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SSD
Steel Structure and Design (Syllabus)
CEC501 STEEL STRUCTURE & DESIGN
- Introduction to steel structures and IS 800 -2007- Material
specifications - Rolled sections – Section classifications - Design
approach; design philosophy, i.e. loading load combination,
factor of safety, permissible and working stress elastic method,
limit state of design, plastic design, Elements of plastic theory: -
Plastic hinge, shape factor, collapse load for beams & portal
frame. Uniqueness, upper & lower bound theorem. Effect of axial
force & shear in plastic moment ofsections.
2. Connections: riveted, bolted and welded connections, strength
and efficiency, Eccentric connection
3. Tension member: rolled sections and built-up sections, 8
4 Compression members - Slenderness ratio – Design - Simple and
built- up sections - lacings and battens - Tension members.
5. Flexural members – Rolled sections - built-up beams - Design
for strength and serviceability, web crippling, webyielding,
bearing stiffeners,
6. BEAM column: stability consideration, interaction formulae
and Column bases: stability of base, gusseted base and grillage
footing
Reading:
1. Subramanian N, Design of Steel Structures, Oxford University Press, New Delhi2008.
2. Dayaratnam P, Design of Steel Structures, S. Chand & Co., New Delhi,2003.
3. Arya, A.S and Ajmani, A.L., Design of Steel Structures, Nemchand and brothers, Roorkee,
1992..
4. Punmia, B.C., Ashok Kumar Jain and Arun Kumar Jain. Comprehensive Design of Steel
Structures, Laxmi Publications Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi2000.
5. IS 800-2007, Code of practice for general construction in steel, Bureau of IndianStandards,
NewDelhi.
GE I
Geotechnical Engineering-I (Syllabus)
CEC502 Geotechnical Engineering-I
1. Engineering Properties and Classifications Laboratory and field identification of soils:
Determination of water content by oven drying – specific gravity
using Pycnometer and specific gravity bottle – grain size analysis
by sieveanalysis, hydrometer analysis and pipette analysis –
Atterberg limit and indices, sensitivity &thixotropy field density
by core cutter, sand replacement and wax coating
methods.Permeability: Definition - Darcy’s law - factors affecting
permeability – laboratorydetermination – permeability of stratified
soils. Classification of Soils: Necessity – Principles of
classification – I.S. classification – plasticitychart.
2. Stress Distribution in Soils
Stress distribution: Boussinesque’s and Westergaard’s
equations for vertical pressure due topoint loads and uniformly
distributed loads - assumptions and limitations - pressure bulb –
Newmarks` charts and their use
3. Compressibility of Soils
Consolidation: definition - concepts of coefficient of
compressibility - coefficient of volumechange and compression
index - e-log p curves - pre-consolidation pressure -
Terzaghi’stheory of one-dimensional consolidation - determination
of coefficient of consolidation -difference between consolidation
and compaction
Compaction: definition and objectives of compaction - proctor test
and modified proctor test- concept of OMC and maximum dry
density - zero air voids line - factors influencingcompaction - field
compaction methods - Proctor needle for field control
4 Shear Strength and Stability of Slopes:
Shear Strength: definition - Mohr’s strength and stress
circles - Mohr’s envelope – MohrCoulomb strength theory - direct,
triaxial and UCC tests - drainage conditions-UU, CU andCD tests -
vane shear tests - total and effective stress - strength parameters
Stability of slopes: slope failure, base failure and toe failure -
Swedish circle method -friction circle method - Taylor’s stability
number - stability charts
5. Retaining Walls :
Retaining walls, Active, neutral and Passive earth pressures
and their distributions, rigid and flexible retaining walls, Coulomb’s and Rankine’s earth pressure distribution, Tension
cracks, depth of tension cracks, Critical depth of excavation
6. Sub-surface Exploration :
Subsurface exploration and investigation: Preliminary and
detailed investigation, Soil sampling and various terms such as
clearance and recovery ratio, auguring and boring, Penetration
tests such as SPT, CPT, SCPT
EE
Environmental Engineering (Syllabus)
CEC503 ENVIROMENTAL ENGINEERING
1. Water demand: - Population- forecast, design period, factors
affecting populations growth, water demand, factors affecting rate of
demand, variations in rate of demand.
2. Quality of water: - sources of impurities, common impurities in
water and their effect, water analysis, physical, chemical and
biological characteristics, water borne diseases, Indian andWHO
drinking standard.
3. Purification: Sedimentation, flocculation, coagulation, filtration,
disinfection, water softening, aeration, miscellaneous treatment
method.
4. Distribution of water: - Introductions , Methods of distribution,
pressure in distribution mains, system of water supply, storage and
distribution reservoir, layout and design of distribution system and
distribution reservoir.
5. Waste water treatment: - Sewage characteristics.
Sewerage system: - Type, design, construction and maintenance.
Treatment :- Primary and secondary treatments, screens, grit
chamber, sedimentation chamber, principle and design of activated
sludge digestion, final disposal of sludge and effluents, Disposal of
sewage by dilution, self-purification of streams, sewage disposal by irrigation, waste water reuse, solid waste collection, re-
utilization/disposal, B.O.D, C.O.D.
1. G.B. Masters, Introduction to Environmental Engineering and Science,Pearson
Education,2013.
2. Gerard Kiely, Environmental Engineering, McGraw Hill Education Pvt Ltd,Special
Indian
Edition, 2007.
3. W P Cunningham, M A Cunningham, Principles of Environmental Science, Inquiryand
Applications, Tata McGraw Hill, Eighth Edition,2016.
4. M. Chandrasekhar, Environmental science, Hi Tech Publishers,2009