Urban Engineering Course Outline | Final Year (First semester)

Soil Mechanics-II Mechanics and Design of Steel Structures Advanced Technologies and Disaster Management Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resource Management Environmental Engineering-II Urban Engineering Project

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Soil Mechanics-II A. SUB SOIL INVESTIGATION    

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Purpose Preliminary and detailed investigation Boring methods, spacing and depth of borings, soil sampling In situ testing’s  Standard penetration test  static cone penetration test Presentation of boring information Preparation of bore logs

B. SETTLEMENT ANALYSIS      

Settlement by elastic theory Settlement analysis of a thin stratum of clay from index properties Thick clay stratum settlement Analysis by strain versus Logarithm of pressure test data Construction period correction Secondary consolidation.

C. BEARING CAPACITY:  

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Stability of soil masses Analysis  Rankine's  Terzahgi's  Meyerhof's Ultimate and safe bearing capacities for shallow foundations Plate bearing test Deep foundations bearing capacity Static and dynamic load carrying capacity analysis of pile  Pile load test  Group action in piles Raft foundation.

D. LATERAL EARTH PRESSURE 

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Types of lateral soil pressure  Rankine's theory of lateral earth pressures  Coulomb's theory of lateral earth pressures Soil pressure analysis of earth retaining structures  retaining wall  sheet piles  excavation supports

E. STABILITY OF SLOPES  

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Varieties of failure Stability analysis  Infinite slopes  Finite slopes General method of slices (Swedish Methods)  Bishop simplified methods of slices  Friction circle method Taylor's  Stability number  Stability curves Effect of pore water and seepage forces on stability

F. INTRODUCTION TO SOIL DYNAMICS     

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Dynamic loading conditions Fundamental definitions Vibration theories of Single Degreeof-Freedom System Natural frequency of soil-foundation system Evaluation of various parameters for dynamic analysis  Damping constant  Mass constant  spring constant Analysis of machine foundation (vertical mode of vibration only)

G. SOIL PROPERTY MODIFICATION 

Mechanical and stabilizations of soil  Principles

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Mechanics & Design of Steel structures A. THEORY OF ELASTICITY 

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Analysis of stresses and strains due to combined effect of  Axial  Bending  twisting forces/moments Elementary theory of elasticity Stress transformation, polar co-ordinates Theories of failure for isotropic materials

B. THEORY OF PLASTICITY    

Elementary theory of plasticity plastic hinges shape factor failure mechanism.

C. INTRODUCTION TO S TEEL S TRUCTURES  Steel properties  design load  load factors  structural steel members  Types  shapes  Specifications and design codes  Safety factors. D. TENSION MEMBERS  Design of tension members of steel  Bolted  welded

E. FLEXURAL MEMBERS  Design of steel beams  laterally supported  unsupported  Deflection  Design of steel beams for heavy concentrated loads  Bearing plates  Design of purlins  Analysis and Design of steel beams with  unsymmetrical crosssection  unsymmetrical bending  Shear Centre  Shear Flow  Analysis of curved beam  Design of built-up beams  Girders  gentry girder  plate girder. F. COMPRESSION M EMBERS  Design & analysis of axially loaded steel columns  Design of laced columns  Analysis and design of eccentrically loaded steel columns  Length effects and evaluation of effective length factor for steel columns in  Braced frames  Unbraced frames.

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Advanced Technologies & Disaster Management A. MATERIAL TECHNOLOGIES   

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Recycling of conventional constructional materials Cement replacement materials New reinforced concrete (examples)  Ferro cement,  Fiber-reinforced concrete  Fibers 1. Synthetic fibers 2. glass fibers Aggregate replacement.

C. MAINTENANCE REHABILITATION REPAIR DISASTER MANAGEMENT 

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B. CONSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES 

Latest developments in trenching and excavation (examples)  trench less technology  specialized formworks  technologies for building deep waterproof basements  mechanized construction methods and equipment.

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Monitoring of Infra-structure facilities  strategies for protection against possible damages  maintenance for different infrastructure facilities Rehabilitation and repair strategies for reinforced concrete Repair and rehabilitation of  pipe networks  sewers  roads  drainage facilities Predications and preparedness strategies for natural disasters such as Earthquakes.  Emergency management  Awareness Program  Follow-on Disasters  Recovery plans  Strategies for protection  Loss estimation  Risk and Vulnerability Analysis  Disaster Mitigation

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Hydraulic Engineering & Water Resource Management A. ELEMENTARY HYDRODYNAMICS  Ideal and real fluid  Differential equation of continuity  Rotational and of flow fields  Othogonality of  stream lines  equipotential lines  Flow net  limitations  Different methods of drawing flow net. B. STEADY FLOW IN OPEN CHANNELS  Uniform flow equations  Chezy  Manning  Specific energy and critical depth  Dynamic equation of  gradually varied depth  surface profiles  back water curves  Hump and constrictions  Hydraulic jump  Broad crested weirs  Venture flume and critical depth flume. C. CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS  Types  Stages  Works  Efficiencies  Specify speed and characteristic curves. D. SURFACE WATER  Design of  open lined  unlined channels,  Sustainable tapping  Resources  Principles of planning and development  Land drainage for reducing water table

 Types of Surface drainage. E. WATER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM  Water Resources planning and development for future demand including  storage reservoirs Saline water use  wastewater technique  Development of Ground water storage by constructing check dams and delay action dams  Developing the Water streams, rivers for  permanent recharging basins  use the facility for recreational Waterways  open space for Land use. F. GROUND WATER  Control of ground water contamination and monitoring devices  Water management through available water resources for  Domestic  Industrial  Recreational  Development of new water resources  Ground water hydraulics  Wells  Yields  tube wells.

G. IRRIGATION  Water soil co relationship  Irrigation Method and technique   

for conserving the water losses Design of alluvial canal and outlet Water requirement for the garden lawn (et cetera) irrigation

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Environmental Engineering A. STORM FLOW ESTIMATES     

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Rainfall intensity formulas hydrograph & dry weather flow sewage quantities Variations and rates of flows Velocity gradient & limiting velocities.

E. SEWAGE TREATMENT    

B. TYPES OF SEWERAGE SYSTEMS  

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Separate & combined systems Sewers  Types  Shapes  Sizes  Materials Sewer appurtenances pipe strengths and tests.

C. PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN     

Construction & maintenance of sewers Sewer, system analyses Diameter and gradient sewer joints Sewers  Grading  Laying  Jointing  testing

D. CHARACTERISTICS OF SEWAGE  

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Municipal and industrial wastes Water pollution  Causes  control parameters Effluent disposal guideline and standards

Primary, secondary & tertiary treatment Screening grit chamber skimming tanks & sedimentation tanks Activated sludge treatment  trickling filters  oxidation ponds (et cetera)

F. SEWAGE DISPOSAL METHOD    

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Receiving body assimilation capacity Stream pollution and self-recovery Sludge  Handling  disposal Effluent Reuse Industrial waste waters  Control  Management

G. BUILDING DRAINAGE  

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Requirements and arrangement of building drainage Soil pipes,  antisyphon pipes  waste water pipes Sanitary fixtures and traps House connection and testing of house drainage Cross connection and back syphonage control.

H. SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL 

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Solid wastes  Types  Characteristics  Sources  Quantities Collection disposal and recycling.

I. LABORATORY WORK  

Related to the above sampling techniques and examination of wastewater  Physical parameters  Chemical parameters  microbiological parameters

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