Civilization—The Other Name of

succeeded. He called the project ‘Portland

Cement’ to utilize the popularity of the
of ‘Civil Engineering’ work of the past.

‘sur veyors’ having knowledge of

the test of time. They also used arches’

or ‘vaults’ extensively as support

was no differentiation between architects’

and ‘engineers’, it was mainly on personal
CV 422 Environmental Engineering—Processes
 Introduction to civil engineering materials—stone, timber,

materials—density, strength (compressive, tensile, flexural, shear,

environment—effect of environment on materials. capilarity, flow through soils. Darcy’s law, tests to determine the
Classification of environment—temperature, humidity, rain, fire.

Cement: Manufacture—wet and dry processes, constituents

Two–dimensional flo
and constitution, properties—setting, strength, durability,
classification—high early strength, low alkali, rapid hardening.
Concrete: Constituents—coarse and fine aggregates, cement,
water. Mineral admixtures—flyash, blast furnace, slag, silica fume.
Chemical admixtures—air entraining, set retarding and
accelerating, super plasticising. Fresh concrete—workability, air
content, segregation. Hardened concrete—strength, hardness,

Special concretes—fibre, reinforced, shortcrete, underwater,

high strength. Deterioration and durability—reinforcement,

Standardization and standards—need to have standards and

of drilling/boring, sampling and in situ tests—SPT, CPT, plate

document. Contracts—unit rate, lumpsum, turnkey. Project

management—CPM, PERT, bar charts, pie diagrams, escalation,
effect of layering, water level, etc. Retaining walls, types—gravity,

methods of PT, re–section methods, preparation of map.

 method, Kani’s method.

Design of beam—columns and column bases.

Method of virtual work by Castigliano’s theorem; Moment-

strain—principal stresses and strains, deviatoric stress and strain,

theory—circular cylindrical shells.

.. Steel Designers’ Manual. ELBS Publication.

Response to general dynamic loading. Duhamel’s integral.

Design of miscellaneous structures—staircase, curved beam,

Approximate methods: Rayleigh’s method. Dunkerley’s
Ecology and environment—definitions and interactions,

processes, physico–chemical vs. biological methods, solid-liquid

Concepts of earthquake–resistant design: Objectives.

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING—
and processes, aerobic dispersed growth systems—activated Meteorolog y: Physics of atmosphere—sun atmosphere,

anaerobic processes—conventional, stationary and mobile, fixed

Disposal of wastes: Liquid—inland waters, on land, ocean;

disposal standards—effluent and stream, gaseousatmospheric

pollutants—adsorption, absorption, neutralization, incineration.

reduction—quantity and hazard potential, composting, land

and assessment—statements and methodologies,

environmental laws—special constitutional provisions, role of

Air Pollution sources: Stationary—industrial, domestic, non- Design of grit removal, equalisation, coagulation—
heavy metals, radioactivity, etc. Solid and hazardous wastes—

dimensions. Environmental impact Assessment (EIA)—an

Traffic engineering—introduction.
 — Model split and trip characteristics
— Road user characteristics — Road based systems
— Vehicular characteristics — Rail based systems
— Innovative transit systems
— Use of speed, journey time, and daily studies — Automation technology
— Method of measuring spot speeds. — Intelligent vehicle highway systems (IVHS)
— Methods for measurement of running speed and — Bus and railway stations

— Vehicle volume counts — Costs and benefits of transport project

— Origin-destination studies — Time horizon in economic evaluation
— Parking studies — Basic principles in economic evaluation
— Statistical analysis for traffic studies

— Traffic signs
— Traffic markings
— Traffic signals
— Design of traffic signals
— Types of traffic signals & traffic signal system

— Road accidents—causes and prevention

— Traffic management measures and their influence

Planning thoughts through ages—early settlements—

— Basic principles of regulations Roman, Greek, Medieval, Renaissance and industrial towns—
— Regulation of speed and vehicles
— General rules concerning traffic
— Parking regulations
— Enforcement of regulations.

— Objectives and policies

— Urban transport problems
— Urban transport systems in India
— Issues (safety, congestion, pollution, land-use policy) Building by–laws, planning agencies and their functions. Fiscal
— Urban transport planning process

— Trip generation
— Trip distribution
— Traffic assignment
— Model

— Lane use transport models

— Land use as an instrument of diffusing congestion
— Hierarchy of planning
Public Transport—Needs, modes and systems
.. N Bevas and Rakoic (eds). Managing Fast Growing Cities—

.. UDPFI—Guidelines—Vols 1-2 of Institute of Town

industrial and heavy engineering. Contracts—theory and practice.

.. L S Srinath. PERT and CPM—Principles and Applications.

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