DETAILED SYLLABUS           

     III SEMESTER                                                                                                  IV SEMESTER

CE2K 301    CE2K 302    CE2K 303    CE2K304    CE2K 305

                                                  CE2K 306    CE2K 307    CE2K 308(P) 

CE2K  301 : ENGINEERING  MATHEMATICS  III

(same as AI2K 301, CH2K 301, EE2K 301, EC2K 301, IC2K 301, ME2K 301, PE2K 301, PM2K 301)

 Module I: Linear algebra I (13 hours)

Vector spaces - Subspaces - Linear dependence and independence - Bases and dimension - Linear transformations - Sums, products and inverses of linear transformations - Linear operator equations 

Module II: Linear algebra II (13 hours)

Rank and equivalence of matrices - Quadratic forms - Characteristic values and characteristic vectors of a matrix - Transformation of matrices - Functions of a square matrix 

Module III: Probability distributions (13 hours)

Random variables - Binomial distribution - Hypergeometric distribution - Poisson distribution - Mean and variance of probability distribution - Chebyshev's theorem - Poisson processes - Geometric distribution - Continuous random variables - Normal distribution - Uniform, log-normal, gamma, beta and Weibull distributions

Module IV: Statistical inference (13 hours)

Populations and samples - Sampling distributions of mean and variance - Point estimation - Interval estimation - Bayesian estimation - Null hypotheses and significance tests - Hypothesis concerning one mean - Relation between tests and confidence intervals - Operating characteristic curves - Inferences concerning two means - Randomization and pairing - Estimation of variances - Hypotheses concerning one variance - Hypotheses concerning two variances - Test of goodness of fit

CE2K 302 : MECHANICS  OF  SOLIDS

(common with EE2K 302)

Module I

1. Tension, compression & shear: (8 hours)

Types of external loads - Self weight - Internal stresses - Normal and shear stresses - Strain - Hooke’s law - Poisson’s ratio - Relationship between elastic constants - Stress strain diagrams working stress - Elongation of bars of constant and varying sections - Statically indeterminate problems in tension and compression - Assembly and thermal stresses - Strain energy in tension - Compression and shear

2. Analysis of stress and strain: (5 hours)

Stress on inclined planes for axial and biaxial stress fields - Principal stresses - Mohr’s circle of stress - Principal strains - Strain rosette

Module II

3. Bending moment and shearing force: (6 hours)

Different types of beams - Shear force and bending moment diagrams for simply supported and cantilever beams - Relationship connecting intensity of loading - Shearing force and bending moment - Shear force and bending moment diagrams for statically determinate plane frames

4. Stresses in laterally loaded symmetrical beams: (5 hours)

Theory of simple bending - Limitations - Bending stresses in beams of different cross sections - Moment of resistance - Beams of uniform strength - Beams of two materials - Principal stresses in bending - Strain energy due to bending - Shearing stresses in bending

5. Unsymmetrical bending: (2 hours)

Shear flow - Shear centre - Determination of shear centre for simple sections

Module III

6. Deflection of beams: (13 hours)

Differential equation of the elastic curve - Slope and deflection of beams by method of successive Integration - Macaulay’s method - Moment area method - Conjugate beam method - Deflection due to shear

Module IV

7. Theory of Columns: (5 hours)

Axial loading of short strut - Long columns - Euler’s Formula - Rankine Formula - Secant Formula - Eccentric Loading - Direct and bending stresses

8. Torsion: (5 hours)

Torsion of circular solid and hollow shafts - Power transmission - Strain energy in shear and torsion - Close coiled and open oiled helical springs

9. Thin and Thick Cylinders: (3 hours)

Lame’s equation - Stresses in thick cylinders due to internal and external pressures - Compound cylinders - Shrink fit - Wire wound pipes and cylinders

CE2K  303 : BUILDING  TECHNOLOGY  II 

 Module I (17 hours)

1.Building Physics

a) Climatic elements: Climate on a global scale - Solar radiation - Radiation at earth's surface - Earth's thermal balance - Winds - Trade winds – Westerlies - Polar winds - Wind data measurement at site  - Air pressure - Atmospheric humidity - Measurement - Psychometric chart - Condensation and precipitation - Climatic graph - Temperature inversion - Influence of topography - Urban climates - Comparison and classification of climates

b) Thermal comfort: Human body's heat production - Body's heat loss - Thermal balance of a body - Heat loss in various environments - Effect of prolonged thermal exposure - Subjective variables - Thermal comfort indices - Effective temperature - Psychometric chart - ET and its use - Effect of radiation - Mean radiant temperature - ET nomograms - Finding CET - Comfort zone

c) Thermophysical properties of building materials: Thermal quantities - heat flow - Thermal conductivity - Resistance and transmittance and surface coefficient - Cavities - Periodic heat  flow - Time lag and decrement factor - Thermal diffusivity - Periodic heat flow calculations

d) Sun's movement and building:  Solar radiation - Absorbed, reflected and transmitted - Direct, diffused and reflected radiation - Measurement of solar radiation - Combined effect of solar radiation and ambient air temperature - Solar temperature concepts - Solar gain factor - Apparent movement of sun - Solar charts and its use - Sun control devices - Shading devices - Shadow angles - Internal blinds and curtains - Heat absorbing glasses - Effect of orientation on incident solar radiation and internal temperature

2. Heat flow and thermal insulation

Heat flow through buildings-Thermal transmittance of structural elements -Thermal gradients - Insulating materials - Properties - Thermal insulation of roofs - Exposed walls - Openings

Module II (11 hours)

3. Tall buildings

Framed building - Steel and concrete frame - Erection of steel works - Bolting, riveting and welding -Plants, equipments and techniques - Concrete framed construction - Reinforcement - Concreting of columns, beams, slabs and stairs - Contraction and expansion of joints - Plants- Equipment and techniques - Introduction to prefabrication- Slip form and lift slab construction

4. Low cost & fire proof construction

a) Low cost construction - Locally available materials and construction techniques - Rat trap bond - Filler slab - Door without frame - Jalleys

b) Fire proof construction - Fire load - Fire resisting properties of building materials - Fire proof construction - Precautionary measures against origin and spread of fire - Alarm system – Hydrants, sprinkler etc - Fire exit

5. Building Failures

Concrete failures - Steel failure - Foundation failure by alteration - Improper maintenance - Overloading and vibration – Fire, wind, earthquake etc.- Other causes - Remedial measures - Precaution to be taken

Module III (14 hours)

6. Building service

a) Vertical transportation: Stairs - Lay out and design details of different types of timber- Masonry, steel and concrete stairs - Precast concrete stairs - Elevators - Types - Traction - Hydraulic operation - Passenger, service& goods elevators - Dump waiters - Design considerations of passenger elevators - Handling capacity - Arrangement of lifts - Positioning - Escalators: features, operation & arrangement - Ramps

b) Ventilation and air conditioning: Ventilation requirements - Natural and mechanical ventilation - Air movement - Cross ventilation - Effect of orientation - Air conditioning - Heat exchange of building - Conduction- convection- Radiation and evaporation - Calculation of air conditioning load - Summer and winter air conditioning - Parts and operation of A/C plant - Filters - Ducts - Humidity control

c) Plumbing services: Typical details of water supply and sewage disposal arrangements for residence, hospitals and hostel buildings - Standard requirements

 Module IV (10 hours)

7. Lighting

Day lighting and artificial lighting - Light and eye - Photo metric quantities - Intensity- flux - Illumination - Brightness - Units - Point source - Inverse square law - Law of cosines - Day lighting - Design illumination - Day light factor - Sky component - Internal reflected component - External reflected component - Design of windows for lighting - Effect of orientation - Artificial lighting - Lamps and luminaries - Polar distribution curves - Design of artificial - Lighting - Lumen method - Point by point method - Coefficient of utilization - Room index - Maintenance factor - Room reflectance - Glare - Illumination requirements for various buildings - Measurement - Lux meter

8. Acoustics

Propagation of sound - Properties of sound - Frequency - Pitch - Intensity - Power- Sound - Pressure - Loudness - Decibel scale - Noise - Music and speech reflection - Absorption and transmission - Room acoustics - Reverberation - Sabine's formula - Acoustical correction - Acoustical defects - Sound absorbing materials - Perforated units- Acoustical plaster - Blankets - Methods of fixing variable absorbers - Requirements for good acoustics - General principles of acoustic design - Selection of site - Shape of room - Walls - Ceilings - Elevation of seats - Sound insulation -Transmission loss - Construction of walls, floors, roofs - Various methods - Isolation of machines

CE2K  304 : ELECTRICAL  &  ELECTRONICS  ENGINEERING

 Module I (16 hours)

Review of basic circuit laws - Ohm’s law - Kirchoff’s laws - Single phase series and parallel RLC circuits - Poly phase a.c circuits - Generation of three phase e.m.f - Voltage and current - Relation of Y and connection transformer - Construction - Voltage and current relations, losses, efficiency - Three phase induction motor construction - Principles of operation - Speed - Frequency - Slip types - Starting - Single phase induction motor - Construction - Different methods of starting

Module II (10 hours)

Wiring of simple lamp controlled by a switch, lamp and plug - Tube light wiring - Different systems of wiring - Earthing - Wiring estimates - Building codes for electrical wiring

Module III (13 hours)

P and N type Semiconductors - Junction diodes - Construction characteristics and rating - Zener diode - rating - NPN and PNP transistors - Characteristics and rating of transistors - Rectifiers and filters - Single-phase half wave and full wave rectifier - Bridge rectifier - Expression for average voltage and currents - Ripple factor - Capacitor filter - Simple zener diode voltage regulator - Amplifiers - Common emitter configuration - Basic idea about amplification using characteristic curves - RC coupled and transformer coupled amplifiers

Module IV (13 hours)

Transducers - Definition - Transducer for the measurement of strain, acceleration, altitude, displacement, flow, force, torque, humidity and moisture - Cathode ray oscilloscope - Block diagram - Recording instruments

CE2K  305 : ENGINEERING  GEOLOGY

 Module I: Physical geology & environmental geology (13 hours)

Branches and scope of geology - Geology in civil engineering - Geology and environmental planning - Geological work of wind & streams - Ocean - glaciers - Volcanoes and volcanic products - Distribution of volcanoes - Weathering of rocks - Influence of climate and lithology on weathering - Products of weathering - Earthquakes and seismic hazards - Plate tectonics and earthquakes - Earthquake resistant structures - Geology and health - Elements of medical geology

Module II: Mineralogy, petrology and structural geology (13 hours)

Physical properties of important rock forming minerals (quartz group, felspars, micas, amphiboles, pyroxenes and carbonates only) - Distinguishing features of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks - Engineering properties of rocks - Rocks as construction materials - Qualities required for building, dimensional and decorative/ornamental stones - Brief description of granites, basalts, dolerite, gabbro, sandstone, shale, limestone, slate, schists, gneisses, quartzites, and marble - Geological structures - Folds, faults and unconformities - Detailed study of geological structures and their effects in civil engineering projects 

Module III: Hydrogeology and exploration geology (13 hours)

Origin and occurrence of groundwater - Importance of groundwater investigations in engineering projects - Geological formation as aquifers - Aquicludes and aquitards - Groundwater investigation techniques - Quality of groundwater - Impact of anthropogenic activities on the quality of groundwater - Saline water intrusion in coastal aquifers - Artificial recharge of groundwater - Methods of geophysical exploration - Electrical, electromagnetic, gravity, radioactive & seismic exploration techniques

Module IV: Geology in civil engineering (13 hours)

Site investigation techniques for civil engineering constructions - Field investigation and remote sensing techniques - Computer aided interpretation techniques in geology - Application of geological knowledge in civil engineering projects - Geological investigation for tunnels, dams, bridges, reservoirs, runways and roadcuts - EIA of major civil engineering projects - Geological factors in the design of buildings

CE2K  306 : SURVEYING  I 

Module I (13 hours)

Introduction - Classification of surveys - Plane surveying - Geodetic surveying - Topographic surveying - Reconnaissance - Principle of working from whole to part - Provision of control - Conventional signs - Chain survey - Instruments - Principles of chain survey - Field book - Plotting - Tie line and check line - Chaining and ranging - Obstacles - Chaining on sloping ground - Errors in chain survey - Uses of cross staff and optical square

Module II (13 hours)

Compass survey - Prismatic compass - Surveyor’s compass - Whole circle and reduced bearing - True and magnetic bearing - Dip and declination - Local attraction - Traversing - Plotting - Error of closure - Graphical and analytical adjustments - Plane table survey - Instruments and accessories - Different methods - Orientation - Advantages and disadvantages of plane tabling - Two point problem - Three point problem - Errors in plane tabling - Minor instruments - Hand levels - Clinometer - Ceylon ghat tracer - Hypsometer - Pantagraph -Ediograph - Box sextant - Telescopic alidade

Module III (13 hours)

Levelling - Definition of level surfaces - Mean sea level - Reduced level - Bench marks - Levelling instruments - Temporary and permanent adjustments - Fly leveling - Booking - Reduction of levels - Corrections for refraction and curvature - Reciprocal leveling - Longitudinal levelling and cross sectioning - Contour survey - Definition - Characteristics of contour - Uses of contour - Methods of contouring - Direct and indirect interpolation - Plotting - Areas and volumes - Trapezoidal rule - Simpson’s rule - Area from latitude and departure - Uses of Planimeter - Volumes - Trapezoidal and Prismoidal formula

Module IV (13 hours)

Theodolite surveying - Study of theodolite - Temporary and permanent adjustments - Measurement of horizontal angles - Method of repetition and reiteration - Measurement of vertical angles - Theodolite traverse - Calculation of co ordinates - Corrections - Traverse table - Omitted measurements - Tacheometric surveying - Stadia system - Fixed and movable hair methods - Staff held vertical and normal - Instrument constants - Analytic lens - Tangential system - Direct reading tacheometer - Subtense bar

CE2K  307 : CIVIL  ENGINEERING  DRAWING

 Module I: Detailed drawing of components and parts (15 hours)

1.        Panelled doors, glazed windows and ventilators in wood (2 sheets)

2.        Steel and aluminium windows (1 sheet)

3.        Roof truss in structural steel sections (1 sheet)

4.        Reinforced concrete staircase (1 sheet)

Module II: Working drawings (plan, section & elevation) of the following simple single storeyed buildings from line plan and specifications (18 hours)

1.        Residential buildings with flat and tiled roof (3 sheets)

2.        Public buildings like office, dispensary, post office, bank etc. (2 sheets)

3.        Factory building with trusses (1 sheet)

CE2K  308(P) : SURVEYING  PRACTICAL  I

List of exercises

1.        Chain survey                             Traversing and plotting of details

2.        Compass survey                       Traversing with compass and plotting

3.        Plane Table survey                    Method of radiation and intersection

4.        Plane Table survey                    Solving three point problem

5.        Plane Table survey                    Solving two point problem

6.        Plane Table survey                    Traverse

7.        Levelling                        Fly levelling – plane of collimation method

8.        Levelling                        Fly levelling – rise and fall method

9.        Levelling                        Longitudinal and cross-sectioning

10.     Levelling                        Contour surveying

11.     Theodolite surveying              Measurement of horizontal angle by method of repetition

12.     Theodolite surveying              Measurement of horizontal angle by method of reiteration

IV SEMESTER

 CE2K 401    CE2K 402    CE2K 403    CE2K 404    CE2K 405

                                             CE2K 406    CE2K 407    CE2K 408(P)                                     TOP

CE2K  401 : ENGINEERING  MATHEMATICS  IV

(same as AI2K 401,CH2K 401, EE2K 401, EC2K 401, IC2K 401, ME2K 401, PE2K 401, PM2K 401)

Module I: Functions of a complex variable & applications I (13 hours)

Functions of a complex variable - Analytic functions - Cauchy-Riemann equations - Elementary functions of z - Conformal mapping - Bilinear transformation - Schwarz-Christoffel transformation - Transformation by other function 

Module II: Functions of a complex variable & applications II (13 hours)

Integration in the complex plane - Cauchy's integral theorem - Cauchy's integral formula - Series of complex terms - Taylor's series - Laurent's series - Residue theorem - Evaluation of real definite integrals - Complex inverse integral

Module III: Ordinary differential equations & special functions (13 hours)

Power series method of solving ordinary differential equations - Theoretical preliminaries - Series solution of Bessel's equation - Modified Bessel functions - Equations solvable in terms of Bessel functions - Identities for Bessel functions - Orthogonality of Bessel functions - Applications - Legendre polynomials

Module IV: Partial differential equations (13 hours)

Derivation of equations - D'Alembert's solution of the wave equation - Characteristic and the classification of partial differential equations - Separation of variables - Orthogonal functions and the general expansion problem - Further applications - Laplace transform methods

CE2K  402 : STRUCTURAL  ANALYSIS  I

Module I: Elastic theorems and energy principles (13 hours)

Strain energy and complementary energy - Review of strain energy due to axial load - Bending, shear and torsion - Principle of superposition - Principle of virtual work - Castigliano’s theorem for deflection - Theorem of complementary energy - Betti’s theorem - Maxwell’s law of reciprocal deflections - Principle of least work - Application of method of virtual work (unit load method) and strain energy method for determination of deflections of statically determinate beams - Pin-joined trusses and rigid frames - Temperature effects

Module II: Fixed and continuous beams (13 hours)

Statically indeterminate structures - Degree of static and kinematic indeterminacies - Brief introduction to force and displacement methods - Fixed and continuous beams - Force method - Analysis by consistent deformation method - Application of moment area and conjugate beam methods for fixed beams - Theorem of three moments for continuous beams - Shear force and bending moment diagrams - Deflection and support settlement

Module III: Moving loads and influence lines (13 hours)

Introduction to moving loads - Concept of influence lines - Influence lines for reaction, shear force and bending moment in simply supported beams and overhanging beams - Influence lines for forces in trusses - Analysis for different types of moving loads - Single concentrated load - Several concentrated loads - Uniformly distributed load shorter and longer than the span

Module IV: Cables, suspension bridges & arches (13 hours)

Analysis of forces in cables - Temperature effects - Suspension bridges with three-hinged and two-hinged stiffening girders - Theory of arches - Eddy’s theorem - Analysis of three-hinged, two-hinged and fixed arches - Settlement and temperature effects