CIVIL ENGINEERING

M.E. Programme

(Duration: 2 Years)

Core Courses

 

Geotechnical Engineering

 

Hard Core: 24 Credits (All courses are compulsory)

 

CE 201   3:0            Basic Geomechanics  

CE 202   1:2            Subsurface Exploration and Soil Testing    

CE 203   3:0            Earth Retaining Structures  

CE 204   3:0            Foundation Engineering

CE 205   3:0            Geoenvironmental Engineering

CE 206   3:0            Ground Improvement

CE 214   3:0            Solid Mechanics

               3:0            Mathematics

 

Suitable mathematics course will be identified by the department at the beginning of the term.

 

Project: 24 Credits

 

CE299       0:24       Dissertation Project

                  0:07       Aug-Dec Term (3rd Term of  study)

                  0:17       Jan-Apr   Term (4th Term of study)

 

Electives: 16 Credits of which at least 8 credits from among the group electives listed below.

 

CE 231    2:0           Soil Stabilization by Admixtures

CE 232   2:0            Fundamentals of  Soil  Behaviour

CE 233   3:0        Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering

CE 234  2:0         Finite Elements in Geomechanics

CE 235    3:0           Design of Substructures

CE 236    2:1           Behavior and Testing of Unsaturated Soils

CE 237   2:0            Rock Mechanics

CE 238    2:0           Soil Dynamics

CE 239  3:0         Computational Geotechnics

CE 240  3:0             Engineering Seismology

 

Water Resources and Environmental Engineering

 

Hard Core: 24 Credits (All courses are compulsory)

 

CE 207   2:0            Fluid Mechanics

CE 208   3:0            Surface Water Hydrology

CE 209   3:0            Ground Water and

                                Contaminant Hydrology

CE 210   3:0            Systems Techniques in

                                Water Resources &

                                Environmental Engg

CE 211    3:0           Water Quality Modelling

CE 212    3:0           Design of Water Supply and

                                 Sewerage Systems

CE 213    0:1           Experimental Methods in

                                Environmental Engg

                3:0           One core course from either

                                Geotechnical Engg or

                                 Structural Engg

                3:0            Mathematics

Suitable mathematics course will be identified by the department at the beginning of the term.

 

Project: 24 Credits

 

CE299     0:24       Dissertation Project

                0:07       Aug-Dec Term (3rd Term of

                                        Study)

                0:17       Jan-Apr Term (4th Term of

                                        Study)

 

Electives: 16 Credits of which at least 8 credits from among the group electives listed below.

 

CE 251    3:0           Computational Methods in

                                Water Resources Engg

CE 253    3:0           Soft Computing in Water

                                Resources & Environmental

                                Engg

CE 255    3:0           Mechanics of Sediment

                                Transport

CE 256    3:0           Stochastic Hydrology

CE 257    3:0           Advanced Hydrology

CE 258    3:0           Remote Sensing and GIS for

                                Water Resources and

                                Environmental Engg

CE 259   3:0            Regionalization in

                                 Hydrology and Water

                            Resources Engg

 

Structural Engineering

 

Hard Core: 24 Credits (All courses are compulsory)

 

CE 214   3:0            Solid Mechanics

CE 215   3:0            Design of Reinforced Concrete

                                & Masonry Structures

CE 216    3:0           An Introduction to Finite

                                Elements in Solid Mechanics

CE 217   3:0            Structural Dynamics

CE 218   3:0            Theory of Plates & Shells

CE 219   3:0         Stability of Structures

3:0           One core course from either

               Geotechnical Engg  or  Water    

Resources and Environmental Engineering

3:0           Mathematics

 

Suitable mathematics course will be identified by the department at the beginning of the term.

 

Project: 24 Credits

 

CE 299        0:24     Dissertation Project

CE 299A   0:07       Aug-Dec Term (3rd Term of

                               Study)

CE 299B    0:17      Jan-Apr Term (4th Term of

                               Study)

 

Electives: 16 Credits of which at least 8 credits from among the group electives listed below.

 

CE 272    2:0           Continuum Damage

                              Mechanics

CE 273   3:0            Fracture Mechanics

CE 274   3:0            Earthquake Resistant Design

CE 275   2:0            Nonlinear Finite Element

                             Analysis

CE 278   3:0            Structural Optimization

CE 280   2:0            Finite Element Analysis of

                             Plates and Shells

CE  281  3.0        Multi-scale fracture of quasi

                             -brittle materials

CE 282   3:0             Advanced Concrete Design

CE 287  3:0              Stochastic Structural

                             Dynamics

CE 288  3:0             Mesh-free Discretization

                                Methods and Applications in

                Computational Mechanics  

CE 290  3:0      Structural System Identification

CE 291  3.0             Computation in Structural

 Mechanics

CE 292  3:0             FEM for structural dynamic

                                and stability analyses

CE 293  3:0      Bridge Engineering

 

M Tech Programme in Transportation and Infrastructure Engineering

 (Duration: 2 Years)

64 credits

 

Core: 24 Credits (all courses are compulsory)

 

CE 204 3:0              Foundation Engineering

CE 207 3.0              Fluid Mechanics

CE 212 3:0              Design of Water Supply and

                                Sewerage Systems

CE 215 3:0              Design of Reinforced Concrete

                                & Masonry Structures

CE 261 3:0              Urban Transportation Systems

                                Planning

CE 264 3:0              Traffic Engineering

SE 290 3:0              Modeling and Simulation

E1 251 3:0               Linear and Nonlinear

                                Optimization

or

MA 261 3:0            Probability Models

 

Minor Project: 3 credits

 

Project: 24 credits

 

0:24       Dissertation Project

0:07       Aug-Dec Term (3rd Term of Study)

0:17       Jan-Apr Term (4th Term of Study)

 

Electives (13 credits from the following courses or any other relevant courses may be chosen in consultation with the advisors.

 

 

CE 201 (AUG) 3:0

Basic Geomechanics

 

Soils, rocks and groundwater: geology and genesis of soils, principle of effective stress, indices and phase relationships, groundwater flow. Stress and strain analysis: Mohr circles, failure criteria, soil laboratory tests, shear strength and stiffness of sands: stress-strain volume change and shearing in sands, critical state and stress paths, consolidation, shear strength and stiffness of clays: compression and consolidation, drained and undrained shear strength, critical state and stress paths.

 

Tejas G Murthy

 

Wood, D.M., Soil Behaviour and Critical State Soil Mechanics, Cambridge University Press, 1991.

Bolton, M.D., A Guide to Soil Mechanics, Cambridge University Press, 1991.

Salgado, R., The Engineering of Foundations, McGraw Hill, 2008.

 

CE 202 (AUG) 1:2

Subsurface Exploration and Soil Testing

 

Problems and phases of foundation investigations. Geophysical sounding, drilling and accessible explorations. Sample requirements, sampling methods and equipment. Handling, preservation and transportation of samples. Sample preparation, laboratory tests, analysis of results and interpretation, importance of in-situ testing. Performing various in-situ tests. Precautions and interpretation, site evaluation and reporting, block vibration test.

 

G Madhavi Latha and P  Anbazhagan

 

Head, K.H., Manual of Soil Laboratory Testing, Vols. 1 to 3, 1981.

Compendium of Indian Standards on Soil Engineering, Parts 1 and II, 1987–1988.

 

CE 203 (AUG) 3:0

Earth Retaining Structures

 

Lateral earth pressure coefficients, Rankine and Coulomb theories, graphical constructions, passive earth pressure with curved rupture surfaces, arching, stability of retaining walls, stability of vertical cuts, braced excavations, anchored sheet piles, stability of infinite slopes, stability of finite slopes. Methods of slices –Swedish, Morgenstern and Price methods.  Stability analysis of earth and rockfill dams.

 

M M Allam and P Raghuveer Rao

 

Terzaghi, K., Theoretical Soil Mechanics, John Wiley, 1965.

Taylor, D.W., Fundamentals of Soil Mechanics, John Wiley, 1948.

Bowles, J.W., Analysis and Design of Foundations, McGraw Hill, Fourth and Fifth Edn, (1988 & 1996).

Lambe, T.W., and Whitman, R.V., Soil Mechanics, Wiley Eastern Limited, 1976.

 

CE 204 (AUG) 3:0

Foundation Engineering

 

Bearing capacity of shallow foundations, penetration tests, plate load tests, settlement of shallow foundations, elastic and consolidation settlements, settlement estimates from penetration tests, settlement tolerance, allowable bearing pressure. Foundations on problematic soils. Principles of foundation design, introduction of deep foundations. Bearing capacity and settlement of piles and pile groups in soils. Machine foundations, reinforced soil beds.

 

T G Sitharam

 

Bowles, J.W., Foundation Analysis and Design, McGraw Hill, Fifth Edn, 1996.

Das, M.B., Principles of Foundation Engineering, Brooks/Cale Engineering Division, 1984.

 

 

CE 205 (JAN) 3:0

Geoenvironmental Engineering

 

Source, production and classification of wastes. Soil pollution processes, physical-chemical and biological interactions in soil, effects on geotechnical properties and case studies, waste disposal facilities such as landfills and impoundments, slurry walls, etc. Barrier systems – basic concepts, design and construction, stability, compatibility and performance. Transport in subsurface, reuse of waste materials. Contaminated site remediation.

 

P V Sivapullaiah

 

Daniel, D.E., Geotechnical Practice for Waste Disposal, Chapman and Hall, London, 1993.

Reddi, L.N., and Inyang, H.F., Geoenvironmental Engineering–Principles and Applications, Marcel Dekker, Inc., 2000.

Sharma, H.D., and Lewis, S.P., Waste Containment Systems, Waste Stabilization and Landfills: Design and Evaluation, John Wiley and Sons Inc. NY, 1994.

 

CE 206 (JAN) 3:0

Ground Improvement

 

Principles of ground improvement. Mechanical modification, properties of compacted soil, compaction control tests.  Hydraulic modification, dewatering systems, filtration, drainage and seepage control with geosynthetics, preloading and vertical drains, Electrikinetic dewatering, chemical modification. Modification by admixtures, stabilization using industrial wastes, grouting, modification by inclusion and confinement, soil reinforcement, flexible geosysthetic sheet reinforcement, anchorage. Reinforcement techniques, bearing capacity improvement, slope stability, retaining walls and pavements.

 

G L Sivakumar Babu

 

Hausmann, M.R., Engineering Principles of Ground Modification, McGraw Hill, 1990.

Jones, C.J.E.P., Reinforcement and Soil Structures, Butterworth Publications, 1996.

Koerner, R.M., Designing with Geosynthetics, Prentice Hall Inc. 1998.

 

 

CE 207 (AUG) 2:0

Fluid Mechanics

 

Basic concepts and equations of ideal and real fluid flow. Stream and potential functions. Basic flow patterns of ideal fluid flow and their super positions – lift and drag.  Laminar flow, Navier-Stokes equations – exact solutions. Boundary layer concepts and equations.  Turbulent flow and theories of turbulence, Reynolds equations.  Power, logarithmic and binary laws of velocity distributions, flow through pipes.

 

A R K Rao

 

Schlichting, H., Boundary Layer Theory, McGraw-Hill, 1968.

Streeter, V.L., and Wylie, E.B., Fluid Mechanics, McGraw Hill student Edition, 1998.

Yuan, S.W., Foundations of Fluid Mechanics, Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., 1969. 

 

CE 208 (AUG) 3:0

Surface Water Hydrology

 

Review of basic hydrology, hydrometeorology, Infiltration, Evapotranspiration, Runoff and hydrograph analysis. Flood routing – lumped, distributed and dynamic approaches, hydrologic statistics, frequency analysis and probability. Introduction to environmental hydrology, urban hydrology. Design issues in hydrology.

 

V V Srinivas

 

Bedient, P.B., and Huber, W.C., Hydrology and Floodplain Analysis, Prentice Hall, 2002.

Chow, V.T., Maidment, D.R., and Mays, L.W., Applied Hydrology, McGraw Hill 1988.

Linsley, R.K., Kohler, M.A., and Poulhus, J.L.H., Hydrology for Engineers, McGraw Hill, 1985.

 

CE 209 (AUG) 3:0

Ground Water and Contaminant Hydrology

 

Groundwater movement and balance, equations of flow. Well hydraulics: models and methods, pumping tests, slug tests, aquifer tests – porous and fractured media, regional groundwater resources evaluation, groundwater recharge, groundwater monitoring, groundwater quality, mass transport in groundwater, tracer tests, scale effects of dispersion, solute transport modeling, transport in fractured media.

 

M Sekhar

 

Freeze, A.R., and Cherry, J.A., Ground Water, Prentice Hall, 1979.

Domenico, P.A., and Schwartz, F.W., Physical and Chemical Hydrogeology, John Wiley, 1990.

Batu, V., Aquifer Hydraulics, John Wiley, 1998.

Lerner, D.N., Issar, A.S., and Simmers, I., Groundwater Recharge, International Contributions to Hydrogeology, Vol.8, Verlag Heinz Heise, 1990.

Nielsen, D.M., Practical Handbook of Groundwater Monitoring, Lewis Publishers, 1991.

 

CE 210 (AUG) 3:0

Systems Techniques in Water Resources & Environmental Engineering

 

Optimization Techniques – constrained and unconstrained optimization. Kuhn-Tucker conditions. Linear Programming (LP), Dynamic Programming (DP), multiobjective optimization. Applications in water resources, water allocation, reservoir sizing, multipurpose reservoir operation for hydropower, flood control and irrigation. Review of probability theory, stochastic optimization – chance constrained LP, stochastic DP, surface water quality control. Simulation–Reliability, resiliency and vulnerability of water resources systems.

 

D Nagesh Kumar

 

Loucks, D.P., Stedinger, J.R., and Haith, D.A., Water Resources Systems Planning and Analysis, Prentice Hall, 1981.

Vedula, S., and Mujumdar, P.P., Water Resources Systems: Modelling Techniques and Analysis, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 2005.

Mays, L.W., and Tung, Y-K, Hydrosystems Engineering and Management, McGraw Hill, 1992.

 

CE 211 (JAN) 3:0

Water Quality Modelling

 

Basic characteristics of water quality, stoichiometry and reaction kinetics, mathematical models of physical systems – completely and incompletely mixed systems. Movement of contaminants in the environment, water quality modeling in rivers and estuaries – dissolved oxygen and pathogens. Water quality modeling in lakes and ground water systems.

 

M Sekhar

 

Chapra, S.C., Surface Water Quality Modeling, McGraw Hill, 1997.

Tchobanoglous, G., and Schroeder, E.D., Water Quality, Addison Wesley, 1987.

 

CE 212 (JAN) 3:0

Design of Water Supply and Sewerage Systems

 

Basics of hydraulics and hydrology. Introductory chemistry and biology. Water distribution systems, water processing, operation of networks, design of water supply units. Wastewater flows and collection systems, wastewater processing, advanced wastewater treatment and water reuse.

 

M S Mohan Kumar

 

Mark J Hammer and Mark J Hammer Jr., Water and Wastewater Technology, Fifth Edition, Pearson Prentice Hall, Coloumbus, USA, 2004.

 

CE 213 (JAN) 0:1

Experimental Methods in Environmental Engg.

 

Water quality measurement – chemical and instrument methods, contaminant transport through water and soil-water medium, experiments on aeration, experiments on water conveyance systems – pipes and open channels.

 

A R K Rao, M Sekhar and M S Mohan Kumar

 

Current literature/ Laboratory manuals

 

 

CE 214 (AUG) 3:0

Solid Mechanics

 

Introduction to tensors, indicial notation, coordinate transformation, integral theorems. Stress and Equilibrium: forces and tractions, state of stress, stress transformation, stress invariants, equilibrium equations. Displacement and strain: small deformation theory, strain tensor, compatibility. Linear Elasticity: energy principles, generalized Hooke’s law, anisotropic and isotropic elastic constants, equation of motion, boundary conditions and uniqueness. Plane problems, axisymmetric problems, bending, torsion, three dimensional problems.

 

D Roy

 

Boresi, A.P., and Lynn P.P., Elasticity in Engineering Mechanics, Prentice Hall, 1974.

Timoshenko, S.P., and Goodier, J.N., Theory of Elasticity, McGraw Hill, 1982.

Fung, Y.C., and Pin Tong, Classical and Computational Solid Mechanics, World Scientific, 2001.

 

CE 215 (AUG) 3:0

Design of Reinforced Concrete and Masonry Structures

 

Limit state design philosophy of reinforced concrete, strength of R.C. elements in flexure, shear and torsion, R.C. columns under axial and eccentric loading, Strut and Tie models, seismic resistant design and ductility requirements, properties of masonry, masonry under axial, flexure and shear, masonry failure theories, design of unreinforced masonry  structures.

 

B V Venkatarama Reddy

 

Park, R., and Paulay, T., Reinforced concrete structures, John Wiley and Sons.

Hendry, A.W., Structural Masonry, MacMillan Press, 1998.

Duggal, S.K., Earthquake resistant design of structures, Oxford University Press, 2007.

Current literature.

 

CE 216  (AUG)3:0

An Introduction to Finite Elements in Solid Mechanics

 

Concepts of stiffness method, energy principles, continuum BVP and their integral formulation. Variational methods: Raleigh-Ritz, weighted residual methods, virtual work and weak formulations. Finite element formulation of one, two and three dimensional problems, isoparametric formulation, computational aspects and applications. 

J M Chandra Kishen

Zienkiewicz, O.C., and Taylor, R.L., The Finite Element Method, Vol. 1 (The Basis), Butterworth-Heinemann, 2000.

Cook, R.D., Malkus, D.S., Plesha, M.E., and Witt, R.J., Concepts and Applications of Finite Element Analysis, Fourth Edn, John Wiley and Sons.

 

 

CE 217 (AUG) 3:0

Structural Dynamics

 

Equations of motion, degrees of freedom, energy storage elements. Damping, time and frequency domain analysis of sdof systems, Duhamel integral and complex frequency response, vibration isolation. Multi-degree systems, normal modes and natural frequencies, uncoupling of equations of motion, damping models. Principle of vibration absorber, distributed parameter systems, vibration of rods and beams. Approximate methods of vibration analysis: Rayleigh's quotient, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin's methods. Numerical integration for response analysis.

 

Debraj Ghosh

 

Clough, R.W., and Penzien, J., Dynamics of  Structures, McGraw Hill, NY, 1993.

Mario Paz, Structural Dynamics: Theory and Computation, CBS Publishers & Distributors, New Delhi 2004.

Meirovich, L., Elements of Vibration Analysis, McGraw-Hill, NY, 1984.

 

 

CE 218 (JAN) 3:0

Theory of Plates and Shells

 

Bending theory of plates, circular/rectangular plates, approximate methods, shear deformation theories. Elements of differential geometry, classification of shell surfaces, membrane and bending theory for synclastic and anticlastic shells.

 

K S Nanjunda Rao

 

Chandrashekhara, K., Theory of Plates, Universities Press, 2001.

Chandrashekhara, K., Analysis of thin concrete shells, New Age Intl, 1998.

Timshenko, S.P., and Woinowsky-Krieger, S., Theory of Plates and Shells, McGraw Hill, 1959.

Ugural, A.C., Stresses in Plates and Shells, John Wiley and Son, 1967.

 

CE 219 (JAN) 3:0

Stability of Structures

 

Buckling of elastic columns and frames (bending theory, differential equation of beam-columns, critical load of perfect columns with various end restraints, imperfect columns and Southwell plot, prestressed columns, buckling of continuous beams and frames, stiffness and flexibility matrices for beam-columns, post critical behaviour of frames). Energy Methods (Potential energy for discrete elastic systems, bifurcation buckling at small deflections, Koiter’s theory, imperfection sensitivity, indirect variation method and Euler equation, Raleigh quotient). Thin walled beams, plates and shells (potential energy and differential equations, axial torsional buckling of columns, lateral buckling of beams and arches, buckling of beams with arbitrary open cross section, buckling of rectangular plates and axi-symmetric cylindrical shells). Introduction to inelastic buckling (perfect columns/structures–Shanley’s bifurcation, imperfect columns, visco-elastic buckling). Dynamic analysis and stability (vibration of columns or frames and divergence, non-conservative loads-follower forces, theorems of Lagrange-Dirichlet and Liapunov, stability of dynamic system, thermodynamic criteria of stable state and path, Drucker’s and Illushin’s postulate for stable materials).

 

 

Ananth Ramaswamy

 

Timoshenko, S.P., and Gere, J.M., Theory of Elastic Stability, McGraw Hill Intl Edition.

Simitses, G.J., and Hodges, D.H., Fundamentals of Structural Stability, Elsevier Inc.

Bazant, Z.P., and Cedolin, L., Stability of Structures, Dover Publications.

 

 

CE 231 (AUG) 2:0

Soil Stabilization by Admixtures

 

Principles of soil stabilization, role of admixtures, purpose based classification of soils. Methods of stabilization – lime, cement, bitumen and special chemicals – mechanisms, uses and limitations. Use of fly ash and other waste materials. Methods and applications of grouting. Application to embankments, excavations, foundations and sensitive soils.

 

P V Sivapullaiah

 

Ingles, O.G., and Metcalf, J.B., Soil Stabilization, Principles and Practice, Butterworths, 1972.

Bowen, R., Grouting in Engineering Practice, Allied Science Publishers Ltd., 1975.

 

 

CE 232 (AUG) 2:0

Fundamentals of Soil Behaviour

 

Origin of soils, identification of clay minerals, soil structure, soil classification, soil-water interactions in the environment, effective stress concepts, role of mineralogy in hydraulic conductivity, consolidation and shear strength of fine-grained soils, problematic soils.

 

Mitchell, J.K., Fundamentals of Soil Behaviour, John Wiley, 1993.

Yong, R.N., and Warkentin, B.P., Soil Properties and Behaviour, Elsevier, 1975.

Fang, H.Y., and Daniels, J.L., Introductory Geotechnical Engineering – An Environmental Perspective, Taylor and Francis, 2006.

 

M Sudhakar Rao

 

CE 233 (AUG) 3:0

Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering

 

Introduction to engineering seismology, plate tectonics, earthquake magnitude, ground motion, effect of local soil conditions on ground motion, dynamic behaviour of soils, analysis of seismic site response. Liquefaction phenomena and analysis of pore pressure development, laboratory and in-situ testing for seismic loading, analysis and design of slopes, embankments, foundations and earth retaining structures for seismic loading. Case histories, mitigation techniques and computer-aided analysis.

 

G Madhavi Latha

 

Kramer, S.L., Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Pearson Education, 2003.

Day, R.W., Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Handbook, McGraw Hill, 2002.

 

CE  234 (AUG)2:0  

Finite Elements in Geomechanics

 

Concept of stress and strain, principle stresses and strains. Octahedral stresses and strains, finite element discretization of a continuum using displacement approach, geomechanics problems of plane strain and axi-symmetry. Concept of mapping and numerical integration, failure criteria for soils, associated and non-associated flow rule. Finite elements for non-linear material problems in soil mechanics computational procedures.

 

Jyant Kumar

 

Zienkiewicz, O.C., The Finite Element Method, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 1979.

Zienkiewicz, O.C., and Morgan, K., Finite elements and approximation, John Wiley and Sons, NY, 1983.

Harr, M.E., Fundamental of theoretical soil mechanics, McGraw-Hill, NY, 1966.

 

 

CE 235 (JAN) 3:0

Design of Substructures

 

Design consideration, field tests for bearing capacity and settlement estimates, selection of design parameters, structural design considerations. Codes of practice, design of spread footings, combined footings, strap footings, ring footings, rafts, piles and pile caps, and piers.

 

M M Allam

 

Bowles, J.W., Foundation Analysis and Design, McGraw Hill, Fourth Edn, 1988.

Indian Standard Codes.

 

CE 236 (JAN) 2:1

Behaviour and Testing of Unsaturated Soils

 

Identification and classification of expansive and collapsing soils, effective stress concepts, matric and osmotic suction, collapse, heave and strength characteristics of unsaturated soils, flow through unsaturated soils. Laboratory evaluation of swell pressure and swell potential, tests to evaluate collapse potential, measurements of soil suction.

 

M Sudhakar Rao and P Raghuveer Rao

 

Blight, G.E., Mechanics of Residual Soils, 1997.

Fredlund, D.G., and Rahardjo, H., Soil Mechanics for Unsaturated Soils, 1993.

Nelson, J.D., and Miller, D.J., Expansive soils–Problems and Practice in Foundation and Pavement Engineering, 1992.

Publishers?

 

CE 237 (JAN) 2:0

Rock Mechanics

 

Classification of inferential testing, transitional materials engineering property evaluation. Laboratory methods and in-situ tests, friction in rocks; elasticity and strength of rocks in-situ stress determination. Application of rock mechanics in engineering and underground opening, slope stability and foundation problems.

 

T G Sitharam

 

Godman, R.E., Rock Mechanics, Second Edn, John Wiley and Sons, 1982.

Franklin, J.A., and Dusseault, M.B., Rock Engineering, McGraw Hill, New York, 1989.

 

CE 238 (JAN) 2:0

Soil Dynamics


Fundamental of vibrations, analysis of free and forced  vibrations using spring dashpot model, block vibration test for determining stiffness and damping coefficient of soil mass, formulation of the problem for the multi-degree freedom system. Theories for foundations on elastic half space, effect of different pressure distribution, comparison with spring-dashpot model, wave propagation in bar and elastic media. Different types of waves, resonant column test for determination of elastic and shear modulus, geophysical survey using reflection, refraction, steady state vibration and cross hole shear tests, liquefaction analysis. Cyclic shear test, seismic bearing capacity of foundations and seismic earth pressures, vibration isolations.

 

Jyant Kumar

 

Richart, F.E., Woods, R.D., and Hall, J.R., Vibrations of soils and foundations, Prentice Hall, 1970.

Major, A., Vibration Analysis and Design of Foundations for Machines and Turbines, Collets, 1962.

Day, R.W., Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Handbook, McGraw-Hill.

 

CE 239 (JAN) 3:0

Computational Geotechnics

 

Introduction to numerical modeling in Geotechnical Engineering, review of  basic concepts, solution of nonlinear systems of equations, finite difference method, finite element method, discrete element method, measured soil response, constitutive modeling of soil response. Artificial Neural Networks, using finite difference, finite element and discrete element computer codes. Application for solving geotechnical engineering problems.

 

G Madhavi Latha

 

Desai, C.S., and Christian, J.T. (Eds), Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering, McGraw Hill, 1977.

Bathe, K.J., Finite Element Procedures in Engineering Analysis, Prentice Hall, NJ, 1982.

Wood, D.M., Soil Behavior and Critical State Soil Mechanics, Cambridge University Press, NY, 1990.

 

CE 240 (JAN) 3:0

Engineering Seismology

 

Introduction to earthquake hazards. Strong ground motions, tsunamis, landslides, liquefaction. Overview of plate tectonics and earthquake source mechanisms. Theory of wave propagation, body waves and surface waves. Concepts of seismic magnitudes and intensity, a seismic station, sensors and data loggers, mechanical and digital sensors. Interpretation of seismic records – acceleration, velocity and displacement. Regional seismicity and earthquakes in India. Seismic zonation – scales, macro and micro, attenuation, recurrence relation.  Seismic hazard analysis deterministic and probabilistic.  Site characterization – different methods and experiments. Local site effects; ground motion amplifications, Development of response/design spectrum.  Liquefaction hazard assessments, integration of hazards using GIS. Risk and vulnerability studies.

 

P Anbazhagan

 

Bozorgnia, Y., and Bertero, V.V. (Eds), Earthquake Engineering – From Engineering Seismology to Performance-Based Engineering, CRC Press, Washington, 2004.

Leon Reiter, Earthquake hazard Analysis – Issues and Insights, Columbia University Press, NY 1990.

Kramer, S.L., Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Pearson Education, 2003.

 

CE 241 (JAN) 2:0

Introduction to Plasticity Theory

 

Indicial notation, elementary vector and tensor calculus, curvilinear coordinates, displacement and deformation, strain tensor, compatibility and displacement boundary conditions, stress tensor, Mohrs circle of stresses, stress boundary conditions, elasticity, viscoplasticity, rate-independent plasticity. Yield criteria, flow rules, hardening rules, hypoplasticity, constrained plastic flow, torsion, bending and cavity expansion.

Plastic dissipation, Drucker's postulate, upper and lower bound theorems of limit analysis. Special topics in plasticity and soil constitutive models.

 

Tejas G Murthy

 

Lubliner, J., Plasticity Theory, McMillan, 1990.

Yu, H.S., Plasticity and Geotechnics, Springer, 2006.

Chakrabarty, J., Theory of Plasticity, Butterworth- Heinman, 2006.

 

 

CE 251 (AUG) 3:0

Computational Methods in Water Resources Engg.

 

Numerical techniques to solve ordinary differential equations, classification of partial differential equations, solution techniques using finite difference, finite element and finite volume methods. Application to water resources problems in open channel flows, pipe flows, ground water flows, unsaturated flows and contaminant transport problems. Inverse techniques for parameter estimation.

 

M S Mohan Kumar

 

Gerald, C.F., and Wheatley, P.O., Applied Numerical Analysis, Addison Wesley Publishing Company, NY, 1994.

Choudhary, M.H., Open Channel Flows, Prentice Hall of India, 1994.

Pinder, G., and Gray, W.G., Finite Element Simulation in Surface and Subsurface Hydrology, Academic Press, NY, 1997.

 

CE 253 (AUG) 3:0

Soft Computing in Water Resources & Environmental Engineering

 

Introduction to artificial intelligence, knowledge based expert systems, fuzzy logic, fuzzy optimization, artificial neural networks, genetic algorithms. Applications in water resources and environmental engineering.

 

D Nagesh Kumar

 

Winston, P.H., Artificial Intelligence, Pearson Education, 1999.

Goldberg, D.E., Genetic Algorithms, Addision Wesley Longman, 1999.

Haykin, S., Neural Networks: A comprehensive Foundation, Second Edn, Prentice Hall, NJ, 1999.

Zimmermann, H.-J., Fuzzy Set Theory and its Applications, Kluwer Academic, Boston, 1985.

 

 

CE 255 (JAN) 3:0

Mechanics of Sediment Transport

 

Properties of sediment, initiation and transport processes, modes of sediment transport, computation of sediment load, flow regimes and resistance. Bed form mechanics, regime concept. Design of stable channels, seepage effects.

 

A R K Rao

 

Graf, W.H., Hydraulics of Sediment Transport, McGraw Hill series in Water Resources and Environment Engineering, 1971.

Roudkivi, A.J., Loose Boundary Hydraulics, Pergamon Press, 1967.

 

CE 256 (JAN) 3:0

Stochastic Hydrology

 

Introduction to random variables, statistical properties of random variables, commonly used probability distributions in hydrology, fitting probability distributions to hydrologic data, probability plotting and frequency analysis, data generation. Modelling of hydrologic uncertainty – purely stochastic models, first order Markov processes. Analysis of hydrologic time series – Auto correlation and spectral density functions. Applications to hydrologic forecasting.

 

P P Mujumdar

 

Bras, R.L., and Rodriguez-Iturbe, Random Functions and Hydrology, Dover Publications, NY, 1993.

Hann, C.T., Statistical Methods in Hydrology, First East-West Press Edition, New Delhi, 1995.

Ang, A.H.S., and Tang, W.H., Probabilistic concepts in Engineering Planning Design, Vol. 1, Wiley, NY, 1975.

Clarke, R.T., Statistical Models in Hydrology, John Wiley, Chinchester, 1994.

 

 

CE 258 (JAN) 3:0

Remote Sensing and GIS for Water Resources & Environmental Engg

 

Basic concepts of remote sensing, airborne and space borne sensors, digital image processing. Geographic Information System, applications to rainfall – runoff modeling. Watershed management, irrigation management, vegetation monitoring, drought and flood monitoring, environment and ecology. Introduction to Digital Elevation Modelling and Global Positioning System (GPS). Use of relevant software for Remote sensing and GIS applications.

 

D Nagesh Kumar

 

Lillesand, T.M., and Kiefer, R.W., Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation, John Wiley and Sons, 2000.

Sabins, F.F., Remote Sensing – Principles and Interpretation, Freeman and Co., NY, 1986.

Heywood, I., Cornelius, S., and Carver, S., An Introduction to Geographical Information Systems, Pearson Education, 1998.

 

CE 259 (JAN) 3:0

Regionalization in Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering

 

Prediction in ungauged basins, regional frequency analysis–probability weighted moments and its variations, stationary and non-stationary distributions, regional goodness-of-fit test. Approaches to regionalization of hydrometeorological variables and extreme events, regional homogeneity tests, prediction of hydrometeorological variables in gauged and ungauged basins, estimation of probable maximum precipitation and probable maximum flood and their use in hydrologic design.

 

V V Srinivas

 

Diekkrüger, B., Schröder, U., Kirkby, M.J., Regionalization in Hydrology, IAHS Publication No. 254, 1999.

Hosking, J.R.M., and Wallis, J.R., Regional Frequency Analysis: An Approach Based on L-Moments, Cambridge University Press, 1997.

Rao, A.R., and Srinivas, V.V., Regionalization of Watersheds – An Approach Based on Cluster Analysis, Series: Water Science and Technology Library, Vol. 58, Springer Publishers, 2008.

 

Prerequisite:  CE 208 Surface Water Hydrology

 

 

CE 261 (AUG) 3:0         

Urban Transportation Systems Planning

 

Introduction to transportation planning, systems approach to transportation planning, types of models, concept of travel demand and supply, various factors affecting transportation planning. Study area definition, zoning principles, cordon and screen lines, data collection through primary and secondary sources, sampling techniques. Four-stage sequential modelling approach, land use-transport models, travel demand management measures. Case studies.

 

Ashish Verma

 

Ortuzar, J.de D.,  and Willumsen, L.G., Modelling Transport, John Wiley and Sons, 2001.

Khisty, C.J., and Lall, B.K., Transportation Engineering – An Introduction, Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., 2002.

Papacostas, C.S., and Prevedouros, P.D., Transportation Engineering and Planning, Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., 2001.

 

 

CE 262 (AUG) 3:0   

Public Transportation Systems Planning

 

Modes of public transportation and application of each to urban travel needs, comparison of transit modes and selection of technology for transit service. Transit planning, estimating demand in transit planning studies, demand modeling, development of generalized cost, RP & SP data and analysis techniques. Functional design and costing of transit routes, models for planning of transit routes, scheduling. Integrated public transport planning, models for integrated planning, case studies.

 

Ashish Verma

 

Vuchic Vukan, R., Urban Transit: Operations, Planning and Economics, Prentice Hall, 2005.

Gray, G.E., and Hoel, L.A., Public Transportation, Prentice Hall, 1992.

Tyler, N., Accessibility and the Bus System – Concepts and Practice, Thomas Telford, 2002.

 

CE 263 (AUG) 2:0 

Probabilistic Methods in Civil Engineering

 

Randomness, uncertainty, modeling uncertainty, engineering judgment. Introduction to probability, measures of variability, random variables, probability mass and density functions, moments of distribution, Bayes  Stationary process, autocovariance functions, functions of random fields, sampling techniques, concepts of sampling, sampling plans, levels of reliability, loads and resistances, reliability methods, first order second moment, (FOSM) method, Hasofer-Lind approach, simulations methods, random number generation, decision making, branching. Use of fault tree and event tree analysis and examples in civil engineering.

 

G L Sivakumar Babu

 

Ang, A.H-S., and Tang, W.H., Probability Concepts in Engineering Planning and Design, Vol.1 and 2, Basic Principles, John Wiley, NY, 1975 and 1984.

Baecher, G.B., and Christian, J.T., Reliability and Statistics in Geotechnical Engineering, John Wiley and Sons, London and New York, 2003.

Kottegoda, N.T., and Rosso, R., Statistics, Probability, and Reliability for Civil and Environmental Engineers, McGraw-Hill Intl Edn, 1998.

 

 

 

CE 264 (Jan) 3:0           

Traffic Engineering

 

Driver behaviour, traffic information and control systems, traffic studies, elements of traffic flow theory, characteristics of uninterrupted traffic, capacity and LOS of uninterrupted facilities, characteristics of interrupted traffic, traffic characteristics at unsignalised intersections, design of signalized intersections, capacity and LOS of signalized intersections, design of parking, simulation of traffic systems, statistics and probability in traffic engineering, trends in traffic engineering.

 

Ashish Verma

 

Roess, R.P., McShane, W.R., and Prassas, E.S., Traffic Engineering, Prentice Hall, 1990.

Khisty, C.J., and Lall, B.K., Transportation Engineering: An Introduction, Prentice Hall India, 2003.

Papacostas, C.S., Transportation Engineering and Planning, Prentice Hall India, 2001.

 

CE265 (JAN) 3:0

Geo-informatics in Transportation Engineering

 

Concept of GIS, GPS and RS. Land use and transportation data, data base development, map generation and analysis, transportation network development and algorithms, transportation models and their applications in GIS, GIS-T applications, Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), some case studies.

 

Ashish Verma

 

Thill Jean-Claude, Geographical Information Systems in Transportation Research, Pergamon, 2000.

O’Sullivan, D., Geographic Information Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, 2003.

Caliper Corporation, Travel Demand Modelling with TransCAD, 1998.

 

CE 266 (JAN)  2:0

Pavement Engineering

 

Design of flexible and rigid pavements, analysis of pavements using different analytical methods, selection of pavement design input parameters, traffic loading and volume, material characterization, drainage, failure criteria, reliability, design of overlays and drainage system, pavement performance evaluation, review of IRC, AASHTO codes, design of airfield pavements. New developments.

 

G L Sivakumar Babu

 

Mallick, R.B., and Tahar El-Korchi, Pavement Engineering – Principles and Practice, CRC Press, 2009.

Huang, Y.H., Pavement Analysis and Design, 805 pp, Prentice-Hall, New Jersey, 1993.

Yoder, E.J., and Witczak, M.W., Principles of Pavement Design, Wiley, NY, 1975.

 

CE 272 (AUG) 2:0

Continuum Damage Mechanics

 

Phenomenological aspects of damage, mechanical representation of measurement of damage, micromechnics of damage, isotropic and anisotropic damage, kinetic laws of damage evaluation, ductile, brittle, fatigue and creep damage, damage coupled constitutive relations, damage coupled finite element analysis. Applications in design and integrity assessment.

 

P C Pandey

 

Prerequisite: Knowledge of nonlinear finite element analysis.

 

Lemaitre, J., A Course on Damage Mechanics, Springer-Verlag, 1992.

Lemaitre, J., and  Desmorat, R., Engineering Damage Mechanics, Springer, 2005.

Current literature.

 

 

CE 273 (JAN) 3:0

Fracture Mechanics

 

Definition of stress intensity factor, fracture toughness, energy release rate, critical energy release rate, crack mouth opening displacement, R-curve, elasto-plastic fracture mechanics and J-integral, mixed-mode crack propagation, fatigue crack propagation, computational fracture mechanics. Introduction to fracture of quasi-brittle materials like concrete. Non-linear fracture models with softening, size effect in fracture of concrete.

 

J M Chandra Kishen and R Narasimhan

 

Broek, D., Elementary Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Sijthoff and Noordhaff, Alphen Aan Den Rijn, The Netherlands.

Anderson, T.L., Fracture Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications, CRC Press, USA, Second Edn.

Shah, S.P., Swartz, S.E., and Ouyang, C., Fracture Mechanics of Cocrete: Applications of Fracture Mechanics to Concrete, Rock and Other Quasi-Brittle Materials, John Wiley and Sons, USA.

 

 

CE 274 (AUG) 3:0

Earthquake Resistant Design

 

Introduction to engineering seismology, causes of earthquakes and their effects, seismic waves, plate tectonics, measures of size of earthquakes.  Earthquake response of linear and inelastic systems, concept of response spectrum. Earthquake resistant design concepts of buildings, code based procedures for analysis and design. Earthquake resistant properties of the materials of reinforced concrete, ductility considerations and its different measures. Behaviour and design of  masonry buildings subjected to earthquake ground motion. Seismic retrofitting strategies for R.C. and masonry buildings.

 

K S  Nanjuda Rao

Chopra, A.K., Dynamics of structures: Theory and applications to earthquake engineering, Pearson Education, 2001.

Agarwal, P., and Shrikhande, M., Earthquake resistant design of structures, Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd, 2006.

Park, R., and Paulay, T., Reinforced concrete structures, John Wiley & sons, 1975.

 

Pre-requisite: CE 217

 

CE 275 (AUG) 2:0

Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis

 

Concept of material,  geometric and contact nonlinearities, elements of nonlinear mechanics, constitutive relations using plasticity and viscoplasticity, finite element formulation of nonlinear problems in solid mechanics, general solution techniques, computational aspects and applications.

 

P C Pandey

 

Zienkiewicz, O.C., and Taylor, R.L., The Finite Element Method, Fifth Edn, McGraw Hill, Vol. 2, 1991.

Reddy, J.N., An Introduction to Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis, Oxford Univ.  Press, 2004

Current Literature.

 

 

CE 278 (AUG) 3:0

Structural Optimization

 

Basic concepts, Kuhn-Tucker conditions, linear and nonlinear programming, integer programming, geometric programming, dynamic programming, stochastic programming, genetic algorithms, simulated annealing, concepts of homogenization. Applications in the design of reinforced concrete and steel- beams, columns, frames and plates. Treatment of shape and topology variables.  Introduction to Structural Control.

 

Ananth Ramaswamy

 

Arora, J.S., Introduction to Optimization, McGraw Hill, Intl Edn, 1989.

Rao, S.S., Optimization: Theory and Applications, Wiley Eastern, 1992.

Current Literature.

 

 

CE 280 (JAN) 2:0

Finite Element Analysis of  Plates and Shells

 

Finite element formulations for general isotropic plates (Kirchhoff's and Mindlin's) and shells, isoparametric formulation, mechanics of laminated composites, higher-order theories. Finite elements for laminated plates and shells. Computational issues.

 

P C Pandey

 

Prerequisite: Knowledge of Mechanics of Plates and Shells and Composites

 

Reddy, J.N., Mechanics of Laminated Composite Plates, CRC Press, 1996.

Zienkiewicz. O.C., and Taylor, R.L., The Finite Element Method, Vol. 2, McGraw Hill, 1991.

Current Literature

 

 

CE  281 (AUG) 3:0    

Multi-scale Fracture of Quasi-brittle Materials

 

Size effect, cohesive crack models, crack band models, non-local approach, fractal approach, atomic approach, simulation of heterogeneity by lattice models. Introduction to molecular dynamics, brittle and ductile behavior, hierarchy of scales and its importance in dynamic fracture.

 

B K Raghu Prasad

 

Bazant, Z.P., and Planas, J., Fracture and size effect in concrete and other quasi-brittle materials, CRC press.

Jan G. M. Van Mier, Fracture Process of concrete, CRC press.

Buehler, M.J., From nano to macro: Introduction to atomistic modeling techniques, IAP 2006, Lecture notes, MIT, USA.

Fruend, L.B., Dynamic Fracture mechanics – Cambridge University press.

 

 

CE 282 (JAN) 3:0

Advanced Concrete Design

 

High performance concrete: materials, properties, durability and design aspects. Limit analysis of RC continuous beams, frames and slabs, ultimate limit state of prestressed elements in flexure, shear, torsion and combined loading. Deflection and cracking, prestressed concrete continuous beams and frames.

 

B V Venkatarama Reddy

 

Pre-requisite: CE 215

 

Kong, F. K., and Evans, R. H., Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete, ELBS and Van Nostrand Reinhold (UK), 1980.

Nielsen, M.P., Limit Analysis and Concrete Plasticity, CRC Press, 1999.

Lin, T.Y., and Burns, N.H., Design of Prestressed Concrete Structures, John Wiley and Sons, 1982.

Park, R. and Gamble, W.L., Reinforced concrete slabs, John Wiley Publication, 1999.

 

 

CE 287 (JAN) 3:0   

Stochastic Structural Dynamics

 

Introduction to random variables and processes: probability. Random variables, transformations of random variables, stationary, ergodic and non-stationary stochastic processes. Linear transformation of stationary-ergodic stochastic processes, Normal Gaussian Stochastic processes, PSD functions, Wiener processes and an introduction to Ito calculus. Response of SDOF and MDOF Oscillators under Random Inputs: oscillators subject to white noise excitations, input-output relations in time and frequency domains under the assumption of response stationarity, handling non-stationarity in the response, level crossing and first passage problems. Nonlinear Oscillators under random inputs: sources of non-linearity, equivalent linearization and perturbation methods. Numerical Integration and Monte Carlo Simulations: Ito-Taylor expansions. Stochastic Euler and Heun methods. Higher order implicit and explicit methods. Errors in Monte-Carlo simulations. Variance reduction techniques.

 

D Roy

 

Lin, Y.K., Probabilistic Structural Dynamics, McGraw-Hill.

Kloeden, P.E., and Platen, E., Numerical Solutions of Stochastic Differential Equations, Springer.

Ghanem, R.G., and Spanos, P.D., Stochastic Finite Elements: A Spectral Approach, Springer-Verlag.

 

 

 

CE 288 (AUG) 3:0

Elements of Wavelet Theory and Application to Structural Dynamics

 

Elements of linear transformations on vector spaces, discrete Fourier transforms, discrete wavelet transforms, wavelets on the real line. Wavelet and differential equations: the wavelet-Galerkin and wavelet-collocation methods. Applications to initial and boundary value problems in linear dynamics. A brief  introduction to applications to non-linear dynamical systems.

 

D Roy

 

Frazier, M.W., An Introduction to Wavelets through Linear Algebra, Springer, 1999.

Resnikoff, H.L., and Wells, R.O. Jr., Wavelet Analysis: The Scalable Structure of Information, Springer, 1998.

 

CE 290 (AUG) 3:0 

Structural System Identification

 

Review of linear structural dynamics: input-output relations in time and frequency domains. Properties of FRFs. Modal extraction methods in frequency and time domains, state space representation. Review of properties of random signals, mean square estimation. Kalman filtering, adaptive Kalman filters. Nonlinear problems: force state mapping, reverse path dynamics, higher order spectral analysis. Extended Kalman filters. Particle filters. Structural damage detection using vibration data.

 

C S Mahohar

 

Frisswell, M.I., and Mottershead, J.E., Finite element model updating in structural dynamics, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 1996.

Brown, R.G., and Hwang, P.Y.C., Introduction to random signals and applied Kalman filtering, Wiley, NY, 1997.

Doucet, A., de Freitas, N., and Gordon, N., Sequential Monte Carlo Methods in Practice, Springer, New York, 2001.

 

 

CE 291 (JAN) 3:0   

Computation in Structural Mechanics

 

A brief review of matrix analysis. Sparse matrices: storage and computation. Iterative solvers such as conjugate gradient (CG), generalized minimal residual method (GMRES). Preconditioning. Eigenvalue problems, dynamics problems: numerical integration. Introduction to parallel computing. Substructuring and domain decomposition. Exposure to some of the freely available programs.

 

Debraj Ghosh

 

Barrett, R. et al., Templates for the Solution of Linear Systems: Building Blocks for Iterative Methods, 1994, 
Available free at http://www.netlib.org/linalg/html_templates/Templates.html

Saad, Y., Iterative Methods for Sparse Linear Systems, 1996,

Available free at http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~saad/books.html

Kelley, C.T., Iterative Methods for Linear and Nonlinear Equations, 1995,

Available at http://www.siam.org/books/kelley/

 

CE 292 (JAN) 3:0  

FEM for structural dynamic and stability analyses

 

Hamilton’s principle and Lagrange-Euler equations, general formulation of structural matrices and load vectors.  Specific element types and interpolation: beam, plane stress/strain, plates bending and shell elements. Models for damping.  Application of boundary conditions and restraints.  Normal mode expansions and direct integrations. Earthquake response analysis under single and multi-support excitations. Static and dynamic condensation. SEREP. Substructuring using modal/spatial coupling techniques.  Problems of vehicle structure interactions, analysis of beam columns, stability functions. Behavior of ideal columns, bifurcation buckling and limit point instability, buckling of frames.

 

C S Manohar

 

Petyt, M., Introduction to finite element vibration analysis, CUP, Cambridge, 1990.

McGuire, W., Gallagher, R.H., and Zieman, R.D., Matrix structural analysis, John Wiley, NY, 2000.

Simitses, G.J., and Hodges, D.H., Fundamentals of structural stability, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2006.

 

CE 293 (JAN) 3:0  

Bridge Engineering

 

Introduction to bridge engineering, selection of bridge types, aesthetics, general bridge design considerations and preliminary design, design loads, load factors, load combinations, IRC/AASHTO vehicle loads system analysis and evaluation, deck and deck systems, concrete bridge design – reinforced concrete and prestressed (response and limit states), prestressed girder bridge design, prestress losses, prestressing and partial prestressing, steel bridge design (response and limit states), tension and compression members, i-sections in flexure, shear resistance of i-sections, shear connectors. Stiffeners design examples using IRC/AASHTO LRFD specifications, steel bridge design (fatigue and fracture), detailing bearings and foundation design, segmental bridges and construction abutments, piers, and walls. Seismic analysis and design, analysis of cable supported bridge systems, bridge inspection and maintenance.

 

Ananth Ramaswamy

 

Barker, R.M., and Puckett, J.A., Design of Highway Bridges, John Wiley and Sons, 2007.

 

 

CE 299     0:24  Dissertation Project

                 0:7 (AUG) 3rd term of study

                 0:17 (JAN) 4th term of study

 

The M.E. project is aimed at training the students to analyze independently any problems in the field of Geotechnical Engineering, Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, and Structural engineering.  The project may be Analytical, Computational, Experimental, or a combination of the three. The project report is expected to show clarity of thought and expression, critical appreciation of the existing literature, and analytical, computational, and experimental aptitude of the student. 

 

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