Mewar University - MU Courses

M.Tech. (Structural Engineering)

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Duration: 2 Years

Eligibility: Graduation

Eligibility Conditions:

A candidate for being eligible for admission to the Master of Technology in Structural Engineering in the faculty of engineering and technology should have passed B.Sc. (Engg.)/ B.Tech/ B.E. or any other equivalent degree in the relevant discipline / branch from any recognized Indian or foreign University.

A candidate should have at least 55% marks or equivalent CGPA in the qualifying examination (50% marks or equivalent CGPA for Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribes Candidates) on the basis of which the admission is being sought.

 

Overview of the Programme:

The normal duration of programme shall be four Semesters for regular students. However, in exceptional circumstances, only dissertation work may be extended and has to be completed within five years from the date of enrolment for this programme. This extension requires the prior approval of the Vice-Chancellor of the University.

The complete programme comprises of 12 theory courses (08 Core and 04 elective) and 02 Lab courses followed by a seminar and the research/ project work in the form of a dissertation. Student has to obtain at least 40 % marks to pass the examination (both internal and external examination separately) for all the courses specified in the scheme of the programme. The degreewill be awarded on the basis of cumulative marks obtained in all the four semesters and the division obtained will be as under: 

Course Structure

Course Code	Course Title
Semester - I
SE-611	Structural Dynamics
SE-613	Design of Concrete Structures
SE-615	Advanced Structural Analysis
SE- 711/713/715	Elective-I
SE- 721/723/725	Elective-II
SE-617	Structural Engineering Lab
Semester - II
SE-612	Advanced Design of Steel Structures
SE-614	Finite Element Method in Structural Engineering
SE-616	Design  of  Plates and Shells
SE- 712/714/716	Elective-III
SE- 722/724/726	Elective-IV
SE-618	Software Based Structural Design Lab
Semester - III
SE-621	Earthquake Analysis and Design
SE-623	Design of Bridges
SE-625	Seminar
Semester - IV
SE 628	Disseration
List of Elective - I
SE-711	Advanced Concrete Technology
SE-713	Pre Stressed Concrete Structure
SE-715	Masonry structures
List of Elective - II
SE-721	Stability Theory And Structural analysis
SE-723	Soil Structure Interaction
SE-725	Maintenance and Rehabilitation Structures
List of Elective - III
SE-712	Reliability based structural design
SE-714	Design of Tall Building
SE-716	Wind Resistance Design of Structures
List of Elective - IV
SE-722	Artificial Intelligence in Structural Applications
SE-724	Fracture and Fatigue Mechanics
SE-726	Advanced Numerical Methods

 

Course Detail

Semester - I

SE – 611 Structural Dynamics

Internal Assessment/Evaluation: 40 Marks

External Examination: 60 Marks

Duration of Examination: 03 Hours

Difference between Static and Dynamic analysis, Loading, Essential characteristics of a dynamic problem, Principles of dynamics, Formulation of equation of motion, Nature of exciting forces, Degrees of freedom and mathematical modeling of dynamic systems.

Single Degree of Freedom (SDOF) Systems: Damped and undamped free vibrations, Viscous and Coulomb’s damping, Undamped and damped Forced Vibrations to harmonic excitations, Fourier analysis of periodic forces. Response to unit impulse and arbitrary loading by Duhamel’s integral, Step and Ramp forces, Pulse loadings, Response to ground motion and Transmissibility, Non-linear analysis by step-by-step method with linear acceleration.

Multiple Degrees of freedom (MDOF) Systems: Free vibrations of a shear building, fundamental frequencies and mode shapes, Orthogonality of mode shapes, Stodalla-Vinaello, Modified Reyleigh's method, Holzer's method, Holzer Myklested method, Matrix method, Energy method, Lagrange's equation, Modal analysis, Concept of Tuned Mass Dampers, Forced Vibrations of shear building, transformation of coordinates and mode superposition method, Response to ground motion, Non-linear analysis by Wilson-Theta method.

Continuous systems: Free transverse vibrations of beams for various boundary conditions. Free vibration analysis of a cantilever beam by Rayleigh Ritz and Finite Element Method.

Note: The examiner is required to set Eight questions in all carrying equal marks covering the entire syllabus. The  andidate is required to attempt Five questions.

 

SE – 613 Design of Concrete Structures

Internal Assessment/Evaluation: 40 Marks

External Examination: 60 Marks

Duration of Examination: 03 Hours

Limit state design concepts in flexure, Shear, Torsion and combined stresses, Introduction to limit state design of beams and frames.

Slender columns and walls, Effective length, Unbraced and braced columns, Stability index, Columns subjected to combined axial and biaxial bending, Braced and unbraced walls, Slenderness of walls, Design of walls for vertical and in-plane  horizontal forces.

Yield line analysis of slabs, Simply supported, flat and ribbed slabs, Design of slabs by strip method, equivalent frame method, shear and opening in flat slabs, Slab fixed along edges and skew slabs.

Approximate Analysis of grid floors by Timoshenko's plate theory, Stiffness method and equating joint deflections.

Design of deep beams by Indian standard codes and ACI methods, Design of edge beams, Shear strength and forces acting on joints, Design procedure of beam column joint including corner joints, anchorage.

Control and computational of cracks and deflections, Short and long term deflection and cracks of Beams and slabs including shrinkage and thermal cracks, Computation of deflection and cracks as per Indian standard code, Factors affecting crack-width in beams.

Classification of shear walls, Design of rectangular and flanged shear walls, Yield line analysis of slabs: Work and equilibrium methods, Design of statically determinate prestressed concrete structures for flexure and shear.

Note: The examiner is required to set Eight questions in all carrying equal marks covering the entire syllabus. The  candidate is required to attempt Five questions.

 

SE – 615 Advanced Structural Analysis

Internal Assessment/Evaluation: 40 Marks

External Examination: 60 Marks

Duration of Examination: 03 Hours

Static and Kinematic Indeterminacy, Stiffness and flexibility, Stiffness and flexibility matrices for prismatic and non-prismatic members.

Coordinate transformations, Transformation to Global System, Assembly of global matrices-Stiffness matrix, Load matrix, Boundary conditions and solution techniques.

Generation of stiffness matrix for continuous beam, Internal hinges, Hinged and guided-fixed end supports, Accounting for shear deformations, Beam element stiffness, Moment releases, force transformation matrix, Element flexibility matrix, Solutions techniques, 3 D truss Element & 3 D beam element.

Stiffness method for grids- Torsional stiffness of grid element, Advantage of torsion release, Analysis by conventional stiffness method using grid element, Analysis by reduced stiffness method, Stiffness Matrices for plane and space truss element, Joint equilibrium equations, Member force, transformation matrix for 3 D truss.

Introduction to plastic analysis and mechanism, Non-linear stiffness matrix analysis- Iterative and incremental method, Hysteresis loops, Assumptions, Member stiffness matrix, Modification of the structural stiffness matrix, Incremental displacement and load vector, Step by step Incremental Analysis Method.

Geometric stiffness Matrix - 2D Truss Element, Non-linear solution algorithms- Iterative Method, Incremental Method, Convergence criteria.

Note: The examiner is required to set Eight questions in all carrying equal marks covering the entire syllabus. The candidate is required to attempt Five questions.

 

Practical

SE – 617 Structural Engineering Lab

Internal Assessment/Evaluation: 25 Marks

External Examination: 25 Marks

Duration of Examination: 03 Hours

List of experiments:

• Concrete Mix design: Study of the effect of water/cement ratio on workability and strength of concrete, Effect of aggregate/cement ratio on strength of concrete, Effect of fine aggregate/coarse aggregate ratio on strength and permeability of concrete.
• Study of stress-strain curve of concrete - correlation between cube strength, cylinder strength, split tensile strength and modulus of rupture
• Non-Destructive testing of concrete
• Study of behavior of Beams under flexure – Under Reinforced, Balanced and Over-reinforced beams
• Study of Shear- Effect of Shear Span to Depth ratio
  

 

Semester - II

SE – 612 Advanced Design of Steel Structures

Internal Assessment/Evaluation: 40 Marks

External Examination: 60 Marks

Duration of Examination: 03 Hours

Introduction to Limit State design of steel, Limit state of strength and serviceability, Standardization, Allowable stress design, Partial safety factors, Concept of section classification- Plastic, Compact, Semi-compact and slender.

Design of column, Strength curve for an ideal strut, Strength of column members, Effect of eccentricity of applied loading and residual stresses on the design of column, Concept of effective lengths, Sway and no-sway columns, Torsional and torsionalflexural buckling of columns, Robertson's design curve, Modification to Robertson approach, Design of columns using Robertson approach.

Flexural & shear behavior of laterally restrained beams, Web buckling and crippling, Effect of local buckling in laterally restrained beams, Combined bending and shear, Unsymmetrical bending.

Similarity of column buckling and lateral buckling of unrestrained beams, Lateral torsional buckling of symmetric section, Factors affecting lateral stability, Buckling of real beams, Design of cantilever beams, Continuous beams.

Long and short beam columns, Stability Consideration for long Beam-Columns, Beam column failure- effect of slenderness ratio and axial force, local and overall member failure, Interaction Formula, Design approach to Beam-Columns under biaxial bending, Design of Beams subjected to Torsion and Bending, pure torsion and warping, combined bending and torsion and lateral torsional buckling, Capacity and buckling check.

Design of beams with Web opening, Force distribution, Analysis of beams with perforated thick webs, Analysis of plate girder with web openings, Guidelines for web opening and stiffeners.

Composite beams, Floors and columns, Elastic behavior of composite beams, Shear connectors, Characteristics and load bearing mechanism, ultimate load behaviour and design of composite beams, Profile sheet decking, Bending and shear resistance of composite slabs, Design of composite columns for axial loads, combined compression and uniaxial bending, combined compression and biaxial bending.

Steel connections and their complexities, Types and design approaches to connections, truss, Portal frame, Beam and column splice, Beam to beam and beam to column connections.

Note: The examiner is required to set Eight questions in all carrying equal marks covering the entire syllabus. The candidate is required to attempt Five questions.

 

SE – 614 Finite Element Method In Structural Engineering

Internal Assessment/Evaluation: 40 Marks

External Examination: 60 Marks

Duration of Examination: 03 Hours

Basic Equations of Solid Mechanics-Review of equilibrium conditions, Strain displacement relations, Stress Strain relations, Principle of Virtual work, Stationery potential energy and variational formulation.

Introduction to FEM, Governing equation and its solution approximations-Approximate methods, RayleighRitz, Weighted residual (Galerkin) and finite difference methods, Displacement model- Shape functions- Lagrange and serendipity elements, Element properties- Isoparametric elements- numerical integration, Technique, Assemblage of elements and solution techniques for static analysis.

Analysis of framed Structures, 2D and 3D truss and beam elements and applications, Analysis of plane stress/strain and axisymmetric solids triangular, Quadrilateral and isoparametric elements, Incompatible models.

Three dimensional stress analysis- Isoparametric eight and twenty noded elements, Analysis of plate bending Basic equations of thin plate theory, Reissner-Mindlin theory- Plate elements and applications. Analysis of shells, Degenerated shell elements.

Finite element programming and FEA Software.

Note: The examiner is required to set Eight questions in all carrying equal marks covering the entire syllabus. The Candidate is required to attempt Five questions.

 

SE – 616 Design of Plates and Shells

Internal Assessment/Evaluation: 40 Marks

External Examination: 60 Marks

Duration of Examination: 03 Hours

Bending of thin plates, Assumptions, Governing differential equations in Cartesian coordinate system, Boundary conditions, Analytical solutions for rectangular plates by Navier and Levy’s methods, Distributed and concentrated loads.

Circular plates, Governing differential equations in polar coordinate system, Annular plate, rotationally symmetric loading, Eccentric concentrated load, Simultaneous bending and stretching of thin plates, Energy methods in analysis of plates, Orthotropic plates, Plates on elastic foundation, Introduction to large deflection theory of plates.

Shear Deformation Theories, First order shear deformation plate theory, higher order shear deformation plate theory, Effect of shear deformation on bending of thin plates.

Bending Analysis of Laminated Composite Plates, Strain displacement relations, governing differential equation of equilibrium, Lamination configuration types, Analysis of symmetric and anti-symmetric laminated plates, Cylindrical bending of laminatedplates.

Shells, Geometry and classifications, Stress resultants, Membrane theory and its applications to shells of surface of revolutions, membrane theory for cylindrical shell, General theory in bending of singly curved and doubly curved shells, Design method for cylindrical shell, HP shells, Conoids analysis of folded plates, Design of diaphragms, Reinforcements for shells, Framework forshells and folded plates.

Note: The examiner is required to set Eight questions in all carrying equal marks covering the entire syllabus. The candidate is required to attempt Five questions.

 

Practical

SE – 618 Software Based Structural Design Lab

Internal Assessment/Evaluation: 25 Marks

External Examination: 25 Marks

Duration of Examination: 03 Hours

List of Experiments:

• Excel spread sheets for the design of
  • Structural elements like slabs, beams, columns, isolated, combined and raft footings, steel connections and members
  • Structures like water tank, retaining walls, Portal frame, Gantry girder, Plate girder etc
• Software Usage Modeling, analysis and design using professional software like STAAD, STRAP, STRUDS, RISA 3D etc. Application of Drafting software like AutoCAD, CADLAB and Microstation
  

 

Semester - III

SE – 621 Earthquake Analysis And Design

Internal Assessment/Evaluation: 40 Marks

External Examination: 60 Marks

Duration of Examination: 03 Hours

Basic terms of Seismology, Seismic waves, Earthquake magnitude and intensity, Ground motion, Dynamic response of structures, Normalized response spectra, Response spectrum analysis, Seismic coefficients and seismic zone coefficients.

Rigid Diaphragms, Torsional moment, Center of mass and center of rigidity, Torsional effects, Lateral load distribution with rigid floor diaphragms, Moment resisting frames, Shear walls, Lateral stiffness of shear walls, Shear wall-Frame combination,  Examples. Objectives of Seismic Design, Earthquake design philosophy, Ductility, Hysteric response & energy dissipation, Response modifications factor, Design spectrum, Capacity design, classification of structural system, IS Codal provisions for seismic design of structures, Multi-storeyed buildings, Design criteria, P-Δ effects, Storey drift, Design examples, Ductile detailing of RCC structures.

Seismic design of elevated liquid storage tanks, Hydrodynamic pressure in tanks, Stack like structures, IS-1893 codal provisions for bridges; Superstructure, Sub-structure, submersible bridges, Dams, Hydrodynamic effects due to reservoir, Concrete gravity dams.

Case histories- Learning from earthquakes, Seismic retrofitting and strengthening procedures. Causes of soil liquefaction, liquefaction potential, Measures to reduce liquefaction potentials.

Note: The examiner is required to set Eight questions in all carrying equal marks covering the entire syllabus. The candidate is required to attempt Five questions. 

 

SE – 623 Design of Bridges

Internal Assessment/Evaluation: 40 Marks

External Examination: 60 Marks

Duration of Examination: 03 Hours

Types of bridges, Structural configurations, Bridge loading standards in India and other countries (IRC, IRS and AASHTO guidelines), Impact effect, Standard specifications for road and railway bridges; analysis of bridge deck.

Reinforced concrete bridges, Design of deck slab, T-beam bridge, Balanced cantilever type, Design and details of articulation, Design of bearings and connections, Long span bridges.

Prestressed Concrete bridges, Pretensioned and post tensioned concrete bridges, Analysis of section for flexure, Shear and bond, Losses in prestress, Deflection of girder, Partial prestressing, Analysis and design of anchorage block, Box girder bridge.

Steel bridges, Steel-concrete composite constructions, Shear connectors and their design, Types of bearings and layout.

Abutment and piers, Scour at abutment and piers, Types of foundations, Analysis for stresses and design, Introduction to Soilstructure interaction.

Numerical modeling and analysis, Introduction to earthquake resistant design of bridges, Maintenance of bridges, Evaluation of  existing bridges.

Note: The examiner is required to set Eight questions in all carrying equal marks covering the entire syllabus. The candidate is required to attempt Five questions.

 

SE – 625 Seminar

Internal Assessment/Evaluation: 50 Marks

The student is required to deliver a seminar on some emerging topics of Structural Engineering. Senior faculty will supervise the students in selecting and preparation of the same. The student will submit two copies of seminar report and shall make oral presentation as per time schedule decided by the faculty concerned. Internal Evaluation will be made on the basis of report, presentation and the discussion during the presentation.

 

Semester - IV

SE – 628 Dissertation

Internal Assessment/Evaluation: 150 Marks

External Examination: 250 Marks

The primary objective of this course is to enhance the student ability to analyze and carry out independent investigations etc. Each student will carry out independent work which should involve creativity, innovation and ingenuity. A dissertation supervisor (s) having at least post- graduate qualification, from industry/research organization shall be assigned to the student approved by the competent authority. In no case, the candidate can have more than two dissertation supervisors. Dissertation work shall comprise of literature survey, problem formulation, methodology used, S/W, H/W tools used, Results and discussion followed by the conclusions & further scope of work in that area. Industry oriented projects may be encouraged for the purpose.

The submission of dissertation shall be allowed only after ensuring that the research work carried out by the candidate has attained the level of satisfaction of the ‘Dissertation Supervisor (s)’ and proof of communication/acceptance of the research paper (if any, and certified in the report) in the relevant refereed journal/ conference. The final dissertation external examination in 4th semester shall be taken by a panel of examiners comprising of concerned Supervisor(s), one external examiner (from the relevant field) nominated/approved by the competent authority. Hard copies of dissertation, one for each supervisor (s), examiner and the university/ department, are required to be submitted by the student before the final dissertation external examination. The candidate shall appear before the examining committee for oral examination and presentation on the scheuled date. 

 

Detail of Elective - I

SE – 711 Advanced Concrete Technology

Internal Assessment/Evaluation: 30 Marks

External Examination: 45 Marks

Duration of Examination: 03 Hours

Concrete as a composite material, Rheological properties of concrete, Microstructure studies in concrete, techniques for measurement of porosity.

Reinforcement Corrosion, Electrochemical process, Techniques for corrosion monitoring, Corrosion protection measures, Application of coatings on rebar, Corrosion inhibitors in concrete.

Use of industrial waste and their influence on physical, Mechanical and durability properties of concrete.

Fiber reinforced concrete, Mechanism of fiber reinforcement, Types of fibers, Properties of fiber reinforced concrete.

High strength concrete, Constituents, Mix proportioning, Properties at fresh and hardened state, Reactive powder concrete, Macro Defect Free (MDF) cement.

Self compacting concrete, roller compacted concrete, ferrocement composites.

Polymers in construction, polymer concrete composites, Chemical testing of concrete, Non-destructive evaluation of reinforced concrete by surface hardness techniques, Wave propagation techniques, Penetration resistance techniques, Electrochemical and electromagnetic techniques.

Note: The examiner is required to set Eight questions in all carrying equal marks covering the entire syllabus. The candidate is required to attempt Five questions. 

 

SE – 713 Prestressed Concrete Structures

Internal Assessment/Evaluation: 30 Marks

External Examination: 45 Marks

Duration of Examination: 03 Hours

Introduction to prestressed concrete, Types of prestressing, Systems and devices, materials, Losses in prestress, Analysis of PSC flexural members: basic concepts, stresses at transfer and service loads, ultimate strength in flexure, Code provisions in IS 1343.

Statically determinate PSC beams, Design for ultimate and serviceability limit states for flexure, and flexure combined with axialcompression or tension, Analysis and design for shear and torsion, Code provisions.

Transmission of prestress in pretensioned members, Anchorage zone stresses for posttensioned members. Statically indeterminate structures Analysis and design - continuous beams and frames, Choice of cable profile, Linear transformation and concordancy.

Composite construction with precast PSC beams and cast in-situ RC slab - analysis and design, Creep and shrinkage effects.

Partial prestressing - principles, Analysis and design concepts, Crackwidth calculations Analysis and design of prestressed concrete pipes, Tanks and spatial structures - slabs, Grids, folded plates and shells.

Need of composite construction; Design methods for composite beams, Slabs, columns and Box–girders.

Note: The examiner is required to set Eight questions in all carrying equal marks covering the entire syllabus. The candidate is required to attempt Five questions. 

 

SE – 715 Masonary Structures

Internal Assessment/Evaluation: 30 Marks

External Examination: 45 Marks

Duration of Examination: 03 Hours

Properties of constituents- burnt clay, concrete blocks, mortar, grout, reinforcement, Masonry bonds and properties, patterns, shrinkage, differential movement, Masonry properties - compression strength, Stresses in masonry walls - vertical loads, Vertical loads and moments - Eccentricity & kern distance, lateral loads in-plane, out-of-plane.

Behaviour of masonry walls and piers: axial and flexure, axial- shear and flexure.

Behaviour of Masonry Buildings, Unreinforced masonry buildings, Importance of bands and corner & vertical reinforcement.

Reinforced Masonry Buildings - Cyclic loading & ductility of masonry walls.

Behaviour of masonry infills in RC frames - Strut action, Structural design of masonry in buildings - Methods of design, Working Stress Design, Ultimate strength design, seismic design, seismic loads, code provisions, infills, connectors, ties.

Seismic evaluation and strengthening of masonry buildings - Methods, in-situ, non-destructive testing; Construction practices and new materials.

Note: The examiner is required to set Eight questions in all carrying equal marks covering the entire syllabus. The candidate is required to attempt Five questions.

Detail of Elective - III

SE – 712 Reliability Based Structural Design

Internal Assessment/Evaluation: 30 Marks

External Examination: 45 Marks

Duration of Examination: 03 Hours

Concepts of structural safety, Basic statistics and probability, Resistance parameters and distributions, Probabilistic analysis of loads, Live load and wind load determination of reliability, Monte-Carlo study of structural safety, Level 2 reliability methodsincluding advanced level 2 method.

Reliability analysis of components, Reliability based design determination of partial safety factors, Code calibration, Reliability structural systems, applications to steel and concrete structures, Offshore structures etc.

Note: The examiner is required to set Eight questions in all carrying equal marks covering the entire syllabus. The candidate is required to attempt Five questions. 

 

SE – 714 Design of Tall Buildings

Internal Assessment/Evaluation: 30 Marks

External Examination: 45 Marks

Duration of Examination: 03 Hours

Tall Building - Why tall building, Structural systems and concepts, Design criteria, Matrix and approximate methods, Loading, wind, Gravity and earthquake, Combination of loading, limit state, working stress, Plastic design.

Interaction of frames, shear walls. Twist of frames, Analysis of coupled shear walls, Effect of openings, large panel construction, Foundation-superstructure interaction, Earthquake effects and design for ductility.

Note: The examiner is required to set Eight questions in all carrying equal marks covering the entire syllabus. The candidate is required to attempt Five questions.

 

SE – 716 Wind Resistant Design of Structures

Internal Assessment/Evaluation: 30 Marks

External Examination: 45 Marks

Duration of Examination: 03 Hours

Causes and types of wind, Atmospheric boundary layer and turbulence, Wind velocity measurements and distribution, Bluffbody aerodynamics, Random vibrations and spectral analysis, Along-wind and across-wind response of tall buildings, Towers and slender structures, Aero-elastic phenomena, Vibration of cable supported bridges and power lines due to wind effects, Wind pressure on cooling towers, Design of cladding and wind damping devices, Wind tunnel simulations and tornado effects.

Note: The examiner is required to set Eight questions in all carrying equal marks covering the entire syllabus. The candidate is required to attempt Five questions.

 

Detail of Elective - II

SE – 721 Stability Theory And Structural Analysis

Internal Assessment/Evaluation: 30 Marks

External Examination: 45 Marks

Duration of Examination: 03 Hours

Finite deformation of Structures, Elastic buckling of columns, Statical, Dynamical and energy-based approaches.

Eccentric loading, Nonlinear viscoelastic and elasto-plastic buckling, Flexural-torsional and lateral bucking of beams, Imperfection sensitivity, Post-buckling and Catastrophe theories, Stability of non-conservative structures, Nonlinear dynamical systems theory, Chaos theory, Recent trends.

Finite element formulation, Buckling of frames, Imperfection sensitivity and post critical behavior, Buckling of beams on elastic foundations, arches and plates, Inelastic buckling. Dynamic analysis of stability, Parametric instabilities and stability under nonconservative forces, Divergence and flutter.

Note: The examiner is required to set Eight questions in all carrying equal marks covering the entire syllabus. The candidate is required to attempt Five questions. 

 

SE – 723 Soil Structure Interaction

Internal Assessment/Evaluation: 30 Marks

External Examination: 45 Marks

Duration of Examination: 03 Hours

Soil Foundation interaction, Soil foundation-structure interaction, Soil-fluid structure interaction, Idealization of soil by various linear and non-linear, isotropic and anisotropic models, Soil-parameters, Interpretation of parameters encountered in various idealized soil models, Experimental investigations.

Finite difference solution to problems of beams on linear and non-linear winkler models, Soil -structure Interaction in framed structure, Soil-pile Interaction- Laterally loaded single piles- concept of coefficient of horizontal sub grade reaction, Soilstructure interaction of framed structures with pile foundations.

Interaction of other Structures with Soil-foundation System, Tanks with annular ring foundations, Chimneys, Silos, Cooling towers, Underground subways and tunnels.

FEM Modeling, Use of appropriate software packages, Introduction to dynamic soil structure interaction as well as non linear soil/concrete behavior.

Note: The examiner is required to set Eight questions in all carrying equal marks covering the entire syllabus. The candidate is required to attempt Five questions.

 

SE – 725 Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Structures

Internal Assessment/Evaluation: 30 Marks

External Examination: 45 Marks

Duration of Examination: 03 Hours

Quality assurance for concrete construction, As built concrete properties, Strength, permeability, volume changes, thermal properties, cracking.

Influence on serviceability and Durability, Effects due to climate, temperature, chemicals, wear and erosion, Design and construction errors, Corrosion mechanism, Effects of cover thickness and cracking methods of corrosion protection, Inhibitors, Resistant steels, Coatings, Cathodic protection.

Maintenance and Repair Strategies, Inspection, Structural Appraisal, Economic appraisal, Components of quality assurance, Conceptual bases for quality assurance schemes.

Materials for Repair, Special concretes and mortar, Concrete chemicals, Special elements for accelerated strength gain, Expansive cement, Polymer concrete, Sulphur infiltrated concrete, Ferro cement, Fibre reinforced concrete.

Techniques for Repair, Rust eliminators and polymers coating for rebars during repair, foamed concrete, Mortar and dry pack, Vacuum concrete, Gunite and shotcrete, Epoxy injection, Mortar repair for cracks, Shoring and underpinning.

Examples of repairs to structures, Repairs to overcome low member strength, Deflection, Cracking, Chemical disruption, Weathering, Wear, fire, leakage, Marine exposure.

Note: The examiner is required to set Eight questions in all carrying equal marks covering the entire syllabus. The candidate is required to attempt Five questions. 

 

Detail of Elective - IV

SE – 722 Artificial Intelligence In Structural Engineering Applications

Internal Assessment/Evaluation: 30 Marks

External Examination: 45 Marks

Duration of Examination: 03 Hours

Introduction, Classification of artificial intelligence. Artificial Neural Network, Basic concepts, various learning algorithms, training, testing of network, network topology, network parameters, uses in functional approximation and optimization, Applications in the design and analysis, Building construction. Expert system, Overview, knowledge acquisition, Knowledge representations, Expert system development tools.

Fuzzy logic, Basic concepts, Problem formulation using fuzzy logic, Applications.

Note: The examiner is required to set Eight questions in all carrying equal marks covering the entire syllabus. The candidate is required to attempt Five questions.

 

SE – 724 Fracture and Fatigue Mechanics

Internal Assessment/Evaluation: 30 Marks

External Examination: 45 Marks

Duration of Examination: 03 Hours

Historical perspective, linear elastic fracture mechanics, elastic-plastic fracture mechanics, interface fracture mechanics, metal fracture mechanics, non-metal fracture mechanics, fracture testing of metals and non-metals, fracture of structures, computational fracture mechanics, and fatigue crack propagation, crack closure, variable amplitude fatigue loading.

Note: The examiner is required to set Eight questions in all carrying equal marks covering the entire syllabus. The candidate is required to attempt Five questions. 

 

SE – 726 Advanced Numerical Methods

Internal Assessment/Evaluation: 30 Marks

External Examination: 45 Marks

Duration of Examination: 03 Hours

Programming fundamentals, Introduction to algorithm development, Interpolation & extrapolation.

Integration (central difference method, the Houbolt method, Newmark’s method, Wilson – θ method), Newton-Gauss Quadrature method.

Solution of linear algebraic equations, Gauss elimination, Cholesky, Gauss Cholesky Methods, Given’s, Householder methods, solution errors.

Solution of non linear Equation (Newton Raphson scheme, BFGS (Broyden et al) methods, Introduction to line searchalgorithms.

Eigen values problems (Jacobi, QR Method, LR Method, Introduction to Determinant search method, Subspace Iteration, Householder & Given’s algorithms).

Initial & two point boundary value problem, Euler's, Runge-Kutta, Milne's Methods, Computer oriented algorithms.

Note: The examiner is required to set Eight questions in all carrying equal marks covering the entire syllabus. The candidate is required to attempt Five questions.