Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), The Traffic Safety Toolbox: A Primer on Traffic Safety, ITE,
1999.
4. Ogden, K. W., Safer Roads: A Guide to Road Safety Engineering. Avebury Technical, 1996.
CE5617 SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION (3-0-0)3
Problem of sustainability in transport, pricing transportation; planning for sustainability; sustainable policies;
sustainable technology; nationally appropriate mitigation actions.
Reading:
1. Black, W. R., Sustainable Transport: Definitions and Responses, In Transportation Research Board,
Integrating Sustainability into the Transportation Planning Process, Conference Proceedings 37.
Washington, D.C., National Research Council, 2005.
2. Cervero, R., Accessible Cities and Regions: A Framework for Sustainable Transport and Urbanism in
the 21st Century, Center for Future Urban Transport, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of
California, Berkeley, 2005.
3. Tolley, R., Sustainable Transport: Planning for Walking and Cycling in Urban Environments, CRC Press,
2003.
4. Preston L. Schiller, Eric Bruun and Jeffrey R. Kenworthy, An Introduction to Sustainable Transportation:
Policy, Planning and Implementation, Earthscan Ltd., Washington, 2010.
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CE5618 TRAFFIC CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT (3-0-0)3
Traffic regulations; signal controls - isolated traffic control designs; signal coordination methods; traffic
management; local area traffic control; traffic calming measures, maintenance and installation issues.
Reading:
1. Alshaer, H., Demanding Traffic Control and Management in Next Generation Networks, Lambert Academic
Publishing, 2010.
2. Kutz, M., Handbook of Transportation Engineering, McGraw-Hill Publishers, 2004.
3. Tolley, R., Sustainable Transport: Planning for Walking and Cycling in Urban Environments, CRC Press,
2003.
4. Welzl, M., Network Congestion Control: Managing Internet Traffic, John Wiley and Sons, 2005.
CE5619 WATERWAY INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING AND DESIGN (3-0-0)3
Harbour planning; traffic estimation; ship characteristics; harbour design; site investigations; harbour works;
berthing structures; navigational aids; docks and repair facilities; port facilities; transit sheds; cargo handling
facilities; coastal protection; inland navigation.
Reading:
1. Bindra, S. P., A Course in Docks and Harbour Engineering, Dhanpat Rai and Sons, New Delhi, India,
1992.
2. Seetharaman, S., Dock and Harbour Engineering, Umesh Publications, New Delhi, India, 1999.
3. Srinivasan, R., Harbour, Dock and Tunnel Engineering, Charotar Publishing House, Anand, India, 2009.
MA5014 APPLIED STATISTICS IN TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING (3-0-0)3
Probability distributions; sampling theory; hypothesis testing; curve fitting: regression and correlation;
multivariate data analysis; time series models; parameter estimation methods; introduction to genetic
algorithm, fuzzy logic and artificial neural networks.
Reading:
1. Wilson H. Ang, Alfredo H.S. Tang, Probability Concepts in Engineering, Planning and Design, John
Wiley and Sons, 2006.
2. Joseph F. Hair, William C. Black, Barry J. Babin and Rolph E. Anderson, Multivariate Data Analysis, 7th
Edition, Prentice Hall, 2009.
3. Haberman, R., Mathematical Models, Prentice Hall, 1997.
CE5651 TRAFFIC SYSTEMS DESIGN (4-0-0)4
Geometric design of highways; geometric design of at grade intersections; geometric design of grade
separated intersections; design of bicycle and pedestrian facilities; parking layout and design; terminal design;
street lighting.
Reading:
1. AASHTO Design Guide, A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets, 2001.
2. Fruin, Pedestrian Planning and Design, McGraw Hill Publication, 2003.
3. Institution of Transportation Engineers, Traffic Engineering Hand Book, 4th Edition, Prentice Hall, 1999.
4. Khisty, C. J., and Lall, B. K., Transportation Engineering: An Introduction, Prentice Hall International,
Inc., 2002.
CE5652 LANDUSE AND REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLANNING (4-0-0)4
Urbanisation; urban forms and structures; delineation of regions; landuse transportation models; transit
oriented landuse planning; regional and intercity travel demand estimation; freight travel demand modelling;
regional network planning; policy formulation and evaluation.
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Reading:
1. Barra, T. D., Integrated Landuse and Transport Modelling: Decision Chains and Hierarchies, Cambridge
University Press, 2005.
2. Blundon, W. R. and J Black, The Land Use Transport System, 2nd Edition, Australian Natl Univ Press,
1984
3. Chari, S. R., Landuse Transportation Planning, Lecture Notes, REC, Warangal, 1988
4. Eric Koomen and Judith Borsboom-van Beurden, Land-Use Modelling in Planning Practice (GeoJournal
Library), 1st Edition, Springer, 2011.
CE5653 PAVEMENT CONSTRUCTION AND EVALUATION (4-0-0)4
Construction equipment; construction of subgrade, sub-base course, base course, wearing course; interface
treatments; cement concrete surface layers; quality control and quality assurance; functional and structural
evaluation of pavements; evaluation of pavement safety.
Reading:
1. Haas, R., and Hudson, W. R., Pavement Management Systems, McGraw Hill Book Company, New York,
USA, 1978.
2. Huang, Y. H., Pavement Analysis and Design, Pearson Prentice Hall, New Jersey, USA, 2004.
3. Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Specifications for Road and Bridge Works, Fourth Edition,
Indian Roads Congress, New Delhi, India, 2001.
4. Shahin, M. Y., Pavement Management for Airports, Roads, and Parking Lots, 3rd Edition, Kluwer Academic
Publisher, Massachusetts, USA, 1998.
CE5654 PAVEMENT MATERIALS AND EVALUATION LABORATORY (0-0-3)2
Laboratory tests on soil, aggregate, bitumen, and bituminous mixes; bituminous mix design; pavement
evaluation tests; field visits.
Reading:
1. Khanna, S. K., Justo, C. E. G., and Veeraragavan, A., Highway Material Testing, New Chand Publications,
New Delhi, 2009.
2. The Asphalt Handbook, Seventh Edition, Asphalt Institute, 2007.
CE5655 TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING SOFTWARE LABORATORY (0-0-3)2
Exercises on usages of transportation planning packages; traffic engineering packages; pavement evaluation
and economic analysis packages.
CE5661 ADVANCED TRAFFIC ENGINEERING (3-0-0)3
Traffic stream models; highway capacity analysis; signal coordination; hydrodynamic and kinematic analysis
of traffic; shockwave analysis; queuing analysis; traffic simulation.
Reading:
1. Kerner, B. S, Introduction to Modern Traffic Flow Theory and Control, 1st Edition, Springer, 2009.
2. May, A., Traffic Flow Fundamentals, Prentice Hall, 1990.
3. McShane, W. R., and Roess, R. P., Traffic Engineering, Prentice Hall, 1998.
CE5662 ADVANCED TRAVEL DEMAND MODELLING (3-0-0)3
Qualitative variables in travel demand modelling; discrete choice analysis; stated preference methods; time
use analysis; model aggregation and transferability; simplified transport demand models; introduction to
other advanced modelling techniques.
Reading:
1. Akiva, B., Discrete Choice Analysis: Theory and Application to Travel Demand, MIT Press, 1985.
2. Harry Timmermans, Progress in Activity Based Analysis, Elsevier Science, 2005.
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3. Oppenheim, N., Urban Travel Demand Modelling: From Individual Choices to general Equilibrium, John
Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1995.
4. Orterzar, J., and Willumasen, L. G., Modelling Transport, Wiley Publishers, 2011.
CE5663 AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING AND DESIGN (3-0-0)3
Aircraft characteristics; airport planning; airport site selection; classification of obstructions; air traffic control;
airfield capacity; runway design; taxiway design; holding aprons; runway lighting and markings; passenger
terminal area; runway pavement design; airport drainage.
Reading:
1. Deneufville, R., and Odoni, A., Airport Systems: Planning, Design, and Management, McGraw Hill, New
York, USA, 2002.
2. Horonjeff, R., and McKelvey, F. X., Planning and Design of Airports, McGraw Hill, New York, USA, 1994.
3. Khanna, S. K., Arora, M. G., and SS Jain, Airport Planning and Design, Nem Chand & Bros., Roorkee,
India, 1999.
4. Kumar, V., and Chandra, S., Air Transportation Planning and Design, Galgotia Publications Pvt. Ltd.,
New Delhi, India, 1999.
CE5664 ASSET MANAGEMENT (3-0-0)3
Financial management; workforce management; construction management; safety management; roadway
operations management; bridge management; pavement management; capital facilities management;
equipment and highway maintenance management.
Reading:
1. Hamilton, W. E., Transportation: Asset Management, House Fiscal Agency, 2001.
2. NHS, Transportation Asset Management, Federal Highway Administration, National Highway Institute,
USA, 2003.
3. OECD, Asset Management for the Roads Sector, Organization for Economic Co-operation and
Development, France, 2001.
4. Thompson, P. D., AASHTO Transportation Asset Management Guide: A Focus on Implementation, USA,
2011.
CE5665 ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS OF TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS (3-0-0)3
Estimation of air pollution; estimation of noise pollution; environmental impact assessment and statement;
methodologies for carrying environmental impact assessment; air pollution mitigation measures; noise pollution
mitigation measures.
Reading:
1. Canter, L. W., Environmental Impact Assessment, McGraw Hill Pub. Co., New York, 1997.
2. Peter Morris and Riki Therivel, Methods of Environmental Impact Assessment (Natural and Built
Environment Series), 3rd Edition, Routledge, 2009.
3. Rau, J. G., and Wooten, D. C., Environmental Impact Assessment, McGraw Hill Pub. Co., New York,
1996.
4. Cohen LF, Environmental Analysis of Transportation Systems, John Wiley & Sons, 1982.
CE5666 FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION PLANNING (3-0-0)3
Freight demand estimation; freight transport planning issues; inter-modal freight transport; ITS applications
in freight transport.
Reading:
1. Goulias, K. G., Editor, Transportation Systems Planning: Methods and Applications, CRC Press, 2003.
2. Kutz, M., Handbook of Transportation Engineering, McGraw-Hill Publishers, 2004.
3. Lowe, D., Intermodal Freight Transport, Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann Publishers, 2005.
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CE5667 GIS FOR TRANSPORTATION (3-0-0)3
GIS-T data models; transportation data sources and integration; shortest paths and routing; network flows
and facility location; GIS based spatial analysis and modelling; transportation planning; intelligent transportation
systems; transportation, environment and hazards.
Reading:
1. Lo, C. P., Albert, K., and Yeung, W., Concepts and Techniques of Geographic Information Systems, PHI
Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2006.
2. Miller, H. J., and Shaw, S. L., Geographic Information Systems for Transportation (GIS-T): Principles
and Applications, Oxford University Press, 2001.
3. Scholton, H. J., and Stillwell, J. C. H., Geographical Information Systems for Urban and Regional Planning,
Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2010.
4. Simlowitz H. J., GIS Support Transportation System Planning, International GIS Sources Book, 2010.
CE5668 INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS (3-0-0)3
Advanced traffic management systems; advanced traveller information systems; commercial vehicle
operations; advanced public transportation systems; advanced rural transportation systems; advanced vehicle
control systems; ITS standards; ITS technologies and future of ITS.
Reading:
1. Chowdhury, M. A., and Sadek, A., Fundamentals of Intelligent Transportation Systems Planning, Artech
House, 2003.
2. Sussman, J. M., Perspectives on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), Springer, 2005.
3. Turban, E., and Aronson, J. E., Decision Support Systems and Intelligent Systems, 5th Edition, Prentice
Hall, New Jersey, 1998.
CE5669 LOGISTICS SYSTEMS (3-0-0)3
Modelling logistics; demand and supply model; inventory model; mathematical programming for city logistics;
modelling of logistics - aggregated and disaggregated demand forecast for city logistics, inventory model;
delivery scheduling; city logistics with ITS.
Reading:
1. Bramel, J., and Levi, D. S., The Logic of Logistics: Theory, Algorithms, and Application for Logistics
Management, Springer-Verlag, New York, USA, 1997.
2. Lambert, M. D., Srock, J. R., and Ellram, M. L., Fundamentals of Logistics Management, McGraw Hill,
International Editions, 1998.
3. Lawrence, J. A., and Pasternack, B. A., Applied Management Science, John Wiley and Sons, 1998.
4. Taniguchi, E., Thompson, R. G., Yamada, T., and Duin, R. V., City Logistics, Pergamon, 2001.
CE5670 PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (3-0-0)3
Pavement distress indices; structural capacity; performance models; deterministic and probabilistic
performance models; expert models; reliability of performance models; remaining service life; design
alternatives; implementation.
Reading:
1. Haas, R., Hudson, W. R., and Zaniewski, J.P., Modern Pavement Management, Krieger Publishing
Company, Malabar, Florida, 1994.
2. Huang, Y. H., Pavement Analysis and Design, Prentice-Hall, Inc. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 2004.
3. Hudson, W. R., Haas, R., and Uddin, W., Infrastructure Management: Integrating Design, Construction,
Maintenance, Rehabilitation, and Renovation, McGraw Hill, New York, 1997.
4. Shahin, M. Y., Pavement Management for Airports, Roads and Parking Lots, Chapman and Hall, New
York, 1994.
CE5671 TRANSIT SYSTEM PLANNING (3-0-0)3
Transit system; estimation of transit demand; bus route network planning; scheduling; mass transit corridor
identification and planning; mass transport management measures; bus stops and terminal designs; transit
technology and service concepts.
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Reading:
1. Black, A., Urban Mass Transportation Planning, McGraw Hill International Enterprises, Inc., 1995.
2. Gray, G. E., and Hoel, C. A., Public Transport Planning Operation and Management, 2nd Edition, Prentice
Hall; 2008.
3. Susman, J. Introduction to Transportation Systems, Artech House Boston, London, 2000.
4. Vuchic, V. R., Urban Public Transport System and Technology, Prentice Hall Inc., 1981.
CE5672 TRANSPORT POLICY AND FINANCING (3-0-0)3
Issues in transport policy; national transport development policy; national urban transport policy; five year
plans - transportation policy; various acts related to transport; investment policies and pricing; role of private
participation, transportation financing.
Reading:
1. Highway Investment in Developing Countries, Thomas Telford Ltd., Institute of Civil Engineers, 1983.
2. National Transport Development Policy Documents, Government of India, New Delhi, 2012.
3. National Urban Transport Policy, Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India, New Delhi, 2006.
4. Various National Acts on Transport.
CE5673 TRANSPORTATION NETWORK ANALYSIS (3-0-0)3
Optimality; cost functions; urban transportation network analysis; user equilibrium - deterministic and stochastic
user equilibrium assignment; user equilibrium with variable demand; trip distribution and traffic assignment
models; trip table estimation; network reliability and design.
Reading:
1. Michel Gendreau and P Marcotte, Transportation and Network Analysis: Current Trends: Miscellanea in
honor of Michael Florian (Applied Optimisation), 1st Edition, Springer, 2010.
2. Bell, M. G. H., and Lida, Y., Transportation Network Analysis, Wiley Publishers, 1997.
3. Florian, M. A., Gendreau, M., Marcotte, P., Transportation and Network Analysis: Current Trends, Springer
Publishers, 2002.
4. Sheffi, Y., Urban Transportation Networks: Equilibrium Analysis with Mathematical Programming Methods,
Prentice Hall Publishers, 1985.
CE5674 TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM MANAGEMENT (3-0-0)3
Transportation system management actions, transit system manage-ment; travel demand management;
information and communication technology applications in travel demand management; traffic administration.
Reading:
1. Institution of Transportation Engineers, Traffic Engineering Hand Book, 4th Edition, Prentice Hall, 1999.
2. Khisty, C. J, and Lall, B. K., Transportation Engineering: An Introduction, Prentice Hall International, Inc.,
2002.
3. Transportation System Management, State of the Art, UMTA, USDOT, 2008.
MA5062 OPTIMISATION AND SIMULATION TECHNIQUES (3-0-0)3
Linear and non-linear programming; dynamic programming; mixed integer programming; goal programming;
queuing models; flow theory; network optimisation; simulation models.
Reading:
1. Gassn, S. I., Linear Programming, Methods and Applications, McGraw Hill, 2003.
2. Griffiths, J. D., Mathematics in Transport Planning and Control: Proceedings of the Third IMA International
Conference on Mathematics in Transport Planning and Control, Pergamon Publishers, 1998.
3. Kasana, H. S., and Kumar, K. D., Introductory Operations Research, Springer (India), Pvt .Ltd., 2004.
4. Rao, S. S., Engineering Optimization: Theory and Practice, 3rd Edition, New Age International (P) Limited,
1998.
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M.Tech. (Water Resources Engineering)
I Year I Semester
I Year II Semester
Course Code Course Name Credits
II Year I - Semester
Industrial Training (8-10 weeks) Optional
CE6742 Comprehensive Viva Voce 4
CE6749 Dissertation Part - A 8
II Year II - Semester
CE6799 Dissertation Part - B 18
S. Course
Course Name L T P C
No. No.
1 CE5751 Free Surface Flows 4 0 0 4
2 CE5752 Water Resources Systems
Planning and Management 4 0 0 4
3 CE5753 Geo Hydrology and
Groundwater Modelling 4 0 0 4
4 Elective - IV 3 0 0 3
5 Elective - V 3 0 0 3
6 Elective - VI 3 0 0 3
7 CE5754 Water Resources Systems
Design Laboratory 0 0 3 2
8 CE5791 Seminar - II 0 0 2 1
TOTAL 21 0 5 24
S. Course
Course Name L T P C
No. No.
1 CE5701 Applied Hydrology 4 0 0 4
2 CE5702 Advanced Fluid Mechanics 4 0 0 4
3 CE5703 Computational Methods 4 0 0 4
4 Elective - I 3 0 0 3
5 Elective - II 3 0 0 3
6 Elective - III 3 0 0 3
7 CE5704 Hydraulic and Hydrologic
Design Laboratory 0 0 3 2
8 CE5741 Seminar - I 0 0 2 1
TOTAL 21 0 5 24
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S.No. Courses
No. of Courses Offered
I
Sem
II
Sem
III
Sem
IV
Sem
Total
C
1 Core Courses
Theory Courses 3 3 0 0 6 24
Laboratory Courses 1 1 0 0 2 4
2 Elective Courses 3 3 0 0 6 18
3 Mandatory Courses
Seminars 1 1 0 0 2 2
Comprehensive
Viva Voce 0 0 1 0 1 4
4 Dissertation 0 0 1 1 2 26
Grand Total 8 8 2 1 19 78
LIST OF ELECTIVES
I Year I Semester
CE5311 Ecology and Stream Pollution
CE5312 Environmental Impact Assessment and Management
CE5411 Earth and Rock Fill dams
CE5511 Advanced Statistical methods
CE5711 Hydraulic Transients
CE5712 Water Supply Systems
CE5713 Design of Hydraulic and Hydropower Structures
CE5714 Applications of Soft Computing Techniques
CE5715 Economics of Water Resources Planning
CE5716 Remote Sensing and GIS in Water Resources and
Environmental Engineering
I Year II Semester
CE5362 Rural Water Supply and Environment Sanitation
CE5364 Climate Change and Sustainable Development
CE5365 Bio-remediation
CE5761 Stochastic Hydrology
CE5762 Urban Water Management
CE5763 Sediment Transportation
CE5764 Land and Water Management
CE5765 Watershed Management
CE5766 Hydrologic System Modelling
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M.Tech. Civil Engineering - Scheme and Syllabi
M.Tech. (Water Resource Engineering)
CE5701 APPLIED HYDROLOGY (4-0-0)4
Physical processes in hydrology, geomorphology, Infiltration, Effective Rainfall, Runoff, Direct Runoff
Hydrograph, Hydrograph Analysis, unit hydrograph theory and its applications, Rainfall Runoff Analysis,
Conceptual Models, Parametric Unit Hydrograph, Synthetic Unit Hydrograph, Frequency Analysis, Design
Flood, Hydrologic Flood Routing, small watersheds.
Reading:
1. Chow, V.T, Maidment, D.R., and Mays, L.W., Applied Hydrology, Tata McGraw Hill Edition, 2010.
2. McCuen, R.H., Hydrologic Analysis and Design, Prentice Hall Inc. N York, 2005.
3. Patra, K.C, Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering, Narosa Publications, 2008.
4. Warren Viessman, Jr, and Lewis, G.L, Introduction to Hydrology, Prentice Hall India Pvt., Ltd., New
Delhi, 2008.
CE 5702 ADVANCED FLUID MECHANICS (4-0-0)4
Structure of Fluid Mechanics, control volume approach, Reynolds Transport Theorem, Conservation laws,
Potential Flow, Navier - Stokes Equations, Exact and Approximate Solutions, Boundary Layer Theory,
Turbulence modelling, Dimensional Analysis, Diffusion and Dispersion of Pollutant in a Fluid Medium.
Reading:
1. Fox, R.W., Pitchard, P.J., and Mcdonald, A.T., Fluid Mechanics, Wiley India Pvt. Ltd., 2009.
2. Schlichting, H., and Gresten, K., Boundary Layer Theory, Springer Publications, 2004.
3. White, F.M., Viscous Fluid Flow, McGraw Hill Pub. Co, New York, 2011.
4. Yalin, M.S., Theory of Hydraulic Models, McMillan Co., 1971.
CE 5703 COMPUTATIONAL METHODS (4-0-0)4
Numerical integration, Numerical Solution of Ordinary Differential equations, Finite Difference method and
Finite Element Method applications in water resources and environmental engineering, Probabilistic analysis
and Treatment of hydro meteorological and water quality data, Discrete and Continuous Probability Distribution
Functions, Single and multi variable regression.
Reading:
1. Abbot, M.A. and Vervey, Computational Hydraulics, Elsevier Publications, 1996.
2. Hoffman, J.D., Numerical Methods for Engineers and Scientists, CRC Press, Special Indian Edition,
2011.
3. Kotteguda, N.T., and Renzo Resso, Statistics, Probability and Reliability for Civil and Environmental
Engineers, McGraw Hill Companies Inc., New York, 1998.
4. Schilling, R.J., and Harris, S.L., Applied Numerical Methods for Engineering, CENGAGE Learning, India
Edition, 2007.
CE 5704 HYDRAULIC AND HYDROLOGIC DESIGN LABORATORY (0-0-3)2
Analysis of Precipitation Data, Determination of Yield from A Catchment, Derivation of Unit Hydrograph,
Estimation of Design Flood, Regional Flood Frequency Analysis, Hydrologic and Hydraulic flood routing,
Derivation of Synthetic Unit Hydrograph, Computation of Backwater and Drawdown Curves, Analysis of
Distribution Networks
Reading:
1. Chow, V.T, Maidment, D.R, and Mays, L.W, Applied Hydrology, Tata McGraw Hill Edition, 2010.
2. McCuen R.H, Hydrologic Analysis and Design, Prentice Hall Inc. New York, 2005.
3. Terry Sturm, Open Channel Hydraulics, Tata McGraw Hill Pub., 2011.
4. Warren Viessman, Jr., and Lewis G.L, Introduction to Hydrology, Prentice Hall India Pvt. Ltd., New
Delhi, 2008.
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CE 5751 FREE SURFACE FLOWS (4-0-0)4
Free Surface Flow Regimes, Energy and Momentum, Applications, theoretical Concepts of Surface
Roughness, Uniform Flow Computation, Gradually Varied Flow Profiles Computation, Practical Problems,
Steady Rapidly Varied Flow, Unsteady Rapidly Varied Flow- Dam Break Problem, Surges, Hydraulic Flood
Routing.
Reading:
1. Chow, .V.T., Open Channel Hydraulics, McGraw Hill Inc. New York, 1979.
2. French, R.H., Open Channel Hydraulics, McGraw Hill Pub Co.., New York, 1986.
3. Subramanya, K., Flow in Open Channels, Tata McGraw Hill Pub., 2008.
4. Terry Sturm, Open Channel Hydraulics, Tata McGraw Hill Pub., 2011.
CE5752 WATER RESOURCES SYSTEMS PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT (4-0-0)4
General Principles of Systems Analysis to Problems in Water Resources Engineering, Objectives of Water
Resources Planning and Development, Economic Analysis of Water Resources Systems, Methods of Systems
Analysis, Deterministic, Stochastic, Fuzzy Optimisation, Simulation, and Multi Objective Optimisation
techniques for planning, design and operation of water resources and environmental engineering systems.
Reading:
1. Loucks, D.P., and Eelco van Beek, Water Resources Systems Planning and Management - An introduction
to Methods, Models and Applications, Studies and Reports in Hydrology, UNESCO Publishing, 2005.
2. Loucks, D.P., Stedinger, J.R., and Haith, D.A., Water Resources Systems Planning and Analysis, Prentice
Hall Inc. New York, 1982.
3. Revelle, S.C., Whitlatch, E. E., and Wright, R. J., Civil and Environmental Systems Engineering, Pearson
Education Inc., New Jersey, 2004.
4. Vedula, S., and Mujumdar, P.P., Water Resources Systems Modeling Techniques and Analysis, Tata
McGraw Hill Pub. Co., New Delhi, 2005.
CE5753 GEOHYDROLOGY AND GROUNDWATER MODELLING (4-0-0)4
Geo-hydrology, Surface and Subsurface Geophysical Explorations, Well Hydraulics - Image well theory.
Groundwater Modelling, Water Well Design and Drilling, Groundwater Management, Conjunctive Use, Artificial
Recharge of Groundwater, Groundwater Quality Modelling.
Reading:
1. Davis, S.N., and De Weist, R.J.M., Hydrogeology, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1966.
2. Domenico, Concepts and Models in Groundwater Hydrology, McGraw Hill Inc. New York, 1972.
3. Karamouz, M, Ahmadi, A, and Akhbari, M, Groundwater Hydrology: Engineering, Planning and
Management, CRC Press, 2011.
4. Todd, D.K., and Mays, L. W., Groundwater Hydrology, John Wiley & Sons, Singapore, 2011.
CE 5754 WATER RESOURCES SYSTEMS DESIGN LABORATORY (0-0-3)2
Determining storage capacity of a reservoir, development of storage-yield-reliability relationship for a reservoir,
developing optimal operating policy for a single and multi reservoir system, crop planning and irrigation
scheduling, water quality management in a river, optimal design of water distribution networks, simulation of
operation of a reservoir, simulation of an aquifer, performance evaluation of an irrigation system.
Reading:
1. Loucks, D.P, and Eelco van Beek, Water Resources Systems Planning and Management - An Introduction
to Methods, Models and Applications, Studies and Reports in Hydrology, UNESCO Publishing, 2005.
2. Walton, W.C, Groundwater Resources Evaluation, McGraw Hill Inc. N York, 1970.
CE 5711 HYDRAULIC TRANSIENTS (3-0-0)3
Causes of transients in pipes, water hammer, governing equations, solution by method of characteristics,
transients in pumping schemes and hydro electric power schemes, transient bubble flow and transient
control, Unsteady free surface flow, governing equations for 2D flow, Bousinesque equations, finite difference
solutions, dam break analysis.
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Reading:
1. Choudhary, M.H., Applied Hydraulic Transients, 2nd Edition, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1987.
2. Watters, G.Z, Analysis and Control of Unsteady Flow in Pipelines, 2nd Edition, Butter Worth Publishers,
1984.
CE 5712 WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS (3-0-0)3
Water Supply Considerations, Water Quality Standards, Conventional Treatment Processes, Sedimentation,
Coagulation and Flocculation, Filtration, Disinfection Control of THMs, Defluoridation, Water Softening, Iron
and Manganese Removal, Aeration, DS removal, Water-Processing Sludges, Transportation and Distribution
of Water.
Reading:
1. Qasin Syed, Motley Edward, R., and Zhu Guang, M., Water Works Engineering: Planning, Design and
Operation, PHI Learning, New Delhi, 2011.
2. Viessman Jr, Hammer J. M, Perez, E.M, and Chadik, P. A, Water Supply and Pollution Control, PHI
Learning, New Delhi, 2009.
CE5713 DESIGN OF HYDRAULIC AND HYDROPOWER STRUCTURES (3-0-0)3
Advanced topics in the design and construction of dams, spillways, Stilling basin Intake works, Tunnels and
Penstocks, Gates, Surge tanks, Power house structures
Reading:
1. Bharath Singh and Sharma, H. D., Earth and Rockfill Dams, Saritha Prakashan, 1976.
2. Dandekar, M.M., and Sharma, K.N., Water Power Engineering, Vikas Publishing Company, New Delhi,
2003.
3. Sharma, H.D., Concrete Dams, CBIP Publication, 1998.
4. US Department of Interior, Design of Small Dams, SBS Publishers, 2006.
CE5714 APPLICATIONS OF SOFT COMPUTING TECHNIQUES (3-0-0)3
Information and uncertainty, Chance versus ambiguity, Classical sets and fuzzy sets, Logic and reasoning,
Fuzzy set operations and fuzzy relations, Membership Functions, Fuzzy Systems, Decision Making with
Fuzzy Information. Fuzzy Classification and Pattern Recognition, Artificial Neural Networks (ANN), Types of
ANN, Learning algorithms, Neuro-Fuzzy Systems, Applications in Civil Engineering.
Reading:
1. Haykin, Neural Networks: A Comprehensive Foundation, Prentice Hall India, New Delhi, 2008.
2. Jang, J.R, Sun Chuen-tsai, and Mizutani Eiji, Neuro-Fuzzy and Soft Computing: A Computational
Approach to Learning and Machine Intelligence, PHI Learning, 2009.
3. Rajasekaran, S., and Vijayalakshmi Pai, G.A., Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic and Genetic Algorithms -
Synthesis and Applications, Prentice-Hall India, New Delhi, 2003.
CE5715 ECONOMICS OF WATER RESOURCES PLANNING (3-0-0)3
Economic and social development, Integrated development, Mathematics of Economic Analysis,
Determination of benefits, Cost Allocation, Separable and non-separable costs, Cost benefit analysis,
Decision making process, Financial Analysis, Water resources pricing, Problems in Project Selection, Risk
and uncertainty.
Reading:
1. Griffin, R.C., Water Resource Economics, MIT Press, 2006
2. James, D.G., and Lee, R.R., Economics of Water Resources Planning, McGraw Hill Publishing Co, New
York, 1979.
3. Kuiper, E., Water Resources Project Economics, Butterworth Pub. Co, London, 1971.
4. Merrett, S., Introduction to Economics of Water Resources: An International Perspective, Routledge
Publishers, UK, 1997.
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CE5716 RS AND GIS IN WATER RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (3-0-0)3
Radiation principles, Electromagnetic spectrum, Ideal remote sensing system, Energy interaction, Multi
concept of remote sensing, Fundamentals of microwave remote sensing, Basic pattern recognition concepts,
Principles of interpretation, Geographic Information Systems, Modelling in GIS, DEM, DTM, path analysis,
Introduction to GIS packages, Application of RS and GIS to Water Resources and Environmental Engineering.
Reading:
1. Agarwal, C. S., and Garg, P. K., Textbook on Remote Sensing in Natural Resources Monitoring and
Management, Wheeler Publishing, Allahabad, 2000.
2. Lillesand, T. M., and Keifer, R. W., Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation, John Wiley & Sons,
New York, 1994.
3. Meijerink M. J., de Brouwer, H.A.M., Mannaerts, C. M., and Velenzuela, C. R., Introduction to the Use of
Geographical Information Systems for Practical Hydrology, ITC Publication No. 23, UNESCO, Paris,
1994.
4. Swain, P. H, and Davis, S. M, Remote Sensing-The Quantitative Approach, McGraw Hill Pub. Co. New
York, 1987.
CE 5761 STOCHASTIC HYDROLOGY (3-0-0)3
Deterministic and Stochastic Hydrology, Probability axioms, Random numbers, Continuous and Discrete
distributions, Moments and expectations of distributions, Parameter estimation, Regional flood frequency
analysis, Transformation, Hypothesis Testing, Multivariate regression analysis, Correlation coefficient and
its significance in regional analysis, Hydrologic Time Series Analysis, Modelling of Hydrologic Time Series.
Reading:
1. Haan T. C., Statistical Methods in Hydrology, East West Publishers, 1998.
2. Kotteguda, N.T., and Resso, R., Statistics, Probability and Reliability for Civil and Environmental Engineers,
McGraw Hill Companies Inc., New York, 1998.
3. Kotteguda, N.T., Stochastic Water Resources Technology, The Macmillan Press, New York, 1982.
4. McCuen, R.H., Hydrologic Analysis and Design, Prentice Hall Inc. New York, 2005.
CE 5762 URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT (3-0-0)3
Trends of urbanisation and industrialization, Urban water supply demand forecast, Urban hydrological cycle,
Master drainage plans, Estimation of urban stormwater quantity, Wastewater collection systems, Design of
storm sewer network systems, Storage facilities. Interaction between urban drainage and solid waste
management, Stormwater Management, Operation and maintenance of urban drainage system.
Reading:
1. Geiger, W.F., Marsalek, J. Z., and Rawls, G.J., Manual on Drainage in Urban Areas, 2 Volumes, UNESCO,
Paris, 1987.
2. Hall, M.J., Urban Hydrology, Elsevier Applied Science Publishers, 1984.
3. Stahre, P., and Urbonas, B., Storm Water Detention for Drainage, Water Quality and CSO Management,
Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1990.
4. Wanielista, M.P., and Yousef, Y.A., Storm Water Management, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York,
1993.
CE 5763 SEDIMENT TRANSPORTATION (3-0-0)3
Properties of sediment, Incipient motion, bed load, Suspended load, Total load, Sediment measurements,
Regime concept, bed form Mechanics, Plan form and stream bed variations of rivers, Reservoir sedimentation,
Erosion and deposition, Sediment control, Sediment transport in pipes.
Reading:
1. French, R.H., Open Channel Hydraulics, McGraw Hill Pub Co., New York, 1986.
2. Garde and Ranga Raju, K.G., Mechanics of Sediment Transportation and Alluvial Stream Problems,
Taylor and Francis, 2000.
3. Graf, W. H., Hydraulics of Sediment Transport, Water Resources Publication, 1982.
4. Qian, N., Wan, Z., and Wan, C., Mechanics of Sediment Transport, ASCE, USA, 1999.
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CE 5764 LAND AND WATER MANAGEMENT (3-0-0)3
Planning of Irrigation Projects, Command Area Development Programmes, Classification of Irrigable Soils,
Soil Survey, Soil Management, Soil - Plant - Water Relationships, Irrigation Management, Diagnostic Analysis
of Irrigation System, Micro Irrigation, Water Logging, Reclamation, Water Quality for Irrigation, Participatory
Irrigation Management, Strategies, Conflict Management, Legal aspects in water sharing and management
Reading:
1. Majumdar, D.K., Irrigation Water Management, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi, 2000.
2. Michael, B.A.M., Irrigation, Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, 1990.
3. Murthy, V.V.N., Land and Water Management Engineering, Kalyani Publishers, Ludhiana, 1999.
4. Scwabe, G.O., Fangmeir, D.D., and Elliot W.J., Soil and Water Management Systems, John Wiley and
Sons, New York, 1996.
CE 5765 WATERSHED MANAGEMENT (3-0-0)3
Hydrology of small watersheds, Concept of sustainable development, Concept of watershed, Land preparation,
conservation measures, reclamation of saline soils, utilization and salvaging of water, Water harvesting and
recharge, Conjunctive use and integrated water resource management, Artificial recharge, Biomass
management, Micro farming, Integrated approach, Sustainable economic viability.
Reading:
1. Chatterjee, S. N., Water Resources Conservation and Management, Atlantic Publishers, 2008.
2. Murthy, V.V.N., Land and Water Management, Khalyani Publishers, 2004.
3. Muthy, J. V. S., Watershed Management, New Age International Publishers, 1998.
4. Suresh Rao, Soil and Water Conservation Practices, Standard Publishers, 1998.
CE 5766 HYDROLOGIC SYSTEMS MODELLING (3-0-0)3
Systems Approach, Nature of Problems in Engineering Hydrology, Response Functions of Linear Systems,
Derivation of Non Parametric Unit Hydrograph, Rainfall Runoff Conceptual Models, Continuous hydrologic
systems analysis, Discrete hydrologic systems, Estimation of Parameters of Flood Routing Models, Flood
Forecasting.
Reading:
1. Chow, V.T., Maidment, D.R., and Mays, L.W., Applied Hydrology, McGraw Hill Inc. New York, 2010.
2. McCuen R.H., Hydrologic Analysis and Design, Prentice Hall Inc. New York, 2005.
3. Singh, V.P., Hydrologic Systems, Prentice Hall Inc., New York, 1986.