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This document contains summaries of course outlines for three civil engineering courses: Engineering Hydrology, Steel Structures, and Geotechnical Engineering-II. The Engineering Hydrology course covers topics like the hydrologic cycle, meteorology, precipitation, evaporation, stream flow, runoff, hydrographs, and ground water flow. The Steel Structures course covers design of steel structures using working stress and load resistance factor design methods. The Geotechnical Engineering-II course covers shear strength of soils, stress distribution, settlement analysis, earth pressures, bearing capacity, slope stability, earth dams, and soil improvement.

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5th Semester

This document contains summaries of course outlines for three civil engineering courses: Engineering Hydrology, Steel Structures, and Geotechnical Engineering-II. The Engineering Hydrology course covers topics like the hydrologic cycle, meteorology, precipitation, evaporation, stream flow, runoff, hydrographs, and ground water flow. The Steel Structures course covers design of steel structures using working stress and load resistance factor design methods. The Geotechnical Engineering-II course covers shear strength of soils, stress distribution, settlement analysis, earth pressures, bearing capacity, slope stability, earth dams, and soil improvement.

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332 ENGINEERING HYDROLOGY

Introduction: Hydrology, hydrologic cycle and the hydrologic equation, practical


uses of hydrology, importance of hydrology.

Meteorology: The atmosphere and its composition, relative humidity, dew point and
their measurement devices. Saturation deficit. Solar radiation as a source of heat,
adiabatic changes and the lapse rate, air temperature, seasonal and diurnal
variation of air temperature. The general circulation of wind system, the monsoons
and western disturbances. Measurement of air temperature, relative humidity,
radiation, sunshine and atmospheric pressure.

Precipitation: Types of precipitation, factors necessary for the formation of


precipitation, measurement of precipitation, interpretation of precipitation data.

Evaporation and Transpiration: Factors affecting evaporation, measurement of


evaporation, evapo-transpiration.

Stream Flow: Water stage and its measurement, selection of site for stage record,
selection of control and metering section, methods of measurement of stream flow,
interpretation of stream flow data.
Runoff: Factors affecting runoff, estimating the volume of storm runoff.

Hydrographs: Characteristic of Hydrograph, components of a hydrograph,


hydrograph separation, estimating the volume of direct runoff, introduction to unit
hydrograph concept, S-curve, Application of probability in determining
maxima/minima of discharge. Types of histogram and distribution.

Stream Flow Routing Introduction to flood frequency and duration analysis.


Reservoir routing, channel routing.

Ground Water Flow: Introduction, sources and discharge of ground water. Water
table and artesian aquifer. The Theis formula and its application to aquifer tests.
Reservoir sedimentation. Factors controlling erosion, sediment rating curves.
Sediment yield of a catchment, sedimentation in reservoirs.
CE-314 STEEL STRUCTURES

Introduction to steel as a structural material, hot rolled, cold formed and built up
sections.

Objectives of designer and selection of design criteria. Introduction to various


methods of design.

Fundamentals of Working Stress Method: Strength analysis and design of simple


tension, compression and flexural members.

LRFD Method of Design: Factor of safety, loads and load combination. Concept of
load and resistance factors, plastic design and limits on design. Analysis and design
of tension members, calculation of net area, Analysis and design of columns, lacing
and slay plates. Residual stresses, local and overall stability, Euler's buckling load in
columns. Analysis and design of beams. Compact, non-compact and slender
sections, lateral torsional buckling. Beam-column and axial-flexure interaction,
second order effects, moment magnification. Plate girder proportioning and stiffener
design including drawings. Welded, bolted and riveted truss connections, brackets,
moment and shear connections. Design and drawing of a truss, purlin, roof sheet,
cud bearing plate. Uplift of truss due to wind.

CE-321 GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING-11

Shear Strength: Concept, parameters, Coulomb's law, shear strength of cohesive


and non-cohesive soils. Factors affecting shear strength of soil and its applications
in engineering. Laboratory and field tests for determination of shear strength.

Stress Distribution in Soils: Geo-static stresses, Total stress and pore pressure,
Effective stress, Vertical stresses induced due to structural loads: Westergaurd and

Boussinesq's theories. Pressure bulb, Stress distribution diagrams on horizontal and


vertical planes. Stress at a point outside the loaded area, Newmark's influence
charts, Fadum, Steinnbrenner charts.

Settlement Analysis: Definition, total settlement, differential settlement, angular


distortion, consolidation settlement, elastic or immediate settlement. Settlement
calculations, primary and secondary consolidation settlements, immediate
settlement of cohesive and non-cohesive soils. Causes of settlements and methods
of controlling settlement. Limits of allowable, total and differential settlement.

Earth Pressures: Definition, pressure at rest, active and passive earth pressures.
Coulomb's and Rankine's theories. Trial wedge and Culmann's method. Earth
pressure diagrams for different configurations loading.

Bearing Capacity of Soils: Definition of ultimate and safe bearing capacities,


allowable bearing capacity, gross and net bearing capacities, Methods of obtaining
bearing capacity:

* Presumptive values from codes; merits and demerits,


* From plate toad test,
* Bearing capacity theories,
* Bearing capacity from SPT and CPT data.

Introduction to Foundation Engineering:

Slope Stability: Types of slopes, Factors affecting stability and remedies. Types of
failure Methods of analysis; Swedish circular method, Taylor's slope stability number
and Bishop's
Methods.

Earth and Rock Fill Dams: Definition of an earth dam, types of earth and rock fill
dams,Components of an earth dam and their functions. General design
considerations and typical cross-sections.

Introduction to Soil Improvement


CE-306 CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT

History of construction management. The nature and characteristics of the


construction industry. General principles of construction management. Construction
project life cycle. Organization structures. Construction contracts & their
procurement.
Project Planning and Budgeting: Project monitoring and control. Introduction to
construction productivity analysis; definition, factors affecting construction
productivity analysis (On-site and Off-site).
Application of Engineering Economics Concepts: Interest and present worth
calculations, comparison of alternatives, replacement, depreciation and depletion;
tax, effect of inflation. Application of engineering economics in construction
equipment management.
Use of software in construction management and planning. Application of ISO 9000
to construction management and planning. Total quality management.
CE-311 STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS
Force Method: Methods of least work and consistent deformation, application to
statically indeterminate beams, frames, grids, trusses and two hinged arches.
Displacement Method: Slope deflection method, moment distribution method,
application to indeterminate beams and frames.
Column Analogy Method: Application to prismatic members. Stillness and carry over
factors of straight members of variable moment of inertia. Analysis of portal frames
with one axis of symmetry, without axis of symmetry. Analysis of gable frames,
closed frames and portal frames.
Effect of axial force on stiffness and carryover factors and stability of simple
frameworks.
ILD for Indeterminate Members: Clark Maxwell and Batty's theorems, influence lines
for moment and reaction in propped cantilever, fixed ended and two and three span

continuous beams. ILD for shear force and bending moment at any section in an
indeterminate beam.
Introduction to Plastic Theory: Application to continuous beams and portal frames.

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