JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD
II Year B.Tech. P.E.. I Sem L T/P/D C
4 -/-/- 4
PRINCIPLES OF CIVIL & STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING

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Objective: The objective of this course is to give a very primitive but general information finding vide application in day to day life with emphasis upon the principles and fundamentals involved in Surveying and Structural Engineering (especially offshore structures).

UNIT - I

Distance and Direction: Objectives, Principles and classifications. Of Surveying, chain, tape, Electronic distance measurements, Meriadians Azimuths and Barings, declination, computation of angle.
THEODOLITE: Theodolite, description, uses and adjustments – temporary, measurement of horizontal and vertical angles. Principles of Electronic Theodolite.

UNIT - II

Leveling and Contouring: Concept and Terminology, Temporary- method of leveling.Characteristics and Uses of contours- methods of conducting contour surveys and their plotting.

UNIT - III

Introduction to Advanced Surveying: Total Station and Global positioning system
HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYING: Introduction- Shoreline Surveys- Sounding Methods.

UNIT - IV

Constituents of Concrete:
Types of cements and their composition. Tests on various properties of aggregates
Properties of fresh concrete: Mixing and batching. Workability, factors effecting workability, measurement of workability, various tests procedures. Segregation and bleeding. Vibration of concrete. Types of vibrators and their influence on composition. Analysis of fresh concrete.

UNIT - V

Properties of Hardened concrete:
Strength of concrete. Water cement ratio. Gel space ratio. Effective Water in the mix. Short terms and long properties of concrete. Test and procedure. Influence of various parameters on strength of concrete. Relationship between various mechanical strengths of concrete. Curing of concrete. Methods of curing. Maturity concept. Influence of temperature on strength of concrete. Stress-Strain curves for concrete. Durability of concrete.

TEXT BOOKS:

1. “Surveying (Vol – 1, 2 & 3), by B.C.Punmia, Ashok Kumar Jain and Arun Kumar Jain - Laxmi Publications (P) ltd., New Delhi.
2. Duggal S K, “Surveying (Vol – 1 & 2), Tata Mc.Graw Hill Publishing Co. Ltd. New Delhi, 2004.
3. Text book of surveying by C.Venkataramaiah, Unversiities Press.
4. Concrete Technology by M.S.Shetty S.Chand Publications, New Delhi.

REFERENCES:

1. Arthur R Benton and Philip J Taety, Elements of Plane Surying, McGraw Hill,2000
2. Arora K R “Surveying Vol 1, 2 & 3), Standard Book House, Delhi, 2004
3. Chandra A M, “Plane Surveying”, New age International Pvt. Ltd., Publishers, New Delhi, 2002.
4. Chandra A M, “Higher Surveying”, New age International Pvt. Ltd., Publishers, New Delhi, 2002.
5. Surveying and levelling by R. Subramanian, Oxford university press, New Delhi

Outcomes: The student would be exposed to fundamentals of civil and structural Engineering.