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 A Seminar Report

on

TITLE OF SEMINAR
(all letters must be capital only)[Times new roman, font 16, with center alignment]
Submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the award
of the degree of

BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY
IN
CIVIL ENGINEERING

by

NAME OF THE CANDIDATE

(Regd. No: B15CEXXXXX)

For group- NAME OF THE CANDIDATE (B15CEXXXXX)

NAME OF THE CANDIDATE (B15CEXXXXX)

Under the Esteemed guidance of

Prof. / Dr./ Sri/Smt/MsYYYYYYYY

Designation of guide

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

KAKATIYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE, WARANGAL
(An Autonomous Institute under Kakatiya University)

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 2017-2021
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
KAKATIYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE
WARANGAL

CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the seminar report entitled “TITLE OF SEMINAR”(all letters
must be capital only)[Times new roman, font 12]is the work done by NAME OF THE
CANDIDATE bearing roll no. B17CEXXXXX, under graduate student/s of Department of
Civil engineering, Kakatiya Institute of Technology & Science, Warangal in the partial
fulfillment of the requirements for the award of degree of Bachelor of Technology under my
supervision and guidance during the academic year 2019-2020.

Seminar Guide Seminar Coordinators

Prof. / Dr./ Sri/Smt/MsYYYYYYYY, Prof. / Dr./ Sri/Smt/MsYYYYYYYY,

Designation, Designation,
Department of Civil Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering,
Kakatiya Institute of Technology & Science, Kakatiya Institute of Technology & Science,
Warangal - 506015. Warangal - 506015.

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 ABSTRACT

Abstract must involve the entire summary of the seminar topic. It shall not be
exceeding more than 1 page. [Times new roman, font 12, line spacing 1.5 with
proper justification].

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page No.

ABSTRACT.....................................................................................................................i
LIST OF TABLES.........................................................................................................vii
LIST OF FIGURES…………......................................................................................viii
1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 General 01

1.2 Fiber Reinforced 02

1.3 Types of Fibers 03

1.4 Aim& Objectives of Study 05

2. LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 General 06

2.2 Case Studies of Fiber Reinforced Soil since Ancient Days 06

2.2.1 Studies of Fiber Reinforced Sand 08

2.2.2 Studies on Fiber Reinforced Clay 12

2.3 Deficiencies Identified from the Literature 14

2.4 Scope of the Study 15

3 STUDY METHODOLOGY

3.1 General 16

3.2 Methodology of Study in Nutshell 17

3.3 Methodology for Determination of Engineering Properties 18

of Sea and Zone II Sands

3.4 Studies on Fiber Reinforced Sands 19

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4 DETAILS OF STUDY

4.1 General 21

4.2 Properties of Sea Sand and Zone II Sand 21

4.3 Coefficient of Elastic Uniform compression of 27

Fiber Reinforced Sands

5 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

5.1 General 36

5.2 Summary of Studies on Sea sand& Zone II Sand Properties

36

5.3 Conclusions 38

5.4 Limitations 39

6 REFERENCES 40

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 LIST OF TABLES

S Table No Page
TITLE
No. No.
1 1.1 XYZ 03

2 1.2 ABC 07

3 4.1 ACH 33

Serial number should be given as per chapter wise, for example in the
above shown table table No 4.1 indicates table 1, in chapter 4. The same
trend should be followed for figures also.

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure
S.No TITLE Page No.
No.

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1 1.1 A

2 1.2 B

3 2.1 C

4 3.1 D

5 3.2 E

6 3.3 F

7 4.1 H

CHAPTER - 1

INTRODUCTION

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Each chapter should start in a fresh page

1.1 ABC (titles must be bold, times new roman, 14 font size)

Body------Times new roman (font face), 12 (font size), 1.5 line spacing
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CHAPTER - 2

LITERATURE REVIEW

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Each chapter should start in a fresh page

2.1 ABC (titles must be bold, times new roman, 14 font size)

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with proper justification, unbold

2.2 Literature Review

While referring to any paper, first authors name is to be listed along

with year of publication in bold followed by its body

For example

In case of single author

GrayandAl-Refeai(1986)havestudiedonMuskegonpuresandwith D50=0.41mm,Cu=

1.5,Φ=390(relativedensity=86%)andΦ=320(relativedensity=21%)reinforcedwiththree
typesoffiber(Reedfiber,dia.=1.25mm,Reedfiber,dia.=1.75mmandglassfibers,dia. =0.30mm,
fiberlength=13,25,38mm;geotextiles:Geolon400,Geolon200,Typar3601,
Typar3401andfiberglass196).

In case of 2 authors

LindhandEriksson(1990)havereinforcedthesand(Cu=3.5andD50=0.5mm)with
monofilament polypropylene fiber atfiber contentof 0.25%and 0.5%. Theyconducteda
fieldexperimentby placingareinforcedsand layerontheexistingroadsurfaceforfield
experiment.Their resultshowsthatno ruttingistakenplace.

In case of more than 2 authors

Ranjanetal(1996)havestudied stabilization ofvarioustypesofsoillikesand ,medium

sand,finesand,siltysand,silt(withCu=2.3to2.4,C=1.8to31andΦ=320to340)

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reinforcedwithpolypropylenemonofilament(diameter=0.3mm,aspectratio=50to100
fibercontent=0to4%)andcoir(monofilamentdiameter =0.2mm,aspectratio=50to
125,fibercontent=0to4%)andbhabar(diameter =0.2mm,aspectratio=50to125,
fibercontent=0to4%).TheresultofTriaxialtest(CU)onpartiallysaturatedsampleof
RDFSshowsgreaterductility,nolossofpostpeakstrengthand increaseinstiffness.Due
totensilestressinfibersconfiningpressureisgreaterthancriticalconfiningpressure, decreases
with increasein aspect ratio and soil fibersurfacefriction.(In this case, all the authors
are to be listed in references)

CHAPTER - 3

STUDY METHODOLOGY

Each chapter should start in a fresh page

3.1 GENERAL (titles must be bold, times new roman, 14 font size)

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with proper justification

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 Fig3.1 TEST APPARATUS FOR MODEL CYCLIC PLATE LOAD TEST

Labeling of figure – times new roman, 9 font, center spacing, bold

CHAPTER - 4

DETAILS OF STUDY

Each chapter should start in a fresh page

4.1 GENERAL(titles must be bold, times new roman, 14 font size)

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with proper justification

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For tables
Table4.1ABC
(Times new roman, 11 font, bold)

S.No ABC DEF

CHAPTER-5

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

5.1 GENERAL(titles must be bold, times new roman, 14 font size)

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with proper justification
5.2 SUMMARYOFSTUDIES

5.3 CONCLUSIONS

5.4 LIMITATIONS

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REFERENCES (should start in a fresh page)
References should be alphabeticalonly , times new roman, 12 font

SYNTAX
[1] Author 1, surname full stop, Author 2, surname full stop, and Author 3,
surname full stop, (year of publishing), “TITLE OF THE PAPER”, Name of the
journal in which published, Vol no. __, Issue No. ___, Page number pp ___ .

EXAMPLE

[1] GopalRanjan, R.M.,Vasan, A. and Charan,H.D.

(1994)“ProbabilisticAnalysisofRandomly DistributedFiberReinforced
soil.”JournalofGeotechnicalEngineering,ASCE, vol.122 (6),pp419-426.

[2] Ramesh, H.N., Manjesh, L. and VijayaKumar,.H.A. (2013) “Effect of Static and
Cyclic Loading on Behavior of Fiber Reinforced Sand”, IOSR Journal of
Engineering (IOSRJEN), Vol. 3, Issue 9, pp 56-63.

In the above shown examples shown [1] is GopalRanjan followed by [2] Ramesh
that is [1], [2], [3], etc should be in alphabetically order

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