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Syllabus Structure

M.Tech Structure Syllabus

ADVANCED MATHEMATICS (MTH-503)

Ordinary and Partial Differential equations: Application to boundary value problems, Laplace and wave equations, time
dependent equations with vibratory systems. Theory of complex variables and conformal mappings:Complex numbers,
the elementary functions, cauchy’s theorem, infinite series.Elementary conformal mapping - conformal transformation of
harmonic functions and boundary conditions.Matrix Theory: System of linear equations, determinate, finite dimensional
vector, space matrices- matrix rotation. Calculus of tensors with its applications to differential geometry. Application of
matrices and tensors to simple problems.Numerical methods in engineering analysis : Interpolation and relaxation
methods. Methods of minimum potential energy, variational principles, Rayleigh-Ritz Method, Galerkin’s Method, Treffitz’s
Prcedure, Pargers Functions. Percubation and collection procedures.Solution of linear and nonlinear equations by
numerical methodsNumerical Integration – Newton Cotes, Gauss Integration.

Text Books S Grewal- Higher Engg. MathematicsS S Shastri – Engineering mathematicsGorakh Prasad – Advanced
Mathematics for Engineers

References Venkatraman, M. K., Higher Mathematics for Engineers, National Publishing Co.Jain and Iyengar, Numerical
Methods for Scientific and Engineering Computation, John Wiley

THEORY OF ELASTICITY (STR-501)

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Elasticity: Stress tensor and transformation, equilibrium conditions, simple state of stress, Strain displacement relations,
strain tensors and its transformation. Compatibility condition. Constitutive relations, energy principles, problems of linear
elasticity- basic equation, boundary value problems, solution of basic equation and equation of plane problems
Books Timoshenko and Goodier - Theory of Elasticity, McGraw-Hill & Co. Newyork Wang - Applied Elasticity, Dover
Publications Inc. NewyorkIrving Shames, Mechanics of deformable solids, Eastern and economy edition, Prentice Hall
References Scholer, Elasticity in Engineering, McGraw-Hill, International Edition

ADVANCED STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS (STR-502)

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Buckling loads of prismatic and non prismatic beam columns. Finite difference and integration methods. Newmark’s
approach. Extrapolation by Aitken’s delta square procedure. Richardson’s extrapolation.Analysis of frames by Kani’s
method.Matrix methods of analysis for beams and frames. Flexibility and stiffness methods.

Text BooksMoshe F. Rubinstein, Matrix Computer Analysis of Structures, Prentice Hall, New yorkR.C. Coates & MG
Coutie, FG Kong, Structural Analysis, Thomas Nelson and sons, LondonJ M Gere & W. Weaver, Analysis of frame
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structures, Allied East West Pvt. Ltd., New DelhiN. C. Sinha & P. K. Gayen, Advanced theory of structures, Dhanpat Rai
& Sons.M. G. Salvadori & M. L. Baron, Numerical methods in Engineering, Prentice-Hall of India, New DelhiW. G.
Godden, Numerical analysis of beam and column structures, John Wiley, N.Y. ReferencesJamal J. Azar, Matrix
Structural analysis, Pergamon press Inc, NewyorkKanchi, Matrix Structural Analysis, Wiley Eastern Ltd. New
DelhiRonald L. sack, Matrix Structural Analysis, PWS- Kent Publishing Company

ADVANCED CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY (STR-503)

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Plain Concrete, Reinforced concrete, Pre-stressed Concrete, Cellular Concrete, Light weight concrete, Hollow concrete
blocks, Smart Concrete, Fibre Reinforced Concrete, Ferrocement, Polymer Concrete Composites, Self-Compacting
Concrete, Admixtures, Fly Ash Concrete, High Performance Concrete

Text BooksNeville,A.M. Properties of Concrete. ELBS Edition (4th ed.) Longman Ltd.,LondonP. K. Mehta, P J M
Monteiro, Concrete, Prentice Hall, New Jersey ( Special student edition by Indian concrete institute ChennaiReferences
Neville&Brooks Concrete Technology, ELBS Edition, Longman Ltd.,LondonTaylor, Concrete TechnologyOrchid,
Concrete Technology

DESIGN OF STRUCTURES (STR-504)

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Limit state design concepts in flexure, shear, torsion and combined stresses, limit state design of beams and frames,
slender column, Safety and serviceability, control of cracks and deflections. Yield line analysis of slabs : Work and
equilibrium methods. Deep beams, Corbels and nibs.Design of steel structural elements using Load and resistance factor
design (LRFD) methods. Plastic design of structures.Design of connections, Ductile design, design of typical
foundationsSteel concrete composite beams and columns.

Text BooksRegan, P. E. and Yu, C.W. Limit State Design of Structural Concrete Chatto and Windus,
LondonKrishnamurthy, K.T. Gharpure S.C. and A.B. Kulkarni – Limit design of reinforced concrete structures, Khanna
PublishersArya A. S., Design of Steel Structures, New Chand & Bros., RoorkeeP. C. Verghese, Advanced reinforced
concrete design, Prentice Hall of IndiaReferencesPurushothaman, P. Reinforced Concrete Design, Tata McGraw-Hill
CompanyLoathers, Advanced Design in Structural Steel, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi PRESTRESSED CONCRETE
(STR-551)

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Design of prestressed elements by working stress and Limit state approach.Design of Beams : Critical load condition,
Permissible stresses, Various suggested methods of design, Composite Beams and Continuous Beams, Partial
prestressed beams.Slabs: Design of various type of slabs.Shear and Bond in Prestressed Concrete, Anchorages in
Prestressing, Post tensioned Construction, Prestressing cable at the centroidal axis, Symmetric multiple cable, cable with
eccentricity, Inclined cables, Spalling and bursting stresses.Miscellaneous Structures : compression members, tension
members, prestressed concrete pavements, folded plate and shells, arches, rigid frames, cylindrical tanks.

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Text Books

G. S. Pandit, S.P.Gupta. Prestressed Concrete,CBS Publishers, N.Delhi.N. Krishna Raju. Prestressed Concrete. Tata Mc
Graw Hill, N.DelhiReference:

1. Libby, Prestressed Concrete.

FINITE ELEMENT METHODS IN STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS (STR-552)

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Introduction to Finite Elements, Plane Stress and Plane Strain, Axi-Symmetric Stress Analysis, Elements in 2– D and 3-D
Problems, Three Dimensional Stress Analysis, Non-linear analysis.

Text BooksKrishnamoorthy, C.S., Finite Element Analysis Theory and Programming, Tata McGraw-Hill publishing
company Ltd., New DelhiDesai, C.S. and Abel, J.F., Introduction to Finite Element Method, Affiliated East West Press
Pvt. Ltd., New DelhiS.S.Rao, The Finite Element Method in Engineering. Butterworth & Heinman, New
Delhi.ReferencesZinkiewicz, O.C. and Taylor, R.L., The Finite Element Method, McGraw-HillReddy, J. N., An
Introduction to Finite Element Method, McGraw-Hill, Singapore

STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS (STR-553)

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Introduction, Foundational objective of structural dynamic analysis, Single and Multi Degree Freedom Systems, Dynamic
analysis of systems with distributed properties, Dynamic Analysis of Structures using FEM.Modal Analysis.

Text BooksW.C.Hurty & M.F. Rubenstein, Dynamics of Structures. Prentice Hall India, N. DelhiW.G.Godden, Numerrical
Analysis of Beams, Columns and Structures. Prentice Hall India

THEORY OF PLATES AND SHELLS (STR-554)

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4104.5Pure Bending of Plates, Symmetrical Bending of Circular Plates, Rectangular Plates Different forms of shell
structures, Analysis of Shell Structures, Membrane Analysis of ShellsFolded Plate StructuresIntroduction to Grid
Structures

Text BooksRudolph Szilard, Theory and Analysis of Plates, Prentice Hall, New JerseyS. Timoshenko and Woinowsky
Krieger, Theory of plates and shells, Mc Graw HillReferencesK. Chandrashekhara, Theory of plates, Universities Press,
Hyderabad.Lloyd Hamilton Donnell, Beam plates and Shells, McGraw-Hill, 1976

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ELECTIVE – I SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTION (STR-561)

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4104.5Soil Foundation interaction, soil foundation – structure interaction, soil – fluid structure interaction, idealization of soil
by various linear and non-linear, isotropic and anisotropic models, soil – parameters : Interpretation of parameters
encountered in various idealized soil models, experimental investigations. Finite difference solution to problems of beams
on linear and non – linear winkler models. Soil – structure Interaction in framed structure, FEM Modeling. Use of
appropriate software packages. Introduction to dynamic soil structure interaction as well as non linear soil / concrete
behavior. Text Books :John, P. Wolf, Dynamic Soil-Structure InteractionJohn, P. Wolf, Soil-Structure Interaction in Time
DomainDesai, C.S. Srivardhane, Constitutive Modelling of Soil and Rocks.

ELECTIVE – I DESIGN OF STEEL CONCRETE COMPOSITE STRUCTURES (STR-562)

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4104.5Introduction to steel - Concrete composite construction Design of Composite Members, Design of Connections,
Composite Box Girder Bridges Case studies on steel- Concrete composite construction in buildings, Seismic behaviour
of Composite structures. Text Book :Johnson, R.P., Composite structure of steel and concrete.References :Owens, G.W.
and Knowels, P., Steel Designers manual (Fifth Edition), Steel Concrete Institute (UK), Oxford Blaskwell Scientific
PublicationsWorkshop on Steel Concrete Structures, conducted at Anna University.

ELECTIVE – I MAINTENANCE AND Rehabilitation of Structures (STR-563)

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Quality assurance for concrete construction, concrete properties: strength, permeability, thermal properties and cracking.
Influence on Serviceability and Durability, Maintenance and Repair Strategies, Materials for Repair, Techniques for
Repair.

Text Books :Denison Campbell, Allen and Harold Roper, Concrete Structures, Materials, Maintenance and Repair,
Longman Scientific and Technical UKAllen, R.T. and Edwards, S. C., Repairs of Concrete Structures, Blakie and Sons,
UKReferences : Shetty, M.S., Concrete Technology – Theory and Practice, S. Chand and Company, New
DelhiSanthakumar, A.R., Training Course notes on Damage Assessment and repair in Low Cost Housing, RHDC-NBO,
Anna UniversityRaikar, R.N. Learning from failures – Deficiencies in Design, Construction and Service – R&D Center
(SDCPL), Raikar Bhawan, BombayPalaniappan, N., Estate Management, Anna Institute of Management, Chennai

EARTHQUAKE ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF STRUCTURES (STR-601)

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Characteristics of earthquakes, Design response spectrum, Site effects, Earthquake response of structures, Idealization
of structures, Response spectrum analysis, Equivalent lateral force concepts, Torsionally coupled systems, Orthogonal
effects, Nonlinear, Pushover and Time history analysisEffects of soil-structure interaction, Philosophy of earthquake
resistant design, Seismic behaviour of concrete, steel and masonry structures, Material properties Analysis of members
under cyclic loads, Detailing provisions, Review of damage in past earthquakes; Concepts of structural
controlIntroduction to Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering: Ground Shaking, liquefaction, evaluation, mechanism,
effects of liquefactionRetrofitting, Rehabilitation of structures

Text Books:1. Jai Krishna, A.R. Chandrasekharan. Brijesh Chandra. Elements of Earthquake Engineering. South Asia
Publishers, N.Delhi2. Steven L. Kramer, Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Prentice Hall, New DelhiReferences1.
RL Weigel (ed.), Earthquake Engineering, Prentice Hall, New Jersey

DESIGN OF FOUNDATION SYSTEM (STR-602)

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Shallow foundations: Bearing capacity equations, special footing problems, I.S. Codes, Design of foundations and
computation of settlements.Pile foundations: Type of piles, estimating pile capacity, pile load tests, negative skin friction,
modulus of sub-grade reaction for laterally loaded piles, lateral resistance. Pile group considerations, efficiency,
settlement of pile groups, pile caps, I.S. CodesWell Foundations: Types, shapes, bearing capacity and settlements,
determination of grip length by dimensional analysis, stability of well foundations by IRC Method, construction, Tilts &
shifts.Sheet pile Structures: Types, Design / methodology Anchors Braced Sheeting, Cofferdams, single well cofferdams,
cellular cofferdams, stability of cellular cofferdam, instability due to Heave of Bottom.Text Books1. Lamb and Whitman –
Soil Mechanics2. Alam Singh, Soil EngineeringReferences1. Bowles, Foundation Engineering

ELECTIVE - II TALL STRUCTURES (STR-611)

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4104.5Principles of Planning of Tall Buildings, Loads on Tall Buildings, Analysis of Tall Buildings (With and Without
Shear Walls), Design of Tall Buildings, Soil Structure InteractionText BooksBryan Stafford smith and Alex Coull, Tall
Building Structures – Analysis and Design, John Wiley & sons.ELECTIVE- II BRIDGE DESIGN (STR-612)

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Bridge System, Considerations in alignment, planning, economic consideration, aesthetics and selection of type of
bridge.Loading Standards, Super Structure Analysis, Design of Bridge Decks and Bearings, Connections, Substructure
Analysis and Design, Foundations, Construction & Maintenance, Dynamic Behaviour, Long Span Bridges, Design of Aqua-
duct & Box culverts.Text BooksRaina, V. K., Concrete Bridge Practice, Tata Mc. Graw- Hill , New DelhiVictor, D.J.,
Essentials of Bridge Engineering, Oxford & IBH Publishers Co., New DelhiReferencesDemetrios E. Tonias, Bridge
Engineering, Mc. Graw- Hill, Newyork

ELECTIVE- II SAFETY IN CONSTRUCTION (STR-613)

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Accident prevention, Cost of accidents, Safety and productivity, Safety provisions in the factories act, Accident reporting
investigation and statistics. Safety Equipment, Safety Systems, Safety in Hand Tools, Safety in Demolition Work

Text Books :BHEL Safety Manual, BHEL, Trichy.Akaev, S.S., Construction Technology, MIR Publications,
Moscow.References :Hudson, R., Construction Hazard and safety Hand Book, Britter Worths.Janathen D. Sime, Safety
in the Build Environment, London.

STRUCTURAL LAB – I / DESIGN STUDIO (STR-541)

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Properties of fresh & hardened concrete - Concrete mix design of different grades by using different mix design methods,
Mix design using Admixtures. Non destructive testing of concrete.

STRUCTURAL LAB –II (STR-591)

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Field related structural design problems and their solutions by using software packages.Field related testing of structural
materials and components.

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LIST OF JOURNALS

S.No.

Name of Journal Publisher

ASCE Journal (Structural Engineering Division)American Society of Civil Engineering, USA

American Concrete Institute Journal American Concrete Institute, USA

Journal of Indian Roads Congress Indian Roads Congress (IRC), New Delhi

The Structural EngineerStructural Engineers Institute, UK

Indian Concrete JournalAssociated Cement Company, Mumbai

The Journal of Structural EngineeringSERC, CSIR, Chennai

Journal of Institution of Engineers, IndiaInstitution of Engineers, Calcutta

ICI Journal Indian Concrete Institute, Chennai

Steel in ConstructionINSDAG, Calcutta

Bridge and Structural EngineeringIABSE (India), New Delhi

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