Basic Civil Engineering & Mechanics (BT-204)
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B.Tech RGPV notes AICTE flexible curricula Bachelor of technology
Syllabus
UNIT 1:
Building Materials & Construction
Stones, bricks, cement, lime, timber-types, properties, test & uses, laboratory tests concrete
and mortar Materials: Workability, Strength properties of Concrete, Nominal proportion of
Concrete preparation of concrete, compaction, curing.
Elements of Building Construction, Foundations conventional spread footings, RCC footings,
brick masonry walls, plastering and pointing, floors, roofs, Doors, windows, lintels,
staircases – types and their suitability
UNIT 2:
Surveying & Positioning:
Introduction to surveying Instruments – levels, thedolites, plane tables and related devices.
Electronic surveying instruments etc. Measurement of distances – conventional and EDM
methods, measurement of directions by different methods, measurement of elevations by
different methods. Reciprocal leveling.
UNIT 3:
Mapping & sensing:
Mapping details and contouring, Profile Cross sectioning and measurement of areas,
volumes, application of measurements in quantity computations, Survey stations,
Introduction of remote sensing and its applications.
UNIT 4:
Forces and Equilibrium:
Graphical and Analytical Treatment of Concurrent and nonconcurrent Co- planner forces, free Diagram, Force Diagram and Bow’s notations,
Application of Equilibrium Concepts: Analysis of plane Trusses: Method of joints, Method
of Sections. Frictional force in equilibrium problems
UNIT 5:
Centre of Gravity and moment of Inertia:
Centroid and Centre of Gravity, Moment Inertia of
Area and Mass, Radius of Gyration, Introduction to product of Inertia and Principle Axes.
Support Reactions, Shear force and bending moment Diagram for Cantilever & simply
supported beam with concentrated, distributed load and Couple.
NOTES
- Unit 1
- Unit 2
- Unit 3
- Unit 4
- Unit 5
Reference Books:
1. S. Ramamrutam & R.Narayanan; Basic Civil Engineering, Dhanpat Rai Pub.
2. Prasad I.B., Applied Mechanics, Khanna Publication.
3. Punmia, B.C., Surveying, Standard book depot.
4. Shesha Prakash and Mogaveer; Elements of Civil Engg & Engg. Mechanics; PHI
5. S.P,Timoshenko, Mechanics of stricture, East West press Pvt.Ltd.
6. Surveying by Duggal – Tata McGraw Hill New Delhi.
7. Building Construction by S.C. Rangwala- Charotar publications House, Anand.
8. Building Construction by Grucharan Singh- Standard Book House, New Delhi
9. Global Positioning System Principles and application- Gopi, TMH
10. R.C. Hibbler – Engineering Mechanics: Statics & Dynamics.
11. A. Boresi & Schmidt- Engineering Mechines- statics dynamics, Thomson’ Books
12. R.K. Rajput, Engineering Mechanics S.Chand & Co.
List of suggestive core Experiments:
Students are expected to perform minimum ten experiments from the list suggested below by
preferably selecting experiments from each unit of syllabus.
1. To perform traverse surveying with prismatic compass, check for local attraction and determine corrected
bearings and to balance the traverse by Bowditch’s rule.
2. To perform leveling exercise by height of instrument of Rise and fall method.
3. To measure horizontal and vertical angles in the field by using Theodolite.
4. To determine (a) normal consistency (b) Initial and Final Setting time of a cement Sample.
5. To determine the workability of fresh concrete of given proportions by slump test or compaction factor
test.
6. To determine the Compressive Strength of brick.
7. To determine particle size distribution and fineness modulus of course and fine Aggregate.
8. To verify the law of Triangle of forces and Lami’s theorem.
9. To verify the law of parallelogram of forces.
10. To verify law of polygon of forces
11. To find the support reactions of a given truss and verify analytically.
12. To determine support reaction and shear force at a given section of a simply Supported beam and verify
in analytically using parallel beam apparatus.
13. To determine the moment of inertia of fly wheel by falling weight method.
14. To verify bending moment at a given section of a simply supported beam.
