STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING

I - Semester

Course No. Course Title Course Type Credits Contact Hours

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CE 601 Higher Numerical Analysis DC 4 3 0 1
Unit 1
Types of errors, General formula for errors, order of approximation. Nonlinear equations:
Classification of Methods, Approximate values of roots, Bisection Method, RegulaFalsi
Method, Newton Raphson Method, Fixed Point iteration, Mullers Method. Use built in
functions in MATLAB software to solve problems.
Unit 2
Linear Systems of Equations: Direct Method - Matrix Inversion Method, Gauss Elimination
Method, Gauss Jordan Elimination Method, Cholesky Method.
Iterative Methods- Jacobi Iteration Method, Gauss Seidel Method. Eigen value problem. Use
built in functions in MATLAB software to solve problems.Interpolation and Approximation:
Lagrange and Newton Interpolation, Finite difference operators.Use built in functions
in MATLAB software to solve problems.
Unit 3
Numerical solution of Ordinary: Introduction, solution by Taylor’s series, Picards method of
successive approximations, Euler’s method: Error estimates for the Euler method, modified
Euler’s method, Runge-Kutta methods, simultaneous and higher order equations using
Taylor’s series, Picards method of successive approximations, Euler’s method, Boundary
Value Problems: Finite Difference method.
Unit 4
Numerical solution of Partial Differential Equations: Introduction, Finite Difference
Approximation to derivatives, Laplace’s, Parabolic Equations and Hyperbolic Equation:
Jacobi’s method, Gauss Seidel method, Iterative methods for the solution of
equations, Variational and weighted residual methods, Introduction of FEM.
Text Books and Reference Materials
1. Numerical Analysis: Goel & Mittal
2. Applied Numerical Analysis: Gerald & Wheatley
3. Numerical Methods for Engineers: Chapra & Canale
4. Introductory Methods of Numerical Analysis: Sastry, Numerical Methods: Jain and Jain
 Course No. Course Title Course Credits Contact Hours
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Theory of Elasticity and
CE 602 DC 4 3 0 1
Plasticity
UNIT 1
Theory of stresses, infinitesimal and finite strain, strain-displacement relationships, elastic
constants
UNIT 2
Stress and displacements functions, plane problems in Cartesian and polar co-ordinates
UNIT 3
Elements of plasticity, failure and yield criteria, flow rule.
UNIT 4
Velocity field, plastic stress-strain relationships, incremental plasticity.
Text Books and Reference Materials
1. Theory of Elasticity by S.P. Timoshenko & J.N. Goodier, Tata McGraw Hill.
2. Plasticity: Theory and Applications by Alexander Mendelson, New York, MacMillan, 1970
3. Solid Mechanics by S.M.A. Kazimi, Tata McGraw Hill.
4. Advanced Mechanics of Solids by L.S. Srinath, Tata McGraw Hill.
5. Computational Elasticity by M. Ameen, Narosa Publishing House.
6. Introduction to Engineering Plasticity by G.K. Lal & N.V. Reddy, Narosa Publishing House.
7. Plasticity for Structural Engineers by Chen & Han, Cengage Learning.
 Course No. Course Title Course Type Credits Contact Hours
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CE 603 Plates and Shells DC 4 3 0 1
Unit 1 Background and basic concepts
Basic concepts, governing equations and boundary conditions of plates.
Unit 2 Solution of Plates
Solution of rectangular and circular plates by classical methods: Navier’s and Levy’s methods.
Unit 3 Membrane theory of cylindrical shells
Introduction, types of shell surface, classification, basic concepts, equations of equilibrium,
application of Fourier series for membrane stresses, numerical solutions, limitations of
membrane theory.
Unit 4 Bending theory of cylindrical shells
Flugge’s differential equation, Donnell’s theory, D-K-J characteristic equation, Schorer’s theory,
shell analysis using tables, design consideration.
Text Books and Reference Materials
1. Timoshenko S.P. &Woinowsky-Krieger S., Theory of Plates and Shells. McGraw-Hill,
(1964).
2. Szilard R.,Theories and applications of plate analysis: classical, numerical, and engineering
methods, John Wiley, (2003).
3. Ramaswamym, G. S., Design and Construction of Concrete Shell Roofs, C.B.S. Publisher’s,
(1986).
4. Ventsel E. & Krauthammer, T.,Thin Plates and Shells: Theory, Analysis, and Applications,
(e book) (2001).
 Course No. Course Title Course Type Credits Contact Hours
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Advanced Structural
CE 604 DC 4 3 0 1
Analysis
Unit 1
Introduction to Matrix methods in skeletal structural analysis: force and displacement methods.
Unit 2
Application of force method to plane and space frames problems.
Unit 3
Application of displacement method to plane and space frames problems.
Unit 4
Analysis of Frames, Organization of computation, programming considerations. Non-linear
analysis due to plasticity in frames.
Text Books and Reference Materials
1. Pundit and Gupta, ''Structural Analysis- A Matrix Approach'', 'Tata McGrawHill Publishing
Company Limited. New Delhi
2. C.S. Reddy,"Basic Structural Analysis'' 'Tata McGrawHill Education Publishing Company
Limited. New Delhi
3. DevdasMenon, "Advanced Structural Analysis", Narosa Publishing House, 2009.
4. AsslamKassimali, "Matrix Analysis of Structures", Brooks/Cole Publishing Co., USA, 1999.
5. Amin Ghali, Adam M. Neville and Tom G. Brown, "Structural Analysis: A Unified Classical
and Matrix Approach", Sixth Edition, 2007, Chapman & Hall.
6. DevdasMenon, "Structural Analysis", Narosa Publishing House, 2008.
7. R.C. Hibbeler, Structural Analysis, Prentice Hall, 1999.
8. Web links to e-learning:nptel
9. Web based learning, Journal papers, etc.
 Course No. Course Title Course Type Credit Contact Hours
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CE605 Advanced Concrete Design DC 4 3 0 1
Unit 1
Limit state design: Basic concepts and philosophies, design of RC members in flexure, shear and
torsion, members subjected to combined stresses, slender column, safety and serviceability,
control of cracks and deflections, design of RC framed structures with ductile detailing.
Unit 2
Yield line analysis of slabs, yield line mechanism, equilibrium and virtual work methods,
Hillerberg’s strip method.
Unit 3
Prestressed Concrete, Design of pre-stressed members for bending, shear, torsion and bond,
End blocks.
Unit 4
Prestressed continuous beams and frames, slab and grid floor, tension and compression
members, circular pre-stressing, pipes, tanks and special structures.
Text Books and Reference Materials
1. Karve and Shah “Limit State Theory and Design of reinforced Concrete” VGP, Pune, India.
2. Pillai and Menon “Reinforced Concrete Design” TMH, New Delhi, India.
3. Verghese, P. C. “Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design” PHI, Delhi, India.
4. Winter, G. “Design of Concrete Structures” McGraw Hill, Tokyo, Japan.
5. Evans and Cook “Reinforced and Pre- stressed Concrete” TN, London, U.K.
6. Lin, T. H. and Burns, H. N., “Design of Pre-Stressed Concrete Structures”, Wiley, Canada.
7. Jain, A. K. “Reinforced concrete-limit State Design” NCB, Roorkee, India.
8. Raju, N.K. “Pre-Stressed Concrete” TMH, Delhi, India.
Selected B. I .S Codes
1. I. S.:456-2000-Code of Practice for Plain and Reinforced Concrete, BIS, New Delhi, India.
2. I. S.:875 -1987(Part I & II)-Code of Practice for Design Loads(other than earthquake) for
Building and Structures, BIS, New Delhi, India.
3. I.S.:1893-1984-Criteria for Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures, BIS, New Delhi, India.
4. I.S.:4326-1993-Code of Practice for Earthquake Resistant Design and Construction of
Buildings, BIS, New Delhi, India.
5. I.S.:13920- Ductile detailing of reinforced Concrete Structures subjected to Seismic forces,
BIS, New Delhi, India.
6. S.P.:16 -Design Aids for Reinforced Concrete to IS: 456-2000, BIS, New Delhi, India.
7. S.P.:24 -Explanatory Hand Book of I.S. Code for Plain and Reinforced Concrete, BIS, New
Delhi, India.
8. S.P.:34 - Hand Book of Concrete Reinforcement and Detailing, BIS, New Delhi, India.
9. I.S.:1343-1980-Code of Practice for Pre-Stressed Concrete, BIS, New Delhi, India.
 Course No. Course Title Course Type Credits Contact Hours
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Advanced Soil Mechanics
CE641 DC 4 3 0 1
and Foundation Engineering
Unit 1
Soil Investigation: Soil exploration for hydraulic and buildings structures, SPT, Dynamic and
Static cone penetration tests and Geophysical exploration techniques.
Unit 2
Shallow Foundations: Bearing capacity and Settlement of foundations. Design of shallow
foundations, Spread, Strip and Combined footing (conventional and elastic line methods),
Raft foundations, Design of Machine foundation.
Unit 3
Deep Foundations: Design of deep foundations, Pile and pile groups, Pile caps.
Unit 4
Earth Retaining Structures: Lateral earth pressure, Design of retaining walls and sheet pile
walls, Principles of design of cofferdams and diaphragm walls
Text Books and Reference Materials
1. Ranjan, G. and Rao, ASR. "Basic and Applied Soil Mechanics." New Age International
Publishers, New Delhi.
2. Braja M. Das. "Principles of Geotechnical Engineering.", Thomson Learning.
3. Raj, P.P. "Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering." Pearson Education.
4. Kaniraj, S.R. "Design Aids in Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering." TATA
McGraw Hill, New Delhi.
5. BIS 2911 (Part 1 - 5), Bureau of Indian Standards for Pile Foundations.
6. BIS 2131, Bureau of Indian Standards for Soil Exploration.
7. BIS 1888, Bureau of Indian Standards for Plate Load Tests.
 Course No. Course Title Course Type Credits Contact Hours
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Finite Element
CE 606 DC 4 3 0 1
Analysis
Unit 1 Introduction
Finite element method and other classical methods, historical background, advantages &
disadvantages, finite element modeling – discretisation, nodes, elements types and shapes.
Basic equations in elasticity – stress and strain vectors, Hooke’s law, strain-displacement
relationship, equilibrium equations, generalized compatibility equations.
Unit 2 Finite element analysis of one dimensional problem
Generation of stiffness matrix by displacement and energy method, energy and variational
approaches (Rayleigh-Ritz method), numerical solutions.
Unit 3 Iso-parametric elements and shape functions
Co-ordinate systems, Element shapes, Strain displacement matrix, Higher order elements: 1D, 2D
and 3D.
Unit 4 Finite element analysis of two dimensional problems
Symmetry, Plane stress and plane strain problems, Bending of thin plates, Introduction to
nonlinear FE analysis.
Text Books and Reference Materials
1. David Hutton. Fundamentals of Finite Element Analysis. Tata McGraw - Hill Publishing
Company, 2005.
2. Robert D. Cook, Concepts and Applications of Finite Element Analysis, Wiley, John & Sons,
1999.
3. Chandrupatla&Belagundu, Finite Elements in Engineering, Prentice Hall of India Private Ltd.,
1997.
4. C. S. Krishnamoorthy, Finite Element Analysis – Theory and Programming, Tata McGraw
Hill, 1995.
5. K. J. Bathe, Finite Elements Procedures in Engineering analysis, Prentice Hall Inc., 1995.
6. J. N. Reddy, An Introduction to the Finite Element Method, McGraw Hill, International
Edition, 1993.
7. O. C. Zienkiewicz, and R. L. Taylor, The Finite Elements Methods, McGraw Hill, 1987.
8. Timoshenko, S., Theory of Elasticity and Plasticity, McGraw Hill Book company.
 Course No. Course Title Course Type Credits Contact Hours
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CE 607 Structural Dynamics DC 4 3 0 1
Unit 1
Types of Vibration and Ground motions, Undammed and Damped Single Degree of Freedom
System,
Response of SDOF System to Harmonic Loading.
Unit 2
Response to General Dynamic and Impulsive Loading, Duhamel's Integration, Fourier Analysis and
Response in the Frequency Domain.
Unit 3
Free Vibration of Lumped Multi Degree of Freedom System. Approximate Methods For Obtaining
Natural Frequencies and Mode Shapes. Frequency Domain Analysis Of Lumped Multi Degree Of
Freedom System Using Normal Mode Theory, Time Domain Analysis Using Numerical Integration
Scheme.
Unit 4
Principle of Virtual Work, Rayleigh's and Modified Rayleigh's Method, Dynamic Analysis of Systems
with Distributed Properties.
Text Books and Reference Materials
1. Structural Dynamics: Theory and Computation byMario Paz, Kluwer Academic Publisher Group,
Netherland.
2. Dynamics of Structures: Theory and Application to Earthquake Engineering by A. K. Chopra, Pearson
Education, Inc.
3. Elements of Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics by Andre Filiatrault, Presses Inter
Polytechnic.
4. Structural Dynamics: Vibrations and Systems by MadhujitMukhopadhaya, Ane Book Private Limited.
5. Fundamentals of Structural Dynamics by Roy R. Craig, Andrew J. Kurdila, John Wiley Publications.
6. Web links to e-learning: nptel
7. Web based learning, Journal Papers, etc.
 Course No. Course Title Course Type Credits Contact Hours
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CE608 Advanced Steel Design DC 4 3 0 1
Unit 1Steel Bridges
Loads, classification and design procedures,plate girder bridges and truss girder bridges.
Unit 2 Steel Chimneys
Analysis and design of steel chimneys and elevated steel water tanks.
Unit 3 Towers
Analysis and design of transmission line and microwave towers.
Unit 4 Tubular Sections
Structural behavior of tubular sections,analysis and design of tubular sections,brittle fracture and
fatigue
in steel structures,plastic design of steel structure.
Text Books and Reference Materials
1. Design of Steel Structures Vol - II, Dr. Ram Chandra and V. Gehlot, Scientific Publishers, India.
2. Unified Design of Steel Structures, Luis F. Greschwindner, John Wiley and Sons.
3. Ductile design of Steel Structures, Michel Bruneau, Chia-Ming Uang, Rafael E. Sabelli, McGraw Hill
Professional.
4. Design of Steel Structures, A. S. Arya & J. L. Ajmani, NemChand & Bros., Roorkee.
5. Design of Steel Structures, M. Raghupati, TMH Pub., New Delhi.
6. Design of Steel Structures, S. M. A. Kazmi& S. K. Jindal, Prentice Hall, New Delhi.
7. Design of Steel Structures, S. K. Duggal, TMH Pub, New Delhi.
8. IS: 800 - 2007, General Construction in Steel - Code of Practice.
9. IS: 802 - 1995, Use Of Structural Steel In Overhead Transmission Line Towers - Code Of Practice,
Reaffirmed in 2006
10. IS: 6533 - 1- 1989, Code Of Practice for Design and Construction of Steel Chimneys, Part 1:
Mechanical Aspects, Reaffirmed in 2010.
11. IS: 6533 - 2 -1989, Code Of Practice for Design and Construction of Steel Chimneys, Part 2:
Structural Aspects.
12. IS: 805 - 1968, Code of Practice for Use of Steel in Gravity Water Tanks
13. Web links to e-learning: nptel
14. Web based learning, Journal Papers, etc.
 Course No. Course Title Course Credits Contact Hours
Type L P G
Construction Planning and
CE609 DC 4 3 0 1
Management
Unit 1Construction organization
Overview of construction, development and organization of projects, Construction
organization structure,Construction finance management, scope of financial
management, working capital management, capital investment decision.
Unit 2 Construction materials management
Economy in material management, inventory management and control, purchase and
store management, specialized buying and vendors management.
Unit 3Construction equipment management
Equipment performance characteristics, selection, planning and matching of construction
equipment, equipment management, construction human resources management;
introduction to human resource management, labor legislation, industrial relations,
women in construction.
Unit 4 Construction contract management
Legal aspects of contract, contract procedures and document, important contract clauses,
quality control during construction; Construction accounting; nature and role of
accounting, accounting process and book of accounts, accounting conventions and final
account, inventory valuation and depreciation
Text Books and Reference Materials
1. Antill, James M., Woodhead, Ronald W., "Critical path methods in construction
practice", John Wiley, NY, USA.
2. Peurifoy, Schexnayder and Shapira, "Construction planning, equipments and methods",
McGraw Hill, Tokyo, Japan.
3. B. Sengupta and H. Guha, "Construction management and planning", Tata McGraw Hill,
New Delhi, India.
4. Patil B. S., "Civil engineering contracts and estimates (vol-1 and vol-2)", Orient Longman
limited, New Delhi, India.
5. P. K. Joy, "Hand book of construction management", Macmillan India limited, New Delhi,
India.
6. Mark Saunders, "Research methods for business students", Pearson Education limited.
 Course No. Course Title Course Credits Contact Hours
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Advanced Construction
CE 642 DE 4 3 0 1
Materials
Unit 1
Timber: Definition, Classification, Growth and Structure of timber, Characteristics, Defects,
Seasoning, Preservation, Veneers, Plywood, Boards, IS Codes
Steel: Types, Composition and Properties of Structural Steel, Advantages and Disadvantages of
Steel Structures, IS Codes
Gypsum: Occurrence, Physical Properties, Resources in India, Alabaster, Uses. Glass, Ceramic
Tiles
Unit 2
Plastics: Definition, History, Classification, Polymerization, Properties of Plastics, Applications
in Building Industry, IS Codes
Paints: Classification, Composition of Oil Paints, Characteristics of Good Paints, Defects in
Painting, Enamel Paints, Distempers
Varnishes: Composition, Qualities of Good Varnish, Different Kinds of Varnish, French Polish or
Spirit Polish, IS Code.
Unit 3
Fibre reinforced concrete: Fibres used in FRC, advantages and disadvantages of FRC over
conventional reinforced concrete, factors effecting properties, relative fibre matrix stiffness,
volume of fibres, aspect ratio of fibres, orientation of fibres, workability, size of coarse
aggregate, mixing, application, Glass fibre reinforced cement: current developments in FRC,
high fibre volume micro fibre system, slurry infiltrated fibre concrete, polymer concrete,
behavior of FRC under Tension, compression and shear.
Unit 4
Ferrocement : Definition of ferrocement, applications of ferrocement, materials used in
ferrocement, parameters and properties of materials used in ferrocement, cement mortar
mix, skeletal steel, steel mesh reinforcement, fibre reinforced polymeric meshes, advantages
of FRP, disadvantages of FRP, behavior of ferrocement in tension, advantages of ferrocement,
difference between ferrocement and reinforced cement concrete: Physical and Mechanical
properties, Concrete and other cementitious composite materials.
Text Books and Reference Materials
1. Santha Kumar, A.R.,“Concrete Technology”, Oxford, University Press.
2. Duggal, S.K.,“Building Materials”, New Age International Publishers.
3. Shetty, M.S., “Concrete Technology”, SCC Ltd., New Delhi.
4. Neville, A.M., “Properties of Concrete”, Longman, India.
 Course No. Course Title Course Type Credits Contact Hours
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CE 644 Tall Buildings DE 4 3 0 1
Unit 1 Structural Systems
Types of structural systems; types of loads; methods of analysis; stability of tall structures;
selection of foundation for tall buildings
Unit 2 Wind Effects on Tall Structures
Bluff body aerodynamics; aero-elastic phenomena; wind directionality effects; structural
response and design considerations; standard provisions for wind loading.
Unit 3 Earthquake Effects on Tall Structures
Introduction to earthquake engineering and earthquake resistant design of buildings;
earthquake motion and response; general principles and design criteria for buildings; codal
provisions; aseismic design of structures; dynamic analysis; effect of torsion; design of stack
like structures; earthquake forces in tall buildings.
Unit 4 Shear Walls
Shear in buildings; need of shear walls; location of shear walls in buildings; analysis and
design of shear walls.
Text Books and Reference Materials
1. Wind Effects on Structures, Emil Simiu and R. H. Scanlan, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
2. Wind Forces in Engineering, Peter Sachs, Pergamon Press, Oxford.
3. Elements of Earthquake Engineering, Jai Krishna and A. R. Chandrasekaran,
SaritaPrakashan, Meerut.
4. Advanced Reinfirced Concrete Design, P.C. Verghese, PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
5. Reinforced Concrete: Limit State Design, A.K. Jain, Nem Chand & Bros., Roorkee.
6. Analysis of Shear-walled Buildings, S. M. A. Kazimi and R. Chandra, Tor Steel Research
Foundation in India, Calcutta.
7. IS: 875- 1987 Part 1 Dead Load – Code of Practice for Design Loads (Other Than
Earthquake) for Buildings and Structures, BIS.
8. IS: 875- 1987 Part 2 Imposed Load – Code of Practice for Design Loads (Other Than
Earthquake) for Buildings and Structures, BIS.
9. IS: 875- 1987 Part 3 Wind Load – Code of Practice for Design Loads (Other Than
Earthquake) for Buildings and Structures, BIS.
10. IS: 1893- 1984 – Criteria for Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures, BIS.
11. IS: 1893 (Part 1) - 2002 – Criteria for Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures, BIS.
12. IS: 13920- 1993 – Code of Practice for Ductile Detailing of Reinforced Concrete Structures
Subjected to Seismic Forces, BIS.
13. Structural Analysis and Design of Tall Buildings, B.S. Taranath, McGraw Hills.
14. Structural Design of Multistoreyed Buildings, U.H. Varyani, South Asian Publishers Pvt.
Ltd., New Delhi.
15. Design of Building Frames, J. S. Gero and H. J. Cowan, Applied Science Publishers,
London.
 16. Structural Design of Tall Concrete and Masonry Buildings, Eds. J. G. Mac Gregor and I.
Lyse, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, ASCE.
Course No. Course Title Course Type Credits Contact Hours
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Earthquake Resistant
CE 701 DC 4 3 0 1
Design of Structures
Unit 1 Structural Systems
Types of structural systems; types of loads; methods of analysis; stability of tall structures;
selection of foundation for tall buildings
Unit 2 Wind Effects on Tall Structures
Bluff body aerodynamics; aero-elastic phenomena; wind directionality effects; structural
response and design considerations; standard provisions for wind loading.
Unit 3 Earthquake Effects on Tall Structures
Introduction to earthquake engineering and earthquake resistant design of buildings;
earthquake motion and response; general principles and design criteria for buildings; codal
provisions; aseismic design of structures; dynamic analysis; effect of torsion; design of stack
like structures; earthquake forces in tall buildings.
Unit 4 Shear Walls
Shear in buildings; need of shear walls; location of shear walls in buildings; analysis and
design of shear walls.
Text Books and Reference Materials
1. Wind Effects on Structures, Emil Simiu and R. H. Scanlan, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
2. Wind Forces in Engineering, Peter Sachs, Pergamon Press, Oxford.
3. Elements of Earthquake Engineering, Jai Krishna and A. R. Chandrasekaran,
SaritaPrakashan, Meerut.
4. Advanced Reinfirced Concrete Design, P.C. Verghese, PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
5. Reinforced Concrete: Limit State Design, A.K. Jain, Nem Chand & Bros., Roorkee.
6. Analysis of Shear-walled Buildings, S. M. A. Kazimi and R. Chandra, Tor Steel Research
Foundation in India, Calcutta.
7. IS: 875- 1987 Part 1 Dead Load – Code of Practice for Design Loads (Other Than
Earthquake) for Buildings and Structures, BIS.
8. IS: 875- 1987 Part 2 Imposed Load – Code of Practice for Design Loads (Other Than
Earthquake) for Buildings and Structures, BIS.
9. IS: 875- 1987 Part 3 Wind Load – Code of Practice for Design Loads (Other Than
Earthquake) for Buildings and Structures, BIS.
10. IS: 1893- 1984 – Criteria for Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures, BIS.
11. IS: 1893 (Part 1) - 2002 – Criteria for Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures, BIS.
12. IS: 13920- 1993 – Code of Practice for Ductile Detailing of Reinforced Concrete Structures
Subjected to Seismic Forces, BIS.
13. Structural Analysis and Design of Tall Buildings, B.S. Taranath, McGraw Hills.
14. Structural Design of Multistoreyed Buildings, U.H. Varyani, South Asian Publishers Pvt.
Ltd., New Delhi.
15. Design of Building Frames, J. S. Gero and H. J. Cowan, Applied Science Publishers,
London.
 16. Structural Design of Tall Concrete and Masonry Buildings, Eds. J. G. Mac Gregor and I.
Lyse, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, ASCE.
Course No. Course Title Course Type Credits Contact Hours
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CE 780S General Seminar DC 2 0 0 2
Topics related to general interest of Civil Engineering particularly new inventions and new
techniques used in modern construction. For instance,Green House Buildings in India,
Techniques to Curb Landslides, New Runway Pavement Materials, Design of Containment
Shell of Nuclear Power Plant, New Construction Techniques involved in Tunneling, Rocket
Launching Pad, Use of Tuned Mass Dampers in High-rise Construction, Construction of
Bunkers and Silos

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CE 791S Lab/Project DC 3 3 0 0
1. To calculate the depth of the vertical crack in a beam with the help of Portable Ultra Sonic
Non-destructive Testing Indicator (PUNDIT).
2. To calculate the length of the inclined crack in a beam with the help of Portable Ultra Sonic
Non-destructive Testing Indicator (PUNDIT).
3. To calculate the strength of the cube by testing under destruction and non-destructive testing
by PUNDIT.
4. To calculate the Poison's ratio and modulus of elasticity of the concrete.
5. To study the behavior of timber section under pure bending.
6. To calculate stiffness, damping and logarithmic decrement of the spring system both in series
and parallel.
7. Analyze a three span continuous beam (i) By moment redistribution method (ii) Analytically
with the help of a software. Also compare the results.
8. Analyse a multi- storey building considering earthquake and wind also.
Text Books and Reference Materials
1. Lab manual.
Web based learning

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Preliminary
CE 781S Dissertation Seminar
DC 4 3 0 1
Any suitable research topic relevant to structural engineering from the following thrust areas
such as:
Offshore Structures, Structural Dynamics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Fibre Reinforced
Concrete, Durability and Corrosion Resistance, Polymer Concrete Composites, Self
 Compacting Concrete, Permeable Concrete, Fire Resistance of High Strength Concrete,
Performance Based Design, Reliability Based Design, Seismic Strengthening of Heritage
Buildings, soil-structure interaction, recycled concrete, etc.To study the behavior of timber
section under pure bending.

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Final Dissertation
CE 782S Seminar
DC 2 0 2 0
Any suitable research topic relevant to structural engineering from the following thrust areas
such as:
Offshore Structures, Structural Dynamics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Fibre Reinforced
Concrete, Durability and Corrosion Resistance, Polymer Concrete Composites, Self Compacting
Concrete, Permeable Concrete, Fire Resistance of High Strength Concrete, Performance Based
Design, Reliability Based Design, Seismic Strengthening of Heritage Buildings, soil-structure
interaction, recycled concrete, etc.

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CE 798S Dissertation DC 2 0 2 0
Any suitable research topic relevant to structural engineering from the following thrust areas
such as:
Offshore Structures, Structural Dynamics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Fibre Reinforced
Concrete, Durability and Corrosion Resistance, Polymer Concrete Composites, Self Compacting
Concrete, Permeable Concrete, Fire Resistance of High Strength Concrete, Performance Based
Design, Reliability Based Design, Seismic Strengthening of Heritage Buildings, soil-structure
interaction, recycled concrete, etc.