PROGRAMME: 101: B.

TECH (CIVIL ENGINEERING)

Sr. Course Code Course Title L P/T T Cr Evaluation ESE

No. O weightage (Theory)
T Hours
A TWA MST ESE
L

Semester Five
1 301120 Soil Mechanics 3 2 5 8 15 15 70 3
2 301082 Building Planning & Graphics -II 0 3 3 3 100 - - -
3 301130 Construction Equipment and 15 15 70
5 0 5 10 3
Techniques
4 301141 Transportation Engineering - I 4 0 4 8 15 15 70 3
5 301102 Structural Analysis II 4 2 6 10 15 15 70 3
6 301092 Applied Hydraulics-II 3 2 5 8 15 15 70 3
7 301150 Site Visits I 0 2 2 - - - - -
TOTAL 19 11 30 47

Semester Six
1 301160 Foundation Engineering 3 2 5 8 15 15 70 3
2 301142 Transportation Engineering II 4 2 6 10 15 15 70 3
3 200030 Technical Communication and 15 15 70
2 2 4 6 3
Presentation Skills
4 301170 Design of Steel Structures 4 2 6 10 15 15 70 3
5 301180 Engineering Economics 3 0 3 6 15 15 70 3
6 301190 Environmental Engineering 3 2 5 8 15 15 70 3
7 301150 Site Visit II 0 2 2 4 100 - - -
TOTAL 19 12 31 52

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 301120: Soil Mechanics
Detailed Syllabus
1 Introduction:
1.1 Definitions: soils, soil mechanics, soil engineering, rock mechanics, geotechnical engineering.
1.2 Scope of soil engineering.
1.3 Comparison between soil and rock.
2 Basic Definitions and Relationships:
2.1 Soil as three-phase system in terms of weight, volume, voids ratio, and porosity.
2.2 Definitions: moisture content, unit weights, degree of saturation, void ratio, porosity, specific gravity,
mass specific gravity etc.
2.3 Relationship between volume- weight, void ratio- moisture content, unit weight- percent air voids,
saturation- moisture content, moisture content- specific gravity etc.
2.4 Determination of various parameters such as:
2.4.1 Moisture content by oven dry method, pycnometer, sand bath method, torsional balance method
radioactivity method, and alcohol method.
2.4.2 Specific gravity by density bottle method, pycnometer method, measuring flask method.
2.4.3 Unit weight by water displacement method, submerged weight method, core cutter method, sands
replacement method.
3 Plasticity Characteristics of Soil:
3.1 Introduction to definitions of: plasticity of soil, consistency limits-liquid limit, plastic limit,
shrinkage limit, plasticity, liquidity and consistency indices, flow & toughness indices, definitions
of activity and sensitivity.
3.2 Determination of: liquid limit, plastic limit and shrinkage limit.
3.3 Use of consistency limits.
4 Classification of Soils:
4.1 Introduction of soil classification: particle size classification, textural classification, unified soil
classification, Indian standard soil classification system.
4.2 Identification: field identification of soils, general characteristics of soil in different groups.
5 Permeability of Soil:
5.1 Introduction to hydraulic head, Darcys law, validity of Darcys law.
5.2 Determination of coefficient of permeability
5.2.1 Laboratory method: constant head method, falling head method.
5.2.2 Field method: pumping- in test, pumping- out test.
5.3 Permeability aspects: permeability of stratified soils, factors affecting permeability of soil.
6 Seepage Analysis:
Introduction, stream and potential functions, characteristics of flow nets, graphical method to plot flow nets.
7 Effective Stress Principle:
7.1 Introduction, effective stress principle, nature of effective stress, effect of water table.
7.2 Fluctuations of effective stress, effective stress in soils saturated by capillary action, seepage pressure,
quick sand condition.
8 Compaction of Soil:
8.1 Introduction, theory of compaction, laboratory determination of optimum moisture content and
maximum dry density.
8.2 Compaction in field, compaction specifications and field control.
10 Consolidation of Soil:
Introduction, comparison between compaction and consolidation, initial, primary & secondary consolidation,
spring analogy for primary consolidation, consolidation test results, basic definitions, Terzaghis theory of
consolidation, final settlement of soil deposits, consolidation settlement: one- dimensional method, secondary
consolidation.
11 Shear Strength:
Principle planes parallel to the coordinate axes, Mohrs circle, important characteristics of Mohrs circle,
Mohr-Coloumb theory, types of shear test: direct shear test, merits of direct shear test, triaxial compression
tests, test behaviour of UU, CU and CD tests, relation between major and minor principal stresses, unconfined
compression test, vane shear test.
12 Stability of Slopes:
Introduction, different factors of safety, types of slope failures, analysis of finite and infinite slopes, wedge

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 failure Swedish circle method, friction circle method, stability numbers and charts.
13 Soil Exploration:
Introduction, methods of investigation, methods of boring, soil samplers and sampling, number and deposition
of trail pits and borings, penetrometer tests, borehole logs, geophysical methods.
Practicals:
List of tests :
1. Field Density using Core Cutter method.
2. Field Density using Sand replacement method.
3. Natural moisture content using Oven Drying method.
4. Field identification of Fine Grained soils.
5. Specific gravity of Soil grains.
6. Grain size distribution by Sieve Analysis.
7. Grain size distribution by Hydrometer Analysis.
8. Consistency limits by Liquid limit
9. Consistency limits by Plastic limit
10. Consistency limits by Shrinkage limit.
11. Permeability test using Constant Head test method.
12. Permeability test using Falling Head method.
13. Compaction test: Standard Proctor test.
14. Compaction test: Modified Proctor test.
15. Relative density.

Text Books:

1. Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering by B.C. Punmia, Laxmi Publications

2. Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering by K.R. Arora, Standard Publishers and Distributors, New
Delhi.
3. Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering by by V.N.S. Murthy, Saitech Publications.
4. Geotechanical Engineering by C. Venktatramaiah, New Age International.
5. Soil Engineering in Theory and Practice by Alam Singh, Standard Publishers and Distributors, New
Delhi.
References:

1. Fundamentals of Soil Engineering by Taylor, John Wiley & Sons.

2. An Introduction to Geotechanical Engineering by Holtz, R.D., Prentice Hall, New Jersey.
3. Soil Mechanics by Craig, R.F. Chapman & Hall.
4. Soil Mechanics by Lambe T.W. & Whitman R.V., John Wiley & Sons.
5. Theoretical Soil Mechanics by K. Terzaghi.
6. Relevant Indian Standard Specifications & Codes.

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 301082: Building Planning & Graphics - II
Detailed Syllabus
Preparation of Constructional Details and drawings of residential buildings, buildings for health, industry ,
buildings for entertainment and other structures like offices , hotels , restrooms by using suitable Computer
aided drafting Software
The detailing Should include:-
1) Typical floor plan , roof plan , foundation plan
2) Front Elevation , side elevations
3) Sectional elevation passing through rooms , staircase, bathrooms and toilets
4) Furniture arrangements of a typical Room
5) Site layout
6) Schedule for doors and windows
7) Area statement
Recommended Books:
Building Drawing, M G Shah, C M Kale, S Y Patki, Tata McGraw Hill
Building Drawing , Y.S.Sane
Civil Engineering Drawing, M Chakraborty
Introduction to AutoCAD 2005 : 2D and 3D Design , Alf Yarwood
AutoCAD : The Complete Reference : Cohn, David S

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 301130: Construction Equipment and Techniques
Detailed Syllabus
1 Construction Equipment:-
1.1 Standard types of equipment , special equipment, cost of owning and operating equipment, depreciation
costs, investment and operating costs, economic life, sources of construction equipment, factors affecting
selection of construction equipment, balancing of equipment
1.2 Study of equipments with reference to available types and their types and their capacities, factors
affecting their performance
1.2.1 Earthmoving Equipment :- Tractors and attachments, dozers and rippers, scrapers , shovels,
draglines, trenching machines, clamshell, hoes, trucks and wagons, dumpers, rollers and compactors
1.2.2 Drilling and blasting equipments :- Bits, jackhammers, drifters, drills, blasting material, firing
charge, safety fuse, electric blasting caps, drilling patterns, transporting and handling of explosives.
1.2.3 Pile driving equipments:- Types, pile driving hammers, single acting and double acting, differential
acting hammers, hydraulic and diesel hammers, vibratory drivers
1.2.4 Pumping equipments:- Reciprocating, diaphragm & centrifugal pumps, well point system
1.2.5 Stone crushing equipment:- jaw, gyratory and cone crushers, hammer mills, roll crushers, rod and
ball crushers, aggregate screens and screening plants, portable plants
1.2.6 Concrete manufacture, transport, placing and compacting equipment, mixers, central batching
and mixing plants, pavers, transit mixers, concrete pumps shotcrete
1.2.7 Air Compressor
1.2.8 Equipments for moving materials, builders hoists, forklifts , cranes, belt-conveyors, cableways,
ropeways
2 Tunneling:- Geo-technical investigations, selection of alignment, methods of tunneling in soft soils and in
hard rock, sequence of operations for drilling and blasting method, mechanical moles, boomers, tunnel boring
machines, mucking, ventilation of tunnels, dust control, types of tunnel supports, sequence of lining operation,
lining with pneumatic placers and by pump crete method.
3 Bridge Construction:- Geo-technical investigation , Site selection , Launching of bridges by incremental
launching, using false work , balanced cantilever construction method
4 Steel Construction :- Planning for field operations, selection of equipments and erection tools and method of
welding, tools and methods of cutting and joining , safety measures during fabrication and erection
5 Concrete Construction:- Concreting under water, concreting in different weather conditions, mass
concreting, vaccum concreting , Self Compacted Concrete , Roller Compacted Concrete
6 Ground Improvement Techniques:- Sand drains , stone column, diaphragm wall , rock anchors ,
Reinforced earth technology
7 Information related to special equipments and their application to Off-shore construction, cofferdams ,
Foundation grouting
Reference books:-
i) Varma Mahesh , Construction Equipment and its Planning & Applications
ii) R.L. Purifoy & Ledbetter - Construction Equipment and its Planning , Mgraw hill
iii) Jagdish Lal , Construction Equipment
iv) Thomas baron , Erection of Steel structures
v) Stubbs, handbook of heavy construction
vi) Dr. P. Purushothama Raj, Ground Improvement Techniques , Laxmi Publications
vii) Punnoswami, Bridge Construction
viii) Wadell , Concrete Construction Handbook
ix) Journals of Civil Engineering and Construction Engineering

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 301141: Transportation Engineering I
Detailed Syllabus
1 Introduction
Role of transportation in society, Objectives of transportation system, different types of modes, planning & co-
ordination of different modes for Indian conditions
2 Railway Engineering
2.1 Merits of rail transportation, railway gauges and gauge problems
2.2 Cross section of permanent way and track components: Sleepers-functions and types, sleeper density,
ballast functions and different ballast materials.
2.3 Rails: Coning of wheels and tilting of rails, rail cross sections, wear and creep of rails, rail fastenings.
2.4 Geometric design: Gradients, transition curves, widening of gauges on curves, cant and cant deficiency.
2.5 Point and crossing: Design of turnouts and description of track junctions.
2.6 Yards: details of different types of railway yards and their functions.
2.7 Signalling and interlocking: classification of signals, interlocking of signals and points, control of train
movements.
2.8 Construction and maintenance of railway track, methods of construction, material requirements,
special measures for high speed track, maintenance of tracks and traffic operations
3 Airport Engineering
3.1 Aircraft characteristics and their influence on airport planning.
3.2 Airport planning: topographical and geographical features, air traffic characteristics, and development
of new airports, factors affecting airport site selection.
3.3 Airport obstruction: Zoning laws, classification of obstruction, imaginary surfaces, approach zones,
turning zones.
3.4 Airport layout: runway orientation, wind rose diagrams, and basic runway length. Correction of runway
length, airport classification, geometric design, airport capacity, runway configuration, taxiway design,
geometric standards, exit taxiways, holding aprons, location of terminal buildings, aircraft hangers and
parking.
3.5 Airport marking and lighting: marking and lighting of runways, taxiways and approach areas
3.6 Terminal area and airport layout: Terminal area, planning of terminal building, Apron: size of the gate
position, number of gate position, aircraft parking system; Hanger: general planning considerations,
blast considerations.
3.7 Air traffic control: Air traffic control aids, Enroute aids, landing aids.
3.8 Airport Drainage: requirement of airport drainage, design data, surface drainage design, subsurface
drainage design
4 Water Transportation
4.1 Harbours: Selection of site, entrance and channel requirement, ship characteristics and their influence
on ports management and operations, harbour maintenance.
4.2 Harbour layout: harbour works, break waters, jetties, wharves, piers, berthing facilities, types and
construction, dolphins.
4.3 Navigational aids: buoys and lighthouses etc.
4.4 Port facilities: docks, transit sheds and warehouses, general layout, containers and container yard,
layout and handling equipment
Recommended books:
1. Saxena S.C. and Arora S. P., A course of railway engineering, Dhanpat Rai and sons, New Delhi
2. Khanna and Arora, Airport planning & design, Nemchand Bros, Roorkee
3. Agarwal, M. M. (1991). Indian Railway Track, Sachdeva Press, Mayapuri, New Delhi
4. Bindra S.P., Docks & Harbour engineering, Dhanpat Rai and sons.
5. R Shrinivasan, Harbour dock and tunnel engineering
6. Rao G.V., Airport engineering, Tata McGraw Hill
References:
1. Horonjeff &Mcklerey, Planning & design of Airport
2. Quinn A D, Design and construction of ports and marine structures.

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 301102:Structural Analysis II
Detailed Syllabus
1 General:
Types of structures occurring in practice and their classification, Stable and unstable Structures, statical and
kinematical determinacy and indeterminacy of structures, symmetric structure, Symmetrical and anti
symmetrical loads, distinction between linear and non linear behavior, material and geometric non-linearity
2 Deflection of Statically Determinate Structures:
Review of general theorems based on virtual work and energy methods, introduction to the concept of
complimentary energy, absolute and relative deflections caused by loads, temperature changes and settlement of
supports, application to determinate beams, pin jointed frames and rigid jointed frames
3 Analysis of Indeterminate Structures by Flexibility Method:
Flexibility coefficients and their use in formulation of compatibility equations, Castiglianos theorem of least
work, application of above methods to propped cantilevers, fixed beams, continuous beams, simple pin jointed
frames including effect of lack of members, simple rigid jointed frames and two-hinged arches
4 Analysis of Indeterminate Structures by Stiffness Method:
Stiffness coefficients for prismatic members and their use for formulation of equilibrium equation, direct
stiffness method slope deflection method, moment distribution method, applications of the above methods to
indeterminate beams and simple rigid jointed frames, rigid jointed frames with inclined member but having only
one translational DoF in addition to rotational DoFs, including the effect of settlement of supports
5 Text Books:
1. Basic Structural Analysis, Reddy C.S; Tata McGraw Hill.
2. Matrix method in Structural Analysis, Pandit & Gupta; Tata McGraw Hill.
3. Structural Mechanics Vol. II, Junnarkar S.B; Charotar Publishers.

Recommended Books:
1. Modern Methods in structural Analysis, Dr. B.N. Thadani & Dr. J.P. Desai; Weinall Book
Corporation.
2. Intermediate Structural Analysis, Wang C.K; Tata Mcgraw Hill.
3. Analysis of Framed Structure, Gare & Weaver.
4. Structural Analysis Vol. I & II, Gupta & Pandit, Tata Mcgraw Hill.
5. Analytical Methods in Structural Engineering, Sarwar A. Raz, New Age International Publishers.
6. Structural Analysis, L.S. Negi & R. S. Jangid, Tata Mcgraw Hill.
7. Structural Analysis A Unified Approach, Prakash Rao D.S; Universities Press.
8. Elementary Theory of Structures, Yuan Yu Hsieh, Prentice Hall.
9. Structural Analysis, Chajes A; Prentice Hall.

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 301092: Applied Hydraulics II
Detailed Syllabus
1 Dynamics of Fluid Flow:
Momentum principle, applications: Force on plates, pipe bends, moments of momentum equation
2 Flow through Pipes:
Loss of head through pipes, Darcy-Wiesbatch equation, minor losses, total energy equation, hydraulic gradient
line, Pipes in series, equivalent pipes, pipes in parallel, flow through laterals, flows in dead end pipes, siphon,
power transmission through pipes, nozzles.
3 Analysis of pipe networks :
Hardy Cross method, water hammer in pipes and control measures , branching of pipes , three reservoir problem
4 Impact of jets and jet propulsion:
Jet striking stationary, moving, inclined and perpendicular flat plates, hinged flat plates, impact on stationary,
curved vane, series of curved vanes .
5 Turbines:
General layout of hydroelectric power plant, heads and efficiencies of turbine,
classification . Pelton wheel, Reaction turbines, Francis and Kaplan turbine, Draft tube theory, specific speed,
Unit quantities, characteristics curves, Governing of turbines, cavitation.
6 Pumps :
General classification , selection of pumps ,Heads and efficiencies of pumps .
Submersible pumps components, working and applications
7 Centrifugal Pumps :
Work done, heads and efficiencies, minimum speed series and parallel operation, multistage pumps, specific
speed, model testing, priming, characteristics curves, cavitation.
8 Hydraulics machinery:
Hydraulic ram, press, accumulator, intensifier, crane and lift.
9 Computational Fluid Dynamics :-
Basic equations of fluid dynamics, Grid generation, Introduction to inviscid incompressible flow , Boundary
layer flow as applicable to C.F.D. .
Introduction to different software in fluid mechanics , Simulation techniques ,
Introduction to multi criterion decision support system , components for modeling software .Introduction to
Artificial Neural Network ,Genetic Algorithm
10 Hydro informatics :-
Concept of hydro informatics scope of internet and web based modeling in water resources engineering.
List of experiments
Flow through pipes
Turbulent flow through pipes
Flow visualisation
Laminar flow through pipes
Major losses / Minor losses in pipe
Impact of jets
Centrifugal Pumps
Performance of Centrifugal pumps
Performance of Pelton Wheel
Performance of Francis Wheel
Hydraulics ram
Text Books :
1. Modi P.M. and Seth S.M. Hydraulics and fluid mechanics, Standard Book House
2. Subramanya K., Theory and applications of fluid mechanics, Tata McGraw Hill
3. Dr. Jain A.K. Fluid Mechanics, Khanna Publishers
4. Fluid Mechanics and fliud pressure Engineering, D.S.Kumar, F.K. Kataria and sons

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 301150: Site Visits
Detailed Syllabus
The students should visit at least six project sites in all during Semester V and VI taken together.

The sites should be selected in such a way that during various visits, they should be able to observe / study:

Most of the activities related to building construction like, concreting of footings and columns, bar bending,
concreting of slab, flooring, plastering, plumbing, painting, cladding, false ceiling, air conditioning.

And at least four of the following:

i. Structural steel fabrication and erection

ii. Ground improvement methods (Grouting / geosynthetics / reinforcement)
iii. Tunneling by conventional method or by TBM
iv. Cassion foundations and piling
v. Asphalt laying and concreting of roads
vi. Ready mix concrete plant and ready mix asphalt plant
vii. Earth work for dam or transport project
viii. Fabrication and erection of pre-cast concrete elements
ix. Mass concreting (roller compacted concrete / hot weather concrete / cold weather concrete /
under water concrete)
x. Mechanized canal construction (excavation, leveling and lining)
xi. Repairs, rehabilitation works
xii. Pre-stressing
The students are expected to observe method of work, operations involved, tools used, quality checks, site
layouts, productivity of workmen, gang size, equipment used etc.

The student shall prepare and submit detail report for every site visited during Semester V and semester VI at the
time of Oral examination to be conducted at the end of Semester VI. The report should clearly indicate
observations made during such visits supplemented with ample sketches / drawings.

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 301160: Foundation Engineering
Detailed Syllabus
1 Lateral Earth Pressures Theories:
1.1 Introduction: applications of earth pressure theories, different types of earth pressure at rest, active and
passive pressure.
1.2 Rankines Earth Pressure Theory: Rankines earth pressure theory, active earth pressure and passive
earth pressure for horizontal and inclined backfill including the direction of failure Planes for
cohesionless and cohesive soils.
1.3 Coloumbs Wedge Theory: coloumbs active pressure in cohesionless soils, expression For active
pressure, coloumbs passive earth pressure.
1.4 Rebhanns Construction for Active Pressure, Culmanns graphical solutions for active soils,
Wedge Method, passive pressure by friction circle method for cohesionless and cohesive Soils.
2 Earth Retaining Structures:
Rigid and flexible retaining structures, stability analysis of retaining walls, cantilever retaining Walls,
construction details, drainage and wall joints.
3 Bearing Capacity of Shallow Foundation:
3.1 Definitions of ultimate bearing capacity, gross, net and safe pressures, allowable bearing pressure, types of
shallow foundations modes of failures.
3.2 Bearing capacity theories: Rankines approach, Prandtls approach and Terzaghis approach, concept behind
derivation of equation, general bearing capacity equation, bearing capacity equations for square and
circular footings, factors influencing bearing capacity, performance of footings in different soils, Vesics
chart, ultimate bearing capacity in case of local shear failure.
3.1 Plate load test in detail with reference to IS1888 and its applications and estimation of settlements, bearing
capacity based on Standard Penetration Test.
4 Axially Loaded Pile Foundations:
4.1 Introduction to pile foundations, necessity of pile foundation, classification of piles, construction methods of
bored piles, concrete bored piles, driven cast in-situ piles.
4.2 Pile capacity based on static analysis, piles in sand, piles in clay, dynamic methods and their
limitations, in- situ penetration tests and pile load test as per IS 2911 specifications, negative skin friction.
4.3 Pile groups ultimate capacity of groups, settlement of pile groups in sand and in clay as per IS 2911 and
critical depth method.
5 Underground Conduits:
Classes of underground conduits, load on a ditch conduit, settlement ratio, ditch condition and projection
condition, imperfect ditch conduit.
6 Open Cuts:
Difference in open cuts and retaining walls, apparent pressure diagrams, average apparent pressure diagrams for
sand and stiff clay, estimation of loads on struts.
Practicals:
List of Tests:
1. Consolidation Test.
2. Triaxial Test (UU)
3. Direct Shear Test.
4. Unconfined Compression Strength Test.
5. California Bearing Ratio.
Application of the test performed to foundation problems should be demonstrated by solving at least two
problems using data from the tests.
Text Books:
1. Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering by B.C. Punmia, Laxmi Publications
2. Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering by K.R. Arora, Standard Pub. and Distributors, New Delhi.
3. Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering by by V.N.S. Murthy, Saitech Publications.
References:
1. Soil Mechanics in Engineering Practice by K. Terzaghi & R.B. Peck II Edn.
2. Foundation Engineering by R.B. Peck, W.E. Hansen & T.H. Thornburn, Wiley Eastern
3. Design Aids in Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering by S.R. Kaniraj, Tata McGraw Hill, New
Delhi.
4. Foundation Design Manual by N.V. Nayak, Dhanpat Rai Publications, New Delhi.
Relevant Indian Standard Specifications & Codes.

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 301142: Transportation Engineering II
Detailed Syllabus
1 Highway Planning
Classification of roads, brief history of road development in India, present status of roads in India, road patterns,
saturation systems, highway alignment: basic requirements for an ideal alignment, factors governing highway
alignment, highway location surveys and studies, highway alignment in hilly areas, drawings and reports,
highway project preparation

2 Geometric design of highways

Terrain classification, design speed, vehicular characteristics, highway cross-section elements Sight distance:
introduction to sight distance, reaction time, analysis of safe sight distance, analysis of overtaking sight distance,
intersection sight distance
Design of horizontal alignment: horizontal curves, design of super elevation and its provision, radius at
horizontal curves, widening of pavements at horizontal curves, analysis of transition curves
Design of vertical alignment: different types of gradients, grade compensation on curves, analysis of vertical
curves, summit curves, valley curves
Intersection: at grade and grade separated intersections, speed change lanes, Canalization, Design of rotary
intersection and mini roundabout
3 Traffic Engineering and Control
Traffic engineering definitions: functions, organization and importance, necessity of understanding the
behaviour of road user and vehicle characteristics, human factors governing the road user behaviour- power
performance and other vehicular characteristics
Traffic studies and surveys:
Speed studies: presentation of data, journey time and delay studies, uses and various methods, relative merits
and demerits
Vehicular volume counts: types, various available methods, relative merits and demerits, planning of traffic
counts, vehicle occupancy surveys
Origin: destination surveys, need and uses, various available methods, checks for accuracy, presentation of data
Parking surveys: needs and types
Study of various photographic techniques available for traffic studies
Traffic signs and marking: types, location, height etc., miscellaneous traffic control aids like roadway delinators,
hazard markers, object marker, speed breakers, rumble strips etc.,
Street lighting: needs, definitions, laws of illumination, methods of discernment, glare problem, light lantern
arrangement, types of lamps, planning and designing
4 Pavement materials
Stone aggregates: desirable properties, tests, requirements of aggregates for different types of pavements
Bituminous materials: types, tests on bitumen, desirable properties, selection of grade of bitumen
Bituminous mix design: principle, methods, modified binders
5 Design of pavements
Types of pavements, comparison of different types of pavements, functions of pavement components, pavement
design factors, design wheel load, equivalent single wheel load, repetition of loads, equivalent wheel load
factors, strength characteristics of pavement materials, climatic variation; design of flexible highway pavement
as per IRC approach, design of flexible airport pavements, Stresses in rigid highway pavements, critical load
positions, stresses due to loads, stresses due to temperature change, combined loading and temperature stresses,
Joints in rigid pavements: transverse joints, longitudinal joints, fillers and sealers
6 Highway Construction
Equipment used for construction, embankment design and construction, construction of different Types of roads:
water bound macadam, different types of bituminous pavements, cement concrete pavements,
Construction of soil stabilized roads: different soil stabilization methods, use of geo-textiles and geo-grids
7 Highway maintenance and rehabilitation
Pavement failures: flexible pavement failures, rigid pavement failures, maintenance of different types of
pavements: assessment and need for maintenance, pavement management system, evaluation of pavements:
structural evaluation of pavements, functional evaluation of pavements, strengthening of existing pavements:
object of strengthening, types of overlays, design of different types of overlays
8 Bridge Engineering
Importance, investigations, site selection, collection of data, determination of flood discharge, waterway, afflux,
economic span, scour depth, consideration of loads and stresses in load bridges, piers and abutments, bearings
and joints in the bridges, culverts: classification, types and design of simple culverts
9 Highway drainage and drainage structures

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 Necessity, surface draining, highway sub drainage, draining of city streets
Recommended Books:
L R Kadiyali, Principles and practice of highway engineering, Khanna Tech Publications
S E Sehgal, K L Bhanot, A text book on highway engineering and airports, S Chand & Co
D R Phatak, Bridge Engineering, Satya Prakashan
References:
Oglesby & Hicks, Highway engineering, John Wiley
Ponnuswamy, Bridge Engineering, Tata McGraw Hill
Morlok, E. R. (1970). An Introduction to Transportation Engineering and Planning, McGraw Hill
Kagakusha International Student Edition.
Hay, W. W. (1988). 2nd Ed. Introduction to Transportation Engineering. John Wiley and Sons, New York.
Papacostas, C. S. (1987). Fundamentals of Transportation Engineering, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi.

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 200030: Technical Communication and Presentation Skills

Detailed Syllabus
1 Communication in a Business Organisation:
Channels,media,internal and external, formal and informal, upward and downward, nonverbal.
2 Technical Writing Skills: definition, importance, qualities, choosing words, sentences and paragraphs;
audience recognition.; principles of Business correspondence; job application and resumes
3 Report Writing: types, qualities, , defining objectives and scope, organizing and interpreting information,,
individual and group reports, formal and informal reports.
4 Technical proposal
5 Presentation Skills
6 Group Discussion
Assignments:
Written
One assignment each from topics 1 to 4
Oral
One presentation
One group discussion

Books recommended:
1. Lesiker & Petit report Writing for Business McGraw Hill
2. Meenakshi Raman , Sharma Sangeetha Technical Communication Principles & Practices Oxford
University Press

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 301170: Design of Steel Structures
Detailed Syllabus
1 Joints:
Introduction to riveted connection , Design of bolted and welded connections, axially and eccentrically loaded
joints, simple connection of bracket plates to columns, beam to beam and beam to column connections, design of
framed, unstiffened and stiffened seat connections.
2 Roofing System:
Imposed loads on flat and sloping roofs and floors, wind loads on sloping roofs and vertical cladding
including effect of degree permeability and wind drag, analysis of pin- jointed trusses under various loading
cases, computation of design forces in members, design and detailing of connections and supports, wind
bracing for roof system, supported on columns.
3 Flooring System:
Concept of floor system with secondary beams, main beams and columns, design of simply supported beams
using rolled steel sections, design of built-up sections.
4 Welded Plate Girder:
Proportioning and design of section and connections, curtailment of flange plates, design of web splices,
design of stiffeners.
5 Columns and Bases:
Design of columns under axial loads using single or multiple rolled steel sections, design of lacing and
battens, columns subjected to axial load and bending, design of slab and Gusseted base.
Recommended Books:

1. Design of Steel Structures, Negi L.S; Tata McGraw Hill.

2. Design of Steel Structures, Kazimi S.M.A. & Jindal R.S; Prentice Hall of India.
3. Design of Steel Structures, Krishnamachar B.S; & Ajitha Sinha D.
4. Design of Steel Structures, Arya & Ajmani, New Chand & Sons.
5. Design of Steel Structures, Vol. I & II, Ramchandran.
6. Design of Steel Structures, Dayaratnam.
7. Design of Steel Structures, Breslar, Lin & Scalzi.
8. Design of Steel Structures, Mac. Ginley T.
9. Structural Steel Work, Reynolds T.J., Kent L.E. & Lazenby D.W.
10. Comprehensive Design of Steel Structures, Punmia, A.K. Jain & Arun Kumar Jain, Laxmi Publications
Pvt. Ltd.
11. Relevant I.S. Codes.
12. Design of Steel Structures, I.C. Sayal & Satinder Singh, Standard Publishers & Distributors.

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 301180: Engineering Economics
Detailed Syllabus
1 Fundamental concepts ;- demand and supply, cost and revenue, price and income, consumer behavior:
demand, elasticity of demand, demand forecasting
2 Cost socepts, cost-volume-profit analysis, break even analysis and its applications to decision making
3 Importance of good accounting and audit practice, double entry book keeping system, profit and loss
statement and balance sheet
4 Engineering economy: equivalence, value of time, present value and annual equivalence cost, rate of return
5 Market structure: pricing and output decisions under different market conditions, technological considerations
under competitive economical and global business environments
6 Investment decisions : identification of investment opportunities, government regulatory framework, scouting
for ideas, preliminary screening, project identification, project development cycle
7 Project appraisal: market, technical, financial, economic, social, ecological, organizational, tools of analysis:
profitability, payback period, net present value, social cost-benefit analysis

Recommended books:
1. Engineering Economics and financial accounting ( ASCENT SERIES): Aryasri, A Ramana Murthy,
V V, Tata Mcgraw Hill
2. Prasanna Chandra , Projects: Preparation, appraisal, budgeting & implementation, Tata Mcgraw Hill

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 301190: Environmental Engineering
Detailed Syllabus
Ecology and Environment: Basic principles, food chain, food web, tropic levels, Bio geo chemical cycles,
limiting factor, Eco systems, Important stable and unstable ecosystems
Environmental Pollution :- Introduction
Water:-
Water Supply systems: Need for planned water supply schemes, Components of water supply system Quality
of water: Water quality standards
Treatment of water : Impurities in water processes for their removal typical flow-sheets Water Pollution
Sewage:
Conveyance of sewage: Sewers, shapes design parameters, operation and maintenance of sewers, Sewage
pumping::
Characteristics of sewage: Composition, chemistry of sanitary sewage, B.O.D. , C.O.D. , Aerobic and
anaerobic decomposition
Sewage Disposal: Introduction , River pollution
Sewage treatment: aims, methods of treatment and various flow-sheets for preliminary, primary, secondary
and tertiary treatment
Industrial waste waters: Introduction and properties
Air : - Composition and properties of air
Air pollution : Definition, history episodes, sources of air pollution, Effects of air pollution on human
beings, animals, plants and materials, Sources of air pollution, natural and manmade
Noise:- Basic concept, measurement and various control methods
Solid waste management:-
Definition of solid waste: Domestic, garbage, ashes, rubbish, dust, debris
Commercial : wastes from offices, shops and markets etc.
Hazardous waste : Household, Industrial
Sources of solid wastes: Household wastes, waste from commercial establishments, offices and vegetable
markets, and fish and meat markets, stables, solid waste from construction activities, hospital wastes, dead
animals
Quantity , composition and properties of solid wastes ;Collection, segregation, storage and transportation of
solid waste, Effects of solid waste on environment: effects on air, soil, water surface and ground health
hazards
Disposal of solid waste: segregation, reduction at source, recovery and recycle Disposal methods
Hazardous waste:- Introduction to hazardous waste; generation, minimization at source, treatment and
disposal, legal aspects of solid waste disposal
Building Plumbing and services:
Introduction to various types of house plumbing systems for water supply and waste water disposal, high rise
building plumbing, various kinds of fixtures and fittings used
Practicals:
1. Ambient Air Sampling
2. Measurement of Noise Level
3. Solid waste: Determination of pH
4. Solid waste: Determination of moisture content
5. Solid waste: Determination of organic matter
6. Plumbing Demonstration of accessories, fittings, and fixtures.
Reference Books:
1. Water Supply and Sanitary Engineering, S.K. Hussain.
2. Manual on Water Supply and Treatment, (latest Ed.), Ministry of Works & Housing, New Delhi.
3. Introduction to Environmental Engineering, Vesilind, PWS Publishing Company.
4. Water Supply and Sewerage, E.W. Steel
5. Water Supply and Sewerage, T.J. McGhee
6. Water Supply and Pollution Control, J.W. Clark, W. Veisman, M.J. Hammer
7. Relevant Indian Standard Specifications.
8. CPHEEO Manual on Water Supply & Treatment
9. Ecology, Eugene P. Odum
10. Integrated Solid Waste Management, Tchobanoglous, Theissen & Vigil. McGraw Hill Publication.

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 11. Plumbing Engineering. Theory and Practice, S.M. Patil.
12. Solid Waste Management in Developing Countries, A.D. Bhide& B.B. Sundaresan
13. Manual on Municipal Solid Waste Management Ministry of Urban
Development, New Delhi
14. Basic Environmental Engineering, Nathanson J A, Prentice Hall of India
15. Environmental Pollution Control Engineering, C S Rao, New Age International

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