TCE-221Building Materials and Construction

Credits 3 (3-0-0) Prerequisite: Nil

Sl. No Lecture Topic No. of Sessions

1. Bricks and Tiles: Brick earth and its composition, functions and
harmful ingredients of brick earth, manufacture of clay bricks,
04
moulding of bricks and tiles, cutting, drying and burning of
bricks, different burning kilns.
2. Stones: Classification of rocks requirements of a good building
stones, common building stones, preservation of stones. 03
Pozzolanas: types of pozzolana and their advantages.
3. Mortars: Classification, cement lime mortar, special mortar, test
03
for mortars, precautions in the use of mortars.
4. Cement: Composition, manufacture, testing portland cement,
cement water proofers, different kinds of cement. Concrete:
05-06
lime and cement concrete, water-cement ratio, workability,
proportioning of cement concrete, reinforced cement concrete,
5. Different types of concrete admixtures, uses and advantages of
04-05
admixtures, framework, joints in concrete.
6. Timber and Plywood: Classification of trees, hard wood and soft
wood, characteristics of good timbers, defects in timber, felling
03-04
and sawing of timber, seasoning, preservation, test of timbers,
veneers, plywood, laminated boards.
7. Asbestos and A. C. Sheets: Specifications and use, commercial
02
focus, most common A. C. Sheets and uses.
8. Metallic Products: Cast iron, wrought iron, steel, mild steel,
02
properties of different metals like Al, Cu, Zn, Sn.
9. Damp Proof Course: causes of dampness, effects of dampness,
methods of damp proofing, materials used for damp proofing, 02
DPC treatment in buildings.
10. Floors and Roofs: Components of floors and roofs, materials of
construction, selection of particular flooring and roof, different 03-04
types of flooring, different types of roofs and upper floors.
11. Plastering and Pointing: terminology, types of mortar, tools for
plastering, numbers of coats, defects in plastering, pointing and 03
its types.
12. Ventilation: Functional requirements of ventilation system,
02
systems of ventilation, natural/mechanical ventilation.
Total Sessions 36-40
 TEXT BOOKS:
1. “A Treatise on Building Construction” by R.S. Deshpandey
2. “Engineering Materials” by Sushil Kumar
3. “Engineering Materials” by S.C. Rangawala
4. “Building Construction” by B.C. Punmia
5. “Building Materials” by P C Veghese

Marks Distribution
Ist Prefinal - 25% IInd Prefinal - 25%
Lab, Assignment - 10% Final - 40%

TCE-257, Geotechnical Science

Credits : 2(2-0-0) Prerequisite : Nil

Catalogue Description
Origin of Rocks, Classification of rocks, Distribution of major rock types, Physical and
engineering properties of rocks, Engineering use of rocks, Defects in rocks, Glaciers and their
engineering significance, types of dams, Geological examination of dam sites, Reservoirs,
Problem of silting and control, Geotechnical study of tunnels, bridges and culverts.

Course outline with detailed syllabus

Sl. Lecture Topics No. of
No. Sessions
1. Origin of Igneous, Sedimentary and metamorphic rocks. Texture, 8
structures and classification of rocks: Physical and engineering
properties of rocks, Use of various rocks types. Distribution of major
rock types in brief
2. Defect in rocks including fold, faults and joints, Terminologies. Types 7
of fold, faults & joints, Engineering importance of folds, faults and
joints
3. Glaciers – formation of glaciers, geological work of glaciers, 3
engineering significance of glaciers
4. Types of dames including earth, rock filled and concrete dam, 5
Geological examination of dam sites from engineering points of view
5. Reservoirs, necessity of reservoirs, problems of silting and control 2
6. Geotechnical study of tunnels, bridges and culverts, Geology of 7
tunnel sites, bridge sites and culvert sites
Pre-final Examinations 2
Total 34
Distribution of marks
Ist Prefinal - 20% IInd Prefinal - 20%

Assignment - 20% Final - 40%

Text book reference

Engineering Geology by Jhonson & Jhonson
Engineering Geology by Blyth
Engineering Geology by P K Mukherji

TCE-225, Strength of Materials

Credits: 4 (3-1-2) Pre-requisite: TCE-131, Solid Mechanics

Catalogue Description
Loadings, B.M. and S.F. diagrams of beams, Combined axial and Bending Stresses, Thin Pressure
Vessels, Riveted and Welded joints, Slope and Deflection of Beams, Theories of Failure, Shear
Centre, Shear Flow, Introduction to Torsion of non-circular shaft, Combined Bending and
Torsion of circular shaft, Introduction to elastic stability (with the help of Euler’s Buckling Load)

Objective
To give the understanding of different stresses developed in the structural elements subjected
to various types of loading like axial, bending and torsion.

Course outline

Sl.No. Lecture topics No. of

sessions
Various types of forces in structures, free body diagrams. Introduction to
1. Bending Moment and Shear Force: Concept of bending moment and shear 5
force, calculation of bending moment and shear force at any section, St.
Venant Principle (statically equivalent system of force), sign convention of
shear force and bending moment, shear force diagram and bending
moment diagram for cantilever, simply supported and overhanging beams
subjected to various types of loadings, general relation between the load,
the shear force and the bending moment, simple cases of drawing bending
moment and loading diagram from the given shear force diagram.
Combined Axial and Bending Stresses: Load acting eccentrically to one axis,
2. load acting eccentrically to both axis, condition for no tension in section, 4
application to dam section and wind resisting structures.
 Thin Pressure Vessels: circumferential or hoop stress, longitudinal stress,
3. cylindrical pressure vessel (under internal pressure) thin cylindrical sheet 4
with hemispherical ends, thin spherical sheet under internal pressure.
Riveted Joints: Lap joint, butt joint, arrangements of rivet, assumptions
4. made in design of riveted joints, pitch of rivets, various failures of riveted 4
joints, efficiency of a joint, design of riveted joints under axial loading.
Welded joints: comparison of riveted and welded joints, butt welds, fillet
5. 4
welds, stress in welds, design of welded joints under axial loading.
Slope and Deflection of Beams: Macaulay’s method, moment area method,
6. conjugate beam method (cantilever, simply supported and overhanging 4
beams)
Theories of Failures: introduction to elastic theories of failure, elementary
7. idea of Rankine theory, St. Venant theory, Tresca theory, Haigh’s theory and 3
Von Mises’s theories of failure.
Shear Centre, Shear Flow, Introduction to Torsion of non-circular sections,
8. Combined Bending and Torsion of circular shaft, Introduction to elastic 4
stability (with the help of Euler’s Buckling Load)
Pre-final Examination 2

Total 34

Sl.No. Practical No. of

sessions
To determine the tensile strength and percentage elongation of steel bars
1. (M.S. and HYSD) and to study failure patterns. 2
To perform the compression test on timber block. 2
2.
(a) To carry out Torsion test of M.S. cylindrical specimen. 2
3. (b) To determine the following:
(i) Modulus of rigidity
(ii) Maximum breaking shear stress
(iii) Poisson’s ratio
(a) To determine hardness of the given specimen by Brinell hardness test 2
4. (b) To obtain approximately the tensile strength of the material from Brinell
hardness number
(a) To determine hardness of the given specimen by Rockwell hardness test 2
5. (b) To obtain approximately the tensile strength of the material from
Rockwell hardness number
To determine the impact strength of mild steel specimen by flexure using: 2
6. (a) Charpy test (b) Izod test
 To determine fatigue strength of the material using rotating bar bending 2
7. testing machine.
(a) To determine compressive strength of cement concrete. 2
8. (b) To study fracture patterns for brittle materials (cement concrete)
To determine the flexural/tensile strength of brittle material (cement 2
9. concrete)
To determine direct tensile strength of brittle material (cement concrete) 2
10. using split cylinder tensile method.
Total 20

Distribution of marks
Ist Prefinal - 20% IInd Prefinal - 20%

Lab, Assignment - 20% Final - 40%

Text Books:

1. “Theory and Analysis of Structures Vol.I” by Jain & Jain

2. “Strength of Materials” by Surendra Singh
3. “A Text Book of Engineering Mechanics” by Dr R.K. Bansal
4. “Mechanics of Materials” by Dr B.C. Punamia, Ashok Kumar Jain, A. K. Jain
5. “Advanced Mechanics of Solids” by L.S. Srinath
6. “Mechanics of Materials” by Alvin Sloane.