[Link].

(STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING)
SYLLABUS
AUTONOMOUS REGULATIONS 2024
(Effective for the batches admitted in 2024-25 onwards)

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

ANIL NEERUKONDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCES (A)
(Affiliated to AU, Approved by AICTE & Accredited by NBA) SANGIVALASA,
Bheemunipatnam Mandal, Visakhapatnam District-531162

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 [Link]. (Structural Engineering) Course Structure

I Year – I Semester
Periods End Total
Code Subject Sessional Credits
L T P Total Exam Marks
24SE111 Theory of Elasticity 3 1 - 4 40 60 100 3
Advanced Reinforced Concrete
24SE112 3 1 - 4 40 60 100 3
Design
Matrix Methods of Structural
24SE113 3 1 - 4 40 60 100 3
Analysis
24SE114 Research Methodology & IPR 2 - - 2 40 60 100 2
24SE115 Professional Elective – I 3 1 - 4 40 60 100 3
24SE116 Profession Elective - II 3 1 - 4 40 60 100 3
Advanced Design of Structures
24SE117 - - 3 3 50 50 100 2
Lab
Audit Course - I Universal
24SE118 Human Values & Professional 2 - - 2 50 - 50 0
Ethics
Total 19 5 3 27 340 410 750 19

I Year – II Semester
Periods End Total
Code Subject Sessional Credits
L T P Total Exam Marks
24SE121 Theory of Plates and Shells 3 1 - 4 40 60 100 3
24SE122 Finite Element Method of 3 1 - 4 40 60 100 3
Analysis
24SE123 Earthquake Engineering 3 1 - 4 40 60 100 3
24SE124 Professional Elective – III 3 1 - 4 40 60 100 3
24SE125 Professional Elective – IV 3 1 - 4 40 60 100 3
24SE126 Computer Applications in - - 3 3 50 50 100 2
Structural Engineering Lab
24SE127 Seminar - - 3 3 50 - 50 2
24SE128 Audit Course - II English for 2 - - 2 50 - 50 0
Research Paper Writing
Total 17 5 6 28 350 350 700 19

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 [Link]. (Structural Engineering) Course Structure

II Year – I Semester
Periods End Total
Code Subject Sessional Credits
L T P Total Exam Marks
24SE211 Professional Elective – V 3 1 - 4 40 60 100 3
24SE212 Professional Elective –VI 3 1 - 4 40 60 100 3
24SE213 Project Phase – I - - 8 8 100 - 100 8
Total 6 2 8 28 300 - 300 14

II Year – II Semester
Periods End Total
Code Subject Sessional Credits
L T P Total Exam Marks
24SE221 Project Phase – II - - 16 16 100 100 200 16
Total - - 16 16 100 100 200 16

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 [Link]. (Structural Engineering) Course Structure

List of Professional Electives

Professional Elective – I
1. Experimental Stress Analysis
2. Industrial structures
3. Advanced Foundation Engineering

Professional Elective – II
1. Wind Analysis and Design of Tall Structures
2. Structural Dynamics
3. Tunnel Engineering

Professional Elective – III

1. Optimization Techniques
2. Advanced Concrete Technology
3. Design of Steel Bridges

Professional Elective – IV
1. Prestressed Concrete
2. Design of Concrete Bridges
3. Repair and Rehabilitation of Structures

Professional Elective – V
1. Soil Structure Interaction
2. Reliability Analysis and Design
3. MOOCs* - I

Professional Elective – VI
1. Structural stability
2. Numerical methods for structural engineering
3. MOOCs* - II

* Massive Open Online Course: Method of evaluation will be decided by a Departmental Committee constituted
for this purpose and students are graded accordingly.

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 THEORY OF ELASTICITY
24SE111 Credits: 3
L T P T Sessional Marks: 40
3 1 - 3 End Exam Marks: 60

Course Outcomes:
On successful completion of this course, students will be able to

1. critically describe the mathematical and physical foundations of the continuum

mechanics of solids, including deformation, stress measures and constitutive relations.
2. apply the principles to evaluate the problems related to torsion of non- circular cross-
sections.
3. analyse the structural members by various energy methods
4. describe the basic concepts on the theory of plasticity.

SYLLABUS

UNIT-1
Plane Stress and Plane Strain: Components of stress, Strain, Hooke’s law, Stress and strain at
a point. Plane stress, Plane strain, Equations of equilibrium, Boundary conditions,
Compatibility equations stress foundation.

UNIT-2
Two Dimensional Problems in Rectangular Coordinates: Solution by polynomials, St.
Vanant’s principle, determination of displacements, bending of cantilever loaded at the end,
Bending of a beam by uniform load.

UNIT-3
Two-Dimensional Problem in Polar Coordinates: General equations of equilibrium, Stress
function and equation of compatibility with zero body forces. Analysis of thick cylindrical
shells with symmetrical leading about the axis, Pure bending of curves bars, Strain
components in polar coordinates, Rotating disks.

UNIT-4
Three-Dimensional State of Stress: Differential equations of equilibrium – Boundary
conditions for compatibility – Displacements – Equations of equilibrium in terms of
displacements – Principle of superposition – Uniqueness of solution.

UNIT-5
Torsion: Torsion of straight bars – St. Venant’s solution – Stress function, Warp function –
Elliptic cross section – Membrane analogy torsion of bar of narrow rectangular cross section.
Analysis of Stress and Strain in Three Dimensions: Introduction – Principal stresses-
Determination of principal stress – Stress invariants – Maximum sheering stress strain at
point.

Text Book
1. Theory of Elasticity by Timoshenko and Goodier, McGraw Hill Company.

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Reference Books
1. Theory of Elasticity by Sadhu Singh, Khanna publishers
2. Applied Elasticity by C.T. Wang. Mcgraw Hill
3. Advanced Strength of Materials by Den Hartog, Dover Publications, Inc.

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 ADVANCED REINFORCED CONCRETE DESIGN
24SE112 Credits: 3
L T P T Sessional Marks: 40
3 1 - 3 End Exam Marks: 60

Course Outcomes:
On successful completion of this course, students will be able to
1. describe the behaviour of reinforced concrete structural members and compute
serviceability response of structural elements.
2. employ the Indian code of practice for the design the slender RC columns.
3. design the special structural elements such as RC walls, deep beams, and corbels
4. appropriately choose and design the two-way slab system for buildings.

SYLLABUS

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 IS 456, Deflection of continuous beams by IS 456,
Deflection of slabs.

UNIT – II
Estimation of Crack width in Reinforced Concrete Members: Introduction, Factors affecting
crack width in beams, Mechanisms of flexural cracking, Calculation of crack width, Simple
empirical method, Estimation of crack width in beams by IS 456, Shrinkage and thermal
cracking.

UNIT – III
Redistribution of Moments in Reinforced Concrete Beams: Introduction, Redistribution of
moments in fixed beam, Positions of points of contra flexure, Conditions for moment
redistribution, Final shape of redistributed bending moment diagram, Moment redistribution
for a two-span continuous beam, Advantages and disadvantages of moment redistribution,
Modification of clear distance between bars in beams (for limiting crack width) with
redistribution, Moment-curvature (M - ϕ), Relation of reinforced concrete sections.

UNIT – IV
Design of Flat Slabs: Introduction, Proportioning of Flat Slabs, Determination of Bending
moment and Shear Force, Direct Design method, Equivalent Frame method, Slab
Reinforcement. Design and Detailing of Reinforced Concrete Deep Beams

UNIT – V
Design of Reinforced Concrete Members for Fire Resistance: Introduction, ISO 834 standard
heating conditions, Grading or classifications, Effect of high temperature on steel and

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concrete, Effect of high temperatures on different types of structural members, Fire resistance
by structural detailing from tabulated data, Analytical determination of the ultimate bending
moment, Capacity of reinforced concrete beams under fire, Other considerations.

Text Book
1. Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design by P.C. Varghese. PHI Learning Private
Limited.

Reference Book
1. Reinforced Concrete by Park and Paulay, John Wiley & Sons.

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 MATRIX METHODS OF STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS
24SE113 Credits: 3
L T P T Sessional Marks: 40
3 1 - 3 End Exam Marks: 60

Course Outcomes:
On successful completion of this course, students will be able to
1. explain the transformation of forces and displacement through matrix method.
2. compute reactions, internal forces and deflections for planar trusses, beams, and
frames using matrix stiffness method.
3. analyse the matrix displacement method for symmetry and anti- symmetry of
structures using various techniques.
4. analyse the direct stiffness method for three-dimensional framed structure.

SYLLABUS
UNIT – I
Introduction to Matrix methods: Introduction, coordinate systems, displacement and force
transformation matrices, element and structure stiffness matrices, Element and structure
flexibility matrices, equivalent joint loads, stiffness, and flexibility approaches.

UNIT – II
Matrix methods for beams: Analysis of beams, fixed and continuous beams by flexibility
method. Analysis of beams, fixed and continuous beams by stiffness method.

UNIT – III
Matrix methods for Plane truss problems: Analysis of 2-D trusses by flexibility method.
Analysis of 2-D trusses by stiffness method

UNIT – IV
Matrix methods for Plane Frames: Analysis of 2-D frames by Flexibility matrix methods.

UNIT – V
Matrix methods for Plane Frames: Analysis of 2-D frames by Stiffness matrix methods.

Text Books
1. Matrix methods of Structural Analysis by [Link] and [Link], Tata McGraw
Hill Co..
2. Matrix Analysis of framed Structures by W Weaver and Gere, Van Nostrand Reinhold.

Reference Books
1. Advanced Structural Analysis by Devdas Menon, Narosa Publishing House, 2009.

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2. Matrix Analysis of Structures by Asslam Kassimali, Brooks/Cole Publishing Co.,
USA, 1999.
3. Analysis of Indeterminate Structures by C.K Wang, McGraw-Hill.

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 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND IPR
24SE114 Credits: 3
L T P T Sessional Marks: 40
3 1 - 3 End Exam Marks: 60

Course Outcomes:
On successful completion of this course, students will be able to
1. Understand research problem formulation.
2. Analyze research related information
3. Follow research ethics
4. Understand that today’s world is controlled by Computer, Information Technology,
but tomorrow world will be ruled by ideas, concept, and creativity.
5. Understanding that when IPR would take such important place in growth of
individuals & nation, it is needless to emphasise the need of information about
Intellectual Property Right to be promoted among students in general & engineering.
6. Understand that IPR protection provides an incentive to inventors for further research
work and investment in R & D, which leads to creation of new and better products,
and in turn brings about, economic growth and social benefits.

SYLLABUS

UNIT – I
Meaning of research problem, Sources of research problem, Criteria Characteristics of a good
research problem, Errors in selecting a research problem, Scope and objectives of research
problem. Approaches of investigation of solutions for research problem, data collection,
analysis, interpretation, Necessary instrumentations.

UNIT – II
Effective literature studies approaches, analysis Plagiarism, Research ethics, Effective
technical writing, how to write report, Paper Developing a Research Proposal, Format of
research proposal, a presentation and assessment by a review committee.

UNIT – III
Nature of Intellectual Property: Patents, Designs, Trade and Copyright. Process of Patenting
and Development: technological research, innovation, patenting, development. International
Scenario: International cooperation on Intellectual Property. Procedure for grants of patents,
Patenting under PCT.

UNIT – IV
Patent Rights: Scope of Patent Rights. Licensing and transfer of technology. Patent
information and databases. Geographical Indications.

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UNIT – V
New Developments in IPR: Administration of Patent System. New developments in IPR; IPR
of Biological Systems, Computer Software etc. Traditional knowledge Case Studies, IPR and
IITs.

References:
1. Stuart Melville and Wayne Goddard, “Research Methodology: An Introduction for
Science & Engineering Students’”
2. Wayne Goddard and Stuart Melville, “Research Methodology: An Introduction”
3. Ranjit Kumar, 2nd Edition, “Research Methodology: A Step by Step Guide for
beginners”
4. Halbert, “Resisting Intellectual Property”, Taylor & Francis Ltd ,2007.
5. Robert P. Merges, Peter S. Menell, Mark A. Lemley, “Intellectual Property in New
Technological Age”, 2016.
6. T. Ramappa, “Intellectual Property Rights Under WTO”, S. Chand, 2008

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 EXPERIMENTAL STRESS ANALYSIS
24SE115(A) Credits: 3
L T P T Sessional Marks: 40
3 1 - 3 End Exam Marks: 60

Course Outcomes:
On successful completion of this course, students will be able to
1. employ load cell, sensitive dial gauges and LVDT for different application areas
and interpret the results.
2. acquire load-deflection and load-strain behaviour using data acquisition systems.
3. employ NDT techniques such as rebound hammer, UPV test, half-cell potential
4. technique and interpret the test results.
5. describe the importance of model analysis in predicting structural behaviour of
large-scale structures.

SYLLABUS
UNIT – I
Analysis of Stress, strain, Stress- Strain relation and theories of failure.

UNIT – II
Electrical Resistance Strain Gauges: Principle of operation and requirements, Types and their
uses, Materials for strain gauge. Calibration and temperature compensation, cross sensitivity,

UNIT – III
Rosette analysis, Wheatstone bridge and potentiometer circuits for static and dynamic strain
measurements, strain indicators.

UNIT – IV
Photoelasticity: Two-dimensional photo elasticity, Concept of light – photo-elastic effects,
stress optic law, Interpretation of fringe pattern, Compensation and separation techniques,
Photo elastic materials. Introduction to three-dimensional photo elasticity.

UNIT – V
Brittle Coating and Moire Methods: Introduction to Moire techniques, brittle coating methods
and holography.

Text Books
1. Experimental Stress Analysis by Srinath, L.S., Raghava, M.R., Lingaiah, K.,
Garagesha, G., Pant B., and Ramachandra, K., , Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi, 1984.
2. Experimental Stress Analysis by Dally, J.W., and Riley, W.F., McGraw-Hill Inc.

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 INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURES
24SE115(B) Credits: 3
L T P T Sessional Marks: 40
3 1 - 3 End Exam Marks: 60

Course Outcomes:
On successful completion of this course, students will be able to

1. Plan for general requirements in an industry and prepare a layout on buildings and
structural components for various industries
2. Make an appropriate lighting & ventilation and identify a suitable measures to control
fire as per factories act in an industrial structure.
3. Design an industrial building with bents along with crane girder; describe suitable
foundations for the various types of machines/equipment in an industry.
4. Analyse and design a RC structure such as corbels, bunkers, silos, chimneys and
cooling towers in an industry.
5. Identify suitable tower configurations for power transmission, analyse and design a
lattice tower with suitable foundations.

SYLLABUS

UNIT-1
Plastic Analysis: Introduction, Limit analysis of steel structures, Mechanical properties of
structural steel, Plastic hinge, Moment curvature relations, Limit load, Coplanar load, Upper
lower bound theorems. Redistribution of moments continuous beams: Relevant or irrelevant
mechanisms, Types of mechanisms method for performing moment check. Portal frame,
Mechanisms, Combination of mechanisms, Moment check, Partial complete and over
complete collapse.

UNIT-2
Light gauge steel structures: Local buckling of thin sections, Post packing of thin elements,
Light gauge steel columns and compression members, Form factor for columns and
compression members, Stiffened compression elements, Multiple stiffened compression
elements, Unstiffened compression elements effective length of light gauge steel compression
members.

UNIT-3
Basic design stress, Allowable design stress, Light gauge steel beams, Laterally supported
light gauge steel beams web crippling. Allowable design stress in beams, Beams subjected to
combined axial end bending stress, connections.

UNIT-4
Analysis of Communication Towers: Analysis of Transmission line Towers: Loads on
towers, Sag (dip) and Tension in uniformly loaded conductors, Analysis of towers (analysis as
coplanar assembly), Design of members in towers, Design of foundation of towers.

UNIT-5
Design of Steel Chimneys for wind and gravity loads. Design of gantry girder
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Text Book
1. Comprehensive Design of Steel Structures by B.C. Punmia, Ashok Kumar Jain, Arun
Kumar Jain, Laxmi Publications (P) Ltd

Reference Books
1. Plastic Design of Steel Frames by Beedle, Wiley.
2. Design of Steel Structures by Arya & Ajmani, Nem Chand Publishers.

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 ADVANCED FOUNDATION ENGINEERING
24SE115(C) Credits: 3
L T P T Sessional Marks: 40
3 1 - 4 End Exam Marks: 60

Course Outcomes

SYLLABUS
UNIT – I
Introduction -Principles of Design of Foundations, Types of shear failures in foundation soils,
Types of foundations, Design Loads, Basic Concepts of safe and allowable bearing capacity.
Shallow Foundations

UNIT – II
Bearing Capacity Analysis: Bearing capacity theories – Terzaghi, Meyerhof, Skempton,
Hansen, Vesic and IS Methods, Bearing capacity evaluation from Standard Penetration test
and Plate load test.

UNIT - III
Settlement Analysis: Uniform and Differential Settlements, Elastic and Consolidation
Settlements, Settlement analysis in cohesionless soils by Schemartmann and Hartman
method, Penetration tests; Permissible settlements as per IS 1904-1978, causes of settlement,
settlement Control.

UNIT - IV
Proportioning of footings: Isolated column footings, Strip, combined Footings and Strap
Footing. Raft Foundations: Bearing capacity of raft foundation, floating raft, Types of rafts,
Beam on Elastic foundation and Conventional methods of Design, determination of modulus
of subgrade reaction.

UNIT – V
Deep Foundations - Pile Foundations: Types, load capacity- dynamic formulae, static
formula; pile load tests- Vertical load test, lateral load test, Cyclic load test; settlement of
piles and pile groups, negative skin friction on single pile and pile groups; laterally loaded
piles - Broom’s Analysis, IS Code method; Under reamed piles – Load capacity, design, and
construction.

Text Books
1. Analysis and Design of Substructures by Swami Saran, Oxford & IBH Publishing Co.
Pvt. Ltd.
2. Basic and Applied Soil Mechanics by Gopal Ranjan and A.S.R. Rao, New Age
International Publications

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Reference Books
1. Foundation Analysis and Design by J.E. Bowles, Mc Graw Hill Publishing Co.
2. Foundation Design by W.C. Teng, John Wiley, New York.
3. Analysis and Design of Substructures by Swami Saran, Oxford &IBH Publishing Co.
4. Foundation Engineering by P.C. Vargheese, Prentice Hall of India

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 WIND ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF TALL STRUCTURES
24SE116(A) Credits: 3
L T P T Sessional Marks: 40
3 1 - 3 End Exam Marks: 60

Course Outcomes:

SYLLABUS
UNIT – I
Introduction: Basic wind speed, Design wind speed, Design wind pressure, offshore wind
velocity, wind pressures and forces in buildings/structures, External pressure coefficients for
various roofs, dynamic effects.

UNIT – II
Lateral load Analysis of Multi-story Building Frames: Analysis of Multi-story Building
Frames for lateral loads, Cantilever method, Portal method and Factor method.

UNIT – III
Design of Shear Wall: Introduction, Types of shear walls, Behaviour of cantilever wall with
rectangular cross-section, flange cantilever shear walls, Moment-Axial load interaction for
shear wall section, Interaction of shear walls and rigid joined frames, Shear walls with
openings, Coupled shear walls.

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

UNIT – V
Bunkers and Silos: Introduction, Differences between bunker and silo, Design of square or
rectangular bunkers, Design of circular bunkers, Design of silos, Silos for storage of cement,
Multi-story Building Frames: Analysis of multi-story frames, Method of substitute frames,
Bending moments in beams and columns.

Text Books
1. Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design ,by [Link] Raju, CBS
2. Reinforced Concrete Structures by Punmia, Jain & Jain, Laxmi Publications (P) Ltd.
3. Tall Chimneys by Manohar, S.N., Mcgraw-Hill Book Comp.

Reference Books
1. Reinforced Concrete Structures by Park, R. & Paulay, T., John Wiley & Sons.
2. Design of Steel Structures by [Link], OUP India.

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 STRCUTRAL DYNAMICS
24SE116(B) Credits: 3
L T P T Sessional Marks: 40
3 1 - 3 End Exam Marks: 60

Course Outcomes:
At the end of the course, students will be able to
1. analyze the dynamic response of multi degree of freedom systems
2. analyze the free and forced vibration of bars and beams
3. find the dynamic response of structures using numerical integration procedure
4. design the buildings for blast and impact forces using BIS codes of practice.

SYLLABUS
UNIT – I
One Degree Systems: Undamped systems, Various forcing functions damped systems,
Response to pulsating force, Support motion.

UNIT – II
Lumped Mass Multidegree System: Direct determination of natural frequencies,
Characteristic shapes, Stodola-Vianelle method, Modified Rayleigh-Ritz method, Lagrange’s
equation, Model analysis of multi degree systems, Multistorey rigid frames subjected to
lateral loads, Damping in multi degree systems.

UNIT – III
Structures with distributed mass and load, Single span beams, Normal modes of vibration,
Forced vibrations of beams, Beams with variable cross-section and mass.

UNIT – IV
Approximate design methods, Idealized system, Transformation factors, Dynamic reactions
response calculations, Design example (RC beam, Steel beam and RC slab), and approximate
design of multi degree systems.

UNIT – V
Matrix Approach: Coordinates and lumped masses, Consistent mass matrix, Undamped force
vibration of a system with one degree freedom, Response of single degree freedom undamped
system, Viscous damped vibration of a single degree freedom system, Undamped vibration of
multi degree freedom system, Orthogonality of natural nodes, Normal coordinates.

Text Books
1. Structural Dynamics by John M. Biggs. McGraw-Hill
2. Dynamics of Structures, Theory and Applications to Earthquake Engineering by Anil
K. Chopra, Prentice Hall of India.

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Reference Books
1. Structural Analysis by A. Ghali & A.M. Neville, CRC Press.

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 TUNNEL ENGINEERING
24SE116(C) Credits: 3
L T P T Sessional Marks: 40
3 1 - 3 End Exam Marks: 60

Course Outcomes:
At the end of the course, students will be able to
1. analyze the dynamic response of multi degree of freedom systems
2. analyze the free and forced vibration of bars and beams
3. find the dynamic response of structures using numerical integration procedure
4. design the buildings for blast and impact forces using BIS codes of practice.

SYLLABUS
UNIT – I
Introduction: Historical back ground, Developments in Tunnel construction, Types of
tunnels. Necessity of utilisation of underground space, Applications of Tunnels, Art of
tunnelling, Tunnel engineering, future tunnelling considerations. Geological and
Geotechnical Considerations.

UNIT – II
Geometrical Design of Tunnels: Tunnel, adit, decline, shaft; parameters influencing
location, shape and size of tunnels; geological aspects; planning and site investigations,
Geometrical Design of Tunnels, Cross passages, Cross section of various types of Tunnels.

UNIT – III
Tunneling Methods: Types and purpose of tunnels; factors affecting choice of excavation
technique; Methods - soft ground tunneling, hard rock tunneling, shallow tunneling, deep
tunneling; Shallow tunnels – cut and cover, pipe jacking, jacked box excavation techniques,
methods of muck disposal, supporting, problems encountered and remedial measures. New
Austrian Tunneling Method.

UNIT – IV
Mechanised Tunneling: Tunneling by Tunnel Boring Machines: Boring principles, method
of excavation, selection, performance, limitations and problems; TBM applications. Supports
in Tunnels: Principal types of supports and applicability. Tunneling by Road headers and
Impact Hamme, Cutting principles, method of excavation, selection, performance, limitations
and problems.

UNIT – V
Tunneling by Drilling and Blasting: Unit operations in conventional tunneling; Drilling -
drilling principles, drilling equipment, drilling tools, drill selection, specific drilling, rock
drill ability factors; Blasting - explosives, initiators, blasting mechanics, blast holes

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nomenclature; types of cuts- fan, wedge and others; blast design, tunnel blast performance -
powder factor, parameters influencing, models for prediction; mucking and transportation
equipment selection.

Text Books
1. Engineering of Rocks and Tunnels by RS Varshney McGraw-Hill
2. Tunnel Engineering by Ashish Kumar, Prentice Hall of India.
3. Elements Of Bridge Tunnel & Railway Engineering, SP Bindra, Dhanpat Rai
Publications 2012

Reference Books
1. Handbook of Tunnel Engineering by Ananthakumar Paulraj, CRC Press.

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 ADVANCED DESIGN OF STRUCTURES LAB
24SE117 Credits: 2
L T P T Sessional Marks: 50
- - 3 3 End Exam Marks: 50

Course Outcomes:
At the end of course work, students will be able to
1. design connections for the expected shear force and bending moment
2. design components of industrial building such as roof truss, purlins, columns,
bracing based on application requirement.
3. analyse and design cold formed flexural members, compression members and wall
studs.
4. describe the concepts of plastic design, methods of plastic analysis and plastic
collapse mechanism.

SYLLABUS
Any THREE of the following:

1. Design of blast resistant structures

2. Design of berth structures
3. Design of Quay Walls
4. Pre-engineered buildings
5. Bow string girder bridge
6. Balanced cantilever bridge
7. Raft design
8. Design of Piles and pile caps

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 UNIVERSAL HUMAN VALUES & PROFESSIONAL ETHICS
24SE118 Credits: 0
L T P T Sessional Marks: 50
2 - 2 2

Course Objectives:
1. To create an awareness on Engineering Ethics and Human Values.
2. To instil Moral and Social Values and Loyalty
3. To appreciate the rights of others.
4. To create awareness on assessment of safety and risk

Course outcomes:
By the end of the semester, the student will be able to:
1. Identify and analyze an ethical issue in the subject matter under investigation or in
a relevant field
2. Identify the multiple ethical interests at stake in a real-world situation or practice
3. Articulate what makes a particular course of action ethically defensible
4. Assess their own ethical values and the social context of problems
5. Identify ethical concerns in research and intellectual contexts, including academic
integrity, use and citation of sources, the objective presentation of data, and the
treatment of human subjects
6. Demonstrate knowledge of ethical values in non-classroom activities, such as
service learning, internships, and field work integrate, synthesize, and apply
knowledge of ethical dilemmas and resolutions in academic settings, including
focused and interdisciplinary research

SYLLABUS
Unit I: HUMAN VALUES
Morals, Values and Ethics-Integrity-Work Ethic-Service learning – Civic Virtue – Respect for
others – Living Peacefully –Caring –Sharing –Honesty -Courage-Cooperation–Commitment
– Empathy –Self Confidence -Character –Spirituality-Case Study.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
1. learn about morals, values & work ethics.
2. learn to respect others and develop civic virtue.
3. develop commitment
4. learn how to live peacefully

Unit II: ENGINEERING ETHICS

Senses of ‘Engineering Ethics-Variety of moral issues –Types of inquiry –Moral dilemmas –
Moral autonomy –Kohlberg’s theory-Gilligan’s theory-Consensus and controversy –Models
of professional roles, Theories about right action-Self-interest -Customs and religion –Uses of
Ethical theories –Valuing time –Case Study.

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LEARNING OUTCOMES:
1. learn about the ethical responsibilities of the engineers.
2. create awareness about the customs and religions.
3. learn time management
4. learn about the different professional roles.

Unit III: ENGINEERING AS SOCIAL EXPERIMENTATION

Engineering as Social Experimentation –Similarities between standard and social
Experimentations-Framing the problem –Determining the facts –Codes of Ethics – Clarifying
Concepts –Application issues –Common Ground -General Principles –Utilitarian thinking
respect for persons-Case study.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
1. Demonstrate knowledge to become a social experimenter.
2. Provide depth knowledge on framing of the problem and determining the facts.
3. Provide depth knowledge on codes of ethics.
4. Develop utilitarian thinking

UNIT IV: ENGINEERS RESPONSIBILITY FOR SAFETY AND RISK

Safety and risk –Assessment of safety and risk –Risk benefit analysis and reducing risk-
Safety and the Engineer-Designing for the safety-Intellectual Property rights(IPR).
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
1. create awareness about safety, risk & risk benefit analysis.
2. engineer’s design practices for providing safety.
3. provide knowledge on Intellectual Property Rights.

UINIT V: GLOBAL ISSUES

Globalization –Cross culture issues-Environmental Ethics –Computer Ethics –Computers as
the instrument of Unethical behavior –Computers as the object of Unethical acts –
Autonomous Computers-Computer codes of Ethics –Weapons Development -Ethics and
Research –Analyzing Ethical Problems in research- Case Study.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
1. Develop knowledge about global issues.
2. Create awareness on computer and environmental ethics.
3. Analyze ethical problems in research.
4. Give a picture on weapons development.

Text Books:
1. [Link], [Link], [Link] “Engineering Ethics includes
Human Values” -PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd-2009

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2. Harris, Pritchard and Rabins “Engineering Ethics”, CENGAGE Learning, India
Edition, 2009.
3. Mike W. Martin and Roland Schinzinger “Ethics in Engineering” Tata McGraw-Hill–
2003.
4. [Link], DharanikotaSuyodhana “Professional Ethics and Morals” Maruthi
Publications.
5. [Link], [Link] and [Link] “Professional Ethics and Human
Values” – Laxmi Publications.
6. [Link] “Professional Ethics and Human Values”
7. PSR Murthy “Indian Culture, Values and Professional Ethics” BS Publication

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 THEORY OF PLATES AND SHELLS
24SE121 Credits: 3
L T P T Sessional Marks: 40
3 1 - 4 End Exam Marks: 60

Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to
1. describe the behaviour of thin and thick plates.
2. solve and establish classical solutions for various types of plates.
3. illustrate the characteristics on different types of shells and develop equilibrium
equations and force displacement relations.
4. analyse the various types of shells under different loading conditions

SYLLABUS
UNIT – I
Bending of Long Rectangular Plates to a Cylindrical Surface: Differential equation for
cylindrical bending of plates – Uniformly leaded rectangular plates with simple supported
edges and with built in edges. Pure bending of plates slopes – Curvatures of bent plates –
Relations between bending moments and curvature – Particular cases – Strain energy in pure
bending – Limitations.

UNIT – II
Symmetrical Bending of Circular Plates: Differential equation – Boundary conditions.
Simply supported rectangular plates under sinusoidal loading – Navier’s solution and its
application to concentrated load – Levy’s solution for uniformly distributed load or
hydrostatic pressure – Bending of rectangular plates by moments distributed along the edges
– Differential equation of rectangular plate within plane and lateral forces.

UNIT – III
Membrane analysis: Shells of revolution (axi-symmetrical loading), Spherical shells, Conical
shells, Elliptical shell of revolution, Torus, Hyperboloid of revolution of one sheet, Shells of
uniform strength membrane deformation.

UNIT – IV
Membrane analysis of shells of translation, Circular cylinder, Diretrix, Parabola, Cycloid,
Catenary and Membrane deformations, Membrane analysis of shells of general shape:
Anticlastic, Synclastic shells, Hyperbolic paraboloid, Candella shells, Conoid, Elliptic
paraboloid, Rotational paraboloid.

UNIT – V
Bending analysis of cylindrical shell: Beam method, Schorer method, Finsterwalder method.
Classification analysis.

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Text Books
1. Theory of Plates and Shells by Timoshenko, S. and Wernewsky, Kriegar.

Reference Books
1. Design of Reinforced Concrete Shells and Folded Plates by [Link], PHI
2. Stresses in Shells by Flugge, Springer.
3. Design and Construction of Shells by Ramaswamy, G.S, McGraw-Hill.

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 FINITE ELEMENT METHOD OF ANALYSIS
24SE122 Credits: 3
L T P T Sessional Marks: 40
3 1 - 4 End Exam Marks: 60

Course Outcomes
On the successful completion of these modules, students will be able to
1. solve the boundary value problems using approximate methods.
2. derive and elemental equations and shape function for one and two-dimensional
elements.
3. perform the mesh refinement and error evaluation for various elements.
4. model and analyse 2D and 3D systems using finite element software.

SYLLABUS
UNIT – I
Introduction: A brief history of F.E.M. Need of the method, Review of basic principles of
solid mechanics- Equations of equilibrium, Boundary conditions, Compatibility, Strain
displacement relations, Constitutive relationship in matrix form, plane stress & plane strain
and axisymmetric bodies of revolution with axi-symmetric loading, Energy principles -
Raleigh - Ritz method of functional approximation.

UNIT – II
Theory relating to the formulation of the finite element method, Coordinate system (local and
global), generalized coordinates, Concept of the element, Various element shapes,
Discretisation of a structure, Mesh refinement Vs. Higher order element, Interconnections at
nodes of displacement models, inter element compatibility, -shape functions.

UNIT – III
Basic component – One dimensional FEM single bar element, Beam element: Derivation of
stiffness matrix, Assembly of stiffness, Matrix boundary conditions, shape functions for 1 D
elements, Initial strain and temperature effects, and trusses under axial forces.

UNIT – IV
Two-dimensional FEM: Different types of elements for plane stress and plane strain analysis
– Displacement models Generation of element stiffness and nodal load matrices –static
condensation.

UNIT – V
Isoparametric representation and its formulation for 2d analysis. Formulation of 4-noded and
8- noded Isoparametric quadrilateral elements – Lagrangian elements-serendipity elements.
Text Books

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 1. Finite Element Analysis by [Link], (2002), Tata McGraw Hill
Publishing Co. Ltd.
2. Introduction to Finite Element Method by Desai,[Link] Abel, J.F.,Van Nostrand,
1972.

Reference Books
1. Introduction to Finite element Method by Tirupathi chandra Patla and Belugundu
2. The Finite Element Method in Engineering Science” by Zienkiewicz, P., McGraw
Hill, 1971.

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 EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING
24SE123 Credits: 3
L T P T Sessional Marks: 40
3 1 - 4 End Exam Marks: 60

Course Outcomes
At the end of this course, students will be able to
1. evaluate the natural frequencies and modes shapes for structures.
2. identify the types of seismic waves and measure the magnitude of earthquake.
3. perform seismic analysis of structures using various methods.
4. describe and design the ductile detailing for structures.

SYLLABUS

UNIT - I
One Degree Systems: Undamped systems, Various forcing functions damped systems,
Response to pulsating force, Support motion. Lumped Mass Multidegree System: Direct
determination of natural frequencies, Characteristic shapes, Stodola-Vianelle method,
Modified Rayleigh-Ritz method, Lagrange’s equation, Model analysis of multi degree
systems, Multistorey rigid frames subjected to lateral loads, Damping in multi degree
systems.

UNIT – II
Matrix Approach: Coordinates and lumped masses, Consistent mass matrix, Undamped force
vibration of a system with one degree freedom, Response of single degree freedom undamped
system, Viscous damped vibration of a single degree freedom system, Undamped vibration of
multi degree freedom system, Orthogonality of natural nodes, Normal coordinates.

UNIT – III
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 – IV
Earthquake Response of Linear Systems: Earthquake excitation, Equation of motion,
Response quantities, Response history, Response spectrum concept, Deformation, Pseudo-
velocity, and Pseudo-acceleration, Response spectra, Peak structural response from the
response spectrum, Response spectrum characteristics, Elastic design spectrum, Comparison
of design and response spectra, Distinction between design and response spectra.

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UNIT – V
Earthquake analysis of Multistorey buildings: By seismic coefficient method and Response
spectrum method, Base shear, Fundamental period of buildings, Distribution of forces along
the height, Introduction to earthquake analysis of water towers, stack like structures and
dams.

Text Books
1. Dynamics of Structures, Theory and Applications to Earthquake Engineering by Anil
K. Chopra, Prentice Hall of India.
2. Structural Dynamics by John M. Biggs.
3. Elements of Earthquake Engineering by Jaikrishna and Chandrasekharan, Saritha
Prakasham, Meerut.

Reference Books
1. Earthquake resistant design of structures by [Link], Oxford University Press.
2. Earthquake resistant design of structures by Pankaj Agarwal and Manish Shrikhande,
Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd.

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 OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUE
24SE124(A) Credits: 3
L T P T Sessional Marks: 40
3 1 - 3 End Exam Marks: 60

Course Outcomes:

SYLLABUS
UNIT – I
Introduction: Need and scope of optimization, Historical development, Statement of an
optimization problems, Objective function and its surface, design variables, constraints and
constraint surface. Classification of optimization problems, various functions (continuous,
discontinuous, and discrete) and Function behaviour (Monotonic, Non-Monotonic and Uni-
modal)

UNIT – II
Classical Optimization Techniques: Differential calculus method, Multivariable optimization
by method of constrained variation and Lagrange multipliers (generalized problem). Kuhn-
Tucker conditions for optimality.

UNIT – III
Fully stressed design and optimally criterion-based algorithms, Introduction, Characteristics
of fully stressed design theoretical basis – Examples.

UNIT – IV
Non-linear Programming: Unconstrained minimization – Fibonacci, Golden section,
Quadratic and Cubic interpolation methods for a one-dimensional minimization and
Univariate Method, Powel’s method, Newton’s method, and Davidon Fletcher Powell’s
method for multivariable optimization. Constrained minimization – Cutting plane method,
Zoutendijk’s method and penalty function methods.

UNIT – V
Linear programming – Definitions and theorems – Simplex method – Duality in linear
programming. Plastic analysis and minimum weight design and rigid frame, Introduction to
quadratic programming, Geometric programming, and Dynamic programming. Design of
beams and frame using dynamic programming technique.

Text Books
1. Optimization Theory and Applications by Rao, S.S., Wiley Eastern Ltd., New
Delhi, 1978.
2. Optimum Design of Structures by Majid, K.I., Newnes-Butter Worths, London,
1974.

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Reference Books
1. Mathematical Foundations for Design: Civil Engineering Systems by Robert, M.
Stark and Robert L. Nicholls, McGraw Hill Book Company, New York, 1972.
2. Optimum Structural Design, Theory and Applications by Gallegher, R.H. and
Zienkiewiez, O.C., John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1973.

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 ADVANCED CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY
24SE124(B) Credits: 3
L T P T Sessional Marks: 40
3 1 - 3 End Exam Marks: 60

Course Outcomes:
On successful completion of this course, students will be able to
1. conduct tests to assess the properties of concrete constituent materials and its
validation for the desired application.
2. perform mix design for normal concrete, self-compacting concrete, and high-
performance concrete as per specified standards.
3. carryout durability studies on different types of concrete.
4. suggest type of concrete based on application and durability requirements.

SYLLABUS
UNIT – I
Durability of concrete and concrete construction: Durability concept, pore structure and
transport processes, reinforcement corrosion, fire resistance, frost damage, sulphate attack,
alkali silica reaction, delayed ettringite formation, methods of providing durable concrete,
short-term tests to assess long-term behaviour.

UNIT – II
Mix design: Review of methods and philosophies of IS, BS and ACI methods, mix design for
special purposes, Acceptance criteria for compressive strength of concrete.

UNIT – III
Special concretes: Lightweight concrete, autoclaved aerated concrete, no-fines concrete,
lightweight aggregate concrete and foamed concrete, High strength concrete, refractory
concrete, high density and radiation-shielding concrete, polymer concrete, fibre-reinforced
concrete, mortars, renders, recycled concrete, Ferro Cement, Self-Compacting Concrete.

UNIT – IV
Special processes and technology for types of structure: Sprayed concrete, underwater
concrete, grouts, grouting and grouted concrete, mass concrete, slip form construction,
pumped concrete, concrete for liquid retaining structures, vacuum process, concrete coatings,
and surface treatments.

UNIT – V
Test methods: Analysis of fresh concrete, Accelerated testing methods, Tests on hardened
concrete, Core cutting and testing, partially destructive testing, Non-destructive testing of
concrete structures

Text Book
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 1. Properties of Concrete, [Link], Longman 1995.
2. Concrete Technology Theory and Practice, [Link], [Link] & Company Ltd,
New Delhi.

Reference
1. Concrete micro-structure, Properties and Materials, [Link], [Link],
Printice Hall INC & McGraw Hill, USA.

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 DESIGN OF STEEL BRIDGES
24SE124(C) Credits: 3
L T P T Sessional Marks: 40
3 1 - 4 End Exam Marks: 60

COURSE OUTCOMES
At the end of course work, students will be able to
1. design slab culverts and T-beam bridge superstructure for the IRC loading
conditions.
2. design post tensioned prestressed T-beam bridge superstructure for the IRC
loading.
3. design steel plate girder bridge superstructure based on IRS loading conditions.
4. design steel rocker cum roller bearing and substructure for pile foundation and
well foundation as per IRC.
5. describe the design principles of continuous bridges, box girder and balanced
cantilever bridges for its use in real time conditions.

SYLLABUS

UNIT – I
Steel Bridges: Introduction, classification of steel bridges, economical span, clearance
requirements, dimensions of rolling stock, width of roadway and footway.

UNIT – II
Loads: Live load for Railway, Highway and combined rail cum road bridges, Impact effect,
wind load, lateral force (racking force), longitudinal forces, centrifugal forces, seismic forces,
temperature effects.

UNIT – III
Plate girder bridges: Introduction, types, general arrangement, wind load effects, analysis and
design of Deck type plate girder bridge for railways, analysis and design of Half-through
plate girder bridge for railways, analysis and design of Through type plate girder bridge for
railways.

UNIT – IV
Truss girder bridges: Introduction, general arrangement of components of truss girder bridge,
self-weight of Truss girder bridge, wind load and wind effects, analysis of portal bracing,
analysis and design of through type truss girder bridge.

UNIT – V

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Bearings : Introduction, IS code requirements for bearings, Types of bearings, plate bearing,
Rocker bearing, Roller bearing, Knuckle pin bearing, Railway board roller bearing.

Text Books
1. Comprehensive design of steel [Link], Ashok Kumar Jain and Arun
Kumar Jain, Laxmi Publications (P) Ltd.

Reference Books
1. Design of Steel structures by N. Subramanian, Oxford University Press.
2. Limit State Design of steel structures – Ramchandra and Virendra Gehlot, Scientific
Publishers (India)

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 PRESTRESSED CONCRETE
24SE125(A) Credits: 3
L T P T Sessional Marks: 40
3 1 - 4 End Exam Marks: 60

COURSE OUTCOMES

SYLLABUS

UNIT – I
Introduction: Basic concepts of prestressing need for high strength steel and concrete,
advantages of prestressed concrete. Materials for prestressed concrete, high strength concrete
and high strength [Link] systems and losses of prestress: (1) Freyssinet Anchorage
System (2) Gifford Udall System (3) Magnel-Blaton System, Tensioning devices, anchoring
devices. (d) Pretensioning and Post tensioning. Prestressing losses, Elastic shortening, loss
due to shrinkage, loss due to creep, loss due to friction, loss due to slip etc. [Link]
provisions.

UNIT – II
Analysis of prestressed Concrete Beams: Assumptions, Analysis of prestress, Resultant
stresses at a section, pressure or thrust line, concept of load balancing, cable profile, kern
distance, stress in tendons as per IS 1343, cracking moment.

UNIT – III
Shear and Torsional Resistance of Prestressed Concrete Members: Shear and Principal
Stresses, Ultimate Shear Resistance of Prestressed Concrete Members, Design of Shear
Reinforcements, Prestressed Concrete members In Torsion, Design of Reinforcements for
Torsion, Shear and Bending.

UNIT – IV
Transfer of prestress in Pretensioned members: Transmission length, bond stress, Transverse
tensile stress, End Zone reinforcement, flexural bond stress, I.S. Code Provisions. Anchorage
zone in post tensioned members: Introduction, stress distribution in End block, Investigation
on Anchorage Zone Stresses- Magnel’s method, Guyon’s method of approach of analysis of
end block (Not more than 2 cables).

UNIT – V
Deflection of Prestressed Concrete Members: Importance of Control of Deflections, Factors
Influencing Deflections, Short-Term Deflection of Uncracked members, Prediction of Long
Time Deflections, Deflection of Cracked Members, Requirements of various Codes of
Practice.

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Text Book
1. Prestressed Concrete by [Link] Raju, Tata McGraw-HillPublishing Company
Limited.
Reference Books
1. Prestressed Concrete by [Link], Alpha Science.
2. Prestressed Concrete Structures by P. Dayaratnam, Oxford & Ibh
3. Design of Prestressed Concrete Structures by T.Y. Lin and Ned. H. Burns, John Wiley
and Sons.

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 DESIGN OF CONCRETE BRIDGES
24SE125(B) Credits: 3
L T P T Sessional Marks: 40
3 1 - 3 End Exam Marks: 60

SYLLABUS

UNIT-1
Introduction to bridge engineering. Historical background of bridges and types. Bridge
aesthetics and proportioning. Design process. Review of applicable design codes. Loads on
bridges and force distribution. Bridge geometry.

UNIT-2
Analysis and design of Slab Bridge, Skew slab bridge.

UNIT-3
Analysis and design of T-beam bridge: Deck slab considering IRC loads, longitudinal
girders(Interior, Exterior), Cross girder.

UNIT-4
Analysis and design of prestressed concrete girder and box girder bridges considering only
primary torsion, Design of end block.

UNIT-5
Bridge Bearing: Types of bearings, Rocker bearing, Elastomeric bearing.

Text Book
1. Essentials of Bridge Engineering, D. Jhonson Victor, Oxford University Press.

Reference Books
1. Design of Bridges, [Link] Raju, Oxford & IBH Publishing [Link], New
Delhi.

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 REPAIR AND REHABILITATION OF STRUCTURES
24SE125(C) Credits: 3
L T P T Sessional Marks: 40
3 1 - 4 End Exam Marks: 60

COURSE OUTCOMES
At the end of course work, students will be able to
1. design slab culverts and T-beam bridge superstructure for the IRC loading conditions.
2. design post tensioned prestressed T-beam bridge superstructure for the IRC loading.
3. design steel plate girder bridge superstructure based on IRS loading conditions.
4. design steel rocker cum roller bearing and substructure for pile foundation and well
foundation as per IRC.
5. describe the design principles of continuous bridges, box girder and balanced
cantilever bridges for its use in real time conditions.

SYLLABUS
UNIT – I
Materials: Construction chemicals, Mineral admixtures, Composites, Fibre reinforced
concrete, High performance concrete, Polymer-impregnated concrete.
Techniques to Test the Existing Strengths: Destructive and non-destructive tests on concrete.

UNIT – II
Repairs of Multi-storey Structures: Cracks in concrete, Possible damages to the structural
element beams, Slab, Column, Footing, etc., Repairing techniques like Jack Chu, Grouting,
External pre-stressing, Use of chemical admixtures, Repairs to the fire damaged structure.

UNIT – III
Repairs to Masonry Structures & Temples: Damages to masonry structures – Repairing
techniques, Damages to temples – Repairing techniques.

UNIT – IV
Foundation Problems: Settlement of soils – Repairs, Sinking of piles – Repairs. Corrosion of
Reinforcement: Preventive measures – Coatings – Use of SBR modified cementitious mortar,
Epoxy resin mortar, Acrylic modified cementitious mortar, Flowing concrete.

UNIT – V
Temporary Structures: Need for temporary structures under any Hazard, Various temporary
structures, Case-studies.

Text Books
1. Deterioration, Maintenance and Repair of Structures by Johnson, McGraw Hill..
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 COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING LAB
24SE126 Credits: 2
L T P T Sessional Marks: 50
- - 3 3 End Exam Marks: 50

Application of software’s in Structural Engineering (by using STAAD Pro, ETABS, STRAP,
STRUDS etc) for the following problems.
1. Analysis and Design of Beams.
2. Analysis and Design of Footings.
3. Analysis and Design of Trusses.
4. Analysis and Design of Two Dimensional Frames.
5. Analysis and Design of Three Dimensional Frames.
6. Analysis and Design of Water Tanks.
7. Analysis and Design of Steel Members.
8. Implementation of Concepts of FEM using a Computer Language.

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 TECHNICAL SEMINAR
24SE127 Credits: 2
L T P T Sessional Marks: 50
- - 3 3

Course Objectives:
The objective of this course is
1. To develop an overview of structural engineering and its importance.
2. To promote teamwork and lifelong learning among the students.

Course Outcomes:
At the end of the course the students will be able to
1. Improve the communication skills and cultivate lifelong learning.
2. Broaden their knowledge about structural engineering and its significance
3. Update their knowledge on the latest developments in structural engineering.
4. Understand the environmental, safety, economical and sustainability aspects of any
structural engineering structure.

SYLLABUS
Each student has to select a topic and collect about 10 papers with at least 5 journal
papers and prepare a report and give a seminar at the end the semester.

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 ENGLISH FOR RESEARH PAPER WRITING
24SE128 Credits: 0
L T P T Sessional Marks: 50
2 - - 2

Course Objectives:
Students will be able to:
1. Understand how to improve your writing skills and level of readability
2. Learn about what to write in each section
3. Understand the skills needed when writing a Title
4. Ensure the good quality of paper at very first-time submission

COURSE OUTCOMES:
By the end of the course, the student will be able to:
1. Develop writing skills and level of readability.
2. Critically analyse the content and draft an outline of the abstract.
3. Review the literature, discuss and learn methodology, write effective results, and
1. conclusions.
4. Demonstrate good writing skills and draft good quality paper using appropriate
vocabulary
2. and grammatically correct sentences.

SYLLABUS

UNIT I: PLANNING AND PREPARATION

Reading: Reading the content, understanding the key words and theme.
Grammar: Arranging the word order in sentences, breaking up long sentences, structuring
paragraphs and sentences, concision of content, removing redundancy, avoiding ambiguity
and vagueness.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the module, the learners will be able to
• Learn how to understand the text content
• Structure the sentences
• Concise the sentences and write well structured paragraphs on specific topics

UNIT-II: ABSTRACT PREPARATION

Analysing the content- getting clarity on who did what, highlighting the findings, hedging
and criticising the material. Drafting- Writing abstracts and introductions of paper, learning
Paraphrasing and checking Plagiarism.
Learning Outcomes
• At the end of the module, the learners will be able to
• Learn how to Analyse and high light the findings.

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• Write abstracts and introductions of paper
• Paraphrase the paper content
• Check Plagiarism

UNIT-III: DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS

Review of the Literature- Using methods to find results. Participating in discussions and
bring out effective, conclusions. Learn the tips to draft the appropriate title of a paper. Define
the purpose and scope and its contribution to the field of research.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the module, the learners will be able to
• Review the literature
• Discuss the work to bring out effective conclusions.
• Draft a title of a paper
• Identify the scope and its contribution to the field of research

UNIT-IV: WRITING SKILLS AND QUALITY

Vocabulary- Use of appropriate vocabulary; nouns, synonyms and phrases to write methods,
results, discussion and Conclusions. Grammar- Using grammatically correct sentences, using
correct form of verbs- subject verb agreement, noun pronoun agreement and punctuations.
Proof reading the research paper and submitting the quality work on time.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the module, the learners will be able to
• Use appropriate vocabulary to write methods, results, discussion and Conclusions.
• Use grammatically correct sentences
• Proof read the research paper
• Submit the quality research paper on time

Reference Books:
1. Goldbort R (2006) Writing for Science, Yale University Press (available on Google
Books)
2. Day R (2006) How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper, Cambridge University
Press
3. Highman N (1998), Handbook of Writing for the Mathematical Sciences, SIAM.
3. Highman’sbook .
4. Adrian Wallwork , English for Writing Research Papers, Springer New York
Dordrecht Heidelberg London, 2011

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 SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTION
24SE211(A) Credits: 3
L T P T Sessional Marks: 40
3 1 - 4 End Exam Marks: 60

COURSE OUTCOMES
At the end of the course, students will be able to
1. To make students understand soil foundation interaction and its importance.
2. To familiarize students with model analysis, Winkler model for soil structure
interaction analysis.
3. To expose students to beams and plates on elastic foundation.
4. To enable students to carry out elastic analysis of pile, soil-pile interaction analysis,
dynamic soil-pile interaction.
5. To make students understand the concepts of laterally loaded pile.

SYLLABUS
UNIT - I
SOIL-FOUNDATION INTERACTION
Soil-Foundation Interaction: Introduction to soil-foundation interaction problems, Soil
behaviour, Foundation behaviour, Interface behaviour, Scope of soil foundation interaction
analysis, soil response models, Winkler, Elastic continuum, two parameter elastic models,
Elastic plastic behaviour and Time dependent behaviour.

UNIT – II
BEAM ON ELASTIC FOUNDATION - SOIL MODELS
Beam on Elastic Foundation - Soil Models: Infinite beam, two parameters, Isotropic elastic
half space, Analysis of beams of finite length - Classification of finite beams in relation to
their stiffness.

UNIT – III
PLATE ON ELASTIC MEDIUM
Plate on Elastic Medium: Thin and thick plates, Analysis of finite plates, Numerical analysis
of finite plates, simple solutions.

UNIT – IV
ELASTIC ANALYSIS OF PILE
Elastic Analysis of Pile: Elastic analysis of single pile, Theoretical solutions for settlement
and load distributions, Analysis of pile group, Interaction analysis, Load distribution in
groups with rigid cap.

UNIT – V
LATERALLY LOADED PILE

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Laterally Loaded Pile: Load deflection prediction for laterally loaded piles, Subgrade reaction
and elastic analysis, Interaction analysis, Pile-raft system, Solutions through influence charts
- An introduction to soil-foundation interaction under dynamic loads.

Text Book
1. Kameswara Rao N.S.V., Foundation Design – Theory and Practice, John Wiley
& Sons (Asia), 2011.
2. Poulos H.G, Tall Building Foundation Design (1st Edition), CRC Press, London,
2017.
3. J. E. Bowles, “Foundation Analysis and Design”, McGraw Hill, 1996.
4. J. W. Bull, Soil-Structure Interaction: Numerical Analysis and Modelling, CRC Press,
1st Edition, 1994.
5. Chandrakant S. Desai, Musharraf Zaman, Advanced Geotechnical Engineering: Soil-
Structure Interaction using Computer and Material Models, CRC Press, 2013.

Reference Books
1. Hemsley, J.A, Elastic Analysis of Raft Foundations, Thomas Telford, 1998.
2. McCarthy, D.F. Essentials of Soil Mechanics and Foundations, basic geotechnics (6 th
Edition), Prentice Hall, 2002.
3. Selvadurai, A.P.S., Elastic Analysis of Soil Foundation Interaction, Elsevier, 1979.
4. Poulos, H.G., and Davis, E.H., Pile Foundation Analysis and Design, John Wiley,
1980.
5. Scott, R.F. Foundation Analysis, Prentice Hall, 1981.
6. Structure Soil Interaction - State of Art Report, Institution of structural Engineers,
1978.

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 RELIABILITY ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
24SE211(B) Credits: 3
L T P T Sessional Marks: 40
3 1 - 4 End Exam Marks: 60

COURSE OUTCOMES

SYLLABUS

UNIT – I
Concepts of Structural Safety: General, Design methods. Basic Statistics: Introduction, Data
reduction, Histograms, Sample correlation.

UNIT – II
Probability Theory: Introduction, Random events, Random variables, Functions of random
variables, Moments and expectation, Common probability distribution, Extremal distribution.
Probabilistic Analysis of Loads: Gravity loads, Wind load.

UNIT – III
Resistance Distributions and Parameters: Introduction, Statistics of properties of concrete,
Statistics of properties of steel, Statistics of strength of bricks and mortar, Dimensional
variations, Characterization of variables, Allowable stresses based on specified reliability.

UNIT – IV
Basic Structural Reliability: Introduction, Computation of structural reliability. Monte Carlo
Study of Structural Safety: General, Monte Carlo method, Applications. 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 Indian standard – RCC design. Reliability of Structural
Systems: Preliminary concepts as applied to simple structures.

Text Book
Structural Reliability Analysis and Design by [Link], Jaico Publishing House.

Reference Book
1. Structural Reliability by [Link], John Wiley and Sons Ltd.

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 STRUCTURAL STABILITY
24SE212(A) Credits: 3
L T P T Sessional Marks: 40
3 1 - 3 End Exam Marks: 60

SYLLABUS

UNIT-1
Buckling of Columns: Method of neutral equilibrium, Critical load of the Euler column,
Linear column theory – An eigen value problem, Effective length concept, Higher order
differential equation for columns initially bent columns, Effect of shear stress on buckling,
eccentrically loaded columns, beam columns (Beam columns with concreted lateral load,
distributed, load end moment), Inelastic buckling of columns, Double modulus theory,
Tangent modulus theory, Shanley theory of inelastic column behaviour.

UNIT-2
Approximate Methods of Analysis: Conservation of energy principles, Calculation of
critical loads using approximate deflection curve, Principle of stationary potential energy,
Raleigh-Ritz method, Buckling load of column with variable cross-section, Galerkin’s
method, Calculation of critical load by finite differences, Unevenly spaced 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-3
Buckling of Frames: Modes of buckling, Critical load of a simple frame using neutral
equilibrium, Slope deflection equations and matrix analysis. Lateral buckling of cantilever
and simply supported beams of rectangular and I-sections and use of energy method and
finite differences.

UNIT-4
Buckling of Plates: Differential equation, Strain energy of bending, Critical load, Finite
difference approach inelastic buckling of plates.

UNIT-5
Matrix approach for Frames: Criterion for determination of critical loads, Stiffness
influence coefficients for members without axial load, Derivation of stability functions,
Problem involving Non-sways, Modified stiffness of beams, Frames with sway, Multi-bar
frames.

Text Book
1. Principles of Structural Stability Theory by Alexander Chajes, Waveland Pr Inc.

Reference Books
1. Theory of Elasticity Stability by Timoshenko and Gere. Dover Publications.

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 NUMERICAL METHODS FOR STRUCTURAL ENGINEERIN
24SE212(B) Credits: 3
L T P T Sessional Marks: 40
3 1 - 3 End Exam Marks: 60

Course Outcomes:
On successful completion of this course, students will be able to

SYLLABUS

UNIT-1
Solutions of linear equations: Direct method – Cramer’s rule, Gauss – Elimination method-
Gauss – Jordan elimination method– Triangulation (LU Decomposition) method – Iterative
methods - Jacobi – Iteration method –Gauss – Siedel iteration, Successive over –relaxation
method.

UNIT-2
Eigen values and Eigen vectors: Jacobi method for symmetric matrices- Given’s method for
symmetric matrices-Householder’s method for symmetric matrices-Rutishauser method of
arbitrary matrices – Power method.

Interpolation: Linear Interpolation - Higher order Interpolation - Lagrange Interpolation –

Interpolating polynomials using finites differences- Hermite Interpolation -piece-wise and
spline Interpolation.

UNIT-3
Finite Difference and their Applications: Introduction- Differentiation formulas by
Interpolating parabolas –Backward and forward and central differences- Derivation of
Differentiation formulas using Taylor series-Boundary conditions- Beam deflection –
Solution of characteristic value problems- Richardson’s extrapolation- Use of unevenly
spaced pivotal points- Integration formulae by interpolating parabolas-Numerical solution to
spatial differential equations –Application to Simply Supported Beams, Columns &
rectangular Plates.

UNIT-4
Numerical Differentiation: Different methods based on undetermined coefficients- optimum
choice of step length– Partial differentiation.

Numerical Integration: Newton-Cotes integration formulas- Double integration using

Trapezoidal Rule – Romberg Integration -Simpson’s method Gaussian quadrature- Errors in
integration formulas- Multiple integration with variable limits.

UNIT-5
Ordinary Differential Equation: Euler’s method – Backward Euler method – Midpoint
method –single step method, Taylor’s series method- Boundary value problems and
characteristics-Shooting method- Solution through a set of equations.

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Text Book
1. Numerical Methods For Scientific and Engineering Computations. [Link]-
[Link] – [Link] Willey Eastern Limited. New Age International (p) Ltd.,
Publishers.
2. Numerical Methods for Engineers [Link], Raymond [Link] Mc. Graw Hill
Book Company..
3. Numerical Methods for Engineering Problems by N. Krishna Raju and K.U. Muthu,
M.C. Millan Publishers, New Delhi.

Reference Books
1. C Language and Numerical methods by [Link] – New Age International Publisher.
Reprint March 2012 ISBN:978-81-224-1174-4.
2. Computer based numerical analysis by Dr. [Link] Kumar, Khanna Book publishers

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