SYLLABUS OF HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING SECTION

CE-213 Fluid Mechanics

Course Category: DC

L - T - P: 3 1-0

Credit: 4

This is the first basic course of fluid mechanics. The main objective of this course is to understand
the fundamentals of the fluid mechanics such as fluid and flow properties, fluid behavior at rest
and in motion and fundamental equations like mass, energy and momentum conservation of the
fluid flow. Applications of these basic equations have been highlighted for flow measurements
through orifice, mouth piece, weirs, Venturimeter, sluice gates etc. The whole course has been
divided in four units as described herein.
Unit 1: Kinematics of fluid flow: Introduction, Fluids Properties and classification; Concept of
viscosity, Compressibility and Elasticity, Surface tension and capillarity. Flow Classification,
Stream lines, Streak lines, Continuity equation, Velocity, Tangential, Normal, Local and
Convective Accelerations, Types of fluid motions, rotation, Circulation, Velocity potential, Stream
function, Flownet.
Unit 2: Hydrostatics: Pascal law, Hydrostatic law, Relative equilibrium, Pressure measurements,
Mano-Meters, Forces on immersed plane and curved surfaces, Buoyancy, Stability of floating and
submerged bodies.
Unit 3: Equation of Motion: Bernoullis equation, Energy correction factor, Coefficients of
contraction, velocity and discharge, Differential head meters, Free vortex motion, Analysis of free
liquid Jet, Cavitation. Linear momentum equation, Force on pipe junctions and bends, Forces on
moving plates and vanes due to fluid flow, Angular momentum, Forced vortex.
Unit 4: Flow Measurement: Orifices, Mouth pieces, Weirs, Flow under sluice gates. Time of
empting tanks with or without inflow, Flow of liquid from one vessels to another.
Text /Reference Books
1. P.N. Modi and S.N. Seth, Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics, Standard Book House, Delhi,
India.
2. S. Ramamnitham, Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics, Dhanpat Rai & Sons, Delhi, India.
3. Shames, Mechanics of fluids, Mc Eraw-Hill, Auckland, N. Land.
4. V.L. Streeter, Fluid Mechanics, Mc Graw-Hill, N.Y.,USA.
5. R.J. Garde, Fluid Mechanics RPH, Roorkee, India.

Course Category: DC

CE-292 Fluid Mechanics Lab

L-T-P:0-12

Credit: 2

List of Experiments:
1.
Flow over weirs and notches
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Verification of Bernoullis Theorem

Discharge through an Orifice
Centre of Pressure
Impact of Liquid jets
Head losses through sudden contraction and enlargement

Course Category: DC

CE-219 Hydrology
L - T - P: 3 - 1 - 0

Credit: 4

This is the first course of hydrology. The aim of this course is to understand the basic concepts of
hydrology and it emphasizes the various methods for the measurements and assessment of
precipitation, evaporation, surface runoff, and ground water etc.
Unit 1 Scope and applications of hydrological cycle, Hydrology applied in Engineering,
Precipitations types and measurement, Rain gauge, Network analysis of rainfall data.
Unit 2 Evaporation, Evapo-transpiration, Consumptive use, infiltration and percolation, methods
of determination, factors affecting.
Unit 3 Surface runoff, factors affecting, measurement of runoff, Analysis of runoff data,
Hydrographs, Mass curve and Flow duration curve, Concept of Unit Hydrograph, Methods of
Estimation of Unit Hydrograph, Derivation and application.
Unit 4 Ground Water Hydrology, Definitions, Types of Aquifers and Wells, Occurrences,
Distribution, Darcys law and its limitations, Well hydraulics.
Text / Reference Books:
1. K. Subramanya, Engineering Hydrology, TMH, New Delhi, India.
2. Chow V.T,.Hand book of Applied Hydrology, Mc Graw-Hil, N.Y., USA.
3. Wister, and Kohler and Paulhus, Hydrology, McGraw Hill, Tokyo, Japan.
4. Linsley, Kohler and Paulhus, Applied Hydrology, Mc Graw Hill, N.Y., USA.
5. D.K Todd, Groundwater Hydrology, John Wiley, N.Y., India.
6. J. Nemec, Engineering Hydrology, Mc Graw-Hill, N.Y., India.

CE-316 Engineering Hydraulics - I

Course Category: DC
L - T - P: 3 - 1 - 0

Credit: 4

The main aim of this course is to understand the basic theories of laminar flow, turbulent flow,
boundary layer, dimensional analysis & model studies etc. It also deals with the application of
these theories for the Civil Engineering Problems such as pipe design, pipe network analysis, three
reservoir problems, water hammer analysis, drag and lift, turbines and pumps etc. The whole
course has been divided into four units as described herein.
Unit 1 Laminar flow, Naviers-Stokes equation of motion for laminar Flow; Laminar flow
between two parallel plates, laminar flow through pipes, Dimensional Analysis & Modal Studies.
Velocity distribution in turbulent flow; shear stress due to turbulence, turbulent flow in circular
pipes, resistance of smooth and artificially roughened pipes, General resistance diagram.
Unit 2 Boundary Layer Theory: Introduction, Development of boundary layer over a flat plate,
boundary layer thickness, displacement, momentum and energy thicknesses, Application of
momentum equation to boundary layer flow, local and mean drag coefficients, Hydro-dynamically
rough and smooth surfaces, boundary layer separation and its control, Forces on Immersed bodies:
Drag and lift, drag on flat plate, sphere, cylinder and disc, development of lift, Magnus effect and
circulation, theoretical lift on rotating cylinder.
Unit 3 Pipe Flow Problems: Losses in pipe flow, pipes in series, pipes in parallel, branching pipes,
siphons, multi-reservoir problems, pipe net works, unsteady flow in pipes, water hammer
analysis.
Unit 4 Hydraulic Machines: Turbines: classification of tribunes, Impulse and Reaction turbines,
characteristic curves, draft tubes, Pumps: classification of pumps, centrifugal pump, efficiency and
power, Output of centrifugal pumps, characteristics curves.
Text / References Books:
1. V.L. Streeter, Fluid Mechanics, Mc Graw-Hill, N.Y, USA.
2. R.J. Garde Fluid Mechanics RPH, Roorkee.
3. Shames , Mechanics of fluids Mc Graw-Hill (Int. St. ed.) Auckland, NZ.
4. A.K. Jain Mechanics of fluids, Khanna Publisher., Delhi.

Course Category: DC

CE-396 Hydraulics Lab

L-T-P:0-12

Credit: 2

List of Experiments
1.

2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Flow through pipes

Flow through Venturimeter
Determination of viscosity by capillary tube viscometer
Determination of viscosity by falling sphere viscometer
Flow visualization using Reynolds apparatus
Flow through bend meter

CE-414 Engineering Hydraulics II

Course Category: DC
L - T - P: 3 - 1 - 0

Credit: 4

The main aim of this course is to understand the basic theories of open channel flows such as
depth- energy relationship, uniform flow and its application to design of efficient channel sections
of various shapes, hydraulic jump and its application to the energy dissipation devices, gradually
varied flow and its application in computation of typical water surface profiles, unsteady flow and
its practical application, model studies and their application in open channel flow etc .
Unit 1: Basic Principles: open channel flow and its classifications, and properties, energy and
momentum principles, Critical flow computation and its applications, transitions with sub critical
and super critical flows.
Unit 2: Uniform flow, roughness coefficient, computation of uniform flow in prismatic channel,
design of non- erodible channels for uniform flow, Most efficient channel section, compound
sections
Unit 3: Gradually varied flow: Theory and analysis, gradually-varied flow computations in
prismatic channels, gradually varied flow in non-prismatic channels. Rapidly varied flow: Theory
of hydraulic jump, evaluation of jump elements in rectangular and non-rectangular channel,
location of jump on horizontal floor, channel controls and transitions, free over fall, thin plate
weirs, broad crested weirs, and sluice gates.
Unit 4: Application of model studies to free surface flow problems, waves and their classifications,
celerity of a wave, surge formation, equation of motion, rapidly varied unsteady flows.
Text/Reference Books:
1.Subramanya, Flow in Open channels
2. K G Ranga Raju, Flow through open channel
3. V.T chow Open channel Hydraulics
4. Bakhmeteff, Hydraulics of open channel
5. Henderson, Open channel flow

Course Category: DC

CE-415 Irrigation Engineering

L - T - P: 3 - 1 - 0

Credit: 4

The main theme of this course is to understand the theory and design of irrigation structures in the
Indian sub-continents. The course covers the major topics such as assessment of water requirement

for various crops, design of canals, headwork, regulation works, cross drainage works and river
training works etc. Various types of irrigation and the related problems such as water alkalinity
and water logging are also highlighted.
Unit 1: Irrigation development in India, present status of irrigation in India, methods of irrigation,
silt control in canal, canals outlets. Water requirements of various crops and land leveling,
Irrigation schedule.
Unit 2: Canal losses, water-logging and lining of canals; Regime theories for the design of earthen
channels, elementary ideas about sediment transport theory, incipient motion of sediment. Modes
of sediment transport.
Unit 3: Theory of uplift pressure, canal headwork, river training works.
Unit 4: Canal regulation and cross drainage works.
Text / References Books:
1. P.N. Modi, Irrigation Water Resources and Water Power
2. Bharat Singh, Irrigation Engineering
3. S. K., Garg Irrigation Engg. and Hydraulic Structures
CE 490 Project

Course Category: DC

L - T - P : 1- 2 0

Credit: 8

Any suitable topic with the aim of providing training in the areas of analysis, design, development
of new ideas in civil engineering, including collection of data, making drawings, cost estimate and
writing report.

CE-493N Irrigation Design of Works

Course Category: DC
L-T-P:0-12

Credit: 2

The aim of this course is to provide the thorough idea of designing and detailing of some typical
irrigation structures.
Design and detailing of canals, falls, and diversion works, cross drainage works are of particular
interest.

CE-424 Ground Water Engineering

Course Category: DE
L - T - P: 3 - 1 - 0

Credit: 4

The main aim of this course is to get insight of the ground water resources, the fundamental
principle of the ground water flow, well hydraulics, ground water exploration, and pumping test
etc.
Unit 1: Ground water Resources, Occurrence of Ground Water, Flow of Water through porous
Media, Aquifer properties, Flow net.
Unit 2: Ground water flow problems. Steady flow in unconfined Aquifer with recharge. Steady
flow in confined Aquifers of constant and variable thickness, Tile Drain Problem.
Unit 3: Well Hydraulics. Steady Radial Flow into well, Partial Penetrated well, Spacing of wells,
well losses. Design of water wells, Methods of well construction.
Unit 4: Ground water Exploration, Pumping Test. Introduction to Unsteady flow into wells. Flow
through leaky aquifers.
Text / Reference Books:
1. Bauwe, H., Ground water Hydrology
2.Chow V. T., Hand Book of Applied Hydrology, Mc Graw-Hill, N.Y., USA.
3. K.C. Patra, Hydrology and water process Engg.
4.G.L. Asawa, Irrigation Engg , New Age, New Delhi, India.
5.M.C. Graq, Ground water Resoucess Evaluation McGraw-Hill, N.Y., USA 1970
6.Todd D.K., Ground water Hydrology, John Wilay and Sons, N.Y.,USA.

Course Category: DE

CE - 425 Advanced Hydrology

L - T - P: 3 - 1 - 0

Credit: 4

This is the second course of the hydrology at the undergraduate level. It covers the interaction
between meteorology and precipitation, intensity duration frequency analysis, flood estimation
and flood routing, Statistical methods in the hydrologic analysis and design and some advanced
topic in hydrograph analysis have also been covered .
Unit 1: Water availability, Meteorology, Probable maximum precipitation, Depth area duration
relationships, Frequency of point rainfall, Intensity Duration frequency relationship.
Unit 2: Flood estimation and flood routing: General, Design flood, estimation for ungauged and
gauged water sheds, probable maximum flood, Routing classification, Reservoir routing,
Hydrological Channel routing.Unit 3
Statistics in Hydrology: General probability
distributions, Moments of distribution, Distribution characteristics, Forms of Probability
distributions, frequency Analysis, Reliability of Statistical analysis, fitting of a Probability
distribution.
Unit 4 Unit Hydrograph, Unit Hydrograph for ungauged water sheds, Instantaneous Unit
Hydrograph, Bernards distribution graph.
ext / Books References:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

K.C. Patra, Hydrology Water Resources Engineering.

P. J. Reddy, A Text Book of Hydrology
K. Subramanya, Engineering Hydrology TMH, New Delhi,.India.
S. N. Davis and R. J. M. Deisiest, Hydrology, Mc. Graw-Hill, N.Y.,USA.
D. K Tood, Ground Water Hydrology, John Wily, N.Y., USA.

Course Category: DE

CE-428 Dam Engineering

L - T - P: 3 - 1 - 0

Credit: 4

The course emphasizes on the basic design principle of the gravity dam, earthen dam, arch and
buttress dam, spillways and energy dissipaters etc.
Unit 1 Types of Dam, merits and demerits, dam site selection, selection of dam, Forces acting on
gravity Dam, Methods of analysis of gravity Dam, Modes of failure and stability requirements,
Design criteria and factor of safety.
Unit 2 Elementary profile of a gravity dam, Low and high gravity dams, Zoning of dams,
Galleries in dams, Temperature control in mass concrete; gravity dams subjected to earthquakes.
Unit 3 Buttress and Arch dams, Types, selection, merits and demerits, Elementary design
Principles of Arch and Buttress dams.
Unit 4: Earth Dam their component and functions, causes of failure. Factors influencing the design
of an earth dam. Design criteria for Earth Dam. Elementary idea of design for spillway and energy
dissipaters.
Text / References Books:
1. R.S. Varshney Concrete Dams, by 1982, NCB, Roorkee
2. IS: 6512-1984, Is Code for criteria for Design of solid Gravity Dams.
3. Design of Swell Dams, USBR 1960, Calcutta, Oxford and IBH
4. W.P. Creager, J. Justin,.Daud Hinds, Engineering for Dams vol.I-III, Wiley, N.Y., USA.

CE-432 Water Power Engineering

Course Category: DE
L - T - P: 3 - 1 - 0

Credit: 4

The main aim of this course is to provide the basic concepts of water power engineering such as
power potential of stream, firm power and secondary power, hydropower plants, intake
structures, turbines, surge tanks, water hammer analysis etc .
Unit 1: Introduction, sources of energy, water power development, power requirements, load
studies, power available, power potential of stream, storage and pondage studies.
Unit 2: Hydro-power plants, classification, elements, Firm and secondary powers, load factor,
utilization factor, plant factor.
Unit 3: Intakes, tunnel, penstocks and draft tubes, Water hammer analysis, surge tanks,
classification, working principle.
Unit 4: Turbines, main features, performance, selection, capacity, salient features.
Text / Reference Books:
1. Dandekar and Sharma, Hydro Power Engineering
2. Varshney, Hydro Power Structures NCB, Roorkee, India.

Course Category: DE

CE-436 Sediment Transport

L - T - P: 3 - 1 - 0

Credit: 4

The aim of this course is to provide basic concepts of sediment transport such as sediment
properties, initiation of sediment motion, flow regime, sediment load assessment and river models
etc.
Unit 1: Introduction: Properties of sediment, Settling Velocity of particles, Effect of particles on the
viscosity.
Unit 2: Scour Criteria and Related Problems. Critical Velocity equations Critical Shear- stress
equations. Lift force Mechanism.
Unit 3: Introduction, Bed Load equations, Schoklitch type equations, Einsteins Bed load equation,
Suspended load, Total load.
Unit 4: Bed Form Mechanism, Sediment Measuring Devices, Model Laws.
Text / Reference Book:
1. W.H Graf, Hydaulics of Sediment Transport, Mc Graw-Hill, N.Y.,USA.
2. R.G. Grarde and Ranga Raju, Mechanies of Sediment Transport, Wiley, New.Delhi, India.

CE 440 Advanced Hydraulic Structures

Course Category: DE
L - T - P: 3 - 1 - 0

Credit: 4

This course covers the advanced topics of hydraulic structures and their detailed design.
Unit 1: Introduction: Minor Irrigation Projects, crops and crop seasons, Canal Irrigation, Canal
outlets, Canal Regulation, Design of retaining walls.
Unit 2: Design of Canal falls, Design of distributarys head Regulator and Cross Regulator, Canal
Escapes Design of Intakes and Canal Drop.
Unit 3: Design of Cross- Drainage structures, uplift pressure under weir, protection works.
Unit 4: Sediment Control Devices.
Text / Reference Books:
1. C. S. Murty, Design of Minor Irrigation and Canal Structures
2. Baban, Design of Diversion Weirs
3. G. L. Asawa Irrigation Engineering

CE - 483 Water Resources and Watershed Management

Course Category: DE
L - T - P: 3 - 1 - 0
Credit: 4
The basic aim of this course is to understand the surface water resources and its management
including environmental
impact assessment, project economics, water quality management
planning, and design of water resources systems etc.
Unit 1: Types of watershed and their characteristics. Purpose of planning of watershed projects,
Guidelines for project formulation, Management strategies, system concept, systems components
and constraints.
Unit 2: Hydrologic cycle and its effect on mans activity, erosion process and sediment yield,
conservation practices, water resources and environmental problems, water quality management
planning, Design of water resources systems.
Unit 3: Environmental impact assessment, adverse effects of dams and reservoir on environment,
watershed management with multiple use concepts.
Unit 4: Project economics: pattern of financing and credit, cost benefit analysis, Economic
evaluation, project implementation and management, problems of execution and management.
Text / Reference Books:
1. K.C. Patra, Hydrology and water Resources Engineering
2. S. K. Garg, Irrigation Engineering

SYLLABUS OF ENVIRONMEATAL ENGINEERING SECTION

B.Tech. (Civil Engineering)
CE 111 Environmental Studies
CE-313N Environmental Engineering
Departmental Electives (DE) for the students of B. Tech (Civil Engineering)
CE 422 Ecology & Environment
CE426 Environmental Pollution Abatement
CE429
Industrial Pollution Control
CE442
Advanced Environmental Engg.
Open Electives* (OE) offered by Civil Engineering Department
CE 481
Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering

CE111 Environmental Studies (3-1-0-4)

Unit I
Concepts of Ecology: Ecosystem, Energy and nutrient flow in ecosystem, Food chain,
Environmental Segments: Atmospheric Structure, Classification of air pollutants, sources of air
pollution and their effects on human health and property. Atmospheric chemistry, Photochemical
Smog, Ozone depletion.
Unit II
Air Quality and Standards, Meteorological phenomena and their influence on Air Quality, Lapse
rates, Dispersion of Pollutants.
Air Pollution Control: Introduction to Particulate and Gaseous pollutant control.
Unit III
Water Quality: Physical, Chemical and Biological parameters. Water quality standards,
Biochemical (BOD) and Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD). BOD/COD Calculations
Environmental Analyses: pH, Alkalinity, Conductivity, Ammonia, Fluoride, Sulphate, Chloride.
Analysis and measurement of gaseous pollutants.
Unit IV
Water purification processes in natural systems: Dissolved Oxygen (DO), Impact of wastewater
discharge on streams, Oxygen Sag Curve.
Introduction to Water Treatment Technologies: Sedimentation, Coagulation and Flocculation,
Hardness Reduction, Filtration and Disinfection.
Unit V
Wastewater Characteristics, Introduction to wastewater treatment technologies. Primary Treatment:
Screening, Grit Removal, Flow measurement, Flow equalization. Secondary Treatment: Microbial
growth curve, Suspended and Attached growth systems.

Unit VI
Solid Waste: Classification, Sources and Characteristics.
Waste Management: Solid Waste Generation, Collection, Processing and Disposal Methods.
Resource Recovery in Waste Management, Biological and Thermal Conversion Processes.
Reference Books:
1. Venugopala Rao, P., 2006, Principles of Environmental Science and Engineering, PrenticeHall of India Private Limited, New Delhi.
2. Masters, G.M., 1991, Introduction to Environmental Engineering and Science, Prentice-Hall
International, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
3. Peavy, H.S., D.R. Rowe and G. Tchobanoglous, 1985, Environmental Engineering,
McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York.
4. Henry, J.G. and G.W. Heinke, 1989, Environmental Science and Engineering, Prentice-Hall
International, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
5. Sawyer, C.N. and P.L. McCarty, 1978, Chemistry for Environmental Engineering, 3rd
Edition, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York.
6. Tchobanoglous, G., H. Theisen and S. Vigil, 1993, Integrated Solid Waste Management,
McGraw-Hill Inc. Singapore.
CE 313N Environmental Engineering
Course Category: ESA
L - T- P: 3 - 1 - 0

Credits: 4.0

Unit 1 Sources of Water Supply, Water demand, variation in demand, Population prediction. Water
distribution Systems types and design. Equivalent pipe and Hardy Cross method.
Unit 2 Water treatment flow sheets, screenings, coagulation, flocculation, filtration, disinfection,
hardness reduction, removal of iron and manganese.
Unit 3 Variation in wastewater flow rates, Design of sewers, Wastewater treatment flow sheets,
screens, grit removal, sedimentation, activated sludge process, trickling filter, anaerobic digestion.
Unit 4 Stabilization ponds. Onsite treatment and disposal, wastewater irrigation, Disposal
techniques for solid and hazardous wastes.
Text Book
1. Howard S. Peavy, et. Al., Environmental Engineering McGraw-Hill Book Co.
Reference Book
2.
Steel & McGhee, Water Supply and Sewage, McGraw-Hill Book Co.

CE-422 Ecology and Environment

Course Category: ESA

L - T- P: 3 - 1 - 0

Credits: 4.0

Principles of ecology, Food chain, Trophic levels, Ecosystems, Biochemistry of natural compounds,
Classification of microorganisms, Growth pattern of microorganisms, Biochemical reactions,

Microbiology of aerobic and anaerobic processes, Biochemical pathways, Metabolism, Energy

concepts, Pathogenic diseases, Basic microbiology of water air and soil, Application of
microbiology for pollution control, Laboratory Practice.
CE 426 Environmental Pollution Abatement
Course Category : DE-II
L - T - P: 3 - 1 0
Credits: 4.0
Characterization of liquid waste, industrial waste survey, sampling and material balance,
segregation and equalization; Disposal of waste in environment, Effects on land and receiving
waters; standards.
Wastewater treatment, physical, chemical and biological processes Wastewater reclamation and
reuse in industry.
Pollution abatement in major industries: Textile, Paper and Pulp, Steel, Sugar, Distillery, Petroleum
Refinery.

Sources and generation of gaseous pollutants, Effects on materials, health and plants, Air quality
monitoring, Standards, Meteorology.

Air pollution control, Methods for removal of particulates and gaseous pollutants, Design
Principles.

Text / Reference Books:

1. S.P.Mahajan , Pollution control in industries, McGraw Hill Co
2. Rao & Dutta, Wastewater Treatment, Oxford & IBH Publishers
3. Wark & Warner, Air Pollution- origin and control Harper and Collins
CE 429 Industrial Pollution and Control
Course Category: DE-III
L - T - P: 3 - 1 0
Credits: 4.0
Characterization of liquid waste, industrial waste survey, sampling and material balance,
segregation and equalization; Disposal of waste in environment, effects on land and receiving
waters, standards.
Wastewater treatment, physical, chemical and biological processes Wastewater reclamation and
reuse in industry.

Pollution abatement in major industries: Textile, Paper and Pulp, Steel, Sugar, Distillery, Petroleum
Refinery.
Sources and generation of gaseous pollutants, Effects on materials, health and plants, Air quality
monitoring, Standards, Meteorology.
Air pollution control, methods for removal of particulates and gaseous pollutants, design principles.

Text / Reference Books:

1 S.P.Mahajan , Pollution control in industries, McGraw Hill Co.
2 Rao & Dutta, Wastewater Treatment, Oxford & IBH Publishers
3 Wark & Warner, Air Pollution- origin and control Harper and Collins
CE - 442 Advanced Environmental Engineering
Course Category: DE/OE
L - T - P: 3 - 1 - 0
Credits:4.0
Advanced treatment of water and wastewater, Concept of various unit operations adsorption, ion
exchange, reverse osmosis and their application in wastewater reclamation and reuse. Advanced
environmental chemistry and microbiology. Waste water disinfection/

Text / Reference Books:

1. R.L. Droste, Theory and Practice of water and wastewater treatment Wiley Interscience,
2. Shuval. Water Renovation and Reuse, Academic Press
3. Benefield, Process Chemistry for Water and wastewater Treatment, Prentice Hall

CE - 481 Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering

Course Category: OE
L - T - P: 3 - 1 - 0
Credits: 4.0
Fundamentals of chemistry concepts in Environmental Engineering, Fundamentals of Microbiology
in Environmental Engineering, Fundamentals of physico chemical and biological processes of water
and wastewater treatment, Mass balance and energy balance approach, Environmental Pollution and
standards air, water, land and noise
Text / Reference Books:
1. Howard S. Peavy, et. Al., Environmental Engineering McGraw-Hill Book Co.
2. Sawyer and McCarty, Chemistry for Environmental Engineering McGraw-Hill Book Co.
3.

McKinney, Microbiology for Sanitary Engineers McGraw-Hill Book Co.

SYLLABUS OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING SECTION

III Semester
CE 212 Civil Engineering Materials
Course Category : DC
L - T -.P : 3 - 1 - 0

Credit : 4

Unit 1 Cement and Aggregates: Methods of manufacturing of cement and its chemistry; Kinds of
cement and their properties; Hydration mechanism, Testing of cement; Grading, Shape and
texture of aggregates; properties of aggregates.
Unit 2 Properties of fresh concrete: Tests on fresh and hard concrete; Factors affecting strength of
concrete; Durability of concrete, Introduction to mix design IS code method.
Unit 3 Bricks: Constituents of brick earth and their properties; Manufacture of bricks, classification
and tests for quality control; Properties of masonry units and masonry mortar; Stone their
types and uses; Classification of lime, setting of lime, Specifications

Unit 4 Timber: Structure and characteristics of hard and soft wood; Engineering applications;
Defects in timber, Seasoning, preservation, fire proofing; Plywood, black boards and fire
boards; Steel; types and mechanical properties (ductility and strength) of mild steel, cold
worked steel etc.; Effect of heat and fire resistance.
Unit 5 Properties and uses of Glass, Asbestos, Bitumen, Plastics etc.; Industry and environment,
use of waste; Alternative and non standard construction materials.

Text / Reference Books:

Naville, A.M., Properties of Concrete, Longman,
Naville, A.M., Concrete Technology, Longman,
Gambhir, M. L., Concrete Technology, TMH, New Delhi, India.
Singh, S., Engineering Materials, Konark, Delhi, India.

CE 215 Engineering Geology

L - T- P: 3 - 1 - 0

Course Category: ESA

Credits: 4.0

Unit 1.
General Geology: Introduction to the Earth Sciences. Elementary idea about the internal structure of
the earth. The elementary knowledge of the physical properties of the common rock forming minerals. Introduction
to the major group of rocks, mode of origin, classification and properties.
Unit 2.
Geomorphology and Structural Geology: Fundamental concepts of study of landforms. Weathering
and soil formation. Elementary idea of the geological work of glacier, river, sea waves and wind and their
engineering significance. Deformation of the rocks. Dip, strike and structural features including fold, fault, joint
and unconformity and their engineering significance.
Unit 3.
Stratigraphy and Hydrogeology: Geological time scale. Fundamentals of stratigraphy. Physiographic
and geotectonic divisions of India. Distribution of rocks of different ages in India.
Concepts of porosity and permeability, water table and types of aquifers. Occurrence and vertical distribution
of water in soil and rocks.
Unit 4.
Earthquake, Mass Movements and Site Investigation: Earthquake, causes, types, intensity and
magnitude. Engineering designs and precautions. Landslides, stability of hill slopes and road cuttings. Factors in
site selection, alignment and construction of dam, reservoir, bridge and tunnel.
Unit 5.
Geotechnical properties of Rocks and Rock Masses: Rocks as construction material. Common tests,
occurrence and distribution of the building stones, road and rail ballast in India.
Engineering properties and geomechanical classification of rock mass.
Text /Reference Books:
1. Prabin Singh, Engineering and General Geology, Kataria Pubs., Delhi, India.
2. P.K., Mukherjee, A Text Book of Geology, World Press, Calcutta, India.
3. M.C. Kesavalu, Text Book of Engineering Geology, CBS Pubs., New Delhi, New Delhi.
4. P.D., Krynine and W.R. Judd, Principles of Engineering Geology and Geo techniques, CBS Pubs. New Delhi.
BIS Codes:
5.
6.
7.
8.

IS : 1125, Determination of weathering of natural building stones BIS, Govt. of India.

IS : 1126, Determination of durability of natural building stones. BIS, Govt. of India
IS : 7422, Part I to V (1974), Symbols and abbreviations for use in Geological maps, sections, subsurface
exploratory logs. BIS, Govt. of India.
IS : 1893,(1984), Criteria for earthquake resistance design. BIS, Govt. of India.

CE 291 Civil Engineering Materials Lab.

Course Category : DC

L - T -.P : 0 - 0 3

Credit : 1.5

List of experiments:
Tests on Cement:
1.
2.
3.
4.

Normal Consistency
Setting time and soundness
Compressive Strength
Tensile Strength

Test on fresh Concrete:

7.
8.

Effect of Water-Cement ratio

Slump and Compaction Factor

Structural Element testing:

9.

Test on RC beams.

Tests on Aggregates:
5.
6.

Fineness Modulus
Bulking and Silt content

CE-292 Fluid Mechanics Lab

Course Category: DC L - T - P : 0 - 0 3

Credit :1.5

List of Experiments:
1.
2.
7.
8.
9.
10.

Flow over weirs and notches

Verification of Bernoullis Theorem
Discharge through an Orifice
Centre of Pressure
Impact of Liquid jets
Head losses through sudden contraction and enlargement

CE-293N Engg. Geology Lab

Course Category: ESA L - T - P : 0 - 0 - 2

Credit :1.0

List of experiments:
Part A:
1.
2.
3.
4.

Topographic and Geological Maps

Contours and contour patterns.
Understanding topographic maps.
Understanding geological / structural maps
Drawing of geological sections of structural maps of: (a) Horizontal rocks, (b) Vertical rocks, (c) Inclined rocks,
(d) Maps with unconformity, (e) Maps with fold, (f) Maps with fault.

Part B:
1. Identification of common rock forming minerals on the basis of physical properties.
2. Identification of common rocks on the basis of physical properties.

CE 220 Quantity Survey

Course Category: ESA
Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3

L - T- P: 3 - 1 - 0

Credits: 4.0

Building Drawings and Practice: IS guidelines, various notations, key or index plan; Plan, section and
elevation of building drawing, Exposure to Auto CAD.
Planning a complete housing unit: Developing its sectional elevation including stair case and inner details and
foundation plan.
Quantity survey and its requirement: Types and method of estimates, principle, units and rules of
measurements, Procedure of estimate, quantities Centre line method, long and short wall method) taking out
bill of quantities, Estimates, Analysis of building, Practices used in construction industry.

Unit 4

Unit 5

Analysis of rates and accounting: Principle of analysis of rate; Schedule of Rate, Abstract of cost, Concept and
book art of using schedule of rate Book cost indices, Specifications ; Definition and types of specification.
Selection of appropriate specification, standard specification drafted by CPWD, Writing detailed specification
for various building construction works.
Elements of Contract, Tender, types, preparation of tender document, intricacies of tender, law of contract,
contract document, contract for Civil Engineering and Architectural services

Books
(1) Civill Engg contract and estimates by B.S.Patil, Orient Longman
(2) Hand Book of Construction Management by P.K.Joy, Orient Longman
(3) Text and document published by various professional bodies and CED like CPWD

IV Semester
CE 216 Structural Mechanics
Course Category: ESA

L - T- P: 3 - 1 - 0

Credits: 4.0

Unit 1 Analysis of statically determinate trusses; Stability of dams, retaining walls and chimneys; Stress analysis of
thin, thick and compound cylinder
Unit 2 Generalized state of stress and strain: Stress and strain tensor, Yield criteria and theories of failure; Tresca,
Von-Mises, Hill criteria, Heigh-westerguards stress space.
Unit 3 Deflection of beams; Load deflection relationship of beam, Deflection calculation by double integration,
moment area and conjugate beam methods.
Unit 4 Energy methods; Strain energy, elastic, complementary and total strain energy, Strain energy of axially loaded
bar, Beam in bending, shear and torsion; General energy theorems, Castiglianos theorem, Maxwell Betties
reciprocal theorem; Virtual work and unit load method for deflection, Application to problems of beams and
frames.
Unit 5 Structural stability; Stability of columns, Eulers formula, end conditions and effective length factor, Columns
with eccentric and lateral load.

Text/Reference books
1.
1.
2.

Norris, C.H. and Wilber, J. B. and Utku, S. Elementary Structural Analysis Mc Graw Hill, Tokyo, Japan.
Timoshenko, S. and Young, D. H., Elements of Strength of Materials, DVNC, New York, USA.
Kazmi, S. M. A., Solid Mechanics TMH, Delhi, India.

CE 217 Construction Practice

Course Category : DC

L - T -.P : 3 - 1 - 0

Credit : 4

Unit 1 Building planning, site selection, orientation, principles of planning the building, open air space, requirement
of parts of buildings, lighting and ventilation, requirements of various rooms, Building bye laws.

Unit 2 Components of building and their purpose and types; foundations, walls, columns, roofs, doors, windows;
Bands and openings in the buildings - seismic requirements; Vertical transport in structures; Building finishes;
Basic design of foundation of buildings, Terms used in brick masonry, Bond and types of mortars.
Unit 3 Excavation, dewatering, shoring, underpinning and scaffolding, drilling, blasting, well sinking and pile driving,
cofferdams, form work-fabrication and use. Construction techniques for special structures such as high-rise
buildings, road construction, dams, bridges, offshore platforms.
Unit 4 Damp proofing; causes and effect of dampness, material and method of damp proofing; Termite proofing, pre
and post construction treatment; Thermal insulation, methods of thermal insulation, thermal insulation of roofs,
exposed walls; Doors and windows, Stair case; parts and type of stairs, dimensioning of stair case.
Unit 5 Fire protection- fire hazards, characteristics of fire-resisting materials and common building materials; Cracks
in walls, floors and ceilings-causes and repairs techniques; Routine maintenance of building and structures.

Text / Reference Books

1.
2.

Eldridge, H. J. Construction Defects in Buildings, HMSO, BKJT Printers Ltd., London, UK.
Sing, G. Building Construction Engineering.

CE 218 Surveying - I
Course Category : DC

L - T -.P : 3 - 1 - 0

Credit : 4

Unit I
Introduction to conventional methods of surveying, chain survey, compass survey and plane table
survey. Numerical examples.
Unit-II
Levelling; definition, instruments, methods of levelling, theory of direct levelling, spirit levelling,
differential levelling, curvature and refraction, reciprocal levelling, profile levelling, crosssectioning,, Barometric levelling,; Sensitiveness of bubble tube, permanent adjustment of level.
Trigonometrical levelling, axis signal correction. Determination of difference in elevations using
single and reciprocal observations.
Unit-III
Theodolite and traverse surveying; essential parts of transit theodolite, temporary and permanent
adjustment of transit theodolite; Measurement of horizontal and vertical angles; Methods of
traversing, closing error, balancing of traverse, traverse table, omitted measurements, Tachometry,
stadia system, influence of staff tilt, anallatic lens, tangential and subtense systems
Unit-IV
Triangulation, classification of triangulation system, triangulation figures, signals and towers, phase
of signal inter visibility and height of stations, base line measurement, corrections to measured
length; Measurement of horizontal angles; satellite stations, reduction to center.
Introduction to Hydrographic surveying, shoreline survey; Sounding, methods of locating
soundings, reduction of sounding, discharge measurement.
Unit-V
Curves, simple, compound, reverse, transition and vertical curves.

Text Book
1. Kanetkar, T. P., Surveying and Levelling Vol. I and II, Pune Vidyarthi Griha Prakashan,
Pune, India
Reference Books
1. Punmia, B. C., Surveying Vol. I and II, Laxmi Publications, Delhi, India.
2. Clark and David, Plane and Geodetic Surveying Vol. I and II, Constable and Company
Ltd., U.K.
3. Norman, T. Surveying Edward Arnold, U.K.

CE 294 Structural Mecanics Lab.

Course Category : DC

L - T -.P : 0 - 0 - 3

Credit : 1.5

List of experiments:

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Determination of Impact value

Determination of Elastic constants and plotting load-deflection curve under transverse loading.
Buckling of Columns and test on long columns with different end conditions.
Verification of bending moment in Beams
Torsion of circular shafts, torque-twist behaviour
Determination of Brinnel Hardness Number (BHN)

CE 295 Surveying Lab. I

Course Category : DC

L - T -.P : 0 - 0 3

Credit : 1.5

List of the Experiments:

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.

Chain Surveying; offset measurement

Compass Surveying
Plane tabling by radiation method
Plane tabling by intersection method
Solution of two point problem; resection method
Solution of three point problem; resection method
Differential leveling I
Differential leveling II
Longitudinal sectioning
Cross sectioning
Contouring by indirect method
Study of transit theodolite
Measurement of horizontal and vertical angles with a theodolite.

CE 296N Engg. Geology Camp

Course Category : DC

Credit : 1.0

V Semester
CE 311 Design of Concrete Structures I
Course Category: ESA

L - T- P: 3 - 1 - 0

Credits: 4.0

Unit 1 Load and stresses, load combinations, Working stress and limit state approach. Analysis and design of sections
in bending working stress and limit state method, Rectangular and T-sections, Beams with reinforcement in
compression, One-way slab.
Unit 2 Design for shear and bond, Mechanism of shear and bond failure, Design of shear using limit state concept,
Development length of bars; Design of sections in torsion.
Unit 3 Design of two-way slabs, Rankines-Grashoff and I.S. code method; Design of flat slab direct method;
Circular slab; Slab type staircase, Placement of reinforcement in slabs; Voided slab.
Unit 4 Design of compression members, Short column, Columns with uni-axial and bi-axial bending; Long columns,
use of design charts.
Unit 5 Design of foundation; Wall footing, Isolated and combined footing for columns.

Text Book
1.

Jain, A. K. Reinforced concrete- limit State Design NCB, Roorkee, India.

Reference Books
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Karve and Shah Limit State Theory and Design of Reinforced Concrete VGP, Pune, India.
Pillai and Menon Reinforced Concrete Design, TMH, New delhi, India.
Verghese, P. C. Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design PHI, Delhi, India
Winter, G. Design of Concrete Structures Mc Graw Hill, Tokyo, Japan.
Evans and Cook Reinforced and Pre- stressed Concrete TN, London, U.K.

Selected B. I .S Codes
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

I. S.:456-2000-Code of Practice for Plain and Reinforced Concrete, BIS, New Delhi, India.
I. S.:875 -1987(Part I & II)-Code of Practice for Design Loads(other than earthquake) for Building and
Structures, BIS, New Delhi, India.
I.S.:1893-1984-Criteria for Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures, BIS, New Delhi, India.
I.S.:4326-1993-Code of Practice for Earthquake Resistant Design and Construction of Buildings, BIS, New
Delhi, India.
I.S.:13920- Ductile detailing of reinforced Concrete Structures subjected to Seismic forces, BIS, New Delhi,
India.
S.P.:16 -Design Aids for Reinforced Concrete to IS:456, BIS, New Delhi, India.
S.P.:24 -Explanatory Hand Book of I.S. Code for Plain and Reinforced Concrete, BIS, New Delhi, India.
S.P.:34 - Hand Book of Concrete Reinforcement and Detailing, BIS, New Delhi, India.

CE 312 Soil Mechanics

Course Category: ESA

L - T- P: 3 - 1 - 0

Credits: 4.0

Unit 1 Soil Properties: Preliminary definitions, phase diagram, interrelationship. Sieve and hydrometer analysis,
Atterbergs limit. Classification systems IS, MIT and Unified classification systems of soil. Soil structure.
Compaction of soil Theory of compaction, laboratory compaction tests, optimum moisture content and zero
air void line. Field methods and compaction control.
Unit 2 Soil water, Permeability: Soil water, effective and neutral pressures. Darcys law, factors affecting
permeability. Laboratory determination of permeability. Permeability of stratified soils. Quick sand conditions
and liquefaction of soil.
Unit 3 Soil stresses: Stresses in soil mass due to surface loading. Boussinesq and Westergaards formula for point
load. Vertical pressure under various uniformly loaded area. Pressure bulb. Newmarks influence chart,
approximate methods.
Unit 4 Compressibility and Consolidation: Virgin compression curve and definition of the terms. Terzaghis one
dimensional consolidation theory. Laboratory consolidation test, height of solids and change in voids ratio
methods. Determination of coefficient of consolidation by log of time fitting and square root of time fitting
methods. Consolidation settlement.
Unit 5 Shear Strength of soil: State of stress at a point, Mohrs stress circle. Shear strength of soil. Mohr and MohrCoulomb failure envelop. Direct, Triaxial, Unconfined and Vane shear tests, principles of drained and
undrained tests, stress path.
Text / Reference Books
1. Gopal Ranjan, Basic and Applied Soil Mechanics, New Age International (P) Ltd, New Delhi.
2. Alam Singh, Soil Engineering in Theory and Practice, Asia Publishing House, New Delhi.
3. V.N.S.Murty, Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Sai Kripa Technical Consultants, Banglore.
4. Som and Das, Theory and Practice of Foundation Design, PHI, Delhi, India.

CE 314 Surveying - II
Course Category: ESA

L - T- P: 3 - 1 - 0

Credits: 4.0

Unit 1 Elementary photogrammetry; terrestrial and aerial photogrammetry, aerial photographs, scale of vertical
photographs; Stereoscopy and parallax; Relief displacement; Flight planning, plotting instruments;
Hydrographic surveying, shoreline survey; Sounding, methods of locating soundings, reduction of sounding,
discharge measurement.
Unit 2 Triangulation, classification of triangulation system, triangulation figures, signals and towers, phase of signal
inter visibility and height of stations, base line measurement, use of EDM instruments, corrections to measured
length; Measurement of horizontal angles; satellite stations, reduction to center; Trigonometrical levelling.
Unit 3 Curves, simple, compound, reverse, transition and vertical curves.
Unit 4 Errors and adjustment of observation; laws of accidental errors, probability curve, principle of least squares,
Laws of weights, probable and standard error, distribution of error to field measurements, determination of
most probable values, methods of normal equations and correlates, station and figure adjustment.

Unit 5 Field astronomy, definition of astronomical terms, formulae of spherical trigonometry, astronomical triangles,
co-ordinate systems, measurement of time, determination of azimuth and latitude.

Text Book
2.

Kanetkar, T. P., Surveying and Levelling Vol. I and II, Pune Vidyarthi Griha Prakashan, Pune, India

Reference Books
4. Punmia, B. C., Surveying Vol. I and II, Laxmi Publications, Delhi, India.
5. Clark and David, Plane and Geodetic Surveying Vol. I and II, Constable and Company Ltd., U.K.
6. Norman, T. Surveying Edward Arnold, U.K.

CE 391 Soil Mechanics Lab.

L - T- P: 3 - 1 - 0

Course Category: ESA

Credits: 4.0

List of Experiments:
1. Determination of the specific gravity of the soil by Pycnometer
2. Determination of the specific gravity of the soil by Density bottle.
3. Gradation of soil by sieve analysis.
4. Determination of liquid and plastic limit of the soil by Cassagrands apparatus.
5. Determination of the permeability of the soil by falling head method.
6. Determination of the permeability of the soil by constant head test method.
7. Determination of the field density by core cutter method.
8. Determination of the permeability of the soil by sand replacement method.
9. Determination of maximum dry density and optimum moisture content by Proctors compaction test.
10. Hydrometer analysis.
11. Direct Shear test.
12. Triaxial compression test.

CE 393 Survey Lab. II

Course Category : DC

L - T -.P : 0 - 0 - 3

Credit : 1.5

List of the Experiments:

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.

Observation of vertical and horizontal angles.

Determination of stadia constants.
Determination of gradient of a line by stadia method of tachometry.
Determination of gradient of a line by tangential method of tachometry.
Use of subtense bar.
Analytical solution of three point problem.
Determination of the length of the omitted portion of a base line.
Determination of the height of an object by trigonometrical observations from two stations lying in the
same vertical plane as the object.
Determination of the height of an object by trigonometrical observations from two stations not lying in the
same vertical plane as the object.
Setting out a simple curve by Rankines method.
Setting out a curve by two-theodolite method.

12.
13.
14.
15.

Determination of the azimuth of a line by extra meridian observation of Sun.

Depth perception from stereo pair of photographs and use of sketch master.
Electro optic distance measurement (EDM).
Use of microptic instruments.

CE 394 Survey Camp

Course Category : DC

Credit : 1.0

Based on understanding towards the field problem a survey camp should be arranged during the V semester.

VI Semester
CE 315 Structural Analysis - I
Course Category: ESA

L - T- P: 3 - 1 - 0

Credits: 4.0

Unit 1 Indeterminate structures; Static and kinematic indeterminacy, Analysis of indeterminate beams, moment area
method, Effect of yielding of supports, Consistent deformation method, Three moment theorem.
Unit 2 Displacement methods; Slope deflection method, Moment distribution method, Application to continuous
beam, non-sway and sway frames.
Unit 3 Analysis of indeterminate pin jointed perfect and redundant frames.
Unit 4 Three hinged, two hinged and fixed arches, analysis by energy and force method.
Unit 5 Analysis of cables and suspension bridges, Two hinged and three hinged stiffening girders

Text Books
1.

Reddy, C. S., Basic Structural Analysis TMH, Delhi, India.

Reference Books
1.
2.
3.

Vazirani and Ratwani, Basic structural analysis Khanna, Delhi, India.

Punmia, B. C., Strength of Material and Mechanics of Structures Vol. I&II, Laxmi pubs. India.
Gupta, Pandit and Gupta, Theory of structures Vol. I &II

CE 317 Transportation Engineering

Course Category: ESA

L - T- P: 3 - 1 - 0

Credits: 4.0

Unit 1 Highway Planning and Geometric Design: Highway development and planning in India, Pavement
Characteristics, Sight distances, Design of horizontal and vertical alignment.
Unit 2 Highway Material and Construction: Properties of sub-grade and pavement component material, tests on stone
aggregate and bituminous materials. Highway construction WBM, bituminous and cement concrete
pavement.
Unit 3 Pavement Design: Design factors for flexible and rigid pavements. Group Index and CBR methods for flexible
pavement design. Analysis of wheel load stresses in rigid pavement. Westergaards method for design of rigid
pavement
Unit 4 Railway Engineering: Gauges, creep and wear of rails. Sleepers, station and yards, points and crossing.
Tractive resistance.
Unit 5 Airport Engineering: Airport planning and Airport layout- runway orientation, Wind Rose diagram, basic
runway length, corrections for runway length. Airport classification, geometric design. Airport capacity,
Aircraft parking systems.

Text / Reference Books

S. K. Khanna and Justo, C. E. G., Highway Engineering, Nemi Chand & Bros.Roorkee, India.
K.F. Antia, Railway Engineering, New Book Company, Bombay, India.
S. K. Khanna & M. G. Arora, Airport Planning and Design , Nemi Chand & Bros.Roorkee, India.

Saxena and Arora, A Text Book of Railway Engineering, Dhanpat Rai and
Sons, Delhi, India.
S. P. Bindra, A Course in Highway Engineering, Dhanpat Rai and Sons, Delhi,
India.
J.S., Mundry, Railway Track Engineering, Tata Mc Graw-Hill, New Delhi, India.

CE 318 Design of Steel Structures

Course Category: ESA

L - T- P: 3 - 1 - 0

Credits: 4.0

Unit 1 Properties of materials; loads and stresses, Design of semi-rigid, rigid and moment resistant connections; Built
up sections
Unit 2 Design of tension members subjected to axial tension and bending, splicing of tension member, Design of
compression members, Beam-column connections, Design of columns and their bases
Unit 3 Design of flexural members and Plate girder; loads, specification and design
Unit 4 Industrial buildings; loads, design of purlins, trusses, bracings; gantry girders

Unit 5 Introduction to Plastic analysis; Simple cases of beams and frames

Text Book
1.

Kazmi, S. M. A. and Jindal, R.S. Design of Steel Structures PHI, New Delhi, India.

Reference Books
Arya and Ajmani Design of Steel Structures, NCB, Roorkee, India.
Ramamrutham Design of Steel Structures Dhanpat Rai, Delhi, India.

Selected B. I .S Codes
1.
2.
3.

I. S.:800-2000-Code of Practice for General Construction in Steel, BIS, New Delhi, India.
I. S. Steel Tables containing Properties of Steel sections, BIS, New Delhi, India.
I. S.:802-1992-Code of Practice for use of Structural Steel in Transmission Line Towers, BIS, New Delhi,
India

CE 395 Structues Lab.

Course Category : DC

L - T -.P : 0 - 0 - 3

Credit : 1.5

List of experiments:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Determination of shear centre for Channel section.

Study of stress in pin-jointed frames
Verification of theorem of Compatibility & Comparison of deflections of a perfect and redundant truss.
Study of Stress- Strain behaviour of M.S. bar under axial tension and determination of elastic modulus.
Load-Deflection test on simply supported MS I-Section under flexure.
Assessment of strength of concrete cubes using Non-distructive tests.

CE 397N Transprtation Engineering Lab.

Course Category : DC

L - T -.P : 0 - 0 - 2

Credit : 1.0

List of Experiments:
Determination of hardness of stone by Los Angles abrasion test.
Determination of toughness of stone by Impact test.
C. B. R. test.
Specific Gravity and Water Absorption of stone Aggregate.
Flakiness Index test
Elongation Index test
Penetration needle test on Bitumen.
Deval Attrition test.
Crushing strength test

VII Semester
CE 411 Design of Concrete Structures II
Course Category: ESA

L - T- P: 3 - 1 - 0

Credits: 4.0

Unit 1 Design of continuous beams and building frames, Moment redistribution, Estimation of wind and seismic
loads, Desirable features of earthquake resistant construction, Detailing for earthquake resistant construction
ductility criteria
Unit 2 Water tank and staging; Introduction, Design criteria, Design of rectangular and circular water tank, Design of
Intze tank, Staging for overhead tank
Unit 3 Introduction to bridge engineering, Investigation for bridges, IRC loadings, Design of slab culvert; Design of
Masonry walls and columns
Unit 4 Pre-stressed concrete, Introduction, pre-stressing system, losses in pre-stress, Design of simple span girders,
Design of end block
Unit 5 Design of staircases; Design of cantilever and counter-forte type retaining wall

Text Book
1.
2.

Jain, A. K. Reinforced concrete- limit State Design NCB, Roorkee, India.

Raju, N.K. Pre-Stressed Concrete TMH, Delhi, India.

Reference Books
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Karve and Shah Limit State Theory and Design of reinforced Concrete VGP, Pune, India.
Pillai and Menon Reinforced Concrete Design TMH, New delhi, India..
Verghese, P. C. Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design PHI, Delhi, India.
Winter, G. Design of Concrete Structures Mc Graw Hill, Tokyo, Japan.
Evans and Cook Reinforced and Pre- stressed Concrete TN, London, U.K.
Lin, T. H. and Burns, H. N., Design of Pre-Stressed Concrete Structures, Wiley, Canada.

Selected B. I .S Codes
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

I. S.:456-2000-Code of Practice for Plain and Reinforced Concrete, BIS, New Delhi, India.
I. S.:875 -1987(Part I & II)-Code of Practice for Design Loads(other than earthquake) for Building and
Structures, BIS, New Delhi, India.
I.S.:1893-1984-Criteria for Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures, BIS, New Delhi, India.
I.S.:4326-1993-Code of Practice for Earthquake Resistant Design and Construction of Buildings, BIS, New
Delhi, India.
I.S.:13920- Ductile detailing of reinforced Concrete Structures subjected to Seismic forces, BIS, New Delhi,
India.
S.P.:16 -Design Aids for Reinforced Concrete to IS:456, BIS, New Delhi, India.
S.P.:24 -Explanatory Hand Book of I.S. Code for Plain and Reinforced Concrete, BIS, New Delhi, India.
S.P.:34 - Hand Book of Concrete Reinforcement and Detailing, BIS, New Delhi, India.
I.S.:1343-1980-Code of Practice for Pre-Stressed Concrete, BIS, New Delhi, India.

CE 413 Foundation Engineering

Course Category: ESA

L - T- P: 3 - 1 - 0

Credits: 4.0

Unit 1. Earth Pressures and Retaining, Structures; Active, Passive and Pressure at rest, Rankines and Coulombs
Theories; Influence of Surcharge, Water Table and Wall Friction; Rebhanns and Culmanns Graphical
Constructions, Simplified Procedure for Design of Sheet Pile Walls and Anchored Bulk Heads.
Unit 2. Stability of Slopes: Infinite Slope and their Stability. Total and Effective Stress analysis. Concepts of Factors
of Safety, Method of Slices, Friction Circle and Bishops simplified Methods. Taylors Stability Number.
Effect of Steady Seepage; Sudden Draw down and Submergence.
Unit 3. Shallow Foundations: Definitions, Bearing Capacity of Footings; Terzaghi, Mayerhof and Skemptons
analysis. Effect of Rising and Lowering of Water Table on Bearing Capacity; Settlement: Permissible, Total
and Differential Settlements as per IS Code. Plate Load test, Standard Penetration and Cone Penetration Tests
for Determining Allowable Bearing Pressure.
Unit 4. Deep foundations and site investigation: Introduction to Pile Foundation, Bearing and Friction Piles, Bearing
Capacity of Single Pile and Pile Groups. Engineering News and Hileys formulae. Boring and sampling
Techniques and sampling disturbances.
Unit 5. Machine Foundation: Design Criteria, Free and Forced Vibrations for Single Degree of Freedom systems,
Undamped and Damped Case, Types of Machine Foundations.
Text / Reference Books
1. Kaniraj, S.R., Design Aids in Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Tata Mc Graw Hill New Delhi.
India.
2.
3.
4.

Khan I.H., A Text Book of Geotechnical Engineering, Prentice-Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., Delhi, India.
Arora, K.R., Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Standard Publishers, New Delhi, India.
Richart, F.E, Jr., and R.D Woods, Vibrations of Soils and Foundations, Prentice Hall, N.J, USA.

CE 490 Project (Contd. to VIII Sem)

Course Category : DC

L - T -.P : 1 - 2 - 0

Credit : 3*

Any suitable topic with the aim of providing training in the areas of analysis, design, development of new ideas in civil
engineering, including collection of data, making drawings, cost estimate and writing report.
(* Incomplete Grade, I, to be assigned to the students, which will be converted to regular grade at VIII semester level)

CE 491N Concrete Design Practice

Course Category : DC

L - T -.P : 0 - 0 - 2

Credit : 1.0

List of Designs:
1.
2.
3.

Designing and detailing of Beams/ slabs/ column/ foundation.

Designing and detailing of Slab Culvert
Designing and detailing Rectangular water tank/ Intz tank.

CE 492N Steel Design Practice

Course Category : DC

L - T -.P : 0 - 0 - 2

Credit : 1.0

List of Designs:
1.
2.
3.
4.

Designing and detailing with connection, Built up Columns and their bases.
Designing and detailing of beams, plate girder, gantry girder.
Designing and computer detailing of industrial buildings
Design and detailing of steel staging for water tank/ column base.

CE 498N Vocational Training

Course Category : DC

Duration: 1 month

Credit : 1.5

VIII Semester
CE 410 Construction Management
Course Category: ESA

L - T- P: 3 - 1 - 0

Credits: 4.0

Unit 1 Financial analysis; Cost of project, means of finances, planning the means of finances, depreciation, PWD
accounts
Unit 2 Resource Management; Basic concepts, labour requirements, labour productivity, site productivity, nonproductive activities, Equipment management, Material management
Unit 3 Factors affecting the selection of construction equipments, brief description of bulldozers, scrapers, concrete
mixers and sprinklers
Unit 4 Introduction to CPM, critical path, study of various floats, construction of networks, event, activity time
computations, project time evaluation.
Unit 5 Cost control for normal and crash time networks, probability of completion of project based on PERT time
estimates; Linear programming- Simplex method

Text / Reference Books

1.
2.
3.

Antil and Woodhead, Critical Path Methods in Construction Practice, Jhon Wiley, NY, USA.
Purifoy, Construction Planning, equipments and Methods, Mc Graw Hill, Tokyo, Japan.
Sengupta, B, and Guha, H., Construction Management and Planning, TMH, New Delhi, India.

DEPARTMENTAL ELECTIVES

CE 421 Concrete Technology

Course Category : DE I

L - T -.P : 3 - 1 - 0

Credit : 4

Unit 1
Concrete; Properties of ingredients, tests, Production of concrete, mixing, compaction curing,
Properties of fresh concrete; Defects in Concrete, Concrete additives.
Unit 2
Behavior of concrete in tension and compression, shear and bond, Influence of various factors on test
results, Time dependent behavior of concrete -creep, shrinkage and fatigue.
Unit 3
Concrete mix design; Proportioning of concrete mixes, basic considerations, cost specifications,
factors in the choice of mix proportion, different method of mix design. Quality control, Behavior of concrete in
extreme environment; temperature problem in concreting, hot weather, cold weather and under water conditions,
Resistance to freezing, sulphate and acid attack, efflorescence, fire resistance
Unit 4
Inspection and testing of concrete- Concrete cracking, types of cracks, causes and remedies Non
destructive tests on concrete; Chemical tests on cement and aggregates.
Unit 5
Special concrete; types and specifications, Fibre reinforced and steel Fibre reinforced concrete,
Polymer concrete, Use of admixtures; Deterioration of concrete and its prevention Repair and rehabilitation.

Text / Reference Books

1. Naville, A.M., Properties of Concrete, Longman, India.
2. Naville, A.M., Concrete Technology, Longman, India.
3. Gambhir, M. L., Concrete Technology, TMH, New Delhi, India.

CE 423 Traffic Engineering

Course Category: ESA

L - T- P: 3 - 1 - 0

Credits: 4.0

Unit 1. Introduction: Development of Highway, Scope and Function of Transportation and Traffic Engineering. Basic
Structure of Transportation Systems, Object of Transport Planning, Drawback of Transport. The Traffic
Problem.
Unit 2. Traffic Characteristics: Road User and Vehicular Characteristics, traffic flow characteristics, traffic volume, O
& D study, Speed and Delay Study. Accident Studies and Safety, Methods for the Reduction in Accident
Rates, The Environmental Effects on Highway Traffic Noise and Pollution.
Unit 3. Traffic Facilities Design: Design of Intersections Principles of Intersection Design, Rotary Intersections,
Grade Separated Intersections. Grade Separation Structures, Design of Parking Facility, Highway Lighting,
Design of Highway Lighting System.

Unit 4. Traffic Signals and Vehicle Safety: Traffic Regulations, Controls on Vehicles, Drivers and Flow, One Way
Street, Basics of Traffic Control Devices, Traffic Signs, Traffic Signals and their Design, Traffic Islands and
Markings.
Unit 5. Traffic and Transportation Planning: Traffic Planning, Urban Transportation Planning Process Inventories,
Trip Generation, Trip Distribution, Traffic Assignment, Plan Preparation and Evaluation, PCU Value for
Urban Roads.
Text / Reference Books
1. Matson, T.M., Smith, W.S. and Hurd, F.W., Traffic Engineering, McGraw-Hill, NY, U.S.A.
2.

Salter, R.J. Highway Traffic Analysis and Design. The Macmillan Press Ltd., London, UK.

3.

S.K. Khanna and C.E.G. Justo, Highway Engineering. Nemi Chand and Bros., Roorkee

4.

Subhash C. Saxsena, A course in Traffic Planning and design, Dhanpat Rai Sons, Delhi, India.

5.Louis J. Pignatro, Traffic Engineering Theory and Practice Printice- Hall, New Jersey, USA.

CE 430 Structural Analysis - II

Course Category : DE-IV

L - T -.P : 3 - 1 0

Credit : 4

Unit 1 Analysis of building frames; Kanis method and Approximate methods

Unit 2 Stiffness matrix method; Application to simple problems of beams and frames
Unit 3 Flexibility matrix method; Application to simple problems of beams and frames
Unit 4 Moving loads for determinate beams; Different load cases, Influence lines for forces for determinate beams
Unit 5 Influence lines for pin-jointed trusses; Influence lines for indeterminate beams using Muller Breslau principle.
Influence lines for Arches and stiffening girders.

Text Books
1.

Wang, C. K., Elementary Structural Analysis Mc Graw Hill, New York, USA.

Reference Books
1.
2.
3.
4.

Reddy, C. S., Basic Structural Analysis TMH, Delhi, India.

Levisley, Matrix Method of structural analysis, Pergamon, London, U.K.
Morice, B.P., Linear Structural Analysis Thames and Hudson, London, U. K.
Pundit, G. S. and Gupta, S.P., Structural Analysis A Matrix Approach TMH, Delhi, India.

CE 431 Reliability Analysis of Structures

Course Category : DE-IV

L - T -.P : 3 - 1 0

Credit : 4

Unit 1
Role of reliability in civil engineering; Historical background, random events, random variables,
model uncertainty; Common probabilistic models; Important statistical parameters and their estimations, normal,
lognormal, extreme value distribution.

Unit 2
Fundamental concept of structural reliability; Derivation of stress-strength interface equation,
graphical representation, Cornel reliability index, reliability and failure probability computations for simple linear
functions.

Unit 3
Second moment concepts, First order second moment theory, Hasofer-Lind transformation, Linear
and non-linear limit state functions, Solution schemes, geometric interpretation of solution scheme, RackwitzFiessler transformation, First order reliability method

Unit 4
Stochastic models for material strength and loads, Reliability assessment of structural component and
simple civil engineering structures.

Text Book
1. Ranganathan, R., Reliability Analysis and Design of Structures TMH, New Delhi, India
Reference Books
1.
2.
3.

Melchers, R. E., Structural Reliability Analysis and Prediction EHL, England

Cristenson, P. T. and Baker, M. J., Structural Reliability Analysis and its Application Springer, NY, USA.
Madsen, H. O., Krenk, S. and Lind, N. C., Methods of Structural Safety PHI, New Jersy, USA.

CE 433 Advanced Highway Engineering

Course Category : DE-V

L - T - P : 3 - 1 - 0 Credit : 4

Unit 1 Pavement Design: Design wheel loads, CBR, McLeod and Stabilometer methods for flexible pavement design.
Modified Westergaards analysis, Bradburys work and IRC recommendations for design of rigid pavements.
Unit 2 Hill Roads: General consideration, alignment and geometries of hill roads, Design and construction of hill
roads.
Unit 3 Highway Drainage: Importance of highway drainage, surface and sub-surface drainage, construction of roads
in water logged areas, Drainage of slopes and erosion control.
Unit 4 Highway Maintenance: Causes and types of pavement failure, maintenance of flexible and rigid pavements,
strengthening of existing pavement.

Text / Reference Books

1. G. V. Rao, Principles of Transportation and Highway Engineering, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company
Limited, New Delhi, India.
2. S. K. Khanna and Justo, C. E. G., Highway Engineering, Nemi Chand & Bros.Roorkee, India.

CE 434 Bridge Engineering

Course Category : DE-V

L - T -.P : 3 - 1 - 0

Credit : 4

Unit 1 General; classification, site selection, geometric and hydraulic design consideration, loading standards for
highway and railway bridges, general design consideration
Unit 2 Concrete bridges; Introduction, T-beam bridge, balanced cantilever bridge, cable stayed bridge, arch bridge
Unit 3 Steel bridges; Introduction, plate girder bridge, truss bridge, suspension cable bridge, cable stayed bridge
Unit 4 Substructure; design of piers and abutments, pile and well foundation, bearings, seismic design considerations

Text / Reference Books

1. Victor, Essentials of Bridge Engineering, Oxford, New Delhi, India.
2. Arya and Ajmani, Design of Steel Structures, Nem Chand, Roorkee, India.

CE 437 Prestressed Concrete

Course Category : DE-V

L - T -.P : 3 - 1 0

Credit : 4

Unit 1
Pre-stressed concrete, basic concept; pre-stressing material and pre-stressing systems; losses of prestress, End anchorage and cable layouts.
Unit 2

Analysis and design of pre-stressed concrete flexure members, simply supported beam and slabs.

Unit 3

Analysis and design for shear, bond and bearing.

Unit 4

Analysis and design of pre-stressed concrete continuous beams.

Unit 5

Analysis and design of pre-stressed concrete compression and tension members.

Text Book / Reference Book

1.
2.
3.

Raju, N.K. Pre-Stressed Concrete TMH, Delhi, India.

Lin, T. H. and Burns, H. N., Design of Pre-Stressed Concrete Structures, Wiley, Canada.
I.S.:1343-1980-Code of Practice for Pre-Stressed Concrete, BIS, New Delhi, India.

CE 438 Advanced Structural Analysis

Course Category : DE-VI

L - T -.P : 3 - 1 0

Credit : 4

Unit 1 Elasticity: Introduction, Components of strain and strain, Hookes law, Plane stress and plane strain, Equations
of equilibrium and compatibility, Boundary conditions, Two dimensional problems in rectangular and polar
coordinates, Bending of simple and cantilever beams.
Unit 2 Model Analysis: Structural similitude, Direct and indirect model analysis, Model material and model making,
Measurement for forces and deformations
Unit 3 Introduction to Finite element method for structural analysis; Review of principle of virtual work, Ritz method,
Discretization of domain, Basic element shape, Discretization process
Unit 4 Application of finite element method to one and two- dimensional plane stress strain elements.

Text / Reference Books:

Timoshenko, S.P. and Goodier, J.N. Theory of Elasticity, Mc Graw Hill, London, U.K.
Singh, S., Applied Stress Analysis, Khanna Publisher, New Delhi, India.
3. Sinha, N.C. and Gayen, P.K., Advanced Theory of Structures, Dhanpat Rai Publications, New Delhi, India.
4. Zienkwicz, O.C., The Finite Element Method in Engineering, Mc Graw Hill, London, U.K.
5. Krishnamoorthy, E. V., Finite Element Analysis and programming TMH, London, U.K.
6. Tripathi, R., Chandrupatla, A. and Belegundu, D., Introduction to Finite Element in Engineering, Pearson
Education, New Delhi, India.

CE 439 Industrial Structures

Course Category : DE-VI

L - T -.P : 3 - 1 0

Credit : 4

Unit 1
Industrial steel building frames: Types of frames, bracing, crane girders and columns, workshop
sheds, trussed bents, Pressed steel tank, circular tank

Unit 2

Transmission and Communication towers: Types and configuration, Analysis and design.

Unit 3
Chimneys; Loads and stresses in chimney shaft, Earthquake and wind effect, Stresses due to
temperature difference, combined effect of loads and temperature, temperature. Design of chimney; Silos and
Bunkers; Jassens theory, Airys theory, Shallow and deep bins, Rectangular bunkers with slopping bottom,
Rectangular bunkers with high side walls; Steel stacks; introduction, force acting on a steel stack, design
consideration, design example of stacks.

Unit 4
Concrete Shell Structures: Folded plate and cylindrical shell structures; Introduction, structural
behaviour of long and short shells, beam and arch action, analysis and design of cylindrical shell structures,
Analysis and design of folded plates.

Unit 5
Machine foundations; introduction, machine vibration, structural design of foundation to rotary
machines, impact machines, vibration characteristics, design consideration of foundation to impact machine,
grillage, pile and raft foundation.

CE 441 Advanced Foundation Engineering

Course Category : DE-VI

L - T -.P : 3 - 1 - 0

Credit : 4

Unit 1. Foundation in Expansive Soil: Clay Mineralogy, Methods of Foundation in Expansive Soils, Bearing Capacity
of single and Multi-underReamed Pile Foundation. IS: 2911(Part III)
Unit 2. Shallow Foundation: Hansens and Vesies Bearing Capacity theory. IS Code Method for Bearing Capacity.
Standard Penetration Test, Cone Penetration Test and Plate Load Test. Effect of Raising and Lowering of
Water Table on Bearing Capacity and Settlement. Raft or Mat Foundations. Influence of Inclined and Eccentric
Loads.
Unit 3. Deep Foundation: Indian Standard for Pile Load Test. Bearing Capacity of Pile Groups in Cohesive and
Cohesionless Soils. Shear and Settlement Criteria, Bearing Capacity of Well Foundations.
Unit 4. Wave Propagation: Waves in an Infinite, Homogeneous and Isotropic Elastic Medium, Longitudinal Shear and
Rayleigh Waves, Elements of Seismic Methods. Direct Arrival Survey, Reflection Survey and Refraction
Survey.
Text / Reference Books
1. Shenbaga R.Kaniraj, Design Aids in Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Tata McGraw-Hill, New
Delhi, India.
2. H.A. Buchholdt, Structural Dynamic for Engineers, Thomas Telford Publication, New York, USA.
3. Joseph E. Bowles, Foundation Analysis and Design, The McGraw-Hill Companies, New Delhi, India.
4. T. William Lambe and Robert V. Whitman, Soil Mechanics, JohnWiley , New York, USA.

CE - 444 Disaster Management

Course Category : DE-VI

L-T-P:3-1-0

Credit : 4

Understanding of Disasters: Earthquake, flood, cyclone, landslide etc. Preparedness and Mitigation: Disaster mapping,
predictability, forecasting and warning, disaster preparedness plans, Land use zoning for disaster management.
Reconstruction and rehabilitation: Disaster resistant housing, retrofitting, repair and re-strengthening.
Man made disasters: Nuclear, chemical and biological disasters, building fire.
Disaster Management and Awareness: Human behaviour and response, community participation and awareness, public
awareness programmes.

Advanced Surveying CE-445

Unit-I
Pphotogrammetry; terrestrial and aerial photogrammetry, aerial photographs, scale of vertical photographs; Stereoscopy
and parallax; Relief displacement; Flight planning, plotting instruments.

Unit-II
Field astronomy, definition of astronomical terms, formulae of spherical trigonometry, astronomical triangles, coordinate systems, measurement of time, determination of azimuth and latitude.

Unit-III
Remote Sensing, Concepts, applications, instruments used. GIS and its applications.
Unit-IV
Total Station, Concept of EDM, uses of total station
Books
Kanetkar, T. P., Surveying and Levelling Vol. II, Pune Vidyarthi Griha Prakashan, Pune, India
Punmia, B. C., Surveying Vol. III, Laxmi Publications, Delhi, India.