Académique Documents
Professionnel Documents
Culture Documents
Module 1:
HIGHWAY MATERIALS
Soil stabilization types, source, functions, requirements, properties, tests and specifications for use in various
components of road, Soil compaction for use in fill and subgrade of roads.
Soil stabilization principle, methods and tests, proportioning of materials and mix design, application of
Rotchfutch method. Marginal and waste materials in road construction, properties and scope in road construction.
Bituminous Material (properties of the material) and marshall mix design (both wet and dry),
Useage of Geosythentics and Geotextiles in construction of highways
--08 hours
Module 2:
HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE
Components of road and pavement structure functions, requirements and sequence of construction operations. Plants
and equipment for production of materials, Road construction equipment, Pre-construction surveys and marking on
ground, Different types of granular base course, Different types of sub-base, Road maintenance works and quality
control tests as per MORTH specification.
RURAL ROADS
Problems associated with planning, design and construction of rural roads low volume rural roads in India. Principle,
scope and construction method of various soil stabilization techniques in rural roads. Properties. Design,
construction, and maintenance aspects, by resorting to appropriate technology.
--10 hours
Module 4
ROAD SAFETY AND MANAGEMENT
Road accidents, causes, scientific investigations and data collection. Road safety issues and various measures for
road safety. Engineering, education and enforcement measures for improving road safety. Short term and long term
measures. Traffic management techniques. Evaluation of the effectiveness and benefits of different traffic
management measures, management and safety practices during road works. Economic evaluation of roads.
Traffic studies- Trip distribution, generation assignment and model split (Statistical analysis). Design of the traffic
signals at urban intersections. Level of service at intersections. Design of parking in urban areas and problems
Concepts, components, working of GIS, data capture, data integration, data structures. Coordinate systems and map
projections, Registration. GIS analysis and tasks Input, manipulation, management, query and analysis,
visualization, proximity analysis, overlay analysis, GIS and Remote sensing data integration. Overview of image
processing softwares and GIS softwares, Introduction to GPS and its application (includes the recent softwares used
in the highway engineering)
--12 hours
References:
1. MoRTH Specifications for Roads and Bridges Works- Indian Roads Congress.
2. IS 73, revised 2006, IS 2720, IS 2386, IS 1201 to 1220, IS 8887- 1995, IS 217- 1986.
3. IRC -37, IRC -58 , IRC: 42-1994, IRC:15-2002, IRC SP :11-1988, , 55-2001, 57-2001,58-2001, IRC 19-1977, 27-
1967, 29-1988, 34-1970, 36- 1970,48-1972,61-1976, 63-1976, 68-1976, 81-1997,82-1982, 84-1983,93-1985, 94-
1986, 95-1987, 98-1997, 105-1988
4. Peurifoy, R.L., and Clifford,JS Construction Planning Equipment and Method- McGraw Hill Book Co. Inc.
5. Freddy L Roberts, Prithvi S Kandhal et al, Hot Mix Asphalt Materials, mixture design and construction-
(2nd Edition), National Asphalt Pavement Association Research and Education Foundation, Maryland, USA
6. Leonards G. A. Foundation engineering - McGraw Hill Book Company, New York, 1962
7. G. Kassiff M. Livnet. G. Wisemen Pavements on Expansive clays Jerusalem Academy Press, Jerusalem.
Israel, 1969
8. HMSO, Soil Mechanics for Road Engineers, Her Majestys Stationary Office, London
10. Jotin Khisty, B Kent Lall Transportation Engineering PHI, 3rd edition, 2003
11. Hass R., Hudson. W. R., Zaniewisti .J. Modern Pavement Management Krieger Publishing Company,
Florida, 1994.
12. David and Paul Croney, Design and performance of road pavements- third edition, Mc Graw hill, 1998.
14PHDCV002: STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
Module 1
Concrete as construction material, mix design of light weight concrete, Ferro cement, cracking
moment and design of Ferro cement elements under tension, Fibre reinforced concrete,
polymers in concrete, RPC,SCC,FRSCC and whisper concrete. High density and high strength
concrete.
--8 hrs
Module 2
Prestressed concrete, ultimate strength in flexure, shear, torsion and combined loading,
deflections and crack widths. Continuous beams and portal frames.
--12 hrs
Module 3
Analysis of stresses, analysis of strain, stress-strain relations, extension, torsion and flexure of
beams, Principal stresses and strains, two & three dimensional elasticity problems, theory of
plasticity, yield criteria, Prandtl-Reuss Equation,
--8 hrs
Module 4
Matrix formulation in structural dynamics, lumped and consistent mass matrices, condensation
of stiffness matrices. Analysis of normal modes. Modal superposition and direct integration for
dynamic response. Transfer matrices.
--11 hrs
Module 5
Discrete and continuous structures, Force and displacement method of structural analysis,
Different types of finite elements in elasticity, beams, plates and shells. Application to dynamic
and nonlinear problems. Discussion of matrix manipulations and accuracy.
--11 hrs
References:
1. Concrete Technology - Theory and Practice, M.S.Shetty, S.Chand and Company, New Delhi
2. Properties of Concrete-Neville, A.M. : , ELBS, London
3. Reinforced concrete Design-by Pallai and Menon, TMH Education Private Limited
4. Reinforced Concrete Structures, Volume 1, Dr. B. C. Punmia, Ashok Kr. Jain, Arun Kr. Jain,
5. Pre-stressed Concrete- N. Krishna Raju - Tata Mc. Graw Publishers
6. Pre-stressed Concrete- P. Dayarathnam : Oxford and IBH Publishing Co.
7. Design of pre-stressed concrete structures- T.Y. Lin and Ned H. Burns - John Wiley & Sons, New
York.
8. Structural Dynamics of Earthquake Engineering, S Rajashekharan, CRC Press
9. Structural Dynamics: Theory and Computation, By Mario Paz, William E. Leigh, Kluver Academic
Publishers
10. Structural Dynamics- Clough & Penzen : TMH.
11. Theory of Elasticity - International Students-Timoshenko. S.P. and Goodier. J.N. - Edition, McGraw
Hill Book Co. Inc., New Delhi.
12. Advanced Mechanics of Solids- Srinath.L.S. : Tata McGraw Hill Publications Co.Ltd., New Delhi.
13. Finite Element Analysis for Engineering and Technology- Chadrupatla, Tirupathi R., University
Press, India
14. The Finite Element Method- Zienkeiwicz. O.C. - Tata McGraw Hill Co. Ltd., New Delhi.
14PHDCV003: Hydraulics & Water resources Engineering
Module-I: ADVANCED HYDRAULICS
Mechanics of Ideal Fluid Flow: Concept of stress Tensor, System and control volume; Laws of
conservation of mass, linear momentum and energy by integral and differential analysis
Principles of rotational flow, vorticity and Circulation Velocity potential, Stream function;
boundary conditions elementary pattern of 2-dimentional flows: Uniform flow, Source
sink, Vortex; combinations of elementary patterns Doublet, Flow past Half body
Mechanics of Real Fluid Flow: Difference between ideal and real fluid flows, Navier-stokes
equation and their general properties, Introduction to boundary layer concept, boundary layer
thickness.
12 hours
Module-II: CLOSED CONDUIT FLOW
Pipes Hydraulic of pressure flow, Steady state Darcys equation. Pipe networks - Analysis and
design using Hardy-cross method. Stability of laminar flows and transition, turbulence origin
of turbulence
Concepts of unsteady flow - Basic differential equations of unsteady flow in closed conduits
Solutions by method of characteristics Algebraic and graphical water hammer. Methods for
controlling transients in closed conduits
10 hours.
Module-III: FLUVIAL HYDRAULICS
Sediment transport incipient motion, simple formulae for bed, suspended and total load; Lanes
Balance theory, Measurement of sediment load; Design of stable channels. Reservoir
Sedimentation: Calculation of erosion and sediment yield, reservoir life, sediment control
07 hours.
Module- IV: STOCHASTIC PROCESS & WATER SHED MANAGEMENT
Stochastic Modelling: Time series, Stochastic analysis- components, trend analysis, periodicity
and its modeling, Random Variables random number generation, autoregressive and moving
average models, periodic models; Rainfall Analysis-Rainfall frequencies, PMP, PMF
Soil and Water Issues related to plant life, Soil erosion problem, types; Hill slope processes,
forest and land use, hill slope conservation; Soil conservation, control measures in agricultural
and non- agricultural land. Water-conservation and rain water-Harvesting; Watershed
Management - objectives and priorities, use of Remote sensing and GIS in water shed
management
12 hours.
Modules-V: GROUND WATER HYDROLOGY
Storage and conduit function of rocks, zones of aeration & saturation. Well hydraulics
confined, unconfined, leaky aquifers Aquifer properties, parameters. Pumping test for yield
determination, well design and pumping, utilization and depletion. GW recharge and legislation,
artificial recharge, ground water assessment, resources in India and Karnataka
- 09 hours
References:
1. Chow, Ven. T, Handbook of Hydrology, McGraw Hill, 1988
3. Fox and McDonald, Introduction to fluid Mechanics, John Wiley, 8th Edition, 2011
9. Todd, D.K. Ground water Hydrology John Wiley, 3rd edition 1980
10. Walter Hans Graf Hydraulics of Sediment Transport by Water resources publications,
McGraw-Hill, 1971
14PHDCV004: Geotechnical Engineering
Module-I:
Basics of Soil Mechanics
Origin of soils, soil classification, three-phase system, fundamental definitions, relationship and
interrelationships, permeability & seepage, effective stress principle, Stability of slopes by various
approaches, Compaction of soils: , methods of compaction (static, kneading, impact and
vibration). IS light and heavy compaction tests. . Factors affecting compaction.Field
compaction equipment and their suitability.Control of field compaction. Consolidation of
soils,Terzaghis theory of one dimension consolidation with final solution form Coefficient of
consolidation and factors affecting it. Degree and rate of consolidation. Approximate theoretical
relation between degree of consolidation and time factor, consolidation test as per latest relevant
IS code. Shear strength of soils
10 hours.
Module-II:
Analysis and design of Foundations:Shallow Foundation: proportioning and
design of strip, spread, rectangular, trapezoidal, combined footings, raft
foundation& pile and raft foundation, modulus of subgrade reaction.
Deep foundation: classifications, load carrying capacity, static method for driven
piles in sand and clay, negative skin friction, dynamic formulae, pile group, group
efficiency, under reamed piles, pile load test (static, dynamic), Pile integrity test,
concept of batter piles.Drilled pier, Caissons, well foundation
12 hours.
Module-III:
Earth retaining structures:
Introduction, Active and passive earth pressures, earth pressure at rest. Rankines
theory for the determination of active and passive earth pressure, coefficient of earth pressure,
earth pressure distribution, total earth pressure and its point of application, , Coulombs theory
of Active and Passive earth pressure, Culmans and Rebhanns graphical methods Stability of
slopes, Factor of safety, slope, toe and base failure of finite slopes, Analysis of stability of slopes
by method of slices, Taylors stability number. nEffective, neutral and total stresses in
homogeneous soils -
10 hours.
Module- IV:
Reinforced soil structures and geotextiles:
Modules-V:
Soil Dynamics
Single degree, Two degree and Multi degree of freedom system, Free and forced vibration,
Transient response, Resonance and its effects, wave propagation theory and application
to dynamic problems. Dynamic soil properties General, laboratory and field methods,
factors affecting different properties, vibration inducing and measuring instruments. Shear
strength and Liquefaction of soils Stress Strain and Strength characteristics of soils under
dynamic loads, factors affecting, Resonance column test, Triaxial tests under dynamic loads,
Liquefaction of soils and factors influencing liquefaction, Dynamic earth pressure, retaining
wall problems under dynamic loads. General principles of Machine foundation design
Introduction, Design criterion, types and requirements of Machine foundation.
-08hours
References:
References:
1. Soil mechanics and foundations by B.C. Punmia, Laxmi publications Ltd. New Delhi.
2. Soil mechanics in engineering practice by Terzhaghi and Peck
3. Bowles. J. E. Foundation Analysis and Design, 5th edition, The McGraw-Hill
Companies, Inc, New York, 1996.
4. Koerner, R.H. Designing with geosythetics, Prentice Hall Inc, 1994.
5. Jones, C.J.E.P. Reinforcement and soil structures, Butterworth Publications, 1996.
6. Jewel, R.A. Soil reinforcement with geotextiles, CIRIA, 1996.
7. Ingold, J.S. and Miller, K.S., Geotextiles hand book, Thomas Telford Ltd, 1988
8. Swami Saran Soil dynamics and Machine foundation Golgotia (1999)
9. Kramer, S.L. (1996), Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Prentice Hall, New
York
Current literature
Module-II:
Module-III:
Module-IV:
SMART MATERIALS: Introduction to Composite and smart materials, classifications and applications,
Anisotropic elasticity, thermo mechanical properties, micro mechanical analysis, characterization tests.
Classical composite lamination theory. Lamina failure theories, Actuators and sensors, Introductions to
control systems: Open loop and close loop transfer functions stability criteria deflection control of
beam like structures using piezoelectric sensors and actuators shape memory alloys.
-08 Hours
Module-V:
References:
1. P. Kumar Mehta Concrete Structure, Properties and Materials, PH, New Jersy, USA 1983.
2. A.M. Neville - Properties of Concrete - Longmans, 4th Edition, 1995
3. IS 10262 Code of Practice for Concrete Mix Design.
4. N. Logothetis, Managing for Total Quality, Prentice Hall.
5. David Gold Smith, Safety Management in Construction and Industry
6. Courtland A. Collier and William B. Ledbetter, Engineering Economics and Cost Analysis, Harper
& Row.
7. Van Horne J. C, Fundamentals of Financial Management
8. Sidney, M. Johnson Deterioration, Maintenance and Repair of Structures.
9. R.T.Allen and S.C. Edwards, Repair of Concrete Structures-Blakie and Sons.
10. Ranganathan, R. "Reliability analysis and Design of Structures 'THM 1990.
11. Augustic Barrata and Casciati "Probabilistic methods in structural engineering" Chapman and Hall -
1986.
12. Mechanics of Composite Materials and Structures by M. Mukhopadhya- Universities Press 2009.
13. Bhagwan D Agarvalm, and Lawrence J Brutman, Analysis and Performance of Fiber
Composites-
John Willy and Sons.
14. Hass A.M. Precast Concrete Design and applications Applied Science, 1983.
15. David Shepperd Plant cast, Precast and Prestressed concrete Mcgraw Hill; 1989.
14PHDCV006: Environmental Engineering and Management
Module - I
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT- Global energy, Environmental resources, Energy consumption, needs and crisis.
Energy production, utilization, Laws and Principles, Renewable sources & Non renewable sources of energy,
Concerns about change in global temperature, Regional impacts of temperature change. ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT ASSESSMENT-Developmental Activity and Ecological factors. EIA, EIS, FONSI, Base line
information, Frame work of Impact Assessment, development projects in environmental setting. Objective,
limitations, methodologies & techniques of EIA. Assessment and Prediction of impacts, Public participation
system, Environmental parameter Activity relationships matrices. EIA for various projects. 08 Hrs
Module - II
ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
Concept of Carrying capacity, Carrying capacity based regional planning, Engineering Methodology in Planning
and its Limitations, Environmental Protection, Engineering Economics, Cleaner Technologies and their roles in
Environmental Protection. TQM in Environmental Management and Protection ISO 14000 Series of Standards.
Environmental Audit.
TRANSPORT PROCESS AND MODELING IN AQUATIC SYSTEMS
Models as Comprehensive tools in Environmental Management Diffusion and dispersion Molecular turbulent and
shear diffusion, Ficks laws of diffusion and convective diffusion equations flow regimes. Water quality
modeling. Models for decaying pollutants in rivers. Streeter- phelps equation, Data collection. Estimation of
parameters. Calibration and verification of 1-D Oxygen model. Error measures. Mixing Zones in rivers. Parameter
estimation, Mixing coefficient. Dissolved Oxygen models for lakes , Ocean disposal of wastewater. Ground water
quality modeling concepts, Non point sources of pollution, Field data gathering and parameter estimation.
Ecosystem model. 12 Hrs
Module - III
WASTEWATER TREATMENT ENGINEERING
Determination of kinetic coefficients. Fundamentals of process analysis, Mass balance analysis, Reactors and their
hydraulic characteristics, Reaction Kinetics & Reactor selection, . Physical, Chemical & Biological treatment of
wastewater, Treatment & disposal of sludge, Advanced wastewater treatment process, Waste treatability studies.
INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT
Effects of Industrial Wastes, Effluent standards and stream standards.. Industrial Waste survey. Material balance,
Sampling, Biomonitoring. Pretreatment of Industrial Wastewater- Wastewater Treatment in industries, Ultimate
disposal of Industrial Wastewater, effects of waste additions on physical and chemical properties of soil, Design of
complete treatment system, Environmental Auditing, Financial and Managerial opportunities. 10 Hrs
Module - IV
ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION AND CONTROL
Different Classification of air pollution sources, Characterization and sampling of atmospheric pollutants,
Analytical methods, Effects of Air Pollutants, Smog, National ambient Air quality standards, criteria and indices,
Air Pollution laws. Meteorology, General Characteristics of stack emission, plume behavior, Heat island effect, Air
Quality Modeling: Particulates: Collection mechanism and efficiency, Particulate Pollution Control equipment,
General Control of gases and vapours. Noise pollution.
ENVIRONMENTAL GEO-TECHNIQUES
Source, Production and Classification of Wastes; Soil Pollution Processes Physical-chemical and Biological
Interaction in Soil, Effects on geotechnical Properties, Waste Disposal Facilities, Barrier systems-Basic concepts,
design and construction, stability, compatibility and performance; contaminant Transformations and Transport in
subsurface, Reuse of waste Materials, Contaminated site remediation. 12 Hrs
Module - V
REMOTE SENSING & GIS IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Remote sensing in Environmental Engineering Basics of Remote sensing Techniques Data Acquisition and
Interpretation Visual and digital interpretation Application of remote sensing techniques to management of
Water resources. Monitoring of quality of environment, land use pattern studies. GIS Concepts and spatial
Methods. GIS, Data acquisition, Data processing, storage and retrieval, Computer Fundamentals of GIS and data
storage character files and binary files, file origination liked list, chains trees. GIS and Remote sensing data
integration techniques in spatial Decision support system, land suitability, New work analysis virtual GIS. GIS in
solid waste transport, re-modelling of distribution systems and Ground water, Vulnerabilty. 8 Hrs
REFERENCES:
1. Rao and Parulekar B.B., (1977), Energy TechnologyNon-conventional, Renewable and Conventional,
2nd Edition, Khanna Publishers.
2. Wilber, L.C., (1989), Handbook of Energy Systems Engineering, Wiley and Sons.
3. Nemerow N.N., (1971) Liquid Waste of industry theories, Practices and Treatment. Addison Willey
New York.
4. Ross R.D. (1968) Industrial Waste Disposal, Reinhold Environmental Series New York.
5. Mahajan (1984) Pollution control in Process industries. TMH, New Delhi.
6. Eckenfelder(2000)- Industrial Water pollution Control- McGraw hill Company, New Delhi American
Chemical Society, Washington D.C. USA
7. Jacobson. Z. A.(1999), Fundamental of Atmospheric modeling, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
8. Krogstad and Jacobsen, Dispersion of heavy gases, in encyclopedia of environmental control technologies,
edited by Cheremioinoff, Volume-2, Rulf publishing company, Houston.
9. Crawford Martin, Air pollution control theory, Tata McGraw- Hill publishing company Ltd. New Delhi,
1980.
10. Wark K., Warner C.F., and Davis. W.T., Air Pollution,(1998) its origin and control, Third Edition,
Harper and Row Publication.
11. Environment Impact Assessment Larry W. Canter McGraw Hill Publication.
12. Water and Wastewater Engineering Vol-II :- Fair, Geyer and Okun : John Willey Publishers, New York.
13. Waste Water Treatment, Disposal and Reuse : Metcalf and Eddy inc : Tata McGraw Hill Publications.
14. Thoman R. V. Systems Approach to water quality management McGraw Hill 1980. 3. Biswas A. K.
Models for water quality management McGraw Hill 1980.
15. Rinaldi S. D.and Soncini, R- Modelling and Control of river water quality McGraw Hill 1979.
16. Thomann and Mueller 1986., Principles of water quality management and control Harper and Row pubs.
17. Perkins Air Pollution
18. Kenneth Wark and Cecil F Warner Air Pollution its origin and control, Harper and Row, Publishers,
New York.
19. Odum Fundamentals of Ecology Addition Co.
20. Canter L Environmental Impact Assessment McGraw Hill 1977.
21. Mall C.A.S. and Day J.W Ecosystem modeling in theory and practice: An introduction with case NI
stories John Willey.
22. Heer and Hagerty, Environmental Impact Assessment and statements. Van Nostrand and Reinhold Co.
1977.
23. Pater A Burraugh Rachal A Mc Donnas Principle of GIS (Oxford)
24. Christopher Jones GIS and Computer Cartography
GEOLOGY
Module - I
MINERALOGY:Description and identification of Rock forming minerals and Ores, based
onphysical and special properties
PETROLOGY:
Rocks as fundamental units and building materials of the earth crust and theirengineering
applications: As building stones, road metals and stones fordecoration, pavement, cladding,
roofing, flooring, concreting and foundationengineering.
Igneous rocks: Origin, classification (chemical and textural), mode of occurrence
Sedimentary rocks: Origin, classification, primary structures
Metamorphic rocks: Kinds of metamorphism, and classification
- 10 Hours
Module - II
ROCK MECHANICS:
Epigene and Hypgene geological agents; rock weathering and its types; Soil formation, types,
erosion and remedial measures Geological action of rivers with different drainage patterns;
Geological action of wind.
Stress, strain and deformational effects on different rocks; Out crop, Dip,strike and escarpment,
Clinometer-compass- Joints, faults, folds andunconformities their effects on civil engineering
structures. 10 Hours
Module III
Principles of Remote Sensing: Introduction to remote sensing, Remote sensing system,
Electromagnetic spectrum, Black body Atmospheric windows, Spectral characteristics of earths
surface, Range of sensing system.
Platforms, Sensors and Data Products: Ground aircraft, space aircraft platforms- photographic
sensors, scanners, radiometers, Radar and Mission planning. Data types and format, Scale and
LegendPhotogrammetry: Photogrammetry basics applications, applications of aerial photo
interpretation to Water Resource Engineering.
Photogrammetry and GIS:input of data from photogrammetry for GIS database,
photogrammetric applications in GIS -12 Hours
Module IV
Geographic Information System: Introduction, history if GIS, comparisons with CAD,
Necessity of GIS, components of GIS, GIS Architecture-data input, data manipulation, data
output, Operation-processes and capabilities, different types of GIS, GIS data-spatial and non
spatial, data models with advantages and disadvantages. Types of Analysis and errors, Global
positinating system GIS -10 Hours
Module V
Hyper-spectral Remote Sensing: Hyper-spectral Imaging: Hyper spectral concepts, data
collection systems, calibration techniques, data processing techniques; preprocessing, N-
dimensional scatter-plots, Special angle mapping, Spectral mixture analysis, Spectral Matching,
Classification techniques, airborne and space-borne hyperspectral sensors, applications. High
resolution hyper-spectral satellite systems: Sensors, orbit characteristics, description of satellite
systems, data processing aspects, applications. - 08 Hours
REFERENCE BOOKS:
Reference Books:
1. Mikhail E., J. Bethel, and J.C. McGlone, Introduction to modernphotogrammetry. Wiley,
2001.
2. Wolf P.R, and B.A. Dewitt, Elements of photogrammetry : withapplications in GIS. 3rd
ed, McGraw-Hill, 2000.
3. Lillesand T.M., and R.W. Kiefer, Remote sensing and imageinterpretation. 4th ed, John
Wiley & Sons, 2000.
4. Jensen J.R., Introductory digital image processing: a remote sensingperspective. 2nd ed
Prentice Hall, 1996.
5. Richards J.A., and X. Jia, Remote sensing digital image analysis: anintroduction. 3rd ed
Springer, 1999.
6. Mather P.M., Computer processing of remotely-sensed images: anintroduction.
Wiley,1988.
14PHDGE003 ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AND GEOLOGICAL
MANAGEMENT
Module - I
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT- Global energy, Environmental resources, Energy
consumption, needs and crisis.Energy production, utilization, Laws and Principles, Renewable
sources &Non renewable sources of energy,Concerns about change in global temperature,
Regional impacts of temperature change. ENVIRONMENTALIMPACT ASSESSMENT-
Developmental Activity and Ecological factors. EIA, EIS, FONSI, Base lineinformation, Frame
work of Impact Assessment, development projects in environmental setting.
Objective,limitations, methodologies & techniques of EIA. Assessment and Prediction of
impacts, Public participationsystem, Environmental parameter Activity relationships
matrices. EIA for various projects.
-08 Hrs
Module - II
ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
Concept of Carrying capacity, Carrying capacity based regional planning, Engineering
Methodology in Planningand its Limitations, Environmental Protection, Engineering Economics,
Cleaner Technologies and their roles inEnvironmental Protection. TQM in Environmental
Management and Protection ISO 14000 Series of Standards.
TRANSPORT PROCESS AND MODELING IN AQUATIC SYSTEMS
Models as Comprehensive tools in Environmental Management Diffusion and dispersion
Molecular turbulent andshear diffusion, Ficks laws of diffusion and convective diffusion
equations flow regimes. Water quality
modeling. Models for decaying pollutants in rivers. Streeter- phelps equation, Data collection.
Estimation of
parameters. Calibration and verification of 1-D Oxygen model. Error measures. Mixing Zones in
rivers. Parameterestimation, Mixing coefficient. Dissolved Oxygen models for lakes , Ocean
disposal of wastewater. Ground waterquality modeling concepts, Non point sources of pollution,
Field data gathering and parameter estimation.Ecosystem model.
-12 Hrs
Module - III
WASTEWATER TREATMENT ENGINEERING
Determination of kinetic coefficients. Fundamentals of process analysis, Mass balance analysis,
Reactors and theirhydraulic characteristics, Reaction Kinetics & Reactor selection, . Physical,
Chemical & Biological treatment ofwastewater, Treatment & disposal of sludge, Advanced
wastewater treatment process, Waste treatability studies.
INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT
Effects of Industrial Wastes, Effluent standards and stream standards.. Industrial Waste survey.
Material balance,Sampling, Biomonitoring. Pretreatment of Industrial Wastewater- Wastewater
Treatment in industries, Ultimatedisposal of Industrial Wastewater, effects of waste additions on
physical and chemical properties of soil, Design ofcomplete treatment system, Environmental
Auditing, Financial and Managerial opportunities.-
1
0 Hrs
Module - IV
ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION AND CONTROL
Different Classification of air pollution sources, Characterization and sampling of atmospheric
pollutants,
Analytical methods, Effects of Air Pollutants, Smog, National ambient Air quality standards,
criteria and indices,Air Pollution laws. Meteorology, General Characteristics of stack emission,
plume behavior, Heat island effect, AirQuality Modeling: Particulates: Collection mechanism
and efficiency, Particulate Pollution Control equipment,General Control of gases and vapours.
Noise pollution.
ENVIRONMENTAL GEO-TECHNIQUES
Source, Production and Classification of Wastes; Soil Pollution Processes Physical-chemical and
Biological
Interaction in Soil, Effects on geotechnical Properties, Waste Disposal Facilities, Barrier
systems-Basic concepts,design and construction, stability, compatibility and performance;
contaminant Transformations and Transport insubsurface, Reuse of waste Materials,
Contaminated site remediation. -12 Hrs
Module - V
REMOTE SENSING & GIS IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Remote sensing in Environmental Engineering Basics of Remote sensing Techniques Data
Acquisition and
Interpretation Visual and digital interpretation Application of remote sensing techniques to
management of
Water resources. Monitoring of quality of environment, land use pattern studies. GIS Concepts
and spatial
Methods. GIS, Data acquisition, Data processing, storage and retrieval, Computer Fundamentals
of GIS and datastorage character files and binary files, file origination liked list, chains trees.
GIS and Remote sensing data
integration techniques in spatial Decision support system, land suitability, New work analysis
virtual GIS. GIS insolid waste transport, re-modelling of distribution systems and Ground water,
Vulnerabilty. - 8 Hrs
REFERENCES:
2. Wilber, L.C., (1989), Handbook of Energy Systems Engineering, Wiley and Sons.
3. Nemerow N.N., (1971) Liquid Waste of industry theories, Practices and Treatment.
Addison Willey
New York.
4. Ross R.D. (1968) Industrial Waste Disposal, Reinhold Environmental Series New York.
6. Eckenfelder(2000)- Industrial Water pollution Control- McGraw hill Company, New Delhi
American
Chemical Society, Washington D.C. USA
Module II
Epigene and Hypgene geological agents :Rock weathering and its types; Soilformation, types,
erosion and remedial measures.Earthquakes- seismic waves, seismograph, causes, effects,
seismic zones,resisting structures. Coastal zones, coastallandforms, continental shelf, continental
rise, continental slope, abyssal plain,mid-oceanic ridges, tsunamis. Land slides; causes, effects
andremedial measures 12 hours
Module III
Module IV
Module V
References :
Module - II
Passive Microwave Remote Sensing: Basics physics of RADAR waves, spectral
characteristics of RADAR waves, microwave radiometers, passive microwave scanners and
sensors, applications in atmosphere, ocean and land.
Precision Remote Sensing: Introduction, Spatial, Spectral, Temporal precision and their
requirement. -10 Hours
Module - III
Active Microwave Remote Sensing: RADAR- definition and development, Radar Systems
airborne and space borne SLRs and their components, imaging systems, typical images, radar
wavelengths, scattering theory, RADAR equation, Depression angle, slant range and ground
range images, spatial resolution and theoretical limits, azimuth resolution, real aperture and
synthetic aperture RADAR systems, geometric characteristics of radar imagery and transmission
characteristics of radar signals, SLR stereoscopy and RADARgrammetry, RADAR return and
image significance, coherence, phase unwrapping, polarization, image registration, baseline
determination, measurement of surface topography and deformation analysis, satellite radar
systems and images, image processing, RADAR image interpretation. SAR interferometry-
principle, image processing, differential SAR interferometry, factors affecting SAR
interferometry, Applications of RADAR soil response, vegetation response, water and ice
response, urban area response. -10 Hours
Module - IV
LIDAR Remote Sensing: AltimetricLiDAR: Physics of laser, spectral characteristics of laser,
laser interaction with objects, Airborne AltimetricLiDAR: principle, Multiple return,
Components of LiDAR system, INS technology, INS-GPS integration, measurement of laser
range, calibration, flight planning, laser range to xyz coordinates, accuracy of various
components of LiDAR, error analysis of data and error removal, raw data of DEM processing,
filtering of data uses of return strength/waveform, data classification techniques, LiDAR data
integration with spectral data, LiDAR Applications.
-10 Hours
Module - V
Hyper-spectral Remote Sensing: Hyper-spectral Imaging: Hyper spectral concepts, data
collection systems, calibration techniques, data processing techniques; preprocessing, N-
dimensional scatter-plots, Special angle mapping, Spectral mixture analysis, Spectral Matching,
Classification techniques, airborne and space-borne hyperspectral sensors, applications. High
resolution hyper-spectral satellite systems: Sensors, orbit characteristics, description of satellite
systems, data processing aspects, applications. -10 Hours
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Fawaz T Ulaby, Richard K Moore and Adrian K Fung, Microwave Remote Sensing active
and passive, Vol. 1, 2 and 3 Addison Wesly Publication company 1981, 1982, and 1986.
3. Robert M Haralick and Simmonet, Image processing for remote sensing 1983.
5. Travett J W Imaging Radar for Resources surveys, Chapman andHall, London 1986.
6. Remote sensing and Image Interpretation by Thomas M Lillesand and Ralph W. Keifer
fourth Edition, 2002, 2003, John Wiley and Sons Inc.
8. Remote Sensing Principles and Interpretation by Floyd F Sabins, 1997, W H Freeman And
Company
14PHDGE006 GROUNDWATER HYDROLOGY
INTRODUCTION: Occurrence and Importance of Groundwater, storage, zones of aeration and saturation.
Module -II
GROUNDWATER FLOW: Equitation of groundwater flow in aquifers, derivation of differential
equitations
WELL HYDRAULICS: Steady radial flow, confined, unconfined andleaky aquifers, Analysis of steady
radial
Module - III
HYDROGEOLOGY: Different methods of Geophysical surveys, Vertical electrical sounding, seismic
and gravity method, Determination of water bearing zones and aquifer thickness, Analysis of Resistivity
curves.
-10 Hours
Module - IV
Module - V
GROUNDWATER POLLUTION: Agricultural practices, Solid and Liquid wastes of industries in urban
areas,
REFERENCE BOOKS