Course Structure
Course Structure
Civil Engineering deals with natural and man-made built environment - their planning, design, construction
and management. The profession encompasses many disciplines including Structural Engineering,
Geotechnical Engineering, Hydraulics & Water Resources Engineering, Environmental Engineering,
Transportation Engineering, Geoinformatics, and Engineering Geosciences. It is responsible for the
largest quantum of resource allocation and utilization in activities ranging from defence and industrial
development to social welfare, food production and economic growth.
The undergraduate Civil Engineering professional education at IIT Kanpur starts at the second year level
in the four-year B.Tech. and five year B.Tech.-M.Tech. degree programmes. Recognizing the modern pace
of development in Civil Engineering, the programme provides basic education in physical sciences
including solid, fluid & soil mechanics, materials, earth sciences and geoinformatics, that leads to the
planning, design and construction of bridges, buildings, hydraulic structures, environmental systems,
and transportation systems including highways, railways, airports, etc. Besides these broad training,
students are given the option to pursue electives in any particular area of Civil Engineering. A two-
semester project during the fourth year of the B.Tech. degree programme is intended to synthesize their
education in several areas. As a student proceeds along the program, the emphasis shifts from analysis
to design, and from skill development theoretical to the problem-solving approach.
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The objective of the post-graduate program in Civil Engineering at IIT Kanpur is the education of engineers
with a deep understanding of scientific principles underlying their specialisation so that they can make
fundamental contributions to the field through research and development of advanced technology.
Currently, research facilities are available for advanced work in the areas of hydraulics and water resources
engineering, environmental engineering, geotechnical engineering, structural engineering, transportation
systems engineering, engineering geosciences, and geoinformatics. The five year B.Tech.-M.Tech. Dual
Degree students and the two year M.Tech. Degree students undertake research work during the last year
of their programme. Facilities are provided for both analytical and experimental research work in well-
developed laboratories having modern equipment. Along with courses and research in the major area,
students also take courses from other Departments in related fields and basic sciences.
The Department also administers a two year M.Tech. interdisciplinary programme in Environmental
Engineering and Management. Details of this programme are given elsewhere in this bulletin.
The Ph.D. programme offers training to the students in four areas : coursework, experimental techniques,
independent analytical study, and written & oral presentation.
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FIVE YEAR B.TECH.-M.TECH. DUAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
SEMESTER
FIRST SECOND THIRD FOURTH FIFTH
Ph.D. Programme
SEMESTER
FIRST SECOND THIRD FOURTH FIFTH SIXTH
PG-1 CE-799 CE-799 CE-799 CE-799 CE-799
PG-2 16 Credits 16 Credits 16 Credits 16 Credits 16 Credits
PG-3
PG-4
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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
UNDERGRADUATE COURSES
Solid Earth : Shape, size, interior of the solid earth. Geological materials: rocks,
soils, minerals (clay mineralogy), Engineering and Genetic classification of soils,
rocks, rock cycle, rock-water interaction. Earth Processes and their consequences,
Geomorphological features, structures (folds, faults)
Remote sensing, GIS and GPS : Basic principles and their applications in
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monitoring Lithosphere, Hydrosphere, Cryo-sphere and Atmosphere; Criteria for
site selections for Dam, tunnels, waste/radioactive disposal sites
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CE 321 DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURES Prereq. ESO 204
L-T-P-D-[C]
3-2-0-1-[4] Introduction to Design: Design Loads and Load Combinations, Working Stress
Design, Plastic Design, LRFD Methods, Introduction to Steel and Steel Structures,
Design of tension members, Design of structural fasteners: rivets, bolts and
welds, Design of compression members, Design of flexure members: Beams-
rolled sections, built-up sections, Plate Girders riveted/bolted and welded,
Design of eccentric connections: riveted/bolted and welded, Design of beam-
columns and column bases, Design of steel industrial sheds, Wind Design,
Introduction to inelastic actions and plastic hinges: Application of PD and LRFD
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CE 332 GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING Prereq. CE 331
L-T-P-D-[C]
2-1-2-1-[4] Introduction, examples of foundation problems - case studies, Characterisation
of ground, site investigations, methods of drilling, sampling, in situ test - SPT,
CPT, plate load and dynamic tests, groundwater level, etc. Bearing capacity,
general, local and punching shear failures, corrections for size, shape, depth,
water table, compressibility, etc., ultimate and allowable stresses, methods
based on in situ tests, Settlements of foundations, stress in soils (Boussinesq,
Westergaard, Mindlin solutions), one and two dimensional cases, immediate,
consolidation and creep settlements, methods based on in situ tests, Limit State
Design, stability and serviceability states, load and strength factors, Types of
foundations - shallow/deep, isolated, combined, mat, etc., contact pressure
distributions, soil - foundation interactions, basics of structural design, Ground
Improvement Techniques, methods for difficult or problematic ground conditions-
soft soils, loose sands, seismic conditions, expansive or collapsible soils, etc.,
preloading, vertical drains, stone columns, heavy tamping, grouting, etc. Earth
Pressure theories, Coulomb and Rankine approaches, c-f soils, smooth and rough
walls, inclined backfill, depth of tension crack, Retaining structures, gravity,
cantilever, counterfort, reinforced earth, etc., design and checks for stability,
Deep foundations, piles, pile groups, well foundations, under-reamed piles, pre-
cast, driven cast in situ and bored piles, shaft and base resistances, downdrag,
pile load tests, Selected Topics-machine foundations/introduction to environmental
geotechnique/application of geosynthe-tics, etc.
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Hazardous Waste: Definition; Measurement; Control measures; Management,
Air Pollution Control, Noise Pollution, Environmental Impact, Environmental Audit,
Laboratory Experiments.
CE 371 GEOINFORMATICS
L-T-P-D-[C]
3-0-3-1-[4] Introduction to surveying, Linear measurements, Compass surveying, Levelling
and Contouring, Plane Tabling (PT), Theodolites, Tacheometric surveys, Errors
and adjustments, Triangulation, Introduction to photogrammetry and remote
sensing, EDM/Total Station/GPS.
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CE 414 RIVER ENGINEERING
L-T-P-D-[C]
3-0-0-0-[4] Introduction; Sediment load; Resistance to flow; Regime theories, River training;
River modelling; Social and Environmental impacts.
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CE 434 CONSTITUTIVE MODELLING OF SOILS
L-T-P-D-[C]
3-1-0-0-[4] Stress, Strain, elasticity, plasticity. Introduction to the Mechanics of Soils -
Critical State Soil Mechanics. Behaviour of soil before failure. Evaluation of
Model Parameters.
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CE 454 CONCRETE ENGINEERING
L-T-P-D-[C]
2-1-0-0-[3] Fundamental concrete science (Mixing, transportation, placing and curing of
concrete, properties of fresh and hardened concrete. Using chemical and mineral
admixtures); Special concretes, (Mass concrete, hot and cold weather concrete;
self compacting, fibre reinforced, and high strength concretes); special construction
methods (Mechanized construction, Roller compaction and shotcreting, preplaced
aggregate and antiwashout concretes); Special reinforcing materials (Epoxy-
coated reinforcing bars, Fiber reinforced plastics); Case studies.
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CE 463 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND RISK ASSESSMENT
L-T-P-D-[C] PREREQ. CE 361 & CE 362
3-0-0-0-[4]
Environmental legislations and international treaties, Environmental systems and
their interactions, global/regional environmental issues, Environmental Impact
Assessment (EIA), definitions, methodologies and concept of sustainable
development, Environmental toxicology, Risk Assessment, in environmental
management, Principles of risk assessment, pollutant exposure assessment,
conceptual models and ecological risk.
CE 491 PROJECT I,
L-T-P-D-[C]
0-0-4-0-[2]
CE 492 PROJECT II
L-T-P-D-[C]
0-0-6-0-[3] Topics should preferably be design, development, design aid type and
interdisciplinary. The project should aim at training the students in going through
all important phases of project studies starting from establishing the need
through collection of data, analysis, design, development, drawing, cost estimates
and project reports. Wherever appropriate some alternatives which meet the
same needs should also be considered and evaluated using appropriate evaluation
criteria.
POSTGRADUATE COURSES
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Intake works, tunnels and penstocks, gates, surge tanks, power house structures,
etc.
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development of surface and groundwater; Special problems in ground-water
development and management; Artificial recharge, ground subsidence, salt water
intrusion and others.
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flexural buckling, shear flexural buckling, buckling under combined loads;
Introduction to inelastic buckling and dynamic stability.
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masonry walls; Behaviour of masonry infills in RC frames: strut action; Structural
design of masonry in buildings: methods of design WSD, USD, seismic design
- seismic loads, code provisions, infills, connectors, ties; Seismic evaluation
and strengthening of masonry buildings: methods - in-situ, non-destructive
testing; Construction practices and new materials.
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deterioration, identification and tests; Codal provisions for durability;
Nondestructive testing; repair/rehabilitation of structures.
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and filters, Injections, thermal, electrical and Chemical Methods; Preloading;
Dynamic Consolidation; Vertical drains; Granular piles; Soil nailing; Anchors;
Design methods and case studies.
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CE 640 EARTH SYSTEM PROCESSES
L-T-P-D-[C]
3-0-0-4-[4] Introduction; Controls of earth system processes, geomorphic systems, threshold
and equilibrium, scale of analysis; Endogenic processes and landforms, global
morphology and plate margin landforms; Exogenic processes and landforms,
fluvial, coastal, aeolian and lacustrine processes & landforms; Endogenic-
exogenic interactions; Long-term landscape development; Interaction between
lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere and cryosphere.
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infrared data for mapping surface moisture and rock types and environmental
studies.
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sediments; Magnetic susceptibility: measurement of susceptibity of sediments
and rocks samples.
Use of automatic and digital levels, electronic theodolites, total stations, plane
tabling; Control surveys using GPS, Total station and triangulation methods
(adjustment and computations of coordinates); Cartography and report writing.
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CE 675 GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM
L-T-P-D-[C]
2-0-2-4-[4] Introduction; GIS data: spatial and non-spatial, spatial data model: raster,
tessellation, vector, 2.5D model; Topology and topological models; Spatial
referencing using coordinates and geographic identifiers, metadata; Spatial data
acquisition; Attribute data sources; Spatial and attribute data input; Data
storage, RDBMS, database operations; Spatial and non-spatial data editing
functions; Quality of spatial data; GIS analysis functions: Retrieval, classification,
measurement, neighborhood, topographic, interpolation, overlay, buffering,
spatial join and query, connectivity, network functions, watershed analysis,
viewshed analysis, spatial pattern analysis, spatial autocorrelation, trend surface
analysis; GIS presentation functions: Visual communication theory, design theory,
data visualization methods, exporting data; Modern trends: Internet GIS, 3D
GIS, physical modeling under GIS environment.
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analysis of adjusted data; Introduction to GPS; Code and phase measurements;
Models for single point positioning and relative positioning using code and phase
data; Methods of interpolation; Geostatistical tools: variogram and krigging.
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CE 684 URBAN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
L-T-P-D-[C]
3-0-0-0-[4] Dimensions of the widening role of urban transportation system planning; the
planning process; land use and transport system models; comparison and
evaluation of various models; transportation impact study methodologies;
strategies for the evaluation of alternative transportation plans and plan
implementation; Regional analysis and plan implementation; Regional Analysis
and development concepts; the role of transportation planning in the overall
regional system; methodology and models for regional transportation system
planning; implementation framework and case studies.
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tests, skid tests, etc. Experiments to characterize bituminous mixes, like mix
design related experiments, moisture sensitivity related experiments, etc.
Experiments related to traffic data collections on speed, volume, travel time,
delay, etc. Traffic studio (students will learn to use geometric design software
and video data analysis software). Demonstrations of various equipments
including possible visits to advanced labs and road systems.
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hydrologic time series, statistical principles and techniques for hydrologic time
series modelling, time series modelling of annual and periodic hydrologic time
series (including AR, ARMA, ARIMA, and DARMA models), multivariate modelling
of hydrologic time series, practical considerations in time series modelling
applications.
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mode approach; Level crossing; Peak and envelop statistics; Application to wind
and earthquake engineering; Non-stationary processes; Nonlinear random
vibrations.
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CE 751 ADVANCED STATISTICAL METHODS FOR CIVIL ENGINEERS
L-T-P-D-[C]
3-0-0-0-[4] Basics of Probability, its distributions, experimental error and its characteristics,
adjustment computations, sampling theory, theory of point and interval estimation,
hypotheses testing, regression analysis, robust estimators and certain other
statistical tests.
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