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SIR PADAMPAT SINGHANIA UNIVERSITY

Udaipur

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

Course Curriculam of 2-Year M.Tech. Degree Programme

in

Structural Engineering

(2017-19 Batch)

Credit Structure

Postgraduate Core (PC) Postgraduate Elective (PE)

Category Credits Category Credits

Departmental Core (DC) 28 Departmental Electives (DE) 12

Dissertation,Seminar, Viva 17

Basic Sciences (BS) 3

Total (PC) 48 Total (PE) 12

Grand Total (PC +PE) 60

Distribution of Total Credits and Contact Hours in all Semesters

Sr. No. Semester Number Credits/Semester Contact

Hours/Semester

1 I 16 17

2 II 17 19

3 III 15 20

4 IV 12 24

Total 60 ----

Departmental Core(PC)

Basic Science

DepartmentalElectives(PE)

Departmental Core 75%Department Electives 20%

Basic Science 5%

Course Structure of 2-Year M.Tech Programme

in


(2017-19 Batch)

Semester-I

Subject Code Name of the Subject L T P

Total Credits

MA-551 Advanced Engineering Mathematics 3 0 0 3

CE-551 Advanced Structural Analysis 3 0 1 4

CE-552 Theory of Elasticity and Plasticity 3 0 0 3

CE-553 Advanced Concrete Science and Technology 3 0 0 3

CE-554 Air and Noise Pollution 3 0 0 3

Total Credits 16

Total Contact Hours 17

Semester-II


Total Credits

CE-555 Advanced Foundation Design 3 0 0 3

CE-573 Environmental Impact Assessment 3 0 0 3

ME-555 Finite Element Methods in Engineering 3 0 2 5

CE-5XX Elective I 3 0 0 3

CE-5XX Elective II 3 0 0 3

Total Credits 17


Semester-III


Total Credits

CE-560 Advanced Construction Techniques and Management 3 1 0 4

CE-5XX Elective-III 3 0 0 3

CE-5XX Elective-IV 3 0 0 3

CE-561 Dissertation Seminar I - - - 2

CE-562A Dissertation I - - - 3

Total Credits 15


Semester-IV


Total Credits

CE-563 Dissertation Seminar II - - - 1

CE-562B Dissertation II - - - 8

CE-564 Dissertation Viva - - - 3

Total Credits 12


List of Departmental Elective(s) – I

Code Name of the Subject L T P Total

Credits

CE-557 Theory of Elastic Stability 3 0 0 3

ME-574 Optimization Methods in Engineering 3 0 0 3

List of Departmental Elective(s) – II

Code Name of the Subject L T P Total

Credits

CE-558 Dynamics of Structures 3 0 0 3

CE-559 Advanced Bridge Engineering 3 0 0 3

List of Departmental Elective(s) – III

Code Name of the Subject L T P Total Credits

CE-565 Seismic Design of Foundation 3 0 0 3

CE-566 Earthquake Resistant Design 3 0 0 3

List of Departmental Elective(s) – IV

Code Name of the Subject L T P Total Credits

CE-567 Advanced Pre-stressed Concrete Design

3 0 0 3

CE-568 Fracture Analysis and NDT 3 0 0 3

Detailed Syllabus for M. Tech. Degree Programme in


Semester - I

(Basic Sciences Subject)

MA-555 L-T-P-C Advanced Engineering Mathematics 3-0-0-3

Objective: To impart in depth knowledge of various mathematical tools applied to diversified problems in structural engineering. Vector and Tensor Analysis in Cartesian system, effect of rotation of coordinate

systems. Review of ODEs; Laplace & Fourier methods, series solutions, and orthogonal

polynomials. Sturm-Liouville problem. Review of 1st and 2nd order PDEs. Linear

systems of algebraic equations. Gauss elimination, LU decomposition etc., Matrix

inversion, ill-conditioned systems. Numerical eigen solution techniques (Power,

Householder, QR methods etc.).Numerical solution of systems of nonlinear algebraic

equations; Newton-Raphson method. Numerical integration: Newton-Cotes methods,

error estimates, Gaussian quadrature. Numerical solution of ODEs: Euler, Adams,

Runge-Kutta methods, and predictor-corrector procedures; stability of solutions; solution

of stiff equations. Solution of PDEs: finite difference techniques. Probability and

Statistics – Probability Distribution, Bays Theorem, Parameter Estimation, Testing of

Hypothesis,Goodness of Fit. Laboratory: Basics of programming. Numerical

experiments with the algorithms covered in class.

Texts/Reference Books: [1] E. Kreyzig, Advanced Engineering Mathematics, New Age International, 1996.

[2] D. S. Watkins, Fundamentals of Matrix Computations, John Wiley, 1992.

[3] M. K. Jain, S. R. K. Iyengar, and R. K. Jain, Numerical Methods for Scientific and

Engineering Computation, 3rd Ed., New Age International, 1993

[4] D.S. Chandrashekaraiah and L. Debnath, Continuum Mechanics, Academic Press,

1994.

[5] M.K. Jain, S.R.K. Iyenger and R.K. Jain, Computational Methods for Partial

Differential Equations, New Age International, 1994

[6] R. Courant and D. Hilbert, Methods of Mathematical Physics, Wiley, 1989.

[7] P.V. O’Neil, Advanced Engineering Mathematics, Cengage Learning, 2007

[8] G. B. Arfken, H. J. Weber and F.Harris, Mathematical Methods for Physicists, 5th Ed.,

Academic Press,



Semester - I

(Departmental Core Subject)

CE-551 L-T-P-C Advanced Structural Analysis 3-0-1-4 Objective: To impart in depth knowledge of the structural behavior and background of the provisions made in codes of design and to familiarize with the design of some important structures. Matrix Method of Analysis: Matrix formulation of redundant beam analysis (Clapeyron’s three moment theorem and slope deflection method). Stiffness and flexibility approaches for plane and space truss, plane and space frames, simple beams and grillage. Dynamic analysis of structural frames: Wind and seismic analysis of regular and irregular planned structures as per I.S. Code provisions. Design and analysis of water tanks – circular and rectangular, towers, masts, bunkers, silos and chimneys. Beams on elastic foundation: Winkler’s theory and assumptions. Concept of infinite beams. Theory of plates and shells: Thin plate analysis. Differential equation of bending under point and uniformly distributed load, various support systems. Rectangular and circular plates. Membrane analysis of thin shell, meridional & hoop stress, shell of revolution, cylindrical shells and applications. List of Experiments: 1. Modeling and analysis of bunkers, silos and chimneys in SAP 2000. 2. Dynamic analysis of multi-storey RC framed structures in SAP 2000. 3. Modeling and analysis of space truss and frames in SAP 2000. 4. Analysis of Tall Structures in E Tabs.

Text/Reference Books: [1] T.S.Thandavamoorthy, Analysis of Structures, Oxford University Press, 2011.

[2] C.K.Wang, Intermediate Structural Analysis, Mc Graw Hills, 1983.

[3] S.S. Bhavikatti, Theory of Plates and Shells, New Age International,2015.



Semester - I


CE-552 L-T-P-C Theory of Elasticity and Plasticity 3-0-0-3

Objective: To equip students with concepts of elasticity and plasticity applied to structural engineering. Analysis of Stress: Introduction, body and surface force, state of stress at a point, principal stresses, stress invariants, 2 and 3-dimensional stress tensors, equations of equilibrium and compatibility, plane stress problems and constitutive relationships, planes of maximum shear, octahedral stresses and the ststes of pure shear; decomposition into hydrostatic and pure shear states, equations in Cartesian, polar and cylindrical co-ordinate systems, Stress Quadric of Cauchy. Analysis of Strain: Introduction, deformations, linear and rectangular strain components, strain invariants and strain tensors, shear strain components, cubical dilation, principal strains, plane strain problems in Cartesian, polar and cylindrical co-ordinates. Stress-Strain Relations for Linearly Elastic Solids: Introduction, generalized statement of Hooke’s Law, stress-strain relationships for isotropic materials, relations between the elastic constants and displacement equations of equilibrium. Theories of Failure and introduction to ideally plastic solids: One-dimensional elastic-plastic relations, isotropic and kinematic hardening, yield function, flow rule, hardening rule, incremental stress-strain relationship, governing equations of elasto-plasticity, simple elastic plastic problem, expansion of a thick walled cylinder, Mohr’s Theory of failure, ideally plastic solid, yield surfaces of Tresca and Von Mises, Prandtl-Reuss and Saint Venant-Von Mises equations. Torsion: Torsion of general prismatic bars, circular and elliptical bars, rectangular bars. Membrane analogy, torsion of thin-walled open sections, torsional stress concentration. Text/Reference Books:

[1] L. S. Srinath, Advanced Mechanics of Solids, 2nd Edition, TMH Publishing Co. Ltd.,

New Delhi, 2003.

[2] R. G. Budynas, Advanced Strength and Applied Stress Analysis, 2nd Edition,

McGraw Hill Publishing Co, 1999.

[3] S. P. Timoshenko, J. N. Goodier, Theory of Elasticity, 3rd Edition, McGraw Hill

Publishing Co. 1970.



Semester - I


CE-553 L-T-P-C Advanced Concrete Science and Technology 3-0-0-3

Objective: To familiarize the students with the new construction materials, their testing and construction practices. Cement: Importance of Bogue’s compounds, Structure of a Hydrated Cement Paste, Volume of hydrated product, porosity of paste and concrete, transition Zone, Elastic Modulus, factors affecting strength and elasticity of concrete, Rheology of concrete in terms of Bingham’s parameters. Chemical Admixtures: Mechanism of chemical admixture, Plasticizers and super plasticizers and their effect on concrete property in fresh and hardened state, Marsh Cone test for optimum design of super plasticizer, retarder, accelerator, air-entraining admixtures and new generation superplasticizers. Mineral Admixture: Fly ash, Silica fume, GGBS and their effect on concrete property in fresh state and hardened state. Mix Design: Factors affecting mix design, design of concrete mix by BIS method. RMC concrete: Manufacture, transporting, placing, precautions, methods of concreting – pumping, under-water concreting, shortcrete, High volume fly ash concrete- concept, properties, typical mix. Self compacting concrete: Concept, materials, tests, properties, application and typical mix. Ferro cement: Materials, techniques of manufacture, properties and applications. Fibre reinforced concrete: Fibre types and properties, behavior of FRC in compression, tension including pre-cracking stage and post-cracking stages, behavior in flexure and shear. Light weight concrete: Materials properties and types. Typical light weight concrete mix, high density concrete, high strength concrete and high performance concrete- materials, properties and applications, typical mix.

Text/Reference Books: [1] Neville, A.M. and Brookes, J.J. “Concrete Technology”, Pearson Publishers,New

Delhi.

[2] Neville, A.M. “Properties of Concrete” Pearson Publishers,New Delhi, 2004.

[3] Shetty,M.S. “Concrete Technology”, S.Chand & Company, New Delhi,2002.

[4] Gambhir, M.L. “Concrete Technology”, Tata McGraw Hill New Delhi, 1995.



Semester - I


CE-554 L-T-P-C Air and Noise Pollution 3-0-0-3 Objective: With increasing noise and air pollution nationally and globally, it is necessary to be familiar with basic information regarding air and noise pollution to allow proper assessment of impacts arising from the various projects or activities and devising appropriate mitigation or control measures.

Sources of Air Pollution: Stationary and mobile, fugitive emissions, secondary pollutants; Effects of air pollution in regional and global scale, air pollution episodes; Emission factors, inventory and predictive equations. Atmospheric Meteorology: Wind profiles, turbulent diffusion, topographic effects, separated flows, temperature profiles in atmosphere, stability, inversions, and plume behavior. Air Quality Monitoring: Objectives, time and space variability in air quality; air sampling design, analysis and interpretation of air pollution data, guidelines of network design in urban and rural areas. Stack monitoring. Air pollution standards and indices. Dispersion of air pollutants and modeling, Basic concepts, inversion layer and mixing height, atmospheric stability classes, theory and application of acoustic sounding (SODAR) technique. Boxmodel, the Gaussian dispersion model point, area and line sources. Prediction of effective stack height physics of plume rise, Holland’s equation, Briggs equation, etc. modifications of Gaussian dispersion models; indoor air quality models. Air Pollution control devices. Effects of Air Pollution and Air Monitoring Instruments: Human, health, plants, animals and microbes archeological monuments and aesthetics, Orsat apparatus, respirable dust sampler and source monitors. Noise Pollution: Basics of acoustics and specification of sound; sound power, sound intensity and sound pressure levels; plane, point and line sources, multiple sources; outdoor and indoor noise propagation; psycho-acoustics and noise criteria, effects of noise on health, annoyance rating schemes; special noise environments: Infra-sound, ultrasound, impulsive sound and sonic boom; noise standards and limit values; noise instrumentation and monitoring procedure. Noise indices.

Text/Reference Books: [1] Environmental Engineering – Arcadio P. Sincero and Gregoria A. Sincero, Prentice Hall of India, 1999. [2] Environmental Pollution Control Engineering- CS Rao, Wiley Eastern Ltd., New Delhi, 1996.

[3] Environmental Noise Pollution – PE Cunniff, McGraw Hill, New York, 1987.

[4] Handbook of Noise Measurement – APG Peterson & EE Gross PH, Englewood cliffs New Jersey, latest edition.

[5] Air Pollution Control Equipment – H. Brauer and Y. B. G. Verma, Berlin Heidelberg, New York,



Semester - II


CE-555 L-T-P-C Advanced Foundation Design 3-0-0-3 Objective: To equip the students to understand the analysis and design of various foundation systems required for various infrastructure projects. Bearing Capacity:-

Bearing capacity on slopes, settlement analysis of foundation on sand and clay. Advanced bearing capacity theories. Shallow Foundation:- Design of isolated footing and steel grillage, combined footing of rectangular, trapezoidal cantilever types, Mat or raft foundation of dry and saturated soil floating foundations. Deep Foundation:- Settlement of piles; vertical and lateral loads in pile foundation, negative skin friction and uplift capacity of pile, design of pile caps, design of well foundation and cassions of different types, design of bridge pairs resting on piles and machine foundation. Retaining structures:- Design of retaining walls- Gravity, cantilever and counterfort type. Design of sheet piles and cofferdams, braced excavations. Texts/Reference Books: [1] N.P. Kurien, Design of Foundation Systems: Principles and Practices, Narosa, New Delhi, 1992. [2] J.E. Bowles, Foundation Analysis and Design. Mc-Graw Hill Book & Company. [3] B.M. Das, Principles of Foundation Engineering, Thomson Brooks/Cole.



Semester - II


CE-573 L-T-P-C Environmental Impact Assessment 3-0-0-3 Objective: To make the students aware of the several norms, policies, rules and regulations of the Environmental Impact Assessment. Introduction, Historical development of EIA, EIA in project cycle, Legal Aspects and objectives of EIA, General Methodology, Public participation in EIA, different components of EIA, mathematical modeling for impact prediction, cumulative impact assessment, documentation of EIA findings, Environmental impact analysis, Mitigation and impact management, case studies and environmental auditing. Concept of socio-economic impact assessment. Text/Reference Books: [1] Lawrence, D.P., Environmental Impact Assessment – Practical solutions to recurrent

problems, Wiley-Interscience, New Jersey, 2003. [2] Canter, L.W., Environmental Impact Assessment, McGraw Hill, New York. 1996



Semester - II


ME-555 L-T-P-C Finite Element Methods in Engineering 3-0-2-5 Objective: To build up the back ground, basic concepts and basic formulation of finite element method to enable the students to understand various element formulations and use them for analysis including programming.

Introduction: Historical background, basic concept of the finite element method, comparison with finite difference method; Variational methods: calculus of variation, the Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods; Finite element analysis of 1-D problems: formulation by different approaches (direct, potential energy and Galerkin); Derivation of elemental equations and their assembly, solution and its postprocessing. Applications in heat transfer, fluid mechanics and solid mechanics. Bending of beams, analysis of truss and frame. Finite element analysis of 2-D problems: finite element modelling of single variable problems, triangular and rectangular elements; Applications in heat transfer, fluid mechanics and solid mechanics; Numerical considerations: numerical integration, error analysis, mesh refinement. Plane stress and plane strain problems; Bending of plates; Eigen value and time dependent problems; Discussion about preprocessors, postprocessors and finite element packages. List of Experiments 1. Determination of load required to achieve a desired total extension of the spring. 2. Stress analysis of tapered cantilever with two load cases. 3. Simulation of tuning fork and to compute fundamental eigen mode of tuning fork. 4. Simulation of swirl flow around a rotating disc. 5. Modeling of air box around a device in order to model convective cooling in the box and to determine total heat flux on a boundary of heat sink. 6. Simulation of 1-D Heat transfer with radiation. 7. Simulation of 2-D Heat transfer with convective cooling. Text/Reference Books:

[1] J N Reddy, An introduction to the Finite Element Method, McGraw-Hill, New York,1993.

[2] R D Cook, D S Malkus and M E Plesha, Concepts and Applications of Finite Element Analysis, 3d ed., John Wiley, New York, 1989. [3] K J Bathe, Finite Element Procedures in Engineering Analysis, Prentice-Hall,Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1982.



Semester - III


CE-567 L-T-P-C Advanced Construction Techniques and Management 3-0-0-3 Objective: To enable the students familiarize with modern construction techniques, materials, methods, equipments and their applications. Construction planning-Construction facilities, Schedules, Layout of Plant utilities, Construction methods: Excavation and handling of Earth and Rock; Production and handling of Aggregartes and Concrete, cooling of concrete in dams, Drainage treatment of aquifers/sub-terrainean reservoirs; Tunneling, Tunneling in soft rocks, Grouting , chimney formation, etc ; Construction control and management, CPM/PERT, Human Factors, Organisation.

Text/Reference books:

[1] Peurifoy, R.L. and Ledbetter, W.B.; Construction Planning ,Equipment and Methods, McGraw Hill Singapore, 1986. [2] Joy, P.K.; Total Project Management- The Indian Context, New Delhi, MacMillan India Ltd., 1992.



Semester - II

(Departmental Elective – I)

CE-557 L-T-P-C Theory of Elastic Stability 3-0-0-3

Objective: To impart in depth knowledge of the stability configuration of several structural components in structural engineering. Euler’s Buckling Load:-

Assumptions, derivations of Euler’s critical load, members with eccentric loading and initially imperfect columns. Beam Columns:-

Beam column equations, beam column with concentrated load, several concentrated load, continuous lateral load. Beam-column with end couple. Column Stability:-

General differential equation, buckling problem as characteristic value (eigen value) and orthogonality relations; inelastic behavior of materials, effect of dynamic loading. Energy methods for buckling:- Theorem of stationary potential energy, comparison with the principle of conservation of energy, energy and stability considerations, Rayleigh-Ritz method, Timoshenko’s concept of solving buckling problems, columns with variable cross-section and the use of Trigonometric series. .

Text/Reference Books:

[1] S.Timoshenko and J.Gere, Theory of Elastic Stability, 2nd Edition, Mc-Graw Hill Inc., 1961.

[2] M.Lal Gambhir, Stability Analysis and Design of Structures, Springer, 1st

Edition,2004. [3] Z.Bazant and L.Cedolin, Stability of Structures, Oxford University Press, Inc., 1991.



Semester - II

(Departmental Elective – I) ME-574 L-T-P-C Optimization Methods in Engineering 3-0-0-3

Objctives: The objective of the course is to provide the students the basic concepts of

optimization problems, decision analysis, non-linear optimization, non-traditional

optimization and NP-Complete problems.

Introduction to optimization; Formulation of optimization problems; Classical

optimization techniques; Linear Programming; Non-linear Programming; single variable,

multi-variable and constrained optimization; Specialised algorithms for integer

programming and geometric programming; Non-traditional optimization algorithms

Text/Reference books:

[1] S. S. Rao, Optimization: Theory and Applications, 2nd ed. Wiley Eastern, 1984.

[2] K. Deb, Optimization for Engineering Design-Algorithms and Examples, Prentice-

Hall India, 1995.

[3] J. S. Arora, Introduction to Optimum Design, MCGraw-Hill, 1989.

[4] G. V. Reklaitis, A. Ravindran and K. M. Ragsdell, Engineering Optimization-

Methods and Applications, Wiley, 1983

[5] R. L. Fox, Optimization Methods for Engineering Design, Addison Wesley, 1971.



Semester - II

(Departmental Elective –II)

CE-558 L-T-P-C Dynamics of Structure 3-0-0-3 Objective: To impart in depth knowledge of structural behavior under dynamic loads and thus to establish foundation for acquiring principles of seismic design. Dynamic Loading: Nature of harmonic, earthquake and blast loadings. Amplitude, frequency and time-period of vibrations. Single Degree of Freedom System:- Free and forced vibrations, resonance, harmonic force, periodic force and impulse. Multi Degree of Freedom system:-Free and forced vibrations of lumped MDOF system, numerical method of finding the natural frequencies and mode shapes, orthogonality relationship of the principal modes, Rayleighs Principle and its application for finding the fundamental frequency, mode superposition method and evaluation of dynamic response; Time-History analysis. Continuous Systems:-Equation of motion: Undamped free vibrations: Forced vibrations of bars and beams; introduction to wind loads.

Textbooks/References: [1] Anil K. Chopra, Dynamics of Structures, Prentice-Hall International, 4th Edition, 2011.

[2] Ray W. Clough, Joseph Penzien, Dynamics of Structures, Computers and Structures

Inc.,University Ave.,Berkeley, CA94704, USA.

[3] Mario Paz, Structural Dynamics: Theory and Computation, Kluwer Academic

Publishers, 4th Edition, 2003



Semester - II

(Departmental Elective – II)

CE-559 L-T-P-C Advanced Bridge Engineering 3-0-0-3

Objective: To impart the students with some knowledge on important types of bridge structures, their selection and planning, structural configurations, assessment of loads, choosing the appropriate method of analysis according to the situation and perform the design. Site Investigation, Bridge Hydrology, Geometry of Bridges, Steel, R.C.C., Prestressed Road and Rail Bridges; Suspension and Cable Stayed Bridges: Bearings, Joints, etc. Grillage Analogy, Design of composite bridges (steel and concrete): box girder bridges in concrete. Design of abutments, piers and their foundations. Design of bearings. Construction methods and maintenance of bridges. Multi-beam and multi-cell R.C.C. bridges.


[1] T.R.Jagadeesh, Design of Bridge Structures, Prentice-Hall International, 2nd Edition,

2009.

[2] M.K. Pant, Elements of Bridge Engineering, Katson Publication, 1st Edition,2014.



Semester - III

(Departmental Elective – III)

CE-565 L-T-P-C Seismic Design of Foundation 3-0-0-3 Objective: To make students capable of analyzing and designing various types of structural foundation exhibiting ample safety under probable earthquakes. Elements of earthquake, Seismic loading; Soil properties for seismic design; Earth pressure under seismic condition; Liquefaction of soil; determination of ground acceleration; Damping of soil; Foundation design under earthquake loading; Seismic design of slopes. Seismic design of reinforced concrete mat footing.


[1] Jack Moehle, Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete Buildings, Tata Mc-Graw Hill Education, 1st Edition. [2] Steven L. Kramer, Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Pearson Publications, 3rd Edition, 2003



Semester - III

(Departmental Elective – III)

CE-566 L-T-P-C Earthquake Resistant Design 3-0-0-3

Objective: To impart in depth knowledge to the students for planning and designing various types of structures exhibiting ample safety under probable earthquakes.

A seismic Design of Structures. Philosophy and principles of earthquake resistance design – Strength and stiffness, ductility design and detailing, design of energy absorbing devices, concepts of seismic base isolation and seismic active control. Building forms and architectural design concepts – Horizontal and vertical eccentricities due to mass and stiffness distribution, structural redundancy and setbacks. Equivalent static lateral earthquake force on building (IS : 1893). Equivalent static method : Seismic coefficients–evaluation, estimation of fundamental time period, base shear and its distribution, Vulnerability Atlas. Use of codes with reference to Masonry Buildings like IS : 4326, IS : 13828, IS : 13827. Use of codes of RC and steel structures like IS : 13920. Detailing of reinforcement and 30 joints. Restoration and Retrofitting – Evaluation (Seismic qualification) of existing buildings – Aging, weathering, development of cracks, improper load path, asymmetry. Materials and equipments for restoration and retrofitting. Methodologies for retrofitting – For walls, roofs, slabs, columns and foundation of building in stones, brick or reinforced concrete structures.

Texts/References:

[1] S.K. Duggal, Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures, Oxford University Press.

[2] Pankaj Agarwal and Manish Shrikhande, Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures,

Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd.



Semester - III

(Departmental Elective –IV)

CE-567 L-T-P-C Advanced Prestressed Concrete Design 3-0-0-3 Objective: To make students familiar with the concepts of design of typical pre-stressed concrete structural elements. Prestressed concrete - specification of materials, method of prestressing and losses of prestress. Concept of pre-tensioning and post-tensioning, minimum concrete grade. Analysis and design of members for flexure, shear, bond and bearings. Cable layouts. Design of circular systems, domes and slabs. Stresses in anchorage zones of pre-tensioned and post-tensioned members, design of end block. Partial prestressing, two-way prestressing and circular prestressing. Design of pre-stressed bridges and continuous beams. Text/Reference Books: [1] S. Ramamrutham, Prestressed concrete, Dhanpat rai & Sons Publication. [2] N. Krishna raju, Prestressed concrete, Tata McGraw-Hill Education.



Semester - III

(Departmental Elective –IV)

CE-568 L-T-P-C Fracture Analysis and NDT 3-0-0-3

Objective: The subject deals with nucleation, growth and propagation of cracks in civil

engineering structures and systems. Non-destructive techniques (NDT) which are used

to inspect and predict failures will also be dealt in this subject.

Griffith’s theory of brittle failures; Irwin’s stress intensity factors; Linear elastic fracture

mechanics: The stress analysis of crack tips, Macroscopic theories in crack extension,

Fatigue crack propagation: Fatigue crack growth theories, crack closure, Microscopic

theories of fatigue crack growth; Application of theories of fracture mechanics in design

and materials development

Non-destructive testing methods in Civil Engineering: dye penetrant, magnetic particle

testing, Ultrasonic testing, radiographic testing, acoustic emission.

Text/Reference book:

[1] T. L. Anderson, Fracture Mechanics Fundamentals and Applications, CRC Press,

1994

[2] D. Brock, Elementary Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Maritinus Nijhoff

Publishers, 1982.

[3] S. T. Rolfe and J. M. Barson, Fracture and Fatigue Control in Structures, PHI, 1977

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