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Credits Allocation Table (L-T-P Structure)

Course TitleCodeLTPCredits
Solid Mechanics1013013003
Engineering Mathematics-III1013023104
Universal Human Values1013033003
Surveying and Geomatics1013043003
Fluid Mechanics1013053003
Materials, Testing & Evaluation1013063003
Indian Knowledge System1013073000
Solid Mechanics Lab101301P0021
Surveying and Geomatics Lab101304P0021
Fluid Mechanics Lab101305P0021
Materials Testing & Evaluation Lab101306P0021
Internship-I101308---2
TOTAL----25

Solid Mechanics

101301
Theory Course • 6 Units
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Unit 1.0: Simple Stresses and Strains

  • Concept of stress and strain
  • St. Venant's principle
  • Stress and strain diagram
  • Elasticity and plasticity
  • Types of stresses and strains
  • Hooke's law
  • Stress-strain diagram for mild steel
  • Working stress
  • Factor of safety
  • Lateral strain
  • Poisson's ratio and volumetric strain
  • Elastic moduli and the relationship between them
  • Bars of varying section
  • Composite bars
  • Temperature stresses
  • Strain Energy
  • Resilience
  • Gradual, sudden, impact and shock loadings
  • Simple applications

Unit 2.0: Compound Stresses and Strains

  • Two dimensional system
  • Stress at a point on a plane
  • Principal stresses and principal planes
  • Mohr circle of stress
  • Ellipse of stress and their applications
  • Two dimensional stress-strain system
  • Principal strains and principal axis of strain
  • Circle of strain and ellipse of strain
  • Relationship between elastic constants

Unit 3.0: Bending moment and Shear Force Diagrams

  • Bending moment (BM) and shear force (SF) diagrams
  • BM and SF diagrams for cantilevers simply supported and fixed beams with or without overhangs
  • Calculation of maximum BM and SF and the point of contra flexure under concentrated loads
  • Uniformly distributed loads over the whole span or part of span
  • Combination of concentrated loads (two or three) and uniformly distributed loads
  • Uniformly varying loads
  • Application of moments

Unit 4.0: Flexural Stresses

  • Theory of simple bending
  • Assumptions
  • Derivation of bending equation: M/I = f/y = E/R
  • Neutral axis
  • Determination of bending stresses
  • Section modulus of rectangular and circular sections (Solid and Hollow)
  • I, T, Angle and Channel sections
  • Design of simple beam sections

Unit 5.0: Shear Stresses, Slope and Deflection

  • Shear Stresses: Derivation of formula
  • Shear stress distribution across various beam sections like rectangular, circular, triangular, I, T angle sections
  • Slope and deflection: Relationship between moment, slope and deflection
  • Moment area method
  • Macaulay's method
  • Use of these methods to calculate slope and deflection for determinant beams

Unit 6.0: Torsion, Thin Cylinders and Spheres

  • Torsion: Derivation of torsion equation and its assumptions
  • Applications of the equation of the hollow and solid circular shafts
  • Torsional rigidity
  • Combined torsion and bending of circular shafts
  • Principal stress and maximum shear stresses under combined loading of bending and torsion
  • Analysis of close-coiled-helical springs
  • Thin Cylinders and Spheres: Derivation of formulae and calculations of hoop stress
  • Longitudinal stress in a cylinder and sphere subjected to internal pressures

Engineering Mathematics-III

101302
Theory Course • 6 Units
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Unit 1.0: Partial Differential Equations

  • Definition of Partial Differential Equations
  • First order partial differential equations
  • Solutions of first order linear PDEs
  • Solution to homogenous and non-homogenous linear partial differential equations of second order by complimentary function and particular integral method

Unit 2.0: Second-order Linear Equations and Applications

  • Second-order linear equations and their classification
  • Initial and boundary conditions
  • D'Alembert's solution of the wave equation
  • Duhamel's principle for one dimensional wave equation
  • Heat diffusion and vibration problems
  • Separation of variables method to simple problems in Cartesian coordinates
  • The Laplacian in plane, cylindrical and spherical polar coordinates
  • Solutions with Bessel functions and Legendre functions
  • One dimensional diffusion equation and its solution by separation of variables

Unit 3.0: Probability and Discrete Random Variables

  • Probability spaces
  • Conditional probability
  • Independence
  • Discrete random variables
  • Independent random variables
  • The multinomial distribution
  • Poisson approximation to the binomial distribution
  • Infinite sequences of Bernoulli trials
  • Sums of independent random variables
  • Expectation of Discrete Random Variables
  • Moments
  • Variance of a sum
  • Correlation coefficient
  • Chebyshev's Inequality

Unit 4.0: Continuous Random Variables

  • Continuous random variables and their properties
  • Distribution functions and densities
  • Normal, exponential and gamma densities
  • Bivariate distributions and their properties
  • Distribution of sums and quotients
  • Conditional densities
  • Bayes' rule

Unit 5.0: Basic Statistics and Probability Distributions

  • Basic Statistics
  • Measures of Central tendency: Moments, skewness and Kurtosis
  • Probability distributions: Binomial, Poisson and Normal
  • Evaluation of statistical parameters for these three distributions
  • Correlation and regression
  • Rank correlation
  • Curve fitting by the method of least squares
  • Fitting of straight lines, second degree parabolas and more general curves

Unit 6.0: Test of Significance

  • Test of significance: Large sample test for single proportion
  • Difference of proportions
  • Tests for single mean, difference of means, and difference of standard deviations
  • Test for ratio of variances
  • Chi-square test for goodness of fit and independence of attributes

Universal Human Values

101303
Theory Course • 6 Units
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Unit 1.0: Introduction to Value Education

  • Right Understanding, Relationship and Physical Facility (Holistic Development and the Role of Education)
  • Understanding Value Education Sharing about Oneself
  • Self-exploration as the Process for Value Education
  • Continuous Happiness and Prosperity – the Basic Human Aspirations
  • Exploring Human Consciousness
  • Happiness and Prosperity – Current Scenario
  • Method to Fulfill the Basic Human Aspirations

Unit 2.0: Harmony in the Human Being

  • Understanding Human being as the Co-existence of the Self and the Body
  • Distinguishing between the Needs of the Self and the Body
  • The Body as an Instrument of the Self
  • Understanding Harmony in the Self
  • Harmony of the Self with the Body
  • Programme to ensure self-regulation and Health

Unit 3.0: Harmony in the Family and Society

  • Harmony in the Family – the Basic Unit of Human Interaction
  • 'Trust' – the Foundational Value in Relationship
  • 'Respect' – as the Right Evaluation
  • Other Feelings
  • Justice in Human-to-Human Relationship
  • Understanding Harmony in the Society
  • Vision for the Universal Human Order

Unit 4.0: Harmony in the Nature/Existence

  • Understanding Harmony in the Nature
  • Interconnectedness, self-regulation and Mutual Fulfilment among the Four Orders of Nature
  • Realizing Existence as Co-existence at All Levels
  • The Holistic Perception of Harmony in Existence

Unit 5.0: Implications of the Holistic Understanding

  • Natural Acceptance of Human Values
  • Definitiveness of (Ethical) Human Conduct
  • A Basis for Humanistic Education
  • Humanistic Constitution and Universal Human Order
  • Competence in Professional Ethics
  • Holistic Technologies, Production Systems and Management Models-Typical Case Studies
  • Strategies for Transition towards Value-based Life and Profession

Unit 6.0: Professional Ethics and Applications

  • Competence in Professional Ethics
  • Holistic Technologies, Production Systems and Management Models-Typical Case Studies
  • Strategies for Transition towards Value-based Life and Profession

Surveying and Geomatics

101304
Theory Course • 6 Units
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Unit 1.0: Introduction to Surveying

  • Principles of Surveying
  • Linear, angular and graphical methods
  • Survey stations
  • Survey lines-ranging
  • Bearing of survey lines
  • Levelling: Plane table surveying
  • Principles of levelling: booking and reducing levels
  • Differential, reciprocal levelling
  • Profile levelling and cross sectioning
  • Digital and Auto Level
  • Errors in levelling
  • Contouring: Characteristics, methods, uses
  • Areas and volumes

Unit 2.0: Triangulation and Trilateration

  • Theodolite survey: Instruments
  • Measurement of horizontal and vertical angle
  • Horizontal and vertical control: methods
  • Triangulation network: Signals
  • Baseline: choices, instruments and accessories
  • Extension of base lines corrections
  • Satellite station: reduction to centre
  • Intervisibility of height and distances
  • Trigonometric leveling: Axis single corrections

Unit 3.0: Curves

  • Elements of simple and compound curves
  • Method of setting out
  • Elements of Reverse curve
  • Transition curve: length of curve
  • Elements of transition curve
  • Vertical curves

Unit 4.0: Modern Field Survey Systems

  • Principle of Electronic Distance Measurement
  • Modulation
  • Types of EDM instruments
  • Distomat
  • Total Station: Parts of a Total Station, Accessories, Advantages and Applications
  • Field Procedure for total station survey
  • Errors in Total Station Survey
  • Global Positioning Systems: Segments
  • GPS measurements, errors and biases
  • Surveying with GPS
  • Co-ordinate transformation
  • Accuracy considerations

Unit 5.0: Photogrammetry Surveying

  • Introduction to Photogrammetry
  • Basic concepts
  • Perspective geometry of aerial photograph
  • Relief and tilt displacements
  • Terrestrial photogrammetry
  • Flight planning
  • Stereoscopy
  • Ground control extension for photographic mapping: aerial triangulation, radial triangulation, methods
  • Photographic mapping: mapping using paper prints, mapping using stereoplotting instruments
  • Mosaics
  • Map substitutes

Unit 6.0: Remote Sensing

  • Introduction to Remote Sensing
  • Electromagnetic Spectrum
  • Interaction of electromagnetic radiation with the atmosphere and earth surface
  • Remote sensing data acquisition: platforms and sensors
  • Visual image interpretation
  • Digital image processing

Fluid Mechanics

101305
Theory Course • 6 Units
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Unit 1.0: Basic Concepts and Definitions

  • Distinction between a fluid and a solid
  • Density, Specific weight, Specific gravity
  • Kinematic and dynamic viscosity
  • Variation of viscosity with temperature
  • Newton law of viscosity
  • Vapour pressure, boiling point, cavitation
  • Surface tension, capillarity
  • Bulk modulus of elasticity, compressibility

Unit 2.0: Fluid Statics - Fluid Pressure

  • Pressure at a point
  • Pascals law
  • Pressure variation with temperature, density and altitude
  • Piezometer, U-Tube Manometer, Single Column Manometer, U-Tube Differential Manometer, Micromanometers, pressure gauges
  • Hydrostatic pressure and force: horizontal, vertical and inclined surfaces
  • Buoyancy and stability of floating bodies

Unit 3.0: Fluid Kinematics

  • Classification of fluid flow: steady and unsteady flow; uniform and non-uniform flow; laminar and turbulent flow; rotational and irrotational flow; compressible and incompressible flow; ideal and real fluid flow; one, two and three dimensional flows
  • Stream line, path line, streak line and stream tube
  • Stream function, velocity potential function
  • One-, two- and three-dimensional continuity equations in Cartesian coordinates

Unit 4.0: Fluid Dynamics

  • Surface and body forces
  • Equations of motion: Euler's equation
  • Bernoulli's equation: derivation
  • Energy Principle
  • Practical applications of Bernoulli's equation: venturimeter, orifice meter and pitot tube
  • Momentum principle
  • Forces exerted by fluid flow on pipe bend
  • Vortex Flow: Free and Forced
  • Dimensional Analysis and Dynamic Similitude: Definitions of Reynolds Number, Froude Number, Mach Number, Weber Number and Euler Number
  • Buckingham's π-Theorem

Unit 5.0: Laminar Flow

  • Laminar flow through: circular pipes, annulus and parallel plates
  • Stoke's law
  • Measurement of viscosity
  • Flow through Pipes: Loss of head through pipes, Darcy-Wiesbatch equation, minor losses, total energy equation, hydraulic gradient line
  • Pipes in series, equivalent pipes, pipes in parallel
  • Flow through laterals, flows in dead end pipes, siphon
  • Power transmission through pipes, nozzles
  • Analysis of pipe networks: Hardy Cross method
  • Water hammer in pipes and control measures
  • Branching of pipes, three reservoir problem

Unit 6.0: Dimensional Analysis and Hydraulic Similitude

  • Dimensional homogeneity
  • Rayleigh method, Buckingham's Pi method and other methods
  • Dimensionless groups
  • Similitude, Model studies, Types of models
  • Application of dimensional analysis and model Studies to fluid flow problem
  • Dynamic Similitude: Definitions of Reynolds Number, Froude Number, Mach Number, Weber Number and Euler Number
  • Turbulent Flow: Reynolds experiment, Transition from laminar to turbulent flow
  • Definition of turbulence, scale and intensity
  • Causes of turbulence, instability, mechanism of turbulence and effect of turbulent flow in pipes
  • Reynolds stresses, semi-empirical theories of turbulence, Prandtl's mixing length theory, universal velocity distribution equation
  • Resistance to flow of fluid in smooth and rough pipes, Moody's diagram

Materials, Testing & Evaluation

101306
Theory Course • 6 Units
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Unit 1.0: Introduction to Engineering Materials

  • Cements
  • M-Sand
  • Concrete (plain, reinforced and steel fibre/ glass fibre-reinforced, light-weight concrete, High Performance Concrete, Polymer Concrete)
  • Ceramics and Refractories
  • Bitumen and asphaltic materials
  • Timbers
  • Glass and Plastics
  • Structural Steel and other Metals

Unit 2.0: Specialized Materials

  • Paints and Varnishes
  • Acoustical material and geo-textiles
  • Rubber and asbestos
  • Laminates and adhesives
  • Graphene
  • Carbon composites and other engineering materials including properties and uses of these

Unit 3.0: Introduction to Material Testing

  • What is the "Material Engineering"?
  • Mechanical behavior and mechanical characteristics
  • Elasticity: principle and characteristics
  • Plastic deformation of metals
  • Tensile test: standards for different material (brittle, quasi-brittle, elastic and so on)
  • True stress: strain interpretation of tensile test

Unit 4.0: Advanced Material Testing

  • Hardness tests
  • Bending and torsion test
  • Strength of ceramic
  • Internal friction
  • Creep: fundaments and characteristics
  • Brittle fracture of steel: temperature transition approach
  • Background of fracture mechanics
  • Discussion of fracture toughness testing: different materials
  • Concept of fatigue of materials
  • Structural integrity assessment procedure and fracture mechanics

Unit 5.0: Standard Testing & Evaluation Procedures

  • Laboratory for mechanical testing
  • Discussion about mechanical testing
  • Naming systems for various irons, steels and nonferrous metals
  • Discussion about elastic deformation
  • Plastic deformation
  • Impact test and transition temperatures

Unit 6.0: Advanced Material Behavior

  • Fracture mechanics: background
  • Fracture toughness: different materials
  • Fatigue of material
  • Creep

Indian Knowledge System

101307
Theory Course • 6 Units
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Unit 1.0: Introduction to Indian Knowledge Systems

  • Overview of IKS
  • Organization of IKS
  • Conception and constitution of knowledge in indian tradition
  • The oral tradition
  • Models and Strategies of IKS

Unit 2.0: Overview of IKS Domains

  • The vedas as the basis of IKS
  • Overview of all the six vedangas

Unit 3.0: Relevance in Current Technical Education System I

  • Relevance of following IKS domains in present technical education system: Arthashastra (Indian economics and political systems)
  • Ganita and Jyamiti (indian mathematics, astronomy and geometry)
  • Rasayana (indian chemical Sciences)

Unit 4.0: Relevance in Current Technical Education System II

  • Ayurveda (Indian Biological Sciences / Diet & Nutrition)
  • Jyotish Vidya (observational astronomy and calendar systems)
  • Prakriti Vidya (indian system of terrestrial/ material sciences/ecology and atmospheric sciences)

Unit 5.0: Relevance in Current Technical Education System III

  • Vastu Vidya (indian system of aesthetics-iconography and built-environment /architecture)
  • Nyaya Shastra (indian systems of social ethics, logic and law)

Unit 6.0: Advanced IKS Domains

  • Shilpa and Natya Shastra (indian classical arts: performing and fine arts)
  • Sankhya and Yoga Darshna (indian psychology, yoga and consciousness studies)
  • Vrikshayurveda (plant science/sustainable agriculture/food preservation methods)

Solid Mechanics Lab

101301P
Laboratory Subject • 1 Units
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Topics Part 1

  • Tension test
  • Bending tests on simply supported beam and Cantilever beam
  • Compression test on concrete
  • Impact test
  • Shear test
  • Investigation of Hook's law that is the proportional relation between force and stretching in elastic deformation
  • Determination of torsion and deflection
  • Measurement of forces on supports in statically determinate beam
  • Determination of shear forces in beams
  • Determination of bending moments in beams
  • Measurement of deflections in statically determinate beam
  • Measurement of strain in a bar
  • Bend test steel bar
  • Yield/tensile strength of steel bar

Prescribed Experiments

  1. Tension test
  2. Bending tests on simply supported beam and Cantilever beam
  3. Compression test on concrete
  4. Impact test
  5. Shear test
  6. Investigation of Hook's law that is the proportional relation between force and stretching in elastic deformation
  7. Determination of torsion and deflection
  8. Measurement of forces on supports in statically determinate beam
  9. Determination of shear forces in beams
  10. Determination of bending moments in beams
  11. Measurement of deflections in statically determinate beam
  12. Measurement of strain in a bar
  13. Bend test steel bar
  14. Yield/tensile strength of steel bar

Surveying and Geomatics Lab

101304P
Laboratory Subject • 3 Units
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Topics Part 1

  • EXPERIMENT NO. 1: Problem I: Measurement of distance by ranging and chaining Problem II: Determination of the area - Closed Traverse Problem III: Distance between two points across a sloping ground
  • Problem I: Measurement of distance by ranging and chaining
  • Problem II: Determination of the area - Closed Traverse
  • Problem III: Distance between two points across a sloping ground
  • EXPERIMENT NO. 2: Problem I: Compass Survey: Distance between two inaccessible points Problem II: Compass Survey: Closed traverse
  • Problem I: Compass Survey: Distance between two inaccessible points
  • Problem II: Compass Survey: Closed traverse
  • EXPERIMENT NO. 3: Plane Table Survey I: Radiation method and intersection method
  • EXPERIMENT NO. 4: Plane Table Survey II: Two-point and three-point problems
  • EXPERIMENT NO. 5: Plane Table Survey III: Traversing
  • EXPERIMENT NO. 6: Levelling I: Differential levelling
  • EXPERIMENT NO. 7: Levelling II: Longitudinal and cross-sectioning levelling
  • EXPERIMENT NO. 8: Contouring
  • EXPERIMENT NO. 9: Theodolite Traversing: Measurements of horizontal angles by repetition method
  • EXPERIMENT NO. 10: Theodolite Traversing: Determination of elevation of an object
  • EXPERIMENT NO. 11: Tachometry: Determination of heights and distances by Tangential Tachcometry
  • EXPERIMENT NO. 12: Total Station: Determination of distance and difference in elevation between two inaccessible points

Topics Part 2

  • Problem I: Measurement of distance by ranging and chaining
  • Problem II: Determination of the area - Closed Traverse
  • Problem III: Distance between two points across a sloping ground

Topics Part 3

  • Problem I: Compass Survey: Distance between two inaccessible points
  • Problem II: Compass Survey: Closed traverse

Prescribed Experiments

  1. EXPERIMENT NO. 1: Problem I: Measurement of distance by ranging and chaining Problem II: Determination of the area - Closed Traverse Problem III: Distance between two points across a sloping ground
  2. Problem I: Measurement of distance by ranging and chaining
  3. Problem II: Determination of the area - Closed Traverse
  4. Problem III: Distance between two points across a sloping ground
  5. EXPERIMENT NO. 2: Problem I: Compass Survey: Distance between two inaccessible points Problem II: Compass Survey: Closed traverse
  6. Problem I: Compass Survey: Distance between two inaccessible points
  7. Problem II: Compass Survey: Closed traverse
  8. EXPERIMENT NO. 3: Plane Table Survey I: Radiation method and intersection method
  9. EXPERIMENT NO. 4: Plane Table Survey II: Two-point and three-point problems
  10. EXPERIMENT NO. 5: Plane Table Survey III: Traversing
  11. EXPERIMENT NO. 6: Levelling I: Differential levelling
  12. EXPERIMENT NO. 7: Levelling II: Longitudinal and cross-sectioning levelling
  13. EXPERIMENT NO. 8: Contouring
  14. EXPERIMENT NO. 9: Theodolite Traversing: Measurements of horizontal angles by repetition method
  15. EXPERIMENT NO. 10: Theodolite Traversing: Determination of elevation of an object
  16. EXPERIMENT NO. 11: Tachometry: Determination of heights and distances by Tangential Tachcometry
  17. EXPERIMENT NO. 12: Total Station: Determination of distance and difference in elevation between two inaccessible points

Fluid Mechanics Lab

101305P
Laboratory Subject • 1 Units
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Topics Part 1

  • Measurement of viscosity
  • Study of Pressure Measuring Devices
  • Stability of Floating Body
  • Hydrostatics Force on Flat Surfaces/Curved Surfaces
  • Verification of Bernoulli's Theorem
  • Venturimeter
  • Orifice meter
  • Impacts of jets
  • Flow Visualisation - Ideal Flow
  • Length of establishment of flow
  • Velocity distribution in pipes
  • Laminar Flow

Prescribed Experiments

  1. Measurement of viscosity
  2. Study of Pressure Measuring Devices
  3. Stability of Floating Body
  4. Hydrostatics Force on Flat Surfaces/Curved Surfaces
  5. Verification of Bernoulli's Theorem
  6. Venturimeter
  7. Orifice meter
  8. Impacts of jets
  9. Flow Visualisation - Ideal Flow
  10. Length of establishment of flow
  11. Velocity distribution in pipes
  12. Laminar Flow

Materials Testing & Evaluation Lab

101306P
Laboratory Subject • 1 Units
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Topics Part 1

  • Gradation of coarse and fine aggregates
  • Different corresponding tests and need/application of these tests in design and quality control
  • Tensile Strength of materials & concrete composites
  • Compressive strength test on aggregates
  • Tension I - Elastic Behaviour of metals & materials
  • Tension II - Failure of Common Materials
  • Concrete I - Early Age Properties
  • Concrete II - Compression and Indirect Tension
  • Compression – Directionality
  • Consolidation and Strength Tests
  • Tension III - Heat Treatment
  • Torsion test
  • Hardness tests (Brimel's and Rockwell)
  • Tests on closely coiled and open coiled springs
  • Theories of Failure and Corroboration with Experiments
  • Concrete Mix Design as per BIS

Prescribed Experiments

  1. Gradation of coarse and fine aggregates
  2. Different corresponding tests and need/application of these tests in design and quality control
  3. Tensile Strength of materials & concrete composites
  4. Compressive strength test on aggregates
  5. Tension I - Elastic Behaviour of metals & materials
  6. Tension II - Failure of Common Materials
  7. Concrete I - Early Age Properties
  8. Concrete II - Compression and Indirect Tension
  9. Compression – Directionality
  10. Consolidation and Strength Tests
  11. Tension III - Heat Treatment
  12. Torsion test
  13. Hardness tests (Brimel's and Rockwell)
  14. Tests on closely coiled and open coiled springs
  15. Theories of Failure and Corroboration with Experiments
  16. Concrete Mix Design as per BIS

Internship – I

101308
Laboratory Subject • Course Details
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