DR. A.P.J.

ABDUL KALAM TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

UTTAR PRADESH, LUCKNOW

SYLLABUS
FOR

B.Tech. Civil/Environmental Engineering

(5th Semester)

BASED ON
AICTE MODEL CURRICULUM & NEP2020
[Effective from the Session: 2024-25]
 B.Tech. Civil Engineering, IIIrd Year (V Semester)
Course Structure
FIFTH SEMESTER CIVIL ENGINEERING SESSION 2024-25
End
S. Subject Periods Evaluation Scheme Total Credit
Semester
No. Code Subject
L T P CT TA Total PS TE PE
1 BCE-501 Geotechnical Engineering 3 1 0 20 10 30 70 100 4
2 BCE -502 Structural Analysis 3 1 0 20 10 30 70 100 4
Quantity Estimation and Construction
3 BCE-503 Management 3 1 0 20 10 30 70 100 4
4 Departmental Elective-I 3 0 0 20 10 30 70 100 3
BCE-051 Concrete Technology
BCE-052 Modern Construction Materials
BCE-053 Open Channel Flow
BCE-054 Engineering Geology
Civil 2_Airports and Seaports
Engineering**
5 Departmental Elective-II 3 0 0 20 10 30 70 100 3
BCE-055 Engineering Hydrology
Sensor and Instrumentation
Technologies for Civil Engineering
BCE-056 Applications
BCE-057 Air and Noise Pollution Control
BCE-058 GIS and Advance Remote Sensing
Civil 4_Hydropower Structures**
6 BCE-551 CAD Lab 0 0 2 50 50 100 1
7 BCE-552 Geotechnical Engineering Lab 0 0 2 50 50 100 1
Quantity Estimation and
8 BCE-553 Management Lab 0 0 2 50 50 100 1

Mini Project or Internship

9 BCE-554 Assessment* 0 0 2 100 100 1
Constitution of India, Law and
BNC501/
Engineering / Indian Tradition, 15 10 25 50 NC
10 BNC502 2 0 0
Culture and Society

Minor/Honors Degree Track Subjects

11
Total 17 3 8 900 22

*The Mini Project or Internship (4 weeks) conducted during semester break after IV semester and will be assessed
during V semester.
** Courses run in online mode.

NOTE:
1. Regular classroom interaction with industry experts is to be ensured in all theory courses (minimum two
expert talks from relevant Industry).
2. Working on experiments using virtual labs is to be ensured in lab courses.
3. Student’s visit to Industry/Industry Expert’s project site must be arranged as & when possible.
BCE-501 Geotechnical Engineering
Course Outcomes: After completion of the course student will be able to:
CO1. Classify the soil and determine its Index properties.
CO2. Evaluate permeability and seepage properties of soil.
CO3. Interpret the compaction and consolidation characteristics & effective stress concept of soil.
CO4. Determine the vertical and shear stress under different loading conditions and explain the phenomenon
of soil liquefaction.
CO5. Interpret the earth pressure and related slope failures.

Syllabus:

Unit-1 ORIGIN AND CLASSIFICATION: Preview of Geotechnical field problems in Civil

Engineering, Soil formation, transport and deposit, Soil composition, Basic definitions,
Weight volume relationships, Clay minerals, Soil structure, Index properties, 8
sensitivity and thixotropy, Particle size analysis, Unified and Indian standard soil
classification system.
Unit-2 SOIL HYDRAULICS: Stress conditions in soil- total, effective and neutral stresses
and relationships. Permeability - Darcy's Law, hydraulic conductivity, equivalent
hydraulic conductivity in stratified soil. 8
Seepage, flow nets, seepage calculation from a flow net, flow nets in anisotropic soils,
seepage through earth dam, capillarity, critical hydraulic gradient and quick sand
condition, uplift pressure, piping.
Unit-3 Soil compaction, water content - dry unit weight relationships. Factors controlling
compaction. Field compaction equipment; field compaction control; Proctor needle
method.
CONSOLIDATION: Primary and secondary consolidation, Terzaghi's one 8
dimensional theory of consolidation, Consolidation test, Normal and Over
Consolidated soils, Over Consolidation Ratio, determination of coefficient of
consolidation.
Unit-4 STRESS DISTRIBUTION IN SOIL: Elastic constants of soils and their
determination, Boussinesq equation for vertical stress, The Westergaard equation,
Stress distribution under loaded areas, Concept of pressure bulb, contact pressure. 8
SHEAR STRENGTH: Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion, shear strength parameters and
determination; direct and tri-axial shear test; unconfined compression test; pore
pressure, Skempton's pore pressure coefficients, and Soil liquefaction.
Unit-5 EARTH PRESSURE: Classical theories, Coulomb and Rankine's approaches for
frictional and c-𝜑 soils, inclined backfill, Graphical methods of earth pressure
determination. 8
Stability of slopes - finite and infinite slopes, types of slope failure, Culmann’s method
& Method of slices, Stability number & chart, Bishop’s method.

Text & References Books:

1. V.N.S. Murthy – Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering (Fifth Edition).

2. K.R. Arora – Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering.
3. Narasinga Rao, B.N.D, “Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering”, John
Wiley &Sons, Wiley India Pvt. Ltd., Daryaganj, New Delhi – 110002.
4. Alam Singh – Modern Geotechnical Engineering.
5. Brij Mohan Das – Geotechnical Engineering, CENGAGE Learning.
6. I.H. Khan – Text Book of Geotechnical Engineering.
 7. C. Venkataramaiah – Geotechnical Engineering.
8. Gopal Ranjan and A.S.R. Rao – Basic and Applied Soil Mechanics.
9. G.V. Rao & G.V.S.S. Raju – Engineering with Geosynthetics.
10. P. Purushottam Raj- Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Pearson Education in South
Asia, New Delhi.
11. Shenbaga R Kaniraj- Design Aids in Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering.
12. Gulati, S.K., “Geotechnical Engineering” McGraw Hill Education (India), Pvt. Ltd., Noida.

BCE-502 Structural Analysis

Course Outcomes: After completion of the course student will be able to:
CO1. Explain type of structures and method for their analysis.
CO2. Analyze different types of trusses for member forces.
CO3. Compute slope and deflection in determinate structures using different methods.
CO4. Apply the concept of influence lines and moving loads to compute bending moment and shear force at
different sections.
CO5. Analyze determinate arches for different loading conditions.

Syllabus:

Unit-1 Classification of Structures, Types of structural frameworks and Load transfer

Mechanisms, stress resultants, degrees of freedom, Static and Kinematic Indeterminacy
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for beams, trusses and building frames. Analysis of cables with concentrated and
continuous loadings, Effect of Temperature upon length of cable.
Unit-2 Classification of Pin jointed determinate trusses, Analysis of determinate plane trusses
(compound and complex). Method of Substitution, Method of tension coefficient for 8
analysis of plane trusses.
Unit-3 Strain Energy of deformable systems, Maxwell’s reciprocal & Betti’s theorem,
Castigliano’s theorems, Calculations of deflections: Strain Energy Method and unit
8
load method for statically determinate beams, frames and trusses. Deflection of
determinate beams by Conjugate beam method.
Unit-4 Rolling loads and influence line diagrams for determinate beams and trusses, Absolute
maximum bending moment and shear force. Muller-Breslau’s principle & its 8
applications for determinate structures.
Unit-5 Arches, Types of Arches, Analysis of three hinged parabolic and circular Arches.
Linear arch, Eddy’s theorem, spandrel braced arch, moving load & influence lines for 8
three hinged parabolic arch.

References:
1. Hibbler, “Structural Analysis”, Pearson Education.
2. Mau, “Introduction to Structural Analysis” CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group.
3. Ghali, “ Structural Analysis: A Unified Classical and Matrix Approach” 5/e, CRC Press Taylor
& Francis Group.
4. T S Thandavmorthy, “Analysis of Structures”, Oxford University Press 5.Wilbur and Norris,
“Elementary Structural Analysis”, Tata McGraw Hill.
5. Temoshenko & Young “Theory of Structure” Tata Mc Grew Hill.
6. Reddy, CS, “Basic Structural Analysis”, Tata McGraw Hill.
7. Jain, OP and Jain, BK, “Theory & Analysis of Structures”. Vol.I & II Nem Chand.
8. Vazirani & Ratwani et al , “Analysis of Structures”, Khanna PublishersCoates, RC, Coutie,
M.G. & Kong, F.K., “Structural Analysis”, English Language Book Society & Nelson, 1980.
 9. SP Gupta & Gupta “Theory of Structure Vol.1 & 2” TMH.
10. DS Prakash Rao “Structural Analysis: A Unified Approach” Universities Press.
11. S Ramamurtham “Theory of Structure” Dhanpat Rai.
12. Devdas Menon “Advanced Structural Analysis” Narosa.
13. Wang, CK, “Intermediate Structural Analysis”, Tata Mc-Graw Hill.
14. Hsieh, “Elementary Theory of Structures” 4/e, Pearson Education, Noida.
15. Mckenzie, “Examples in Structural Analysis” 2/e, CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group.
16. Bibek Kumar Mukherjee, “Theory and Analysis of Structures” Satya Prakashan, New Delhi.
17. Jacques Heyman, “Structural Analysis” Cambridge University Press.

BCE-503 Quantity Estimation and Construction Management

Course Outcomes: After completion of the course student will be able to:
CO1. Understand the importance of units of measurement and preliminary estimate for administrative
approval of projects.
CO2. Understand the contracts and tender documents in construction projects.
CO3. Analyze and assess the quantity of materials required for civil engineering works as per specifications.
CO4. Evaluate and estimate the cost of expenditure and prepare a detailed rate analysis report.
CO5. Analyze and choose cost effective approach for civil engineering projects.

Syllabus:

Unit-1 QUANTITY ESTIMATION FOR BUILDINGS: Measurement units for various

building materials, Centreline method, Long and short wall method of estimates, Types 8
of estimates, PWD schedule of rate.
Unit-2 RATE ANALYSIS, SPECIFICATION AND TENDERS: Analysis of rates
knowing cost of material, labour, equipment, overheads, profit, taxes etc,
Specifications – Preparation of detailed and general specifications, Legal aspects of
contracts, laws related to contracts, land acquisition, labour safety and welfare. 8
Different types of contracts, their relative advantages and disadvantages.
Elements of tender preparation, process of tendering, pre-qualification of contracts,
Evaluation of tenders, contract negotiation and award of work, monitoring of contract
extra items.
Unit-3 ELEMENTS OF MANAGEMENT & NETWORK TECHNIQUES: Project cycle,
Organization, planning, scheduling, monitoring, updating and management system in
construction, Bar charts, milestone charts, work break down structure and preparation 8
of networks. Network Techniques like PERT & CPM in construction management.
Project monitoring and resource allocation through network techniques.
Unit-4 EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT: Productivity, operational cost, owning and hiring
cost and the work motion study. Simulation techniques for resource scheduling.
Construction Equipment for earth moving, earth compaction, Hauling Equipment, 8
Hoisting Equipment, Conveying Equipment, Concrete Production Equipment,
Tunnelling Equipment
Unit-5 PROJECT COST MANAGEMENT: Budgeting, Cost planning, Direct Cost, Indirect
cost, Total Cost Curve, Cost Slope. Time value of money, Present economy studies,
Equivalence concept, financing of projects, economic comparison, present 8
worthmethod Equivalent annual cost method, discounted cash flow method,
Depreciation and its type, depletion, Arbitration, and break even cost analysis.
References:
1. Dutta, B.N., “Estimating and Costing in Civil Engineering”, UBS Publishers & Distributors
Pvt. Ltd., 2003.
2. Srinath, L.S., “PERT and CPM Principals and applications” Affiliated East-West Press Pvt.
Ltd., New Delhi.
3. Patil, B.S., “Civil Engineering Contracts and Estimates” University Press India, Pvt. Ltd.
Hyderabad –500004.
4. Construction Management by Ojha.
5. Srivastava, U.K., “Construction Planning and Management”, Galgotia Publications Pvt. Ltd.,
New Delhi.
6. Construction Technology by Sarkar, Oxford.
7. Delhi Schedule of Rates (latest version).

BCE-551 CAD Lab

Course Outcomes: After completion of the course student will be able to:
CO1. Students will be able to work on Geo 5 /PLAXIS/STAAD Pro /Etabs software.
CO2. Students will be able to work on QGIS software.
CO3. Students will be able to design and analyze Cantilever ,Gravity wall retaining wall using geotechnical
engineering software/design and analysis of multistory building using Structural analysis and design
software.
CO4. Students will be able to Geo reference a given map using QGIS softwares.
CO5. Students will be able to Prepare maps using QGIS.

1. Working on latest version of geotechnical engineering software, structural engineering software

(Open source/commercial software).

2. Working on latest version of surveying software (Open source/commercial software).

NOTE:-

For open source software the following link of FOSSEE may be used apart from other available
resources:
https://fossee.in
FOSSEE: (Free/Libre and Open Source Software for Education), National mission on education
through ICT, MHRD, Govt. of India.

BCE-552 Geotechnical Engineering Lab

Course Outcomes: After completion of the course student will be able to:
CO1. Calculate and explain the water content and specific gravity of soil.
CO2. Measure and analyze the in-situ density and relative density of soil.
CO3. Analyze and evaluate the grain size distribution and consistency limits of soil.
CO4. Determine and evaluate the dry density of soil through compaction processes and assess the
permeability of soil.
CO5. Perform and evaluate shear strength tests (direct shear and triaxial) to assess soil stability under
various conditions.
PART -A (To be performed in lab)

1. Determination of water content of a given moist soil sample by (i) oven drying method, (ii)
pycnometer method.
2. Determination of specific gravity of a given soil sample by (i) density bottle, (ii) pycnometer
method.
3. Determination of in situ dry density of soil mass by (i) core-cutter method, (ii) sand replacement
method.
4. Determination of relative density of a given soil sample.
5. Determination of complete grain size distribution of a given soil sample by sieve analysis and
sedimentation (hydrometer) analysis.
6. Determination of consistency limits (liquid, plastic and shrinkage limits) of the soil sample used
in experiment no. 5 (grain-size analysis).
7. Determination of shear strength of soil by Direct shear test.
8. Determination of compaction characteristics (OMC & MDD) of a given soil sample.
9. Determination of permeability of a remoulded soil sample by constant head &/or falling head
method.
10. Determination of consolidation characteristics of a remoulded soil sample by an odometer test.
11. Determination of shear strength characteristics of a given soil sample by U/U test from Triaxial
Compression Machine.
12. Retrieving soil samples and conducting SPT tests by advancing boreholes through hand-held
auger.
Note: Any 8 experiments are to be performed from the list of experiments.

PART-B
It is mandatory to perform experiments using virtual lab wherever applicable.

References:
1. Bowles, Joseph E., “Engineering Properties of Soil and Their Measurement” Fourth Edition,
Indian Edition, McGraw Hill Education (India) Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi-110032.

BCE-553 Quantity Estimation and Management Lab

Course Outcomes: After completion of the course student will be able to:
CO1. Interpret and analyze DSR (Delhi Schedule of Rates), CPWD (Central Public Works Department)
specifications.
CO2. Estimate and analyze quantities of various items of work of a building.
CO3. Develop and prepare a Bill of Quantities (BOQ) for a project.
CO4. Utilize and apply MS Project to manage a project.
CO5. Evaluate a complete set of tender documents of a building.
1. Study of DSR, CPWD specifications and NBC.
2. Estimation of quantities for any one of the following: Building/ Septic tank/Water supply pipe
line/road/bridge.
3. Preparation of Bill of Quantities (BOQ) for above project.
4. Practice on open source project management software / MS Project/Primavera software for
same problem.
5. Study of any full set of tender documents (Institute shall provide the set from ongoing/
completed tenders).
NOTE:-
1. Suitable software must be used to complete the above exercises in 8-10 hours.
2. For open source software the following link of FOSSEE may be used apart
from other available resources:
https://fossee.in
References:
1. FOSSEE: (Free/Libre and Open Source Software for Education), National mission on education
through ICT, MHRD, Govt. of India.
2. Dutta, B.N., “Estimating and Costing in Civil Engineering”, UBS Publishers & Distributors
Pvt. Ltd., 2003.
3. Srinath, L.S., “PERT and CPM Principals and applications” Affiliated East-West Press Pvt.
Ltd., New Delhi.
4. Patil, B.S., “Civil Engineering Contracts and Estimates” University Press India, Pvt. Ltd.
Hyderabad –500004.
5. Construction Management by Ojha.
6. Srivastava, U.K., “Construction Planning and Management”, Galgotia Publications Pvt. Ltd.,
New Delhi.
7. Construction Technology by Sarkar, Oxford.
8. S V Deodhar and SC Sharma, "Construction engineering and Management", Khanna Publishing
House.
9. Delhi Schedule of Rates (latest version).

BCE-051 Concrete Technology

Course Outcomes: After completion of the course student will be able to:
CO1. Understand the properties of constituent material of concrete.
CO2. Apply admixtures to enhance the properties of concrete.
CO3. Evaluate the strength and durability parameters of concrete.
CO4. Design the concrete mix for various strengths using difference methods.
CO5. Use advanced concrete types in the construction industry.

Syllabus:

Unit-1 CEMENT: Types and cement chemistry. Aggregates: mineralogy, properties, test
8
and standards. Quality of water for use in concrete.
Unit-2 Introduction & study of accelerators, retarders, water reducers, air entrainers, water
proofers, super plasticizers. Study of supplementary cementing materials like fly
8
ash, silica fume , ground granulated blast furnace slag, metakaoline and pozzolana;
their production, properties and effect on concrete properties.
Unit-3 CONCERT PRODUCTION: batching, mixing and transportation of concrete.
Workability test: slump test, compacting factor test and Vee Bee test. Segregation,
bleeding and Laitance in concrete, curing of concrete and its methods.
8
Determination of compressive and flexural strength as per BIS. Mechanical
properties of concrete: elastic modules, poisson’s ratio, creep, shrinkage and
durability of concrete.
Unit-4 Principle of mix proportioning, properties related to mix design, Mix design method
(IS method and ACI method). Mix design of concrete, Rheology and its 8
Application in 3D Printing in construction, mix design examples.
Unit-5 Study and uses of high strength concrete, self-compacting concrete, fibre reinforced
concrete, ferro cement, ready Mix Concrete, recycled aggregate concrete and status 8
in India.
References:
1. Neville, A.M. and Brooks, J.J.," CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY", ELBS .1990.
2. Shetty, M.S, "Concrete Technology, Theory and Practice", S. Chand and Company Ltd, New
Delhi, 2008.
3. Gambhir, M.L, "Concrete Technology", Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Company Ltd, New
Delhi, 2004.
4. Santhakumar, A.R; "Concrete Technology" , Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2007.
5. Gupta B.L., Amit Gupta, "Concrete Technology", Jain Book Agency, 2010.
6. Newman, K., "CONCRETE SYSTEMS in COMPOSITE MATERIALS".EDT BY L. Holliday.
Elsevier Publishing Company. 1966.
7. Popovics. S., "FUNDAMENTALS OF PORTLAND CEMENT CONCRETE: A Quantitative
Approach VOL 1 FRESH CONCRETE" JOHN WILEY & SONS.1982.
8. P.K. Mehta and Paulo J.M. Monteiro, "Concrete: microstructure, properties and materials", The
Mcgraw Hill Companies.
9. Jayant D. Bapat (2013),Mineral admixtures in cement and concrete, Taylor and Francis group.
10. Concrete mix proportioning as per IS 10262:2009 – Comparison with IS 10262:1982 and ACI
211.1-91 M.C. Nataraja and Lelin Das
11. IS 10262-1982 Recommended Guidelines for Concrete Mix Design, Bureau of Indian
Standards, New Delhi, 1998.
12. IS 456-2000 Plain and Reinforced Concrete- Code of Practice, Bureau of Indian Standards,
New Delhi, 2000.

BCE-052 Modern Construction Materials

Course Outcomes: After completion of the course student will be able to:
CO1. Understand the use of modern construction materials.
CO2. Use geosynthetics and bituminous materials in constructions.
CO3. Apply knowledge of modern materials in production of variety of concrete.
CO4. Apply knowledge of composites and chemicals in production of modern concrete.
CO5. Use modern water proofing and insulating materials in constructions.

Syllabus:

Unit-1 INTRODUCTION, PROPERTIES AND USES OF MODERN BUILDING

MATERIALS: fly ash bricks, soil – cement blocks, calcium silicate bricks, red mud 8
jute fibre polymer composite (RFPC), glass reinforced gypsum.
Unit-2 INTRODUCTION , PROPERTIES AND USE OF: geosynthetics, bituminous
material, fire resistant materials (chemicals ,paints ,tiles ,bricks, glass),metals, light - 8
weight concrete, mass concrete, waste material based concrete.
Unit-3 INTRODUCTION, PROPERTIES AND USE OF: Ferro cement &fibre reinforced
concrete, different types of fibres, high density concrete, Nuclear concrete, heat 8
resisting & refractory concretes, prefabricated systems.
Unit-4 INTRODUCTION, PROPERTIES AND USE OF: Polymers, fibre reinforced
polymers, polymer concrete composites (PCCs), sulphur concrete and sulphur - 8
infiltrated concrete.
Unit-5 INTRODUCTION, PROPERTIES AND USE OF: Conventional and modern
water proofing materials, Conventional and modern insulating materials (thermal, 8
sound and electrical insulating materials).Concept of polymer floor finishes.
References:
3. Gambhir ML."Concrete Technology" Tata McGraw Hill education private Limited.
4. A.R. Santhakumar, Concrete Technology, Oxford University Press.
5. Building Materials, P.C. Varghese, Prentice-Hall India.
6. Shetty, M. S., "Concrete Technology" S. Chand Publication.
7. Krishnaraju .N., Advanced Concrete Technology, CBS Published.
8. Materials Science and Engineering: An introduction, W.D. Callister, John Wiley.
9. Nevile. A.M., Concrete Technology, Prentice Hall, Newyork.
10. Dr. U. K. Shrivastava, Building Materials Technology, Galgotia Publication pvt.ltd.
11. Materials Science and Engineering, V. Raghavan, Prentice Hall.
12. Properties of Engineering Materials, R.A. Higgins, Industrial Press.
13. Construction materials: Their nature and behaviour, Eds. J.M. Illston and P.L.J. Domone, 3rd
ed., Spon Press.
14. The Science and Technology of Civil Engineering Materials, J.F. Young, S. Mindess,R.J. Gray
& A. Bentur, Prentice Hall.
15. Engineering Materials 1: An introduction to their properties & applications, M.F. Ashby and
D.R.H. Jones, Butterworth Heinemann.
16. The Science and Design of Engineering Materials, J.P. Schaffer, A. Saxena, S.D. Antolovich,
T.H. Sanders and S.B. Warner, Irwin.
17. Concrete: Microstructure, properties and materials, P.K. Mehta and P.J.M. Monteiro, McGraw
Hill.
18. S K Sharma, "Civil Engineering and construction material," Khanna Publishing House.
19. Properties of concrete, A.M. Neville, Pearson.

BCE-053 Open Channel Flow

Course Outcomes: After completion of the course student will be able to:
CO1. Apply knowledge of fluid flow for designing of channel sections.
CO2. Analyze the gradually varied flow in channel section.
CO3. Analyze the rapidly varied flow in channel sections.
CO4. Apply numerical methods for profile computation in channels.
CO5. Design channels for sub critical and super critical flows.

Syllabus:
Unit-1 INTRODUCTION: Basic concepts of free surface flows, velocity and pressure
distribution, Mass, energy and momentum principle for prismatic and non-prismatic
8
channels, Review of Uniform flow: Standard equations, hydraulically efficient
channel sections, compound sections
Unit-2 GRADUALLY VARIED FLOW (GVF): Equation of gradually varied flow and its
limitations, flow classification and surface profiles, Control sections, Computation
methods and analysis: Integration of varied flow equation by analytical, graphical and 8
advanced numerical methods, Transitions of subcritical and supercritical flow, flow
in curved channels.
Unit-3 RAPIDLY VARIED FLOW (RVF): Characteristics of rapidly varied flow, 8
Classical hydraulic jump, Evaluation of the jump elements in rectangular and non-
rectangular channels on horizontal and sloping beds, Hydraulic jump in gradually
and suddenly expanding channels, submerged hydraulic jump, rolling and sky jump,
use of jump as an energy dissipater.
RAPIDLY VARIED UNSTEADY FLOW: Equation of motion for unsteady flow,
“Celerity” of the gravity wave, deep and shallow water waves, open channel positive
and negative surge.
 Unit-4 SPATIALLY VARIED FLOW (SVF): Basic principles, Differential SVF equations
for increasing and decreasing discharge, Classifications and solutions, Numerical 8
methods for profile computation, low over side-weir and Bottom-rack.
Unit-5 Flow in channel of non-linear alignment and non-prismatic channel sections, Design
8
considerations for sub critical and super critical flows, Design of culvert.

References:
1. Chow, V.T., Open channel Hydraulics, McGraw Hill International.
2. Henderson, F.M., Open Channel Flow, McGraw Hill International.
3. Subramanya, K., Flow in Open Channels, Tata McGraw Hill.
4. Ranga Raju, K.G., Flow through open channels, T.M.H.
5. M. Hanif Chaudhry, Open Channel Flow, PHI.
6. French, R.H., Open channel Hydraulics, McGraw Hill International.
7. Srivastava, Flow through Open Channels, Oxford University Press.
8. Open Channel Flow by Madan Mohan Das.

BCE-054 Engineering Geology

Course Outcomes: After completion of the course student will be able to:
CO1. Understand the scope of geological studies.
CO2. Understand the rocks and its engineering properties.
CO3. Understand the minerals and constituents of rocks.
CO4. Understand the rock deformations, their causes effects and preventive measures.
CO5. Understand the ground water reserves, Geophysical exploration methods and site selection for mega
projects.

Syllabus:

Unit-1 INTRODUCTION: Branches of geology useful to civil engineering, scope of

geological studies in various civil engineering projects. Department dealing with this
subject in India and their scope of work- GSI, Granite Dimension Stone Cell, NIRM.
Mineralogy-Mineral, Origin and composition. Physical properties of minerals, 8
susceptibility of minerals to alteration, basic of optical mineralogy, SEM, XRD.,
Rock forming minerals, mega scopic identification of common primary & secondary
minerals.
Unit-2 STUDY OF ROCKS: Introduction and importance of Geological knowledge.
Rocks: their origin, structure and texture. Classification of igneous, sedimentary and
metamorphic rocks and their suitability as engineering materials, Weathering and
8
erosion of rocks, Stratification, Lamination bedding.Outcrop-its relation to
topography. Dip and Strike of bed. Overlap, outlier and Inlier.
Building stones and their engineering properties.
Unit-3 STUDY OF MINERALS: Physical properties of minerals. Detailed study of certain
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rock forming minerals. Alkaliaggregate reaction. Grouting. Pozzolonic materials.
Unit-4 ROCK DEFORMATION & EARTHQUAKE: Folds, Faults, Joints and
unconformities: Their classification, causes and relation to engineering behavior of
8
rock masses. Landslides, its causes and preventive measures. Earthquake, its causes,
classification, seismic zones of India and its geological consideration.
Unit-5 GEOPHYSICAL EXPLORATION AND GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION:
Geophysical exploration methods for sub-surface structure. Underground water and
8
its origin. Aquifer & Aquiclude. Artesian wells. Underground provinces and its role
as geological hazard. Site selection for dam, reservoir, tunnel, bridge and highway.
References:
1. D Venkat Reddy: Engg. Geology, Vikas Publication.
2. Tony Waltham: Foundations of Engg. Geology, Spon Press.
3. Tony Waltham: Foundations of Engineering Geology, SPON Press.
4. D Venkat Reddy: Engineering Geology, Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd.
5. J M Treteth: Geology of Engineers, Princeton, Von. Nostrand.
6. K V G K Gokhale: Text book of Engineering Geology, B S Publication.
7. Prabin Singh: Engg. and General Geology, Katson Publishing House.
8. D S Arora: Geology for Engineers, Mohindra Capital Publishers, Chandigarh.
9. F G Bell: Fundamental of Engineering Geology, B S Publication.
10. Leggot R F: Geology and Engineering, McGraw Hill, New York.
11. P K Mukerjee: A Text book of Geology, Calcuta Word Publishers.
12. B S Sathya Narayanswami: Engineering Geology, Dhanpat Rai & Co.
13. Prakash Rao : Engineering Geology, Nirali Prakashan, Pune.

BCE-055 Engineering Hydrology

Course Outcomes: After completion of the course student will be able to:
CO1. Understand the basic concept of hydrological cycle and its various phases.
CO2. Understand the concept of runoff and apply the knowledge to construct the hydrograph.
CO3. Apply the various methods to assess the flood.
CO4. Assess the quality of various forms of water and their aquifer properties.
CO5. Understand the well hydraulics and apply ground water modelling techniques.

Syllabus:

Unit-1 INTRODUCTION: hydrologic cycle, water budget equations, world water balance.
Precipitation types, measurements, analysis, mean precipitation, IDF and DAD
analysis. Introduction to characteristics of storm. Abstraction from Precipitation:
8
Evaporation – process, measurement and estimation; Evapotranspiration-
measurement and estimation; Initial Losses- Interception & Depression storage;
Infiltration- process, capacities indices, measurement & estimation.
Unit-2 RUNOFF AND HYDROGRAPHS: Runoff characteristics of stream, mass curve.
Hydrograph, Factors affecting flood hydrographs, unit hydrograph and its analysis, 8
s-curve hydrograph, synthetic and instantaneous unit hydrographs.
Unit-3 FLOOD: Rational method, empirical formulae, flood frequency studies, statistical
analysis, regional flood frequency analysis, design storm & design flood,
risk/reliability and safety factor. 8
FLOOD ROUTING: Governing equations, Hydrologic routing: Reservoir flood
routing, Muskingum method.
Unit-4 GROUNDWATER: Introduction, forms of subsurface water, aquifers & its
properties, Occurrence of ground water, hydro-geology& aquifers, Ground water
movement. 8
Steady and unsteady flow through confined and unconfined aquifers. Well
Hydraulics: Single& Multiple well system, partially penetrating wells, Image wells,
Mutual interference of wells, well losses, specific capacity.
Unit-5 WATER WELLS: Introduction to Well construction, completion and Development.
Pumping equipment for water wells, maintenance of wells.
Ground Water quality, Contamination of groundwater and its Control, Ground Water 8
Modelling Techniques and exploration, artificial discharge and Recharge of Ground
Water.
Text Books:
1. ‘Groundwater Hydrology’ by Todd D. K., Wiley.
2. ‘Groundwater Resource Evaluation’ by Walton W. C., McGraw Hill.
3. ‘Groundwater’ by Raghunath H. M., New Age Publisher.
4. ‘Engineering Hydrology’ by K. Subramanya, Mc Graw Hill Education.
5. ‘Hydrology: Principles. Analysis. Design’ by Raghunath H. M., New Age Publisher.
6. ‘Handbook of Applied Hydrology’ by Chow V. T., Mc Graw Hill Education.

References:
1. ‘Irrigation: Theory & Practice’ by Michael A. M., Vikas Publication House.
2. ‘Groundwater’ by S.Ramakrishnan, Scitech Publications.
3. ‘Irrigation: Theory & Practice’ by Michael A. M., Vikas Publication House.
4. ‘Engineering Hydrology’ by Ojha, Oxford University Press.
5. ‘Introduction to Hydrology’ by Viessman& Lewis by Pearson Publication.
6. ‘Applied Hydrology’ by Fetter, by Pearson Publication.

BCE-056 Sensor and Instrumentation Technologies for Civil Engineering

Applications
Course Outcomes: After completion of the course student will be able to:
CO1. Analyze the errors during measurements.
CO2. Describe the measurement of electrical variables.
CO3. Describe the requirements during the transmission of measured signals.
CO4. Construct Instrumentation/Computer Networks.
CO5. Suggest proper sensor technologies for specific applications.
CO6. Design and set up measurement systems and do the studies.

Syllabus:

Unit-1 Fundamentals of Measurement, Sensing and Instrumentation covering definition of

measurement and instrumentation, physical variables, common types of sensors;
Describe the function of these sensors; Use appropriate terminology to discuss sensor 8
applications; and qualitatively interpret signals from a known sensor type, types of
instrumentation, Sensor Specifics, Permanent installations, Temporary installations;
Unit-2 Sensor Installation and Operation covering to: i) Predict the response of sensors to
various inputs; ii) Construct a conceptual instrumentation and monitoring program;
iii) Describe the order and methodology for sensor installation; and iv) Differentiate
between types of sensors and their modes of operation and measurement and v) 8
Approach to Planning Monitoring Programs, Define target, Sensor selection, Sensor
siting, Sensor Installation & Configuration, Advanced topic, Sensor design,
Measurement uncertainty
Unit-3 Data Analysis and Interpretation covering a) Fundamental statistical concepts, b)
Data reduction and interpretation, c) Piezometer, Inclinometer, Strain gauge, etc. d)
Time domain signal processing, e) Discrete signals, Signals and noise and f) a few
examples of statistical information to calculate are: Average value (mean), On 8
average, how much each measurement deviates from the mean (standard deviation),
Midpoint between the lowest and highest value of the set (median), Most frequently
occurring value (mode), Span of values over which your data set occurs (range)
Unit-4 Frequency Domain Signal Processing and Analysis covering Explain the need for 8
frequency domain analysis and its principles; Draw conclusions about physical
processes based on analysis of sensor data; Combine signals in a meaningful way to
gain deeper insight into physical phenomena, Basic concepts in frequency domain
signal processing and analysis, Fourier Transform, FFT (Fast Fourier Transform),
 Example problems: Noise reduction with filters, Leakage, Frequency resolution.

Text/Reference Books:
1. Alan S Morris (2001), Measurement and Instrumentation Principles, 3rd/e, Butterworth
Hienemann.
2. David A. Bell (2007), Electronic Instrumentation and Measurements 2nd/e, Oxford Press.
3. S. Tumanski (2006), Principle of Electrical Measurement, Taylor & Francis Ilya Gertsbakh
(2010), Measurement Theory for Engineers, Springer.

BCE-057 Air & Noise Pollution Control

Course Outcomes: After completion of the course student will be able to:
CO1. Understand air pollutants and their impacts.
CO2. Explain air pollution chemistry and meteorological aspects of air pollutants.
CO3. Demonstrate methods for controlling particulate air pollutants.
CO4. Demonstrate methods for controlling gaseous air pollutants.
CO5. Understand automotive emission standards.
CO6. Apply methods for controlling noise pollution.

Syllabus:

Unit-1 AIR POLLUTION: composition and structure of atmosphere, global implications of

air pollution, classification of air pollutants: particulates, hydrocarbon, carbon
8
monoxide, oxides of sulphur, oxides of nitrogen and photochemical oxidants. Indoor
air pollution. Effects of air pollutants on humans, animals, property and plants.
Unit-2 Air pollution chemistry, meteorological aspects of air pollution dispersion;
temperature lapse rate and stability, wind velocity and turbulence, plume behaviour, 8
dispersion of air pollutants, the Gaussian Plume Model, stack height and dispersion.
Unit-3 Ambient air quality and standards, air sampling and measurements. Air Quality
Index (AQI), Control of particulate air pollutants using gravitational settling
8
chambers, cyclone separators, wet collectors, fabric filters (Bag-house filter),
electrostatic precipitators (ESP).
Unit-4 Control of gaseous contaminants: Absorption, Adsorption, Condensation and
Combustion, Control of sulphur oxides, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, and
hydrocarbons. Automotive emission control, catalytic convertor, Euro-I, Euro-II and 8
Euro-III specifications, Indian specifications. Impact of Lockdown on Air Quality,
National Policies for Managing the Ambient Air Quality (AAQ)
Unit-5 NOISE POLLUTION: Basics of acoustics and specification of sound; sound power,
sound intensity and sound pressure levels; plane, point and line sources, multiple
sources; outdoor and indoor noise propagation; psychoacoustics and noise criteria,
effects of noise on health, annoyance rating schemes; special noise environments: 8
Infrasound, ultrasound, impulsive sound and sonic boom; noise standards and limit
values; noise instrumentation and monitoring procedure. Noise indices. Noise control
methods.

References:
1. Peavy, Rowe and Tchobanoglous: Environmental Engineering.
2. Martin Crawford: Air Pollution Control Theory.
3. Wark and Warner: Air Pollution: Its Origin and Control.
4. Rao and Rao: Air Pollution Control Engineering.
5. Nevers: Air Pollution Control Engineering.
6. Mycock, McKenna and Theodore: Handbook of Air Pollution Control Engineering and
Technology.Suess and Craxford: W.H.O. Manual on Urban Air Quality Management.
7. C.S. Rao, Air pollution and control.
 8. Advanced Air and Noise Pollution Control by Lawrence K. Wang, Norman C. Pereira & Yung
IseHung.
9. Noise Pollution and Control by S. P.Singhal , Narosa Pub House.
10. Textbook of Noise Pollution and Its Control by S. C. Bhatia, Atlantic; Edition.

BCE-058 GIS and Advance Remote Sensing

Course Outcomes: After completion of the course student will be able to:
CO1. Understand the concepts of Photogrametry and compute the heights of objects.
CO2. Understand the principles of aerial and satellite remote sensing, Able to comprehend the energy
interactions with earth surface features, spectral properties of water bodies.
CO3. Understand the basic concept of GIS and its applications, know different types of data representation
in GIS.
CO4. Understand and Develop models for GIS spatial Analysis and will be able to know what the questions
that GIS can answer are.
CO5. Illustrate spatial and non-spatial data features in GIS and understand the map projections and
coordinates systems.
CO6. Apply knowledge of GIS and understand the integration of Remote Sensing and GIS.

Syllabus:

Unit-1 INTRODUCTION TO PHOTOGRAMMETRY: Principles and types of aerial

photographs, geometry of vertical and aerial photograph, Scale and Height
measurement on single and vertical aerial photograph, Height measurement based on 8
relief displacement, Fundamentals of Stereoscopy, fiducial points, parallax
measurement using fiducial line.
Unit-2 Remote sensing Basic concepts and foundation of Remote Sensing elements, Data
information, Remote sensing data collection, Remote sensing advantages and
Limitations,
Remote sensing process. Electromagnetic spectrum, Energy interaction with 8
atmosphere and with earth surface features (soil, water, and vegetation) Indian
Satellites and Sensors characteristics, Map and Image false color composite,
introduction to digital data, elements of visual interpretations techniques.
Unit-3 Geographic Information Systems Introduction to GIS, Components of GIS,
Geospatial data: Spatial Data – Attribute Data- Joining Spatial and Attribute Data,
GIS Operations: Spatial Data input- Attribute Data Management-Data Display-Data
Exploration-Data Analysis. COORDINATE SYSTEMS: Geographic Coordinate 8
system; Approximation of Earth, Datum: Map Projections; Types of Map
Projections-Map Projection Parameters-Commonly used Map Projections – Projected
Coordinate Systems.
Unit-4 Vector data model Representation of simple features- Topology and its importance:
coverage and its data structure, shape file:, data models for composite features Object
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Based Vector Data Model; Classes and their Relationships: The geobased data model:
Geometric representation of Spatial feature and data structure: Topology rules.
Unit-5 Raster data model Elements of Raster data model: Types of Raster data: Raster data
structure: Data conversion, Integration of Raster and Vector data. Data Input:
Metadata: Conversion of Existing data, Creating new data, Remote sensing data, 8
Field data, Digitizing, Scanning, on screen digitizing, importance of source map, Data
Editing.

Text Books:
1. Remote Sensing of the environment- An earth resource perspective- 2nd edition- by John R.
Jensen, Pearson Education.
2. Introduction to geographic information system- kang – Tsung Chang, Tata McGraw- Hill
 Education Private Limited.

References:
1. Concepts & Techniques of GIS by C.P.Lo Albert, K.W. Yonng, Prentice Hall (India) Publications.
2. Remote Sensing and Geographical Information systems by M.Anji Reddy JNTU Hyderabad 2001,
B.S. Publications.
3. Principals of Geo physical Information System- Peter A Burragh and Rachael A. Mc Donnell,
Oxford Publishers 2004
4. Basics of Remote Sensing and GIS by S. Kumar, laxmi Publications.