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Annexure - II

GITAM UNIVERSITY

(Declared as Deemed to be University U/S 3 of UGC Act, 1956)

REGULATIONS & SYLLABUS

OF

M.Tech.

(Structural Engineering & Natural Disaster Management)

(w.e.f 2012 -13 admitted batch)

Programme Code : EPRSE200801

Gandhi Nagar Campus, Rushikonda

VISAKHAPATNAM – 530 045

Website: www.gitam.edu

SYLLABUS

M.Tech. (Structural Engineering & Natural Disaster Management) Syllabus,Programme Code: EPRSE200801

I SEMESTER

Course Code Name of the Course Credits

Scheme ofInstruction

Scheme of Examination

L P Total Sem endexamMarks

ContinuousEvaluation

Marks

TOTAL

EPRSE 101 Theory of Elasticity 4 4 - 4 60 40 100

EPRSE 102 Advanced ReinforcedConcrete Design

4 4 - 4 60 40 100

EPRSE 103 Finite Element Methods ofAnalysis

4 4 - 4 60 40 100

EPRSE 104 Structural Dynamics 4 4 - 4 60 40 100

EPRSE 111 *Computer Applications inStructural Engg.,

2 4 4 40 60 100

EPRSE 112 *Bridge Engineering 2 4 4 40 60 100

TOTAL 20 16 8 24 320 280 600

II SEMESTER


Scheme ofInstruction

Scheme of Examination

L P Total Sem endexam Marks


Marks TOTAL

EPRSE 201 Stability of Structures 4 4 - 4 60 40 100

EPRSE 202 Structural Reliability 4 4 - 4 60 40 100

EPRSE 203 Earthquake Engineering 4 4 - 4 60 40 100

EPRSE 204 Disaster Management 4 4 - 4 60 40 100

EPRSE 211 *Repairs, Renovation andRehabilitation of Structures

2 4 4 40 60 100

EPRSE 212 *Theory of Plates and Shells 2 4 4 40 60 100

TOTAL 20 16 8 24 320 280 600

* Viva-voce shall be conducted at the end of the semester based on the project report submitted by the student

M.Tech. (SE&NDM) - III SEMESTER


Scheme of Instruction Scheme of Examination

L P Total Sem endExamMarks


Marks

TOTAL

EPRSE 301 Foundations for DynamicLoading

4 4 - 4 60 40 100

EPRSE 302 Hydraulic Structures 4 4 - 4 60 40 100

EPRSE

321-324

Elective (Any one of thefollowing)

4 4 - 4 60 40 100

EPRSE 311 **Project Phase-I 8 50 50 100

EPRSE 312 Advanced StructuralEngineering Lab

2 - 3 40 60 100

EPRSE 313 Seminar 2 - - - - 100 100

TOTAL 24 12 3 15 270 330 600

**Project shall be initiated and problem must be defined (Supported by Literature Survey) with evaluation andpresentation in the third semester.

Electives:

EPRSE 321: Environmental Impact Analysis

EPRSE 322: Advanced design of Structures

EPRSE 323: Fire Resistant Design of Structures

EPRSE 324: Wind Analysis and Design of Tall Structures

IV SEMESTER

Course Code

Name of the Course Credits

Scheme of Instruction Scheme of Examination

L P Total Sem endExamMarks


Marks

TOTAL

EPRSE 411 ***Project Phase-II 18 50 50 100

TOTAL 18 - 50 50 100

***Final Project/ Dissertation for the problem defined in previous semester shall be completed and reportsubmission and presentation with evaluation shall be done in the fourth semester.

Total credits: 20+20+24+18 = 82

SYLLABUS

M.Tech. (SE&NDM) - I SEMESTER

EPRSE 101: THEORY OF ELASTICITY

UNIT-I :

Plane stress and plane strain: Components of stress, strain, Hookes law, Stress and Strain at a point, Plane stress,Plane strain, Equations of equilibrium, Boundary conditions, Compatibility equations, stress foundation.

UNIT-II:

Two Dimensional Problems in Rectangular Coordinates: Solution by polynomials, Saint Venant’s principledetermination of displacements, Bending of cantilever loaded at the end, Bending of a beam subjected to uniformload.

UNIT-III:

Two Dimensional Problem in Polar Coordinates: General equations of equilibrium, stress function and equationof compatibility with zero body forces. Analysis of thick cylindrical shells with symmetrical loading about the axis,Pure bending of curved bars, Strain components in polar coordinates, Rotating disks.

UNIT –IV:

Three Dimensional State of Stress: Differential equations of equilibrium – Boundary conditions of compatibility –Displacements – Equations of equilibrium in terms of displacements – Principle of superposition – Uniqueness ofsolution.

Analysis of Stress and Strain in Three Dimensions. Introduction - Principal stresses - Determination of principalstress – Stress invariants – Maximum shearing stress & strain at a point.

UNIT-V:

Torsion: Torsion of straight bars – St. Venant solution; Stress function; Warp function – Elliptic cross section –Membrane analogy torsion of bar of narrow rectangular cross section.

Photoelasticity: Polarisation – Polarizer, Analyser, Photoelastic law, Fringes Circular polariscope, Determination ofprincipal stresses.

BOOKS:

1. “Theory of Elasticity” by Timoshenko & Goodier, McGraw Hill Company.

2. “Applied Elasticity” by C.T.Wang.

3. “Advanced Strength of Materials” by Denhorteg.


EPRSE 102: ADVANCED REINFORCED CONCRETE DESIGN

UNIT-I:

Deflection of Reinforced Concrete Beams and Slabs: Introduction, Short-term deflection of beams and slabs,deflection due to imposed loads, short-term deflection of beams due to applied loads, Calculation of deflection by IS456. Estimation of Crack width in Reinforced Concrete Members: Introduction, Factors affecting crack width inbeams, Calculation of crack width, simple empirical method, estimation of crack width in beams by IS 456,Shrinkage and thermal cracking.

UNIT-II:

Design of Flat Slabs: Direct Design Method- Distribution of moments in column strips and middle strip-Momentand shear transfer from slabs to columns-Shear in flat slabs-Check for one way shear-Introduction to equivalentframe method. Limitations of direct design method- Distribution of moments in column strips and middle strip.

UNIT-III:

Design of Reinforced Concrete Members for Fire Resistance: Introduction, ISO 834 standard heating conditions,grading or classifications, effect of high temperature on steel and concrete, effect of high temperatures on differenttypes of structural members, fire resistance by structural detailing from tabulated data, analytical determination ofthe ultimate bending moment, capacity of reinforced concrete beams under fire, other considerations.

UNIT-IV:

Earthquake Forces and Structural Responses: Introduction, Bureau of Indian Standards for earthquake design,Earthquake magnitude and intensity, Historical development, Basic seismic coefficient and seismic zone factors,determination of design forces, Choice of method for multi-storeyed buildings, Difference between wind andearthquake forces, Partial safety factors for design, Distribution of seismic forces, Analysis of structures other thanbuildings.

UNIT-V:

Ductile detailing, Increased values of seismic effect for vertical and horizontal projections, Proposed changes in IS1893 (Fifth revision). Ductile Detailing of Frames for Seismic Forces: Introduction, General principles, Factors thatincrease ductility, Specifications for material for ductility, ductile detailing of beams – Requirements.

REFERENCES:

1. “Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design” by P.C.Varghese, Prentice Hall of India

2. “Reinforced Concrete”, Ashok.K. Jain, Nem Chand & Bors.

3. “Reinforced Concrete” by Park & Paulay

M.Tech. (SE&NDM) - I SEMESTEREPRSE 103: FINITE ELEMENT METHODS OF ANALYSIS:

UNIT-I:

Introduction: A brief history of FEM, Need of the method, Review of basic principles of solid mechanics –principles, equations of equilibrium, boundary conditions, compatibility, strain – displacement relations, constitutiverelationship.

UNIT-II:

Theory relating to the formation of FEM: Coordinate system (local & global); Basic components – A singleelement, Derivation of stiffness matrix, Assembly of Stiffness, matrix boundary conditions – All with reference totrusses under axial forces.

UNIT-III:

Concept of element; various element shapes, Triangular element, discretisation of a structure, Mesh refinement vshigher order element; inter connections at nodes of displacement models on inter element compatibility.

UNIT-IV:

Three Dimensional Analysis: Various elements used; tetrahedron, hexahedron

UNIT-V:

Requirements on Representation of element behaviour functions, Polynomial series, Isoparametric presentation andits formulation.

BOOKS:

1. “The Finite Element Method in Engineering Science” by P.Zienkiewiez, McGraw Hill, 1971.

2. “The Finite Element Analysis Fundamentals” by Richard H.Gallagher, Prentice Hall 1975.

3. “Introduction to the FEM” by Desai C.S and Abbels, J.F Van Nostrand, 1972.

4. “Finite Element Method for Engineers” by Reger, T.Fenuer, The Macmillan Ltd.,London,1975

5. “Fundamental of Finite Element Techniques for Structural Engineers” by Drabbia, C.A.and Conner, J.J., John

Wiley and Sons, 1971.

6. “Numerical Methods in Finite Element Analysis” by Klaus Jurgen and Edward, L., Wilson, Prentice Hall of

India, New Delhi, 1978.


EPRSE 104: STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS

UNIT-I:

Introduction: Mass- spring-damper idealization of structural systems, equation of motion for SDOF system,solution of the differential equations viscous damping, dry friction damping and negative damping, under-damped,critically damped and over-damped systems, logarithmic decrement, determination of damping in the system.

UNIT-II:

Lumped mass MDOF systems: Rayleigh method of determination of natural frequencies, Stodola-Vianellemethod, Rayleigh method, Modified Rayleigh-Ritz method; multistory rigid frames subjected to lateral loads,damping in multi degree systems.

UNIT-III:

Structures with distributed mass and load: Introduction, free vibration, frequency and motions of SSB,cantilever beam, fixed beam, propped cantilever beam, forced vibration of beams, Beams, with variable cross-section and mass.

UNIT-IV:

Approximate design methods; Idealized system; transformation factors; dynamic reaction response calculations;Design example (RC beam, steel beam), Stiffened method and flexibility method.

UNIT-V:

Response to impulse loading: General nature of impulsive loading, sine-wave impulse, Rectangular impulse,square pulse of finite duration, triangular impulse, response to general force pulse, greens function, forced vibration.

BOOKS:

1. “Structural Dynamics” by John M. Biggs.

2. “Structural Analysis” by A. Ghali & A.M. Neville.

3. “Dynamics of structures” by Anil k chopra

4. “Structural dynamics” by Mario Paz and leigh

5. “Elements of earthquake engineering” by Chandra and Jai Krishna


EPRSE 111: COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING

Computer Oriented Methods In Structural Analysis: Stiffness Method: Developing a Computer Program for theanalysis of Grid Floors by using Stiffness Method.

Flexibility Method: Developing a Computer Program for the analysis of Portal Frames by using Flexible Method.

Finite Difference Method (FDM): Determination of deflections of plates by using FDM, & Determination of NaturalFrequency in a Beam.

Finite Element Method: Discussion of engineering problems to demonstrate the versatility of finite element method.Coordinate system (local & global) definition of stiffness matrix for a truss element and a beam element, elementassembly into global stiffness matrix, Boundary conditions.

Soft Ware Applications In Structural Engineering (by Using STAAD, STRAP, STRUDS etc.,):

Analysis of Reinforced Concrete (RCC) & Steel Structures.

Analysis of Plane and Space Truss and Frames subjected to Gravity and lateral loads

Determination of Natural Frequency of a Beam

Dynamic Analysis (Response Spectrum ) of Plane Frames

Analysis of Water Tanks by Using Plate Elements

Design Of Reinforced Concrete Members: Design, Detailing and Estimation of Beams, Slabs, Columns andFoundations Shear Wall Design

Design Of Steel Members: Design of Truss Members, Design of Beams and Columns.

REFERENCES:

1. “The Finite Element Method” by Zienkiewicz, O.C., McGraw Hill Publications, London.

2. “Concepts and Applications of Finite Element Analysis: by Cook, R.D.

3. Reference Manual for STADD, STRAP, STRUDS, ANAYS, NISA, etc.

M.Tech. (SE&NDM) - I SEMESTEREPRSE 112: BRIDGE ENGINEEREING

UNIT–I :Introduction and Investigation for BridgesComponents of a Bridge; Classification; Standard Specifications; Need for Investigation; Selection ofBridge Site; Preliminary Data to be collected; Preliminary Drawings; Determination of DesignDischarge; Economical Span; Location of Piers and Abutments; Vertical clearance above HFL;Scour depth; Choice of Bridge Type; Importance of Proper Investigation.

UNIT-II:Design considerations of RCC bridgesVarious types of bridges (brief description of each type), Design of R.C.C. culvers and T-beam bridges.

UNIT-III:Design considerations of steel bridgesVarious types of steel bridges (brief description of each type), Design of plate girder bridge.

UNIT-IV:Sub Structure for BridgesPier and abutment caps; Materials for piers and abutments; Design of pier; Design of abutment; Backfill behindabutment; Approach slab

UNIT-V:Bearings for BridgesImportance of bearings; Bearings for slab bridges; Bearings for girder bridges; Expansion bearings; Fixed bearings;Design of elastomeric pad bearing.Foundations for BridgesScour at aburments and piers; Grip length; Types of foundations; Design of well foundation

Reference Books:1. D. Johnson Victor, Essentials of Bridge Engineering, Oxford &IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd, 5thEdition2001.2. Krishna Raju.N, Design of Bridge Structures, Oxford and IBH Publishing.3. Jagadish.T.R and Jayaram.M.A, Design of Bridge Structures, PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.4. Ponnuswamy.S, Bridge Engineering, Tata McGraw Hill Education.

M.Tech. (SE&NDM) - II SEMESTER

EPRSE 201: STABILITY OF STRUCTURES

UNIT-I:Buckling of Columns: Method of neutral equilibrium, Critical load of the Euler column, Linear column theory - AnEigen value problem, Effective length concept, Higher order differential equation for columns initially bentcolumns, effect of shear stress on buckling, eccentrically loaded columns. Inelastic buckling of columns, Doublemodulus theory, Tangent modulus theory, Shanley theory of inelastic column behaviour.

UNIT –II :Beam columns (Beam columns with concentrated lateral load, distributed, load end moment),

UNIT –III :Approximate methods of analysis: Conservation of energy principles; calculation of critical loads usingapproximate deflection curve; Principle of stationery potential energy, Raleigh – Ritz method, Buckling load ofcolumn with variable cross section, Galerkin’s method; Calculation of critical load by finite differences, Unevenlyspaced pivot points, Matrix stiffness method; effect of axial load on bending stiffness – slope deflection equations,Buckling of column loaded along the length using energy methods.

UNIT-IV:Buckling of Frames: Modes of Buckling, Critical load of simple frame using neutral equilibrium, Slope deflectionequations and matrix analysis.

UNIT-V:Buckling of Plates: Differential equation, Strain energy of bending, Critical load, Finite difference approachinelastic buckling of plates.

REFERENCES:

1. “Principles of Structural Stability Theory” by Alexander Chajes.

2. “Theory of Elastic Stability” by Timoshenko and Gere.


EPRSE 202: STRUCTURAL RELIABILITY

UNIT–I:

Concepts of Structural Safety: General, Design methods. Basic Statistics: Introduction, Data reduction,Histograms, Sample correlation. Probability Theory: Introduction, Random events, Random variables, Functions ofrandom variables, Moments and expectation, common probability distribution, Extremal distribution.

UNIT-II:

Resistance Distributions and Parameters: Introduction, Statistics of properties of concrete. Statistics ofproperties of steel, Statistics of strength of bricks and mortar, dimensional variations, characterization of variables,Allowable stresses based on specified reliability.

Probabilities Analysis of Loads: Gravity loads, wind load.

UNIT-III:

Basic Structural Reliability: Introduction, Computation of Structural reliability. Monte Carlo Study of StructuralSafety: General, Monte Carlo method, Applications.

Reliability of structural systems: Preliminary concepts as applied to simple structures.

UNIT-IV:

Level 2 Reliability Methods: Introduction, Basic variables and failure surface, First-order second-moment methods(FOSM).

UNIT-V:

Reliability Based Design: Introduction, Determination of partial safety factors, Safety checking formats,Development of reliability based design criteria, Optimal safety factors, Summary of results of study for Indianstandard – RCC Design.

REFERENCES:

1. “Structural Reliability Analysis and Design” By Ranganatham, R.

2. “Structural Reliability” by Melchers, R.E.

M.Tech. (SE&NDM) - II SEMESTEREPRSE 203: EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING

UNIT-I:

Earthquakes, Epicenter, Hypocenter and earthquake waves, Measurement of ground motion, Seismic Regions,Intensity and Isoseismals of an earthquake, Magnitude and energy of an earthquake, Consequences of earthquakes,Seismic zoning.

UNIT-II:

Earthquake Response of Linear Systems: Earthquake excitation, Equation of motion, Response quantities,Response history, Response spectrum concept, Deformation, Pseudo-velocity, and Pseudo-acceleration, Responsespectra, Peak structural response from the response spectrum, Response spectrum characteristics, Elastic designspectrum, comparison of design and response spectra, Distinction between design and response spectra, velocity andacceleration response spectra, Appendix 6: EI Centro, 1940 ground motion.

UNIT-III:

Earthquake Analysis of Linear Systems:

Part-A: Response history analysis, Modal analysis, Multistorey buildings with symmetric plan. Multistoreybuildings with unsymmetric plan, Torsional response of symmetric plan builds, response analysis for multiplesupport excitation, structural idealization and earthquake response.

Part-B: Response Spectrum Analysis: Peak response from earthquake response spectrum, Multistorey buildings withsymmetric plan, Multistorey buildings with unsymmetric plan.

Earthquake Response of Linear Elastic Buildings: Systems analysed, Design spectrum and response quantities,Influence of T1 and p on response, Modal contribution factors, Influence of T1 on higher-mode response,. Influenceof p on higher-mode response, Heightwise variation of higher-mode response, How many modes to include.

UNIT-IV:

Aseismic Design of Structure: Design data and philosophy of design, Seismic coefficients. Permissible increase instresses and load factors, Multistorey buildings, Base shear, fundamental period of buildings, distribution of forcesalong the height, Dynamic analysis, Effective weight. Miscellaneous considerations. Earthquake resistantconstruction of buildings, Ductility provisions in reinforced concrete construction. Water towers, introduction.Behaviour under earthquake loads. Design features, Water tower as a rigid jointed space frame, Hydrodynamicpressures in tanks, Stack like structures,

UNIT-V:

Introduction. Fundamental period of vibration, Seismic coefficient, Dynamic bending moment. Shear diagram,Bridges, Introduction, Seismic force, Live load, Super structure, substructure. Hydrodynamic pressures on dams,Introduction, Zanger’s method, vertical component of reservoir load, Concrete or masonry gravity damsIntroduction, Natural period of vibration, Virtual mass, Dynamic displacements and acceleration, Dynamic shearsmoments, Geometric method of stress analysis, Earth and rock fill dams, Introduction, Fundamental period ofvibration, Stability of slope, Retaining walls, Introduction, Active and passive pressure due to fill, point ofapplication, Earth pressure due to uniform surcharge, effect of saturation.

BOOKS:

1. “Elements of Earthquake Engineering” by Jaikrishna and Chandraseskaran, Saritha Prakasham, Meerut.

2. “Dynamics of Structures, Theory and Applications to Earthquake Engineering” by Anil K. Chopra, Prentice

Hall of India.


EPRSE 204 – DISASTER MANAGEMENT

UNIT-I:

Concept of Disaster Management. Types of Disasters. Disaster mitigating agencies and their organizationalstructure at different levels.

UNIT-II:

Overview of Disaster situations in India: Vulnerability of profile of India and Vulnerability mapping includingdisaster – pone areas, communities, places. Disaster preparedness – ways and means; skills and strategies; rescue,relief reconstruction and rehabilitation. Case Studies: Lessons and Experiences from Various Important Disasters inIndia

UNIT-III:

Seismic vulnerability of urban areas. Seismic response of R.C frame buildings with soft first storey. Preparednessfor natural disasters in urban areas. Urban earthquake disaster risk management. Using risks-time charts to plan forthe future. Lateral strength of masonry walls. A numerical model for post earthquake fire response of structures.

UNIT-IV:

Landslide hazards zonation mapping and geo-environmental problems associated with the occurrence of landslides.A statistical approach to study landslides. Landslide casual factors in urban areas. Roads and landslide hazards inHimalaya. The use of electrical resistivity method in the study of landslide. Studies in rock-mass classification andlandslide management in a part of Garhwal-Himalaya, India.

UNIT-V:

Cyclone resistant house for coastal areas. Disaster resistant construction role of insurance sector. Response of buriedsteel pipelines carrying water subjected to earthquake ground motion. Preparedness and planning for an urbanearthquake disaster. Urban settlements and natural hazards. Role of knowledge based expert system in hazardscenario.

BOOK:

1. “Natural Hazards in the Urban Habitat” by Iyengar, C.B.R.I., Tata McGraw Hill.

2. “Natural Disaster Management”, Jon Ingleton (Ed), Tulor Rose, 1999.

3. “Disaster Management”, R.B.Singh (Ed),Rawat Publications, 2000.

4. “Anthropology of Disaster Management”, Sachindra Narayan, Gyan Publishing House, 2000.

M.Tech. (SE&NDM) - II SEMESTEREPRSE 211 – REHABILITATION OF STRUCTURES

1. Materials: Construction chemicals, Mineral admixtures, Composites, fibre reinforced concrete, Highperformance concrete, polymer-impregnated concrete.

2. Techniques to test the existing strengths: Destructive and Non destructive tests on concrete.3. Repairs of Multistorey structures: Cracks in concrete, possible damages to the structural elements beams,

slab, column, footing etc., Repairing techniques like Jackchu, Grouting, external prestressing, use ofchemical admixtures, repairs to the fire damaged structure.

4. Repairs to masonry structures & Temples: Damages to masonry structures – repairing techniques,Damages to temples – repairing techniques.

5. Foundation problems: Settlement of soil – Repairs, Sinking of piles – repairs.6. Corrosion of reinforcement: Preventive measures – coatings – use of SBR modified cementitious mortar,

Epoxy resin mortar, Acrylic modified cementitious mortar, flowing concrete.7. Temporary structures: Need for temporary structures under any Hazard, various temporary structures, Case

studies8. Case studies: Atleast 10 case studies.

REFERENCE BOOKS:

1. Renovation of Structures – by Perkins.

2. Repairs of Fire Damaged Structures – R.Jagadish

3. Forensic Engineering – R.N. Raikar.

4. Deterioration, Maintenance and Repair of Structures by Johnson (McGraw Hill).

5. Concrete Structures: Repair, water proofing and protection, by Philip H. Perkins Applied Sciences publicationsLtd., London. pp 302.

6. Durability of concrete Structures: Investigation, repair, Protection Edited by Geoffmangs,E & FN SPON, An Imprint of Chapman & Hall. pp270.

7. Structural Failure by Tomoss Weirzbicki, Norman Jones, Wiley interscience pp 551.

8. Deterioration, Maintenance and Repair of Structures by Johnson (McGraw Hill) pp 375.

9. Design and Construction Failures Lessons from Forensic Investigation by Dov Kaminetzky, McGraw Hill, pp600.


EPRSE 212: THEORY OF PLATES AND SHELLS

UNIT-I:

Bending of Long Rectangular Plates to a Cylindrical Surface: Differential equation for cylindrical bending of plates– Uniformly loaded rectangular plates with simple supported edges and with built in edges.

UNIT-II:

Pure bending of plates slopes – Curvatures of bent plates – Relations between bending moments and curvature –Particular cases – Strain energy in pure bending – Limitations. Symmetrical bending of circular plates: Differentialequation – Boundary conditions.

UNIT-III:

Simply supported rectangular plates under sinusoidal loading – Naviers solution and its application to concentratedload – Levy’s solution for uniformly distributed load or hydrostatic pressure .

UNIT-IV:

Membrane analysis: a) Shells of revolution (axi-symmetrical loading), Spherical shells, Conical Shells, Ellipticalshell of revolution. Torus, Hyperboloid of revolution of one sheet, shells of uniform strength membrancedeformation. b) Membrane analysis of shells of translation, circular cylinder, Directrix, Parabola, Cycloid,Catenary and Membrane deformations.

UNIT-V:

Bending analysis of cylindrical shell: Beam method, Schorer method

TEXT BOOK:

1. “Theory of Plates and Shells” by Timeshenko, S and Wernewsky-Kriegar.

REFERENCES:

1. “Stresses in Shells” by Flugge.

2. “Design of Shells and Construction” by Ramaswamy, G.S.

M.Tech. (SE&NDM) - III SEMESTEREPRSE 301: FOUNDATIONS FOR DYNAMIC LOADING

UNIT-I:

Elements of Soil Dynamics: Free and forced vibrations with and without damping for single degree of freedom,Natural frequency of foundation soil system – Barken, Pressure bulb concept, Pauw’s analogy. Dynamicmagnification factor and logarithm of decrement.

UNIT-II:

Wave Propagation: Waves in elastic half space, and characteristics of classification of seismic/elastic waves.Measurement of shear wave velocity, SASW (Spectral Analysis Of Surface Waves) technique. Vibration isolation,types and methods, material characteristics pertains to vibration control, Base isolation concepts.

UNIT-III:

Elastic Properties of Soil: Determination of dynamic characteristics of soil by Field and laboratory methods, Stressstrain characteristics of soil under dynamic loads, Damping properties, seismic zone map of india, Bearing capacityof soil under dynamic loads by pseudo static analysis.

UNIT-IV:

Liquefaction and Ground Improvement: Mechanism, condition vulnerable to liquefaction, Estimation ofliquefaction potential in the field, determination of FOS against liquefaction, CRR, CSR, Factors affectingliquefaction, Anti liquefaction measures, Ground improvement in cohesion less soils – dynamic compaction,Vibroflotation, blasting, etc.,

UNIT-V:

Foundations: Foundation types and classifications, resonance and it effect, general requirements of machinefoundations, requirements considering practical point of view, Design Principles, Special foundations for highspeed/impact machines.

Text Books:1. “Soil Dynamics & Machine Foundations” by Swami Saran2. “Soil Dynamics” by Shamsher Prakash3. “Hand Book of Machine Foundations” by Srinivasulu, P. and Vydyanathan4. “Foundation Dynamics”by Jumkies5. “Principles of Ground Improvement Techniques by Hausemen.References:1. “Dynamics of Bases and Foundations” by Barken2. “Vibration of soil and foundation” by Richart3. Relevant IS Codes4. “Foundations Engineering Hand Book” by Nayak, N.V5. Foundation Engineering Hand Book


EPRSE 302: HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES

UNIT–I:

Gravity Dams: Forces acting on gravity dam, Elementary profile of a gravity dam, step by step method ofdetermination of profile of a dam, safety criteria, stability analysis of gravity dam including earthquake effects,internal stress calculations, and stress distribution around openings in a gravity dam.

UNIT–II:

Earth Dams: Causes of failure of earthen dams, seepage analysis for homogeneous dams, stability analysis forearthen dam by slip circle method, ordinary method of slices and Bishop’s method.

UNIT–III

Floods: Estimation of design flood, flood frequency analysis – Gumble’s distribution method, Flood routing inreservoirs and rivers, Dam-break / breach flood routing – Flood control

UNIT–IV:

Water Conductor System: Intake Structure, Trash rack, Design of trash Rack, intakes through Concrete dam,Design of Intake Structure, Surge tank, Functions and types of surge tanks.

UNIT–V:

Spillways & Gates: Types of spillways, Design of ogee spillway profile, types of hydraulic gates, Components ofradial gates, Design of radial gate.

Reference :

1. R.S.Varshney, “Concrete Dams” – Oxford & IBH Publishing Company (P) Ltd., NewDelhi

2. Pumnia.B.C, Pande. B. B. Lal, A. K. Jain, “Irrigation and Water Power Engineering”,Laxmi Publications, New Delhi.

3. T.W.Lambe and R.V.Whitman, “Soil Mechanics”, J.I.Version, John Wiley & Sons.

4. Ven Te Chow, D. R. Maidment and L.W. Mays, “Applied Hydrology”, Mc Graw -HillBooks company, New Delhi.

5. Jaya Rami Reddy. P, “Hydrology”, Laxmi Publications (P) Ltd., New Delhi.

6. S. N. Ghosh, “Flood Control and Drainage Engineering”, Oxford IBH Publisations Company (P)Ltd., New Delhi.

7. K. L. Rao, “India’s Water Wealth”, Orient Longman Limited, New Delhi.

8. R. S. Varshney, “Hydro Power Structures”, New Chand and Bros., Rookee.


EPRSE 321: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ANALYSIS

UNIT-I: Introduction to E.I.A., Definition of E.I.A. and E.I.S., Guidelines for preparation of environmental impactstatements.

UNIT-II: Elements of Environmental Impacts, Agency activities, Environmental settings, Environmental Attributes:Air, Water, land, Ecology, Noise, Socio-Economics, Culture and Human aspects (Settlements/ Rehabilitations)

UNIT-III: Environmental Impacts – Identification, Measurement – Aggregation, Secondary and Cumulativeimpacts. Criteria for selection of methodology, Impact assessment methodologies, Procedure for reviewingenvironmental impact Statements- Case studies.

UNIT-IV: Environmental impact analysis – Energy production, Impact analysis, Cost-Benefit analysis, Materialrecycling, Environmental impact mitigation and control measures.

UNIT-V: Environmental Protection Act and Standards, State laws and local Ordinances, Land use planning,priorities and management, Environmental Audit.

REFERENCES:

1. “Environmental impact analysis by Urban & Jain.

2. “Environmental impact analysis” by Canter, McGraw Hill Publishers.


EPRSE 322: ADVANCED DESIGN OF STRUCTURES

UNIT-I: Folded plate: Whitney method, Simpson Method.

UNIT-II: Shell: Lundgren beam method, Shore method.

UNIT-III: Design of Quay walls

UNIT-IV: Moorings, Breakwaters Simplified.

UNIT-V: Design of transmission towers.

REFERENCES :

1. “Design and Construction of Shells” by Ramaswamy.


EPRSE 323: FIRE RESISTANT DESIGN OF BUILDINGS

UNIT-I: Materials Properties in fire, Classification systems for high temperature concretes. Design of Structures atnormal temperatures – Loads, Structural analysis, Material Properties, Probability of failures. Design of structuresunder fire conditions – Design equate loads for fire design, structural analysis. Design of individual membersexposed to fire – Tension members – Compression members – Beams.

UNIT-II: Design structural assemblies exposed to fire – Frames – Redundancy – Disproportionate collapse –continuity – plastic design.

UNIT-III: Mechanical properties steel at elevated temperatures Components of strain, Thermal strain Creep strain,Stress – related strain

Design of steel buildings exposed to fire – Multi-storey steel framed buildings

UNIT-IV: Concrete structures – behaviour of concrete structures in fire.

Fire resistance ratings, verification methods, Generic ratings Projection system

Mechanical properties of concrete at elevated temperature Test methods, Components of strain, Thermal strain,Stress related strain.

UNIT-V: Design of Concrete members exposed to fire member design, Simply supported slabs and beams.

REFERENCES:

1. “Fire Safety in Buildings” by Jain, V.K

2. “Structural Design for Fire safety” by Andrew H. Buchanan.


EPRSE 324: WIND ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF TALL STRUCTURES

UNIT-I: Introduction: Basic wind speed, Design wind speed, Design wind pressure, offshore wind velocity, Windpressures and forces in buildings/ structures. External pressures coefficients for various roofs, Dynamic effects.Design of Tall Buildings: Analysis of tall building for lateral loads, cantilever method, Portal method, Factormethod; Design of structures for wind; Computer application in analysis & design.

UNIT-II: Design of shear wall: Introduction, Types of shear walls, behaviour of cantilever walls with rectangularcross section, Flange cantilever shear walls, Moment – Axial load interaction for shear wall section, Interaction ofshear walls and Rigid jointed frames, Shear walls with openings, Coupled shear walls.

UNIT-III: Design of Steel Towers, Trestles and Masts: Introduction, Loads on towers, Analysis of towers, Masts,Trestles, Stresses in trestles due to vertical loads and horizontal loads, Design of members in towers, Design offoundations.

UNIT-IV: Design of Chimneys (RCC): Introduction, Wind pressure, Stresses in chimney shaft due to self weightand wind, Stress in horizontal reinforcement due to wind shear, Stresses due to temperature difference. Design ofRC chimney.

UNIT-V: Design of steel chimneys: Introduction, Types of chimneys, Forces acting on steel chimneys, design ofvarious components, Stability of steel chimney.

BOOKS:

1.Reinforced Concrete Structures – R.Park & T.Paulay

2.Design of Steel Structures vol-II – Ramachandra

3.Reinforced Concrete Structures – Punmia, Jain & Jain

4.Tall Chimneys – S.N. Manohar.


EPRSE312: ADVANCED STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY

1) Assessment of compressive strengths by Rebound hammer test

2) Calibration of Rebound hammer for compressive strength

3) Assessment of compressive strengths by UPV

4) Calibration of UPV for compressive strength

5) Rapid Estimation of compressive strength of concrete using Accelerated curing tank

6) Study on Behavior of a RC beam using loading frame

7) Study on behavior of RC column using loading frame

8) Split tensile test on a cylindrical concrete specimen

9) Stress-strain curve for concrete

10) Fatigue test on mild steel specimen

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Documents

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plane stress

plane strain

project phase

components of stress

stress foundation

project report

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