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Surveying Course Overview and Outcomes

The document outlines a Civil Engineering course on Surveying, detailing course outcomes and topics covered including principles of surveying, leveling, contouring, area and volume calculations, theodolite usage, and Total Station applications. It specifies the course structure with five units, each consisting of ten lectures, and lists recommended textbooks and references for further study. The course aims to equip students with practical skills in surveying techniques and measurements.

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Surveying Course Overview and Outcomes

The document outlines a Civil Engineering course on Surveying, detailing course outcomes and topics covered including principles of surveying, leveling, contouring, area and volume calculations, theodolite usage, and Total Station applications. It specifies the course structure with five units, each consisting of ten lectures, and lists recommended textbooks and references for further study. The course aims to equip students with practical skills in surveying techniques and measurements.

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28 Civil Engineering

SURVEYING

Course Code: 15CE1101 L T P C


3 0 0 3
Course Outcomes:
At the end of the course the student will able to:
CO 1 Describe the principles and classification of surveying,
Calculate horizontal and angular measurements.
CO 2 Measure levels and draw contours.
CO 3 Assess areas of irregular boundaries, volumes of borrow pits,
embankments and capacity of reservoirs.
CO 4 Describe the various components of Theodolite. Prepare
theodolite traversing including closing error and trigonometric
levelling.
CO 5 Learn applications of Total Station surveying.
UNIT-I (10 Lectures)
INTRODUCTION:
Definition of Surveying, Overview of plane surveying (chain and
compass), Objectives, Principles and Classifications.
DISTANCES AND DIRECTION:
Distance measurement conventions and methods; use of chain and
tape, Electronic distance measurements, Meridians, Azimuths and
bearings, declination, computation of angle.
UNIT-II (10 Lectures)
LEVELLING AND CONTOURING:
Levelling: Introduction and Terminology, Temporary adjustments,
methods of levelling, plotting of L.S & C.S.
Contouring: Uses of contours, Methods of conducting contour
surveys and their plotting. Contour gradient-Uses of contour maps.
G V P College of Engineering (Autonomous) 2015
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UNIT-III (10 Lectures)


AREAS AND VOLUMES:
Area from field notes, Computation of areas along irregular boundaries
and area consisting of regular boundaries. Embankments and cutting
for a level section and two level sections with and without transverse
slopes. Determination of the capacity of reservoir. Volume of borrow
pits.
UNIT-IV (10 Lectures)
THEODOLITE:
Types of theodolites-Temporary Adjustments of theodolite,
Measurement of horizontal angle -Method of repetition and reiteration,
Measurement of vertical angle – Uses of theodolite-Errors of a
theodolite, Trigonometrical Levelling, Traversing.
UNIT-V (10 Lectures)
TOTALSTATION:
Introduction to Total Station instrument and its components. Brief
description of important operations, Applications of Total Station,
Advantages and Disadvantages of Total Station surveying.
TEXT BOOKS:
1. B.C.Punmia, Ashok Kumar Jain and Arun Kumar Jain,
“Surveying” (Vol–1&2), 18th Edition by Laxmi Publications
(P) Ltd., New Delhi, 2011.
2. Duggal S K, “Surveying” (Vol – 1&2), 10th Edition, Tata
McGraw Hill Publishing Co. Ltd. New Delhi, 2004.
3. R Subramanian, “Surveying and Levelling”, 2nd Edition,
Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2012.
REFERENCES:
1. Arthur R Benton and Philip J Taety, “Elements of Plane
Surveying” 8th Edition, McGraw Hill-2000, 2010.
2. Arora K R “Surveying” (Vol 1, 2 & 3) 9th Edition, Standard
Book House, Delhi, 2008.
3. Chandra A M, “Plane Surveying”, New age International
Pvt. Ltd., Publishers, New Delhi, 2009.
G V P College of Engineering (Autonomous) 2015

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