Syllabus of CE VIII – Sem all Subjects (RGPV)

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• CE-801 Design of Steel Structures

• CE-802 (A) Engineering Hydrology (Departmental Elective)

• CE-802 (B) Foundation Engineering(Departmental Elective)

• CE-802 (C) Bridge Engineering(Departmental Elective)

• CE-802 (D) Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures (Departmental Elective)

• CE-803 (A) Artificial Intelligence (Open Elective)

• CE-803 (B) Data Analytics (Open Elective)

• CE-803 (C) Retrofitting and Rehabilitation of Structures (Open Elective)

• CE-803 (D) Integrated Water Management (Open Elective)

Syllabus of CE-801 Design of Steel Structures

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UNIT-1 : Basis of Structural Design and Connection Design

• Introduction; Metallurgy of steel;

• Structural properties of steel;

• Design philosophies;

• Limit state method;

• Partial load factors;

• Loading and load combination on structures;

• Local buckling and section classification.

• Types of connections;

• Welded connections;

• Types of joints and welds;

• Connection design;

• Concentric connection;

• Eccentric connections;

• Truss connections;

• Bolted connections;

• Force transfer mechanism;

• Failure mechanism;

• Analysis of bolt groups;

• Beam column connections shear connection;

• Moment connection.

UNIT-2 : Design of Compression and Tension Members

• Types of tension member;

• Behaviour of tension members;

• Factors affecting the strength of tension members;

• Design of tension member; for yielding;

• Net section rupture; Block shear;

• Tension splices;

• Lug angles; Concept of shear lag.

• Types of compression members;

• Basis of current codal provision for compression member design;

• Slenderness ratio;

• Elastic buckling;

• Strength curves;

• Design of compression members.

UNIT-3 : Design of Flexural Members

• Beam types; Lateral stability of beams;

• Lateral torsional buckling of symmetric beams;

• Design strength of Laterally supported and Unsupported beams in bending;

• Shear strength of steel beams;

• Web buckling and crippling;

• Design of beams; Built-up beams;

• Design of plate girders;

• Types of stiffeners; Flange and web splices;

• Design of beam-columns subjected to combined tension and bending.

UNIT-4 : Design of Columns and Column Bases

• Design of single section and compound section ;

• Design of laced and battened type columns;

• Design of column bases; Slab base;

• Gusseted base; Grillage foundation

UNIT-5 : Design of Industrial Buildings

• Introduction Frames;

• Multistory frames;

• Various types of trusses and their selection;

• Design of purlin and elements of truss;

• Effect of wind loads on purlin and truss;

• Bracing systems

• Design of Gantry Girder

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Syllabus of CE-802 (A) Engineering Hydrology (Departmental Elective)

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UNIT-1 :

• Hydrological cycle water budget Practical applications of Hydrology

• Hydrometerology airmasses.

• Formation of precipitation types of precipitation

• meteorological observations probability & random variables

• regression analysis catchment its type and importance

• measurement of precipitation

• Raingauges location of raingauges

• interpretations & analysis of rainfall data calculation of average rainfall

• Hyetograph

• Intensity-duration

• Frequency curves Mass curve.

UNIT-2 :

• Stream flow measurement and various methods stage-discharge relations.

• Rating curve and its extension stream gauge Networking

• stage & discharge hydrographs

• evaporation & evapotranspiration-calculation

• factors affecting measurement

• Reducing evaporation.

UNIT-3 :

• Infilleration Factors affecting it measurement of Infilleration

• Infilleration equation and Indices.

• Occurance of ground water

• Darcey’s law flow in wells (steady & unsteady).

• Ground water exploration.

• Yield of well determination of yield.

UNIT-4 :

• Runoff and its components factors affecting runoff

• Basin yield Rainfall-Runoff relationships

• flow-duration curve flow mass curve

• Hydrograph separation of hydrograph

• unit hydrograph – theory & application

• derivation of unit hydrograph convolution equation

• unit hydrograph from complex storms unit hydrograph for various durations

• synthetic unit hydrograph

• S-curve hydrograph distribution graph

• use & applications of unit hydrograph

• Dimensionless unit Hydrograph.

UNIT-5 :

• Instataneous unit Hydrograph

• Derivation of IUH flood routing reservoir routing

• different methods storage discharge relationship

• ISD method puls method channel routing –muskingham method

• design flood –Empirical & rational formula frequency analysis

• Gumbel’s distribution

• Reservoir sedimentation-causes factors affecting & control.

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Syllabus of CE-802 (B) Foundation Engineering (Departmental Elective)

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UNIT-1 : Selection of foundation and Sub-soil exploration/investigation

• Types of foundation Factors affecting the selection of type of foundations

• Steps in choosing types of foundation based on soil condition.

• Objectives and planning of exploration program methods of exploration-wash boring and rotary drilling-depth of boring

• Soil samples and soil samplers-representative and undisturbed sampling

• Field penetration tests: SPT SCPT DCPT.

• Introduction to geophysical methods Bore log report writing.

UNIT-2 : Shallow Foundation

• Introduction significant depth design criteria modes of shear failures.

• Detail study of bearing capacity theories (Prandtl Rankine Terzaghi Skempton Meyerhof)

• Bearing capacity determination using IS Code.

• Settlement components of settlement & its estimation permissible settlement

• Proportioning of footing for equal settlement allowable bearing pressure.

• Bearing capacity from in-situ tests (SPT SCPT PLATE LOAD)

• Factors affecting bearing capacity

• Contact pressure under rigid and flexible footings.

• Floating foundation.

UNIT-3 : Pile foundations

• Introduction Load transfer mechanism

• Types of piles and their function

• Factors influencing selection of pile their method of installation and their load carrying

• characteristics for cohesive and granular soils

• Piles subjected to vertical loads- pile load carrying capacity from static formula

• dynamic formulae (ENR and Hiley)

• Pile load test

• Pile group: carrying capacity efficiency and settlement.

• Negative skin friction.

UNIT-4 : Foundations on problematic soil & Introduction to Geosynthetics

• Significant characteristics of expansive and collapsible soils

• footing on such soils

• Problems and preventive measures.

• Underreamed pile foundation-its concept design & field installation.

• Introduction to geosynthetics-materials types functions and uses.

UNIT-5 : LATERAL EARTH PRESSURE

• Active Passive and Earth pressure at rest.

• Rankine’s theory of earth pressure

• Earth pressures in layered soils

• Coulomb’s earth pressure theory

• Culmann’s graphical method.

• RETAININGWALLS : Types of retaining walls- stability of retaining walls against overturning sliding bearing capacity and drainage from backfill.

• Reinforced earth retaining walls.

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Syllabus of CE-802 (C) Bridge Engineering (Departmental Elective)

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UNIT-1 : Types of Bridge Super Structures

• Introduction and types temporary bridge superstructures military bridges other temporary bridges permanent bridges R.C.C. bridges

• Pre-stressed concrete bridges steel bridges movable steel bridge.

• Consideration of loads and stresses in road bridges: Introduction loads forces and stress dead loads

• bridge loading as per relevant IRC and IRS specifications traffic lanes foot way kerbs railing and parapet loading impact wind load longitudinal forces

• Temperature effect of live load on back fill and on the abutment.

UNIT-2 : Design of R.C. Bridge

• Slab culvert pipe culvert

• T-beam box culvert bridge super structure

• Courbon’s theory for load distribution

• balanced cantilever bridges design examples.

UNIT-3 : Design of Steel Bridges

• Types of steel superstructure

• plate girder bridge truss bridge

• wind forces of lattice girder bridge bracings

• arch and bowstring girder bridge design example.

UNIT-4 : Pier Abutment and Wing Walls

• Types of piers and abutments

• stability analysis of piers and abutments

• design of piers

• Forces on piers stability abutment

• bridge code provision for abutments

• wing walls design examples.

UNIT-5 : Foundations and Bearings

• Types of bridge foundations and general design criteria

• shallow foundations deep foundations piles wells and pneumatic caissons

• river training works.

• Bearings : functions and types of bearings necessity of bearings design of elastomeric bearings

• expansion joints necessity and types of expansion joints

• design considerations

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Syllabus of CE-802 (D) Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures (Departmental Elective)

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UNIT-1 : Engineering Seismology

• Introduction to engineering seismology

• Geological and tectonic features of India

• Origin and propagation of seismic waves

• Earthquake measurement parameters

• Characteristics of earthquake and its quantification- Magnitude and Intensity scales

• Seismic instruments.

• Seismic zoning map of India.

UNIT-2 : Response Spectrum

• Response history and strong motion characteristics.

• Response Spectrumelastic and inelastic response spectra tripartite (D-V-A) response spectrum use of response spectrum in earthquake resistant design .

• Computation of seismic forces in multi-storeyed buildings – using procedures as per codal provisions.

UNIT-3 : Aseismic Structural Modelling

• Structural configuration for earthquake resistant design

• Concept of plan irregularities and vertical irregularities Soft storey Torsion in buildings.

• Design provisions for these in IS-1893.

• Effect of infill masonry walls on frames modeling concepts of infill masonry walls.

• Behaviour of masonry buildings during earthquakes failure patterns strength of masonry in shear and flexure

• Slenderness concept of masonry walls

UNIT-4 : Design of structure for earthquake resistance

• Seismic design philosophy Load combinations

• Ductility and energy absorption in buildings. confinement of concrete for ductility

• design of columns and beams for ductility

• ductile detailing provisions as per IS-1893.

• Lateral load resisting structural systems.

UNIT-5 : Seismic control of structures

• Introduction concept and types of seismic control systems as active passive and semi-active systems.

• Requirements of efficient earthquake resistant structural system damping devices base isolation systems.

• Retrofitting of structures.

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Syllabus of CE-803 (A) Artificial Intelligence (Open Elective)

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UNIT-1 : Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

• Main components and characteristics of AI (Feature Engineering ANN Deep Learning)

• Applications of AI Advantages and disadvantages of AI Goals of AI

• Comparison of Programming of a System with AI and without AI

• Challenges in AI Programming languages preferably used in AI

• Techniques/Algorithms used in AI

• AI Software platforms Future of AI

UNIT-2 : Various types of production systems and search techniques

• Types of production systems Characteristics of production systems

• Study and comparison of breadth first search and depth first search.

• Techniques other Search Techniques like hill Climbing

• Best first Search.

• A* algorithm AO* algorithms etc and various types of control strategies.

UNIT-3 : Knowledge Representation and Probabilistic Reasoning

• Problems in representing knowledge knowledge representation using propositional and predicate logic

• comparison of propositional and predicate logic

• Resolution refutation deduction theorem proving inferencing monotonic and nonmonotonic reasoning.

• Probabilistic reasoning

• Baye’s theorem semantic networks scripts schemas frames

• conceptual dependency fuzzy logic

• forward and backward reasoning.

UNIT-4 : Game playing techniques

• Minimax procedure alpha-beta cut-offs etc planning

• Study of the block world problem in robotics

• Introduction to understanding and natural languages processing.

UNIT-5 : Introduction to learning ANN

• Various techniques used in learning

• introduction to Artificial neural networks common sense reasoning

• Convolution Neural Network

• Feedforward Neural Network

• Recurrent Neural Network

• Multilayer perceptron Architecture / Three Layers in Artificial Neural Networks

• Implementation of ANN Applications of ANN in images

• signals and language.

• some example of expert systems.

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Syllabus of CE-803 (B) Data Analytics (Open Elective)

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UNIT-1 : DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS

• DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS : Probability Distributions Inferential Statistics

• Inferential Statistics through hypothesis tests Regression & ANOVA

• Regression ANOVA(Analysis of Variance).

UNIT-2 : INTRODUCTION TO BIG DATA

• INTRODUCTION TO BIG DATA : Big Data and its Importance

• Four V’s of Big Data Drivers for Big Data

• Introduction to Big Data Analytics

• Big Data Analytics applications.

• BIG DATA TECHNOLOGIES : Hadoop’s Parallel World

• Data discovery

• Open source technology for Big Data Analytics cloud and Big Data

• Predictive Analytics Mobile Business Intelligence and Big Data

• Crowd Sourcing Analytics Inter- and Trans-Firewall Analytics

• Information Management.

UNIT-3 : PROCESSING BIG DATA

• PROCESSING BIG DATA : Integrating disparate data stores

• Mapping data to the programming framework

• Connecting and extracting data from storage

• Transforming data for processing

• subdividing data in preparation for Hadoop Map Reduce

UNIT-4 : HADOOP MAPREDUCE

• HADOOP MAPREDUCE : Employing Hadoop Map Reduce

• Creating the components of Hadoop Map Reduce jobs

• Distributing data processing across server farms

• Executing Hadoop Map Reduce jobs monitoring the progress of job flows

• The Building Blocks of Hadoop Map Reduce Distinguishing Hadoop daemons

• Investigating the Hadoop Distributed File System

• Selecting appropriate execution modes: local pseudo-distributed fully distributed.

UNIT-5 : BIG DATA TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES

• BIG DATA TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES : Installing and Running Pig

• Comparison with Databases Pig Latin

• User- Define Functions

• Data Processing Operators

• Installing and Running Hive Hive QL Querying Data

• User-Defined Functions Oracle Big Data.

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Syllabus of CE-803 (C) Retrofitting and Rehabilitation of Structures (Open Elective)

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UNIT-1 : Repair

• Introduction and Definition for Repair

• Retrofitting Strengthening and rehabilitation.

• Physical and Chemical Causes of deterioration of concrete structures

• Evaluation of structural damages to the concrete structural elements due to earthquake.

• Durability of concrete : Factors affecting durability of concrete

• Corrosion of reinforcements in concrete

• Carbonation Chloride ingress Alkali-silica reaction

• Freeze-thaw effects Chemical attack Abrasion erosion and cavitation

• Weathering and efflorescence

UNIT-2 : Damage Assessment

• Purpose of assessment Rapid assessment

• Investigation of damage

• Evaluation of surface and structural cracks

• Damage assessment procedure destructive

• non-destructive and semi destructive testing systems

UNIT-3 : Influence on Serviceability and Durability

• Effects due to climate temperature chemicals wear and erosion

• Design and construction errors corrosion mechanism

• Effects of cover thickness and cracking methods of corrosion protection

• corrosion inhibitors corrosion resistant steels

• coatings and cathodic protection.

UNIT-4 : Maintenance and Retrofitting Techniques

• Definitions: Maintenance Facts of Maintenance and importance of Maintenance Need for retrofitting

• retrofitting of structural members i.e. column and beams by Jacketing technique

• Externally bonding(ERB) technique near surface mounted (NSM) technique

• External posttensioning

• Section enlargement and guidelines for seismic rehabilitation of existing building

UNIT-5 : Materials for Repair and Retrofitting

• Artificial fibre reinforced polymer like CFRP GFRP AFRP and natural fiber like Sisal and Jute. Adhesive like Epoxy Resin

• Special concretes and mortars concrete chemicals special elements for accelerated strength gain

• Techniques for Repair : Rust eliminators and polymers coating for rebar during repair foamed concrete mortar and dry pack vacuum concrete

• Gunite and Shot Crete Epoxy injection

• Mortar repair for cracks shoring and underpinning

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Syllabus of CE-803 (D) Integrated Water Management (Open Elective)

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UNIT-1 : Paradigm Shift in Water Management

• Global and national perspectives of water crisis

• water scarcity water functions in the life support systems

• water availability and requirements for humans and nature

• concepts of ‘blue water’ ‘green water’ and ‘virtual water’ and their roles in water management

• human-landscape interventions and salient water management issues and challenges.-

• landscape interventions and salient water management issues and challenges.

UNIT-2 : Sustainable Water Resources Management

• Concept of sustainable development sustainability principles for water management

• goals for guiding sustainable water resource management

• important preconditioning in water policy approaches

• framework for planning a sustainable water future.

UNIT-3 : Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Approach

• IWRM Principles:Modern principles for water management and planning definition components and critique of IWRM.

• IWRM Implementation: Socio-scientific economic political and ecological factors affecting the implementation of IWRM principles

• Salient examples of river basin management

• lessons from best practices in river-basin management.

UNIT-4 : Surface and Subsurface Water Systems

• Impacts of development activities on the water cycle precipitation evapotranspiration infiltration runoff streamflow erosion and sedimentation

• types of aquifer systems and their hydraulic characteristics

• environmental impacts on groundwater systems

• estimation of groundwater recharge and discharge

• assessment of groundwater potential surface watergroundwater interaction

• concept of sustainable groundwater development and management

• water balance balance of water resources and needs

• minimum water table and minimum discharges.

UNIT-5 : Conventional and Non-conventional Techniques for Water Security

• Rainwater harvesting groundwater mining and artificial recharge

• conjunctive use of surface water and groundwater resources long-distance water conveyance and transport

• conservation of ‘green water’ desalination

• treatment of poor-quality waters.

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==End of CE VIII Sem Syllabus==