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Subject
Code
Grade
Sem
ME CTM
Construction
Materials
MECTM
1111
Theory
for
Min.D Min.D
Branch
Subject Title
Subject
Code
ME CTM
Foundation
Design MECTM
And Construction
1112
Grade
Sem
Theory
for
Min.D Min.D
Practical Exercises:
1. Conduct of Standard Penetration Test and estimation of bearing capacity for shallow
foundation case.
2. Determination of shear strength characteristics by field tests like in situ vane shear
test, pocket penetrometer etc.
3. Determination of shear strength characteristics by laboratory tests .
4. Computation of bearing capacity and settlement for given conditions of soil, depth
and type of foundation and loading.
5. Recommend a field investigation programme to obtain design data.
6. Design of a shallow foundation. (Determination of depth and size of footing)
7. Recommend suitable dimensions, depth and spacing of pile/pile group for given
loading conditions.
Reference Books
1. Tomlinson MJ, Foundation Design and Construction , ELBS-Longman, 6e,.
2. Bowles Joseph E, Foundation Analysis and Design, McGraw Hill.
3. Som, NN & Das S.C. , Theory and Practice of Foundation Design, Prentice Hall of India, 2003
4. Braja M. Das, Principles of Foundation Engineering, 6e, Thomson, 2007
5. Koerner, Robert M, Construction and Geotechnical Methods in Foundation Engineering,
McGraw Hill,
6. Dinesh Mohan, Pile foundations, Oxford & IBH, 1998
7. Kurian, N.P. Modern Foundations, Tata McGraw Hill, 1982.
8. Fang H.Y. Foundation Engineering Handbook, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 23, 1991.
9. Kaniraj Shenbaga R, Design Aids in Soil Mechanics and Foundtion Engineering, Tata
McGraw Hill,
10. Fleming etal, Piling Engineering, Surrrey Univ. Press/John Wiley and Sons,.
11. Chellis, Robert D, Pile Foundations, MCGraw Hill, 1961
12. Tomlinson MJ, Pile Design and Construction Practice, a view point publication, 3e, 1981.
13. Peck, Hanson, Thornburn, Foundation Engineering, Wiley Eastern Ltd. 2e, 1980
14. CBRI Roorkee, Application Potential of Geosynthetics in Civil Engineering , Proceedings of
Workshop Jan, 4-6, 1989 Tata McGraw Hill.
15. Alam Singh & G.R. Chowdhry, Soil Engineering in Theory and Practice, CBS Publishers, 2e,
1990.
16. Duggal et-al , Soil Sampling and Testing, NITTTR, Chandigar, 2006
17. Duggal A K , Bearing Capacity of Shallow Foundations, NITTTR, Chandigarh, 2007
18. Duggal A K , Pile Foundations, NITTTR, Chandigarh, 2005
19. IS : 6403 Determination of bearing capacity of Shallow foundations
20. IS 8007- Part I Calculation of Settlement of Foundation
Subject Title
Subject
Grade
for
Code
ME CTM
Sem
Theory
end of every
even semester
Practical 5.0
Min.D Min.D
Unit - 1
Principles of concrete mix design: concrete materials, mix proportioning and early age
properties, strength, permeability and durability.
Concrete mix design procedures by : IS/ACI British Standards, mix design procedures
using fly ash, fibers and design of high performance concrete.
Unit 2.
Concreting operations - practices and equipment, batching; mixing; transporting;
shuttering and staging; placing and compacting; curing, accelerated curing; finishing
and jointing.
Properties and techniques of construction for concrete, admixtures, polymers, epoxy
resins, pozzolanic materials and fly ash, fibre reinforced concrete, light weight concrete,
heavy weight concrete, foam concrete, high performance concrete.
Unit 3.
Special concrete operations, shotcrete, grouting, g uniting, under water concreting, hot
and cold weather concrete, pumpable concrete, ready mixed concrete.
Unit 4.
Construction techniques for reinforced concrete elements - materials, principles and
procedures for beams, slabs, columns, foundations, walls and tanks, design and
fabrication of formwork for R.C.C elements, features of slip forming and precautions,
details of special shuttering required for lining of tunnel, procedures and precautions.
Unit 5.
Pre-stressed concrete construction-principle, methods, materials, tools and equipment
for the construction of a pre-stressed concrete.
Inspection and quality control of concrete construction - stages, principles, checklist,
statistical controls, and procedures.
Practical Exercises:
1. Testing of aggregates - fine and coarse as per BIS procedure.
2. Testing of cement with reference to IS specifications and cement grade.
Subject Title
Subject
Code
Grade
Sem
for
ME CTM
MECTM
1114
Theory
Practical 5.0
Min.D Min.D
Unit 1.
Unit 2.
Unit 3.
Unit 4.
Unit 5.
ELECTIVE- I
Course Content & Grade
Branch
Subject Title
Subject
Grade
for
ME CTM
Computer
programming and
applications
Code
Sem
MECTM
1115(i)
Theory
end of every
even semester
Practical 5.0
Min.D Min.D
Branch
Subject Title
ELECTIVE- I
Course Content & Grade
Subject
Grade
Code
Sem
for
ME CTM
Rural Construction
Technology
MECTM
1115(ii)
Theory
Practical 5.0
Min.D Min.D
i) Field visits to any 3-4 of the following to be arranged and prepare the report of the
visit.
- CBRI Roorkee, UP.
- CDC, Govt. Polytechnic, Sundernagar, HP.
- CDC,Thapar Polytechnic, Patiala, Pb;
- Bunga Villages and Sukhomajri villages (HR);
- Central Soil-Water Management Research and Training Institute, Sector 27,
Chandigarh. UT;
- Central Road Research Institute(CRRI),Mathura Road, Delhi,UT;
- SERC,Ghaziabad, UP;
- Villages around Chandigarh.
ii) Drawing Exercises on the following to be done:
- Rural Housing;
- Water Supply Project (Safe drinking water treatment, storage and distribution
scheme);
- Rural Latrines;
- X-sections of Rural Roads;
- Methods of Irrigation and Water shed Projects.
- Testing of construction materials for Housing.
- Testing of construction materials for Roads;
- Testing of construction materials for Ferro-cement
Reference Books:
1. A.G.Madhov Rao, D.S.Ramachandra Murthy, Appropriate Technologies for low cost Housing
Oxford and IBH Publishing Co. Pvt .Ltd.
2. CBRI, Roorkee, Advances in Building Mat erials and Construction.
3. C. Satyanarayana Murthy, Design of Minor Irrigation and Canal Structures. Wiley Eastern
Ltd.,
4. K.Park Preventive and Social Medicine, M/s. Banarsi Das Bhnot.
5. Yash Pal Bedi, A Hand book of Preventive and Social Medicine; Atam Ram & Sons, Delhi.
6. Document on Rural Road Development in India Volume 1& 2; Central Road Research
Institute, New Delhi.
7. SB Watt, "Ferro cement Water Tanks and their Construction"; Intermediate Technology
Publications Ltd., London.
8. Ariane Van Bureu," A Chinese Biogas Manual" I.T Publications, London.
9. KC Khandelwal and SS Mahdi, Biogas Technology- A Practical Handbook, volume 1&2, Tata
McGraw Hill Publishing Company Ltd. New Delhi.
10. GB Rai, Non-Conventional Energy Sources; Khanna Publishers, New Delhi.
11. Biogas Slurry Utilisation; Consortium on Rural Technology (CORT), New Delhi.
12. Sandy Chairncross and Richard G Feachen Environmental Health Engineering in the topics;
John Wiley & Sons, New York.
13. Bindeshwas Pathak, Sulabh Shauchalays-Hand Flush Water seal Latrine; Sulabh
Internationa, Patna.
14. Bindeshwas Pathak, Sulabh Shauchalaya-Astudy of Directed Chough; Sulabh International;
Gandhi Marg, Patna.
15. Fores tg B. Wright, "Rural Water Supply & Sanitation; Wiley Eastern Private Ltd. New Delhi.
ELECTIVE- I
Course Content & Grade
Branch
Subject Title
Subject
Code
Grade
Sem
for
ME CTM
Construction Costing
And Financial
Management
MECTM
1115(iii)
Theory
Practical 5.0
Min.D Min.D
Practical Exercises:
i) Preparation of cost estimates for a small project.
ii) Filling up of prescribed treasury challan form and imprest account form with given
data.
iii) Preparation of cash flow statement for a small construction project with given data
and cost benefit analysis..
iv) Filing up of daily labour report on prescribed form with given data.
v) Preparation of analysis of rates for different items of work.
vi) Material statement and material analysis.
vii) Carry out financial statement analysis, ratio analysis and funds flow analysis for
projects from given case studies.
Reference Books:
i) Mueller, F.W. Integrated cost and schedule control for construction projects.
ii) Gobourne: Cost control in the construction industry.
iii) Schedule of rates, specification manuals etc. from PWD
iv) Chris Hendrickson and Tung Au: Project Management for Construction
v) Datta : Material Management Procedures, Text and Cases, 2e Prentice Hall
vi) Gopalakrishnan , P,Sundaresan , M: Material Management - an Integrated Approach,
Prentice Hall.
vii) Dobbler and Bart: Purchasing and Supplies Management, Text and Cases, 6e
viii) Chitkara, K.K.: Construction Project Management; Tata-McGraw Hill
ELECTIVE- I
Course Content & Grade
Branch
Subject Title
Subject
Code
Grade
Sem
for
ME CTM
Advanced
Mathematics
MECTM
1115(iv)
Theory
Practical 5.0
Min.D Min.D
Unit 1.
Numerical solution of Partial Differential Equation (PDE) : Numerical solution of PDE of
hyperbolic, parabolic and elliptic types by finite difference method.
Unit 2.
Integral transforms : general definition, introduction to Mellin, Hankel and Fourier
transforms and fast Fourier transforms, application to transforms to boundary value
problems in engineering.
Unit 3.
Integral equations : Conversion of Linear Differential equation (LDE) to an integral
equation (IE), conversion of boundary value problems to integral equations using
Greens function, solution of Integral equation, IE of convolution type, Abels IE, Integra
differential equations, IE with separable variable, solution of Fredholm Equation with
separable kernels, solution of Fredholm and Volterra equations by method of
successive approximations.
Unit 4.
Calculus of Variation : Functionals and their Variational, Eulers equation for function of
one and two independent variables, application to engineering problems.
Unit 5.
FEM : Variational functional, Euler Lagranges equation, Variational forms, Ritz
methods, Galerkins method, descretization, finite elements method for one dimensional
problems.
Reference Books :
1. CF Froberg, Introduction to numerical analysis.
2. SS Sastry, Introductory methods of numerical analysis
3. Krasnove, Kiselevanded Makarenho, Integral equations
4. Buchanan, Finite element Analysis (Schaum Outline S), TMH
5. Krishnamurthy, Finite element analysis, TMH
6. Higher Engineering Mathematics by B.V. Ramana, Tata Mc Hill.
7. Advance Engineering Mathematics by Ervin Kreszig, Wiley Easten Edd.
8. Applied Numerical Methods with MATLAB by Steven C Chapra, TMH
9. Numerical Methods in Engineering, Salvadori and Baron
10. Theory and problems of Numeric analysis (Schaum Outline S), TMH
Subject Title
Subject
Code
ME CTM
Grade
Sem
Theory
for
Lab. I
1116
Auto-CAD
STAAD-Pro.
Primavera
Min.D Min.D
Subject Title
Subject
Code
Grade
Sem
for
ME CTM
Advanced Construction
Lab. II
MECTM
1117
Theory
Practical 5.0
Min.D Min.D
Term work should consist of any (Four) exercises from the following:
1. Minimum Two site visits to study construction techniques and use of major
construction equipment associated with ongoing major construction works.
Visit Report to be submitted.
4. Preparation of network analysis, crashing and updating of precedencenetwork for a major construction work.
5. Minimum one site visit to Ready Mix Concrete Plant use for major
construction, Visit report to be submitted.