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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: KAKINADA
KAKINADA ? 533 003, Andhra Pradesh, India

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING


COURSE STRUCTURE & SYLLABUS
M.Tech CIVIL ENGINEERING
(Common to Geotechnical Engineering/ Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering)
Programme
(Applicable for batches admitted from 2019-2020)





JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY KAKINADA

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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: KAKINADA
KAKINADA ? 533 003, Andhra Pradesh, India
I - Semester
S.No
Course
Category
Course Name
L
T
P
C
Marks
No
1
MSFI-1
Core1
Advanced Soil Mechanics
3
0
-
3
100
2
MSFI-2
Core2
Soil Investigation/ Soil Exploration
3
0
-
3
100
3
MSFI-3
Elective I
3
0
-
3
100
a) Ground Improvement Techniques
b) Soil-Foundation Interaction
c) Critical State Soil Mechanics
4
MSFI-4
Elective II
3
0
-
3
100
a) Design with Geo-synthetics
b) Rock Mechanics
c) Remote Sensing & Geographical
Information Systems
5
MSFMC
Research Methodology and IPR
2
0
0
2
100
6
MSFPI1 Lab 1
Geotechnical Engineering Lab-I
-
-
4
2
100
7
MSFPI2 Lab 2
Geotechnical Engineering Lab-II
-
-
4
2
100
8
MSFA-1 Audit
Audit Course ?1
2
0
0
0
100
Course ?1


Total Credits /Marks



18
800
II ? Semester
S.No.
Course
Category
Course Name
L T P C
Marks
No
1
MSFII-1
Core 3
Advanced Foundation Engineering
3 0 - 3
100
2
MSFII-2
Core 4
Earth Retaining Structures
3 0 - 3
100
3
MSFII-3
Elective
3 0 - 3
100
III
a) Pavement Analysis Design &
Evaluation
b) Construction Planning & Methods
c) Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
4
MSFII-4
Elective
3 0 - 3
100
IV
a) Earth Dams
b) Construction in Expansive Soils
c) Numerical Methods in Geotechnical
Engineering
5
MSFPII1 Lab 3
Geotechnical Engineering Lab-III
-
- 4 2
100
6
MSFPII2 Lab 4
Software Design Lab
-
- 4 2
100
7
MSFMP
Core
Mini Project With Seminar
0 0 4 2
100
8
MSFA-2
Audit
Audit Course -2
2 0 0 0
100
Course -2
Total Credits /Marks
18
800

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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: KAKINADA
KAKINADA ? 533 003, Andhra Pradesh, India
III ? Semester
S.No.
Course
Category
Course Name
L T
P
C
Mar
No
ks
1
MSFIII-1 Elective-V Elective /MOOCS**
3 0
--
3
100
a) Geo-environmental Engineering
b) Soil Dynamics & Machine
Foundations
c) Finite Element Method
2
MSFIII-2
Open
Open Elective / MOOCS**
3 0
--
3
100
Elective
a) Composite Materials
b) Industrial Safety
c) Construction Management
d) Operations Research
3
DISSERT
Core
Dissertation Phase-I / Industrial - -- 20 10
ATION
Project (To be continued and
Evaluated next Semester)*
Total Credits /Marks


16
200

* Evaluated and displayed in 4th Semester marks list
** Students Going for Industrial Project / Thesis will complete these courses through
MOOCS. Students can also choose SWAYAM or NPTEL with a 12 weeks course duration
in PG level with 3 credits, but the chosen subject should not be covered in their M. Tech
Course.

IV ? Semester
S.
Course No
Catego
Course Name
L T
P
C
Marks
No.
ry
1
DISSERTATI
Core
Dissertation Phase II (Continued
0 0 32
16
100
ON
from III Semester)
Total Credits /Marks
16
100
Audit course 1 & 2
1. English for Research Paper Writing
2. Disaster Management
3. Sanskrit for Technical Knowledge
4. Value Education
5. Constitution of India
6. Pedagogy Studies
7. Stress Management by Yoga
8. Personality Development through Life Enlightenment Skills.

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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: KAKINADA
KAKINADA ? 533 003, Andhra Pradesh, India
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I Year - I Semester

3
0
0
3
MSFI-1 Advanced Soil Mechanics
PreRequisites: None
Course Outcomes: At the end of the course, the student will be able to
CO1 Acquire complete knowledge on stress components and distribution.
CO2 Acquire the complete knowledge on strain and stress strain relationships.
CO3 Tackle problems on seepage through soils
Understand consolidation phenomenon and apply it to various Geotechnical
CO4
problems
Understand shear strength behavior of soils and its applications in Geotechnical
CO5 Engineering
Detailed Syllabus:
Unit: 1
Analysis of Stress: Concept of Stress ? Body force, Surface force and stress vector ? The state of
stress at a point ? Normal and shear stress components ? Rectangular stress components Stress
components on an arbitrary plane ? Digression on Ideal fluid ? Equality of Cross shears
Cauchy's formula ? Equations of Equilibrium ? Transformation of coordinates ? Plane state of
stress. Principal Stresses ? Stress Invariants ? Particular cases ? Mohr's circle for the Three-
dimensional state of stress ? Mohr's stress plane ? Plane of maximum shear ? Octahedral
stresses ? Pure shear decomposition into Hydrostatic and pure shear states.
Unit: 2
Analysis of Strain ? Deformation ? Deformation in the Neighborhood point ? Change in length
of a linear element ? Change in length of a linear element ? Linear component ? Rectangular
strain components ? The state of strain at a point ? Shear strain components ? Change in
direction of a linear element Cubical Dilation ? Change in the angle between Two line elements
? Principal Axes of strain and principal strains ? Plane state of strain ? Compatibility condition ?
Strain deviator and its Invariants, Stress ? Strain relations ? Stress ? Strain relations for isotropic
materials ? Modules of Rigidity ? Bulk modules.

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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: KAKINADA
KAKINADA ? 533 003, Andhra Pradesh, India
Unit: 3
Permeability and Seepage: Darcy's law ? Validity of Darcy's Law, Coefficient of Permeability in
the Field Equation of Continuity ? Use of Continuity Equation for Solution of Simple flow
problems ? Flow nets ? hydraulic uplift force under structure ? Flow nets in anisotropic material
? Construction of flow nets for hydraulic structures on nonhomogeneous sub soils ? Directional
variation of permeability in anisotropic medium ? Seepage through earth dams ? Entrance,
discharge and transfer condition of line of seepage through earth dams. Flow net construction for
earth dams ? filter design.
Unit: 4
Consolidation: Mechanism of consolidation ? Primary consolidation ? Stress history
Preconsolidation pressure ? Terzaghi's onedimensional consolidation theory and equation ?
Solution by Fourier series and finite difference methods ? Determination of coefficient of
consolidation ? U versus T relationship for different forms of initial excess pore water
pressure distribution ? Degree of consolidation under time ? dependent loading ? secondary
compression ? Radial consolidation.
Unit: 5
Shear strength: Principle of effective stress ? Measurement of strength parameters Strength
tests based on drainage conditions ? Skempton's pore pressure coefficients ? Stress paths ? Shear
strength of cohesionless soils ? Strength and deformation behaviour ? Dilatancy ? Critical void
ratio ? Liquefaction of soils ? Shear strength of saturated cohesive soils ? Triaxial testing.
Normally and over consolidated clays.
REFERENCES
1.
" Advanced soil mechanics" by Braja M. Das., McGraw Hill Co.,
2.
"Advanced Solid Mechanics" by L.S. Srinath
3.
" Foundations of theoretical soil mechanics" by M.E. Harr., McGraw Hill Co.
4.
"Introduction to Geotechnical engineering" by Holtz and Kovacs., Prentice Hall.
5.
"Soil Mechanics" by R.F.Craig, Chapman and Hall.
6.
"Elements of soil mechanics" by G.N. Smith., B.S.P. Professional Books,
Oxford, London.

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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: KAKINADA
KAKINADA ? 533 003, Andhra Pradesh, India
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I Year - I Semester

3
0
0
3
MSFI-2 Soil Exploration
PreRequisites: None
Course Outcomes: At the end of the course, the student will be able to
CO1 Know the process of the soil exploration , geophysical exploration
CO2 Know the Drilling methods
CO3
Know the sample collection, preservation and transportation of samples to the
laboratory.
CO4 To know how to conduct the tests in field and its results interpretation
CO5 To know the applications of field test data for geotechnical structures
Substantially Detailed Syllabus:
Unit: 1
Soil Exploration ? Importance, Terminology, Planning of Ground Investigations Geophysical
methods.
Unit: 2
Borings drilling ? Probing and Trail pits Location, spacing and depth, Methods of Boring
including Drilling, Stabilization of Boreholes, ? Planning of exploration.
Unit: 3
Sampling and Sample Disturbance: Methods of sampling Types of Samples and Samplers
Cleaning of Bore holes, Preservation, Labeling and Shipment of Samples Design Considerations
of Open Drive Samplers. ?Bore log, Preparation of Soil Report.
Unit: 4
Field tests The Standard Penetration Test ? its limitations and Corrections ? Cone Penetration
Test ? Field Vane Shear Test ? Bore Hole Shear Test ? Dilatometer Test ? Pressure Meter test ?
Field Permeability Test ?Plate load test ? Monotonic and Cyclic Pile load test
Unit: 5
Design of Geotechnical Structures Based on the data from Field Tests
The Standard Penetration Test ? its limitations and Corrections ? Cone Penetration Test ? Field
Vane Shear Test ? Bore?Hole Shear Test ? Dilatometer Test ? Pressure Meter test ? field
Permeability Test

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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: KAKINADA
KAKINADA ? 533 003, Andhra Pradesh, India
REFERENCES
1. Site Investigation by C.R.I.Clayton, M.C. Matthews and N.E,Simons, University of Surrey, UK.
2. Geotechnical Investigation methods: A filed Guide for Geotechnical Engineers ? Roy. E. Hunt,
CRC Press.
3. Hvorslev, M. J., SubSurface Exploration and Sampling of Soils for Civil Engineering Purposes,
US Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, 1949.
4. Soil Mechanics in Engineering Practice by Terzagi and Peck
5. Foundation Analysis and Design by J.E. Bowles McGraw Hill Publishing Co.,
6. Foundation Design and Construction by MJ Tomlinson ? Longman Scientific
7. Relevant IS Codes

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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: KAKINADA
KAKINADA ? 533 003, Andhra Pradesh, India
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3
0
0
3
MSFI-3a) GROUND IMPROVEMENT TECHNIQUES
PreRequisites: Soil Mechanics
Course Outcomes: At the end of the course, the student will be able to
CO1 Understand the principles of various ground improvement techniques
Prefer suitable ground improvement techniques based on the Soil conditions and
CO2 local available
Materials
CO3 Understand the principles and suitability of various stabilization techniques
Select suitable stabilization techniques based on the Soil conditions and local
CO4 available materials
Understand the Principles of dewatering techniques and to apply suitable
CO5 dewatering technique
in the field depending on the requirement
Understand the grouting technology and its applications by selecting the suitable
CO6 grout based on
the field conditions
Detailed Syllabus:
Unit: 1
Introduction ? Need for Engineering Ground ? Classifications of Ground Modification
Techniques ? Suitability, Feasibility and Desirability.
Densification of cohesionless soils ? Deep Compaction ? Vibroflobation ? Vibro Composer
method Blasting ? Densification at Ground. Vibrocompaction Heavy Tamping
Unit: 2
Improvement of Cohesive soils ? Preloading Soil Replacement ? Radial Consolidation ?
Vertical and Radial Consolidation Vertical Drains ? Sand Drains ? Effect of Smear ?
Sandwicks ? Band drains ? Dynamic Compaction.

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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: KAKINADA
KAKINADA ? 533 003, Andhra Pradesh, India
Unit: 3
Stabilisation Mechanical Stabilisation, Lime Stabilisation, Cement Stabilisation, Bitumen
Stabilisation, Thermal Stabilisation, Chemical Stabilistion and Stabilisation with Different
Admixtures
Unit: 4
Dewatering : Dewatering methods ? open sumps and ditches ? gravity flow wells ? Vacuum
dewatering ? Electro ? kinetic dewatering ? Electrosmosis
Grouting: Overview of grouting Suspension grouts ? Solution grouts ? Emulsion
groutsCategories of grouting ? Grouting Techniques ? ascending stage, descending stage and
stage grouting ? Grouting Plant Grout control Grouting applications ? Dams, Tunnels, Shafts
and drifts, excavations.
Unit: 5
Stone Columns ? Methods of installation of Stone Columns ? Load shared by stone columns and
the stabilized ground ? uses of stone columns Lime columns and granular trenches ? Installation
? In situ ground reinforcement ? ground anchors ? types ? Components and applications ? uplift
capabilityStability of foundation trenches and surrounding structures through soil Nailing, tie
backs.
REFERENCE:
1.
Construction and Geotechnical Methods in Foundation Engineering By R.M.
Koerner, McGraw ? Hill Book Co.
2.
Current Practices in Geotechnical Engineering Vol.1, Alam Singh and Joshi,
International Book Traders, Delhi, & GeoEnviron Academia.
3.
Foundation Analysis and Design (1V Ed.) By J.E. Bowles, McGraw ? Hill Book
Co.,
4.
Ground Improvement Techniques by P. Purushotham Raj, Laxmi Publications (P)
Ltd., New Delhi.
5.
Ground Improvement ? Edited by M.P. Moseley, Blackie Academic &
Professional.
6.
Soil Mechanics for Road Engineers, H.M.S.O, Londan.
7.
Ground Improvement Techniques by Bergado et al.

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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: KAKINADA
KAKINADA ? 533 003, Andhra Pradesh, India
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I Year - I Semester

3
0
0
3
MSFI-3b) ? Soil Foundation Interactions
PreRequisites: Soil Mechanics, Mathematics
Course Outcomes: At the end of the course, the student will be able to
Use a stress strain behaviour of Soil in modelling to determine the soil response with
CO1 the applied
loads.
Apply concepts to analyze and to compute the response of the infinite and finite
CO2 beams, plates
on the soil medium
Detailed Syllabus:
Unit: 1
Introduction to Soil ? Foundation Interaction Problems ? Contact Pressure Distribution ?
Idealized Soil Behaviour, Foundation Behaviour, Interface Behaviour, Analytical techniques.
Unit: 2
Idealized Soil Response Models for the Analysis of Soil ? Foundation Interaction ? Elastic
Models for Soil Behaviour, Cointler model, Elastic Continuous Model, Two ?Parametric Elastic
Models ? Elastic ? Plastic and Time Dependent Behaviour of Soil Masses.
Unit: 3
Plane Strain Analysis of an Infinite plate and an Infinitely Long. Beam; Bernoulli ? Euler Beam
Theory and its Modifications ? Effect of Shear Deformations.
Unit: 4
Finite Beams on a Winkler Medium ? Method of Initial Parameters ? Method of Super Position ?
Strain Energy Method.
Unit: 5
Analysis of finite plats ? Axi Symmetric Leading of a Circular Plate ? Circular Plate Resting
on a Winkler Medium ? Circular Plate Resting on a Two ? parameter elastic

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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: KAKINADA
KAKINADA ? 533 003, Andhra Pradesh, India
REFERENCE:
1.
Analytical and computer methods in foundation engineering, JE Bowles, McGraw
Hill publications.
2.
Foundation analysis and design, JE Bowles, McGraw Hill Publications.
3.
Foundation analysis by RF Scott, Printice Hall
4.
Hytenyi, Beams on Elastic Foundations ? university of Michigan Press.
5.
Elastic Analysis of soil ? Foundation Interaction. APS Selvadurai ? Elsevier

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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: KAKINADA
KAKINADA ? 533 003, Andhra Pradesh, India
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3
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0
3
MSFI-3c) Critical State Soil Mechanics
PreRequisites: Soil Mechanics
Course Outcomes: At the end of the course, the student will be able to
CO1 Use a critical state framework to determine soil response
CO2 Use a constitutive model to determine soil response
CO3 Analyze the behaviour of soil under different boundary conditions
Detailed Syllabus:
Unit: 1
Stress and strain ? Stress and Strain Paths and Invariants ? Critical State line ? families of
Undrained and Drained tests ? Undrained and Drained planes ? The Roscoe surface ? Rosco
surface as a state boundary surface.
Unit: 2
Behaviour of Over Consolidated Samples ? Hvorslev Surface ? Critical State Line ? Complete
State Boundary surface ? Volume Changes and Pore Pressure changes ? Behaviour of Sands ?
Effect of Dilation.
Unit: 3
Soil behaviour Before failure ? Plasticity of Soils ? Cam clay Power in Cam ? Clay ? Critical
States and Yielding of Cam ? clay, Compression of Cam ? Clay.
Unit: 4
Routine Soil Tests and the Critical State Model ? Mohr ? Coulomb Failure Criterion ? One ?
dimensional compression ? Undrained Shear Strength ? General states of stress ? Pore pressure
Parameters ? Interpretation of Index Test Data.
Unit: 5
Test paths in consolidation and shear testing Soil Parameters for Design ? Choice of Analysis
? Methods ? Choice of Strength Parameters.
REFERENCES:
1.
The Mechanics of Soils by J.H. Atkinson and P.L. Bransby& ELBS McGraw ? Hill Book
Co.,
2.
Critical State Soil Mechanics ? A. Sehofield and P. Wroth McGraw Hill Book Co.
3.
Guide to soil Mechanics ? Bolton seed, Mac millan Press Ltd., London.

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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: KAKINADA
KAKINADA ? 533 003, Andhra Pradesh, India
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I Year - I Semester

3
0
0
3
MSFI-4a) ? Designing with Geosynthetics
PreRequisites: None
Course Outcomes: At the end of the course, the student will be able to
CO1 Use geosynthetic materials in the field of geotechnical construction works.
CO2 Assess the properties of different materials of
Geosynthetics
CO3 Distinguish and describe various manufacturing methods of geotextiles, geogrids,
geomembranes and geocomposites
CO4 Understand concepts and design the geosynthetics for the functions of separation,
reinforcement, stabilization, filtration, drainage and moisture barriers
Design reinforced earth retaining walls, gabions, pond liners, covers for reservoirs,
CO5 canal liners,
landfill liners, caps and closures, dams and embankments etc
CO6 Distinguish survivability requirements of geocomposites and design geowebs,
geocells, sheet drains, strip drains and moisture barriers etc
Detailed Syllabus:
UNITI
Types, Applications and Functions of Geosynthetics: Introduction
? Types of Geosynthetics ?
Function: Reinforcement, separation, drainage, filtration and barrier ? Uses and Applications.
UNITII
Manufacture, Properties and Testing Methods of Geosynthetics: Raw materials ? manufacturing
process of various types of geosynthetics
UNITIII
Design of reinforced earth retaining Walls: Types of soil reinforced structures like wraparound
walls fullheight panel walls discretefacing panel walls modular block walls, Construction
aspects Usage of BS 8006 FHWA design codes Internal and External stability analyses
Seismic loads.

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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: KAKINADA
KAKINADA ? 533 003, Andhra Pradesh, India
UNITIV
Design of reinforced earth slopes: Basal reinforcement for construction on soft clay soils,
construction of steep slopes with reinforcement layers on stable foundation soil, different slope
stability analysis, erosion control on slopes using geosynthetics.
UnitV
Design of Filters, Drains, Prefabricated vertical drains and Erosion Control Measures using
Geosynthetics: Different filtration requirements Criteria for selection of geotextiles for filtration
Erosion control techniques for slopes and coastal regions, Designing of PVD for stabilizing soft
and marine soils
REFERENCE:
1. "Designing with Geosynthetics" by Robert M. KoernerPrantice Hall, Eaglewood Cliffs,
NJ 07632.
2. "Construction and Geotechnical Engineering using Synthetic Fabries" by Robert M.
Koerner and Josoph P. Welsh. John Willey and Sons, New York.
3. "Engineering with Geosynthetics", by G. Venkatappa Rao and GVS Suryanarayana Raju
? Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Company Limited, New Delhi.
4. "Foundation Analysis and Design" by J.E. Bowles McGraw Hill Publications.
5. FHWA code
6. BS 8006 code

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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: KAKINADA
KAKINADA ? 533 003, Andhra Pradesh, India
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3
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3
MSFI-4b) Rock Mechanics
PreRequisites: None
Course Outcomes: At the end of the course, the student will be able to CO1 Classify
rock mass based on field investigation data
CO2 Select the rock strength parameters for design
CO3 Suggest suitable tests on rocks for intended purpose CO4 Design
suitable rock important techniques
Detailed Syllabus:
Unit: 1
Introduction and Classification of Rocks: Development of Rock Mechanics:
Applications of Rock Mechanics ? Rock Vs. Soil: Engineering Classification of intact rock and
fissured rocks: Classification based on Structural features ? Rock quality Designation Number
and Velocity Ratio Methods.
Unit: 2
Strength and Deformation Behaviour of Rocks and Failure Theories: Typical Stress ? Strain
Curves ? Static and Creep Test; Strength of rock ? Unconfined Shear Strength and Triaxial Shear
Strength of Rocks; Creep behaviour of Rocks; rock fracture and friction; Coulomb ? Navier;
Mohr's and Griffith Theory and its Modification ( General discussion only ? derivation of
equation not included.)
Unit: 3
Laboratory Testing of Rock Samples ? Factors affecting test results sampling procedure and
preparation of specimens; Tensile Tests ? Direct, Indirect and Flexural tests; Uniaxial
compression test; Unconfined and
Triaxial shear tests; Determination of Elastic constants ? Pulse generation and Resonant
Frequency of a vibrating bar methods.
Unit: 4
InSitu Testing of Rock masses Plate ?bearing test, Pressure Tunnel test; Flat Jack Test;
Permeability of Rock
and rock masses; Pore water pressure in rocks.
Unit: 5
Methods of Improving the Properties of Rock Masses ? Pressure Grouting and Rock bolting.
Design of simple ? Openings in competent rocks; laminated rocks and rocks containing planes of
weakness. (Distribution of stresses around simple openings suction only without derivation)
REFERENCE:
1. Jaegar, J.C., and Cook, N.G.W. ? Fundamentals of Rock Mechanics
2. Stagg, K.C. and Zienkiewicz., O.C ? Rock Mechanics in Engineering Practice.
3. Obert, L & Duvall, W.L. ? Rock Mechanics and the Design of Structures in Rock.

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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: KAKINADA
KAKINADA ? 533 003, Andhra Pradesh, India
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3
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0
3
MSFI-4c) Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System (ELECTIVE-II)
PreRequisites: None
Course Outcomes: At the end of the course, the student will be able to
CO1 Familiar with ground, air and satellite based sensor platforms.
Select and apply appropriate data manipulation and visualization methods for a
CO2 number of Earth
science applications, including Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
CO3 Operate PC based visualization software effectively
CO4 to plot, map and interpret, Geospatial data and present the results in an organised
fashion.
Detailed Syllabus:
Unit: 1
Remote Sensing : Definition, Elements involved in Remote Sensing, Ideal Vs Real Remote
Sensing, Characteristics of Real Remote Sensing System, Nature of Electromagnetic Radiation.
The Electromagnetic Spectrum, Remote Sensing Terminology and Units, Energy Interaction
with Earth Features, Vegetation, Soils and Water bodies, Energy interaction in the atmosphere.
Spatial Resolution, Spectral Resolution and Radiometric Resolution, Characteristics of Various
sensors and satellites: LANDSAT, SPOT, IRS, ERS.
Unit: 2
Introduction to GIS: What is GIS , Components of GIS, Overview of GIS, Examples of GIS
application for civil engineering, Using a GIS for Decision making under uncertainty,
Georeferenced data.
Data Input/Output: Keyboard entry, Manual Digitizing, Scanning, remotely sensed data,
Existing Digital data ? Cartographic database, Natural resources data sets, Digital elevation data
and census related data sets, Data output devices.
Unit: 3
Data Quality: Components of data Quality, Sources of error. Data management: Data Base
approach, Three classic data models (Hierarchical network Relational data models), Query
languages, Nature of Geographic data.
Spatial data models: Raster and Vector data models. Data bases for GIS managing Spatial and
attribute data together ? Organizing Geographic Information within a DBMS, Limitations and
Practical Approaches.
Unit: 4
GIS Analysis functions : Organizing data for analysis, Classification of GIS Analysis function,
Maintenance and Analysis of Spatial data ? Transformations, Edge matching and editing,
Maintenance and analysis of nonspatial attribute data ? Editing and query functions.

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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: KAKINADA
KAKINADA ? 533 003, Andhra Pradesh, India
Unit: 5
GIS analysis functions for Integrated analysis of spatial and attribute data: Retrieval and
Classification functions, Overlay operations, Neighborhood operations, Connectivity function,
Output, Formatting ? Map annotation, Text pattern and line styles, Graphic symbols,
Cartographic modeling by GIS, analysis procedure with an example.
TEXT BOOKS:
1. Principles of Geographic Information Systems by Peter A. Burrough and
Rachael A.McDonnell ? Oxford University Press.
2. Principles of Remote Sensing by Paul J Curran Geographic Information Systems, A
Management Perspective by STAN ARONOFF, Published by WDL Publications, Ottawa,
Canada.
3. Michael Hord. Remote Sensing Methods and Applications, John Wiley.
4. Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems ? 2nd Edition by M. Anji Reddy.
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Remote sensing and Image Interpretation by LILESAND and KIEFER, Published by john
Wiley and sons.
2. Fundamental of GIS by MICHAEL N DEMERS Published by John Wiley & Sons Inc.

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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: KAKINADA
KAKINADA ? 533 003, Andhra Pradesh, India
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2
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND IPR

UNIT 1:
Meaning of research problem, Sources of research problem, Criteria Characteristics of a good
research problem, Errors in selecting a research problem, Scope and objectives of research
problem. Approaches of investigation of solutions for research problem, data collection, analysis,
interpretation, Necessary instrumentations
UNIT 2:
Effective literature studies approaches, analysis Plagiarism, Research ethics, Effective technical
writing, how to write report, Paper Developing a Research Proposal, Format of research
proposal, a presentation and assessment by a review committee
UNIT 3:
Nature of Intellectual Property: Patents, Designs, Trade and Copyright. Process of Patenting and
Development: technological research, innovation, patenting, development. International
Scenario: International cooperation on Intellectual Property. Procedure for grants of patents,
Patenting under PCT.
UNIT 4:
Patent Rights: Scope of Patent Rights. Licensing and transfer of technology. Patent information
and databases. Geographical Indications.
UNIT 5:
New Developments in IPR: Administration of Patent System. New developments in IPR; IPR of
Biological Systems, Computer Software etc. Traditional knowledge Case Studies, IPR and IITs.
REFERENCES:
(1) Stuart Melville and Wayne Goddard, "Research methodology: an introduction for
science & engineering students'"
(2) Wayne Goddard and Stuart Melville, "Research Methodology: An Introduction"
(3) Ranjit Kumar, 2nd Edition, "Research Methodology: A Step by Step Guide for
beginners"
(4) Halbert, "Resisting Intellectual Property", Taylor & Francis Ltd ,2007.
(5) Mayall, "Industrial Design", McGraw Hill, 1992.
(6) Niebel, "Product Design", McGraw Hill, 1974.
(7) Asimov, "Introduction to Design", Prentice Hall, 1962.
(8) (8) Robert P. Merges, Peter S. Menell, Mark A. Lemley, " Intellectual Property in New
Technological Age", 2016.
(9) T. Ramappa, "Intellectual Property Rights Under WTO", S. Chand, 2008

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MSFPI1 Geotechnical Engineering Lab-I
PreRequisites: None
Course Outcomes: At the end of the course, the student will be able to
CO1 conduct various laboratory tests on soils, analyze and the interpretation of results
Syllabus:
List of Experiments:
1.
Determination of moisture content and specific gravity of soil
2.
Grain size distribution analysis and hydrometer analysis
3.
Atterberg limits (liquid limit, plastic limit, shrinkage limit)
4.
Field identification tests
5.
Vibration test for relative density of sand
6.
Standard and modified proctor compaction tests
7.
Falling head permeability test and constant head permeability test
8.
CBR

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MSFPI2 Geotechnical Engineering LabII
PreRequisites: None
Course Outcomes: At the end of the course, the student will be able to
CO1 conduct various laboratory tests on soils, analyze and the interpretation of results
Syllabus:
List of Experiments:
1. Unconfined compression test
2. Direct shear test
3. Triaxial compression testUU,CU,CD tests.
4. Laboratory vane shear test
5. Free swell index test
6. Swell pressure test
7. Consolidation test
8. Field density test (core cutter and sand replacement methods)
9. PH, electrical conductivity, chloride and sulphate in soils

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MSFII-1 Advanced Foundation Engineering
PreRequisites: Geotechnical Engineering ? I & II
Course Outcomes: At the end of the course, the student will be able to
CO1 Determine the bearing capacity of shallow foundations for different loading and
ground conditions using different methods
CO2
Know the choice and type of shallow foundation and the design considerations and its
design.
CO3
Determine the allowable bearing capacity
CO4
Understand classification of piles and determine the load carrying capacity of piles by
various methods and the pullout capacity of piles and down drag forces on piles due
to negative skin friction
CO5
Determine the load carrying capacity of pile groups and the load carrying capacity of
laterally loaded piles
Detailed Syllabus:
Unit: 1
Shallow Foundations ?Bearing capacity ? Terzaghi, Meyerhof's, Hansen's and Vesic's
Bearing Capacity Theories ? IS method of Bearing Capacity Factors Bearing Capacity of
Stratified Soils
Bearing Capacity Based on Penetration Resistances Safe Bearing Capacity and
Allowable Bearing Pressure.
Unit: 2
Types and choice of type. Design Considerations including Location and Depth, Proportioning
of Shallow Foundations Isolated and Combined Footings and Mats Design Procedure for
Mats. Floating Foundation Fundamentals of Beams on Elastic Foundations ?Introduction to
Drilled pier and Caisson Foundations
Unit: 3
Settlement Analysis ? Elastic settlement in granular soils ? Meyerhof's, De Beer and Marten's
and Schemertmann'sequationsElastic settlements of surface and subsurface footing in clays
Skempton and Bjerrum's pseudo threedimensional approach to consolidation settlement,
settlement from insitu tests. Tolerable settlements.

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KAKINADA ? 533 003, Andhra Pradesh, India
Unit: 4
Pile Foundation Classification of PilesFactors influencing Choice Load Carrying Capacity of
Single Piles in Clays and Sands Using Static Pile Formulae and Methods ?Dynamic
Pile Formulations
Pullout resistance of piles Meyerhof's, Vesic's equations and Coyle and Castello correlations
for piles in sands (Elastic settlement of piles) Pull out Resistance of piles Negative skin friction
in piles ? Typical field situations ? Estimation of downdrag Neutral point ? Methods of
minimizing downdrag.
Unit: 5
Pile Groups: Efficiency of Pile Groups Different FormulaeLoad Carrying Capacity of Pile
Groups in Clays and Sands ? Settlement of Pile Groups in Clays and Sands ? Computation of
Load on each Pile in a Group.
Laterally loaded vertical piles Modulus of subgrade reaction ? Piles in granular soils and
cohesive soils subjected to lateral loading Matlock & Reese analysis for piles in sands
Davisson & Gill analysis for piles in clays, Broms' Analysis for piles in sands and clays.
REFERENCE
1.
Principles of Foundation Engineering Braja M. Das
2.
Foundation Analysis and Design ? J.E. bowles, McGraw ? Hill Publishing Co.,
3.
Analysis and design of foundations and Earth Retaining Structures. ?S. Prakash, Gopal
Rajan and Swami Saran ? SaritaPrakasan, Merut.
4.
Foundation Design and Construction ? M.J. Tomlinson, Pitman
5.
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Vol. II, Foundation Engg., VNS Murthy
6.
Pile Foundation Analysis & Design by Poulos and Davis.

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KAKINADA ? 533 003, Andhra Pradesh, India
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING KAKINADA (A) JAWAHARLAL
NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY KAKINADA Board of Studies (Soil Mechanics &
Foundation Engineering) Meeting : 3rd& 4th August 2019 (R19)
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MSFII-2 Earth Retaining structures
PreRequisites: Soil Mechanics
Course Outcomes: At the end of the course, the student will be able to
CO1 Quantify the lateral earth pressures associated with different earth systems
CO2 Evaluate the mechanical properties of geosynthetics used for soil reinforcement
CO3 Identify the merits and demerits of different earth retaining systems.
Select the most technically appropriate type of retaining wall for the application from
CO4 a thorough
knowledge of available systems
Design of retaining structures using appropriate design methods, factors of safety,
CO5 earth
pressure diagrams and field verification methods
CO6 Aware of current guidelines regarding the design of earth retaining structures.
CO7 Design retaining structures considering both external and internal stability aspects
Detailed Syllabus:
Unit: 1
Earth pressures ? Different types and their coefficients Classical Theories of Earth pressure ?
Rankine's and Coulomb's Theories for Active and Passive earth pressure Computation of
Lateral Earth Pressure in Homogeneous and Layered soils Graphical solutions for Coulomb's
Theory
in
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Unit: 2
Retaining walls ? different types Type of Failures of Retaining Walls ? Stability requirements ?
Drainage behind Retaining walls ? Provision of Joints ? Relief Shells.
Unit: 3
Sheet Pile Structures ? Types of Sheet piles ? Cantilever sheet piles in sands and clays ?
Anchored sheet piles ? Free earth and Fixed earth support methods ? Rowe's moment reduction
method ? Location of anchors and Design of Anchorage system.
Unit: 4
Braced cuts and Cofferdams: Lateral Pressure in Braced cuts ? Design of Various Components of
a Braced cut ? Stability of Braced cuts ? Bottom Heave in cuts. ? types of cofferdam, suitability,
merits and demerits ? Design of single ? wall cofferdams and their stability aspects ? TVA
method and Cummins' methods.
Unit: 5
Pseudo static analysis of Earth Retaining Structures using Mononobe& Okabe Solution :
REFERENCES
1.
Principles of Foundation Engineering by Braja M. Das.
2.
Foundation analysis and design ? Bowles, JE ? McGraw Hill
3.
Soil Mechanics in Engineering Practice ? Terzaghi, K and Rolph, B. peck 2ndEdn. ? John
Wiley & Co.,
4.
Analysis and Design of Foundations and Retaining Structures, Prakash, S ?
SarithaPrakashan, Mearut.

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MSFII-3 a) Pavement Analysis, Design and Evaluation
PreRequisites: None
Course Outcomes: At the end of the course, the student will be able to
CO1 Understand the design parameters of pavement design
CO2 Design flexible and rigid pavements for different field conditions
CO3 Compute the stress distribution in different pavement layers
CO4 Evaluate the pavements and design overlay systems
Syllabus:
Unit: 1
Pavement Types, Wheel Loads and Design Factors: Definition of Pavement Types, Comparison
of Highway pavements, Wheel Loads, Tyre pressure, Contact pressure, Design Factors: Traffic
and Loading, Environment, Materials, Failure criteria, Reliability.
Unit: 2
Stresses in Pavements: Layered System Concepts: One Layer System: Boussinesq's Theory.
Two Layer Theory: Burmister's Theory. Three Layer System. Stresses in Rigid Pavements.
Relative Stiffness of Slabs, Modulus of Subgrade Reaction, Stresses due to Warping, Stresses
due to Friction, Stresses due to Load, IRC Recommendations.
Unit: 3
Pavement Design: IRC Method of Flexible Pavement Design, AASHTO Method of Flexible
Pavement Design, IRC Method for Rigid Pavements, use of Geosynthatics in pavements.
Unit: 4
Pavement Inventories: Serviceability Concepts, Visual Rating, Pavement Serviceability Index,
Roughness Measurements, Measurement of Distress Modes Cracking, Rutting, Rebound
Deflection using Benkleman Beam Deflection Method, Load Man Concept, Skid Resistance
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KAKINADA ? 533 003, Andhra Pradesh, India
Unit: 5
Pavement Evaluation: Functional Pavement Performance Evaluation: AASHTO Method, Psycho
Physical and Psycho Metric Scaling Techniques, Deduct Value Method.
Structural Conditional Evaluation Technique: Benkelman Beam Deflection Method, Pavement
Distress Rating Technique. Design of Overlays by Benkelmen Beam Deflection Methods as per
IRC ? 81 1997 ? pavements on problematic soils.
REFERENCES:
1.
Yoder and Witzorack, "Principles of Pavement Design", John Willey and Sons.
2.
Yang, H. Huang, "Pavement Analysis and Design", Prentice Hall Publication, Englewood
Cliffs, New Jersy.
3.
Sargious, M.A. Pavements and Surfacings for Highways and Airports ? Applied science
Publishers limited
4.
Ralps Hass and Hudson, W.R. " Pavement Management System" McGraw Hill Book
Company.
5.
IRC codes of practice.

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MSFII-3 b) Construction Planning and Methods
PreRequisites: None
Course Outcomes: At the end of the course, the student will be able to
CO1 understand the construction planning
CO2 utilize the various earth moving equipment
CO3 to prepare the Project Budget
Syllabus:
Unit: 1
Project Management: Planning ? Scheduling ? Control ? Bar chart ? Milestone charts ?
Development of CPM and Pert networks ? Time Estimates ? Evaluation of Project duration ?
Cost Analysis ? Updating ? Crashing and Resource Allocation.
Unit: 2
Equipment: Equipment Economics ? Cost of Owning and operating ? Earth moving equipment ?
Dozers ? Scrapers ? graders ? shovels ? hoes ? loaders ? clamshell buckets ? Draglines ? Cranes
Unit: 3
Trucks and Handling Equipment: Rear dump trucks ? Capacities of trucks and handling
equipment ? calculation of truck production ? compaction equipment ? types of compaction
rollers ? quality control ? soil stabilization
Unit: 4
Aggregate production: Crushers ? Jaw Crushers ? Gyratory crushers ? impact crushers ?
selection of crushing equipment ? screening of aggregate ? concrete mixers ? mixing and placing
concrete ? consolidating and finishing.

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KAKINADA ? 533 003, Andhra Pradesh, India
Unit: 5
Project Budgeting: Introduction ? Project costs ? types of costs ? Accuracy and timing of cost
estimates ? methods of crushing costs ? cost control ? cost inflation ? escalation and
contingencies.
References:
1.Peurifoy and Schexnayder, " Construction Planning, Equipement and Methods", Tata McGraw
Hill Edition, New Delhi.
2.Kraig Knutson, Clifford, J.S, Christine Flori and Rishard E. Mayo, "Construction Management
Fundamentals". Tata McGraw Hill Edition, New Delhi.
3.Chitkara, "Construction Project Management", Tata McGraw Hill Edition, New Delhi.
Timothy.J. Kopprnborg, "Contemporary Project Management", CenageLerraning.

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MSFII-3 c) Geotechnical Earth Quake Engineering
PreRequisites: None
Course Outcomes: At the end of the course, the student will be able to
CO1 Learn the fundamental definitions of earth quake engineering
CO2 Understand earth quake ground motions
CO3 Gain knowledge on dynamic properties of the soil and its estimation
CO4 Understand liquefaction and lateral spreading of soil.
CO5 Do the seismic design of foundations, slopes and retaining structures
Detailed Syllabus:
Unit: 1
Earthquake Seismology: Introduction Seismic waves Causes of earth quake Continual
drift and Plate tectonics ? Earthquake fault sources ? Faults, fault geometry, fault movement
Elastic Rebound Theory ? Location of Earth Quakes Quantification of Earthquakes ?
Intensity and magnitude ? Earthquake Energy.
Unit: 2
Earthquake ground motion: Seismograph Characteristics of Ground motion: Ground motion
parameters ? Amplitude Parameters ? peak acceleration, peak velocity, peak displacement
other amplitude parameters ? Frequency content parameters ? ground response spectra, Fourier
spectra, Power spectra, response spectra ? spectral parameters ? duration. Local site
Specification and Code based design
Unit: 3
Dynamic Soil Properties: Representation of Stress conditions by the Mohr Circle ?
Measurement of Dynamic properties ? field, laboratory, interpretation of observed ground
response One dimensional response analysis linear approach, E quivalent linear approach.
Unit: 4
Liquefaction and Lateral Spreading ? Liquefaction Related phenomena Liquefaction
susceptibility ? Initiation of Liquefaction ? Effects of Liquefaction ? Remedies on Seismic
hazards ? Densification ? Reinforcement ? Grouting and mixing Techniques ? Drainage
Techniques

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KAKINADA ? 533 003, Andhra Pradesh, India
Unit: 5
Seismic Design of Foundation, Slopes and Retaining Structures: Seismic Design requirements
for Foundation ? Seismic Bearing capacity Seismic Settlement Internal stability and
weakened instability of slopes Seismic design of retaining walls: Dynamic Response of
Retaining walls Seismic Displacement of Retaining walls Seismic Design Considerations.
REFERENCES:
1. "Geotechnical Earth Quake Engineering" by SL Kramer, Pearson Education.
2. "Earth Quake" W.H. Freeman, New York

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MSFII-4 a) - Earth Dams
PreRequisites: None
Course Outcomes: At the end of the course, the student will be able to
Understand the basic concepts of earthfill dams and rockfill dams and identify the
CO1 site
topography and foundations conditions
Identify basic design requirements and causes of failures of dams, distinguish CO2
foundation types
and the different fill materials
Estimate seepage through dam sections, foundations and select core and shell CO3
materials
Understand and design the methods to control seepage through different units of
CO4 dams
CO5 Able to undertake slope stability analysis of dams
distinguish different types of instruments like piezometers, settlement gauges and
CO6 inclinometers
to install for performance studies of dams
Detailed Syllabus:
Unit: 1
BASIC CONCEPTS AND MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS.: Evolution ? Types of Dams ?
Earthfill Dams ? Rockfill Dams ? Selection of Type of Dam ? Site Topography ? Foundation
Conditions ? Basic Design Requirements ? Causes of Failure and Deterioration of Dams ?
Design Investigations ? Fill Material ? Foundations ? Design Studies .
Unit: 2
SEEPAGE THROUGH DAM SECTION AND ITS CONTROL: Estimation of Seepage
through Dam Section and foundation ? Considerations in selection and design of core and
determination of shell material
Drains: ? Pervious Downstream Shell ? Chimney Drains ? Rock Toe and Drains ? Use of
Geotextiles as Filter Material.

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KAKINADA ? 533 003, Andhra Pradesh, India
Unit: 3
CONTROL OF SEEPAGE THROUGH FOUNDATIONS: General Considerations ? different
types of cutoff walls ? Provision of d/s aprons ? relief wells
SLOPE PROTECTION ? Necessity with respect to u/s and d/s slopes ? u/s slope protection by
Dumped Riprap Handplaced Riprap ? Soil Cement Slope Protection ? Downstream Slope
Protection by providing berms grass turfing.
Unit: 4
STABILITY ANALYSIS OF SLOPES OF EARTH DAMS: Slope stability analysis techniques
?Methods of Slices, Fellinious Method, Simplified Bishop method, Taylor's method, Simplified
Janbu's Method; Stability of earth dam slopes ? u/s slope during sudden drawdown, d/s slope
during steady seepage, stability of u/s and d/s slopes during and after construction.
Unit: 5
INSTRUMENTATION: ? Purpose Types of Instruments and Brief Description ? Installation ?
piezometers Casagrande and Vibration wire Settlement gauges ? Inclinometers.
REFERENCE:
1. Earth Dams by HD Sharma
2. Earth and Rockfill Dams HD Sharma & Bharat Singh

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MSFII-4 b) - Construction in Expansive Soils
PreRequisites: None
Course Outcomes: At the end of the course, the student will be able to
CO1 Understand the behaviour of expansive soils
CO2 Assess the foundation practices on expansive soils
CO3 Perform the methods of stabilization expansive soils
CO4 Select additives and the methodology for stabilization
CO5 Apply the gained knowledge for suitable performance
Detailed Syllabus:
Unit: 1
Clay mineralogyNature of soilsclay mineral structurescation exchangesoil watersoil
structuresoil water interaction.
Unit: 2
Swelling characteristics: swellingfactors effecting swellingswell potentialswell pressure
methods of determination ? factors affecting swelling potential and swell pressure ? Heave
factors affecting heave methods of determination of heave.
Unit: 3
Foundation Practices in Expansive Clays ? Sand cushion ? Belled Piers ? CNS layer technique
? Under ? reamed pile foundations ? Construction techniques ? design specifications ? Load
carrying capacity in compression and uplift of single and multi ? under reamed piles in clays
and sands ? granular pile Anchors.
Unit: 4
Lime soil columns and Lime slurry pressure injection ? Stabilization with admixtures ?
Preponding ? Vertical and Horizontal Moisture Barriers .

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KAKINADA ? 533 003, Andhra Pradesh, India
Unit: 5
Shear strength of expansive soilsKattis concept of bilinear strength envelopeStress state
variables in partly saturated soilsfredlunds strength parametersdetermination of matrix suction
by axis translation techniquefield suction measurement
References:
F.H.Chen, Foundations on Expansive Soils, Eleveir Scientific Publishing Company, Newyork.
J.D.Nelson and D.I. Miller, Expansive soils Problems and Practice in Foundation and Pavement
Engineering by, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
D.G. Fredlund and H.Rahardjo, Soil Mechanics for Unsaturated Soils, WILEY Inter science
Publication, John Wiley & Sons, Inc
D.R. Katti, AR Katti, Behaviour of Saturated Expansive Soils and Control methods, Taylor and
Francis Gopal Ranjan and AS Rao, Basic and Applied Soil Mechanics, New Age International
Publishers,
NewDelhi. Hand Book on Under reamed and Bored Compaction Pile Foundations ? CBRI,
Roorkee. IS: 2720(Part XLI) ? 1977 Measurement of Swelling Pressure of Soils.

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MSFII-4 c) - Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering
PreRequisites: None
Course Outcomes: At the end of the course, the student will be able to
CO1 Apply various models to the soil mass to find out the behavior of the soil
Apply FD solution to homogeneous and layered soils, one, two and three
CO2 dimensional
Consolidation problems
CO3 Apply the FD and FEM solutions for shallow foundations and Deep foundations
Detailed Syllabus:
Unit: 1
Introduction: Categories of Problems in Geotechnical Engineering, Finite Difference Method,
Boundary Corrections for Grids. Accuracy, Convergence and Stability. Idealization of soil
behaviour; Linear, Bilinear and multilinear, Hyperbolic, Spline function, Ramberg ? Osgood's
Model, Polynomials, Higher order elastic models, perfect plasticity, frictional. Elastic models of
soil behaviour ? The winkler ? Filenenkoboroditch ? Pasternak ? Ressiener models.
Unit: 2
Seepage: Finite Difference Solution to Laplace equation for Homogeneous and Layered Soils.
Unit: 3
Consolidation: Finite Difference Solution for One Dimensional, Two and three dimensional
consolidations.
Multi layered systems. Consolidation of Ground for Construction Load and Static Load.

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KAKINADA ? 533 003, Andhra Pradesh, India
Unit: 4
Shallow Foundations: Beams on Elastic foundations, solution by Finite Difference and ? Finite
Element Method (Direct Approach) Limit analysis, Lower Bound and Upperbound theories
Method of Finite difference solution of Raft foundations.
Unit: 5
Pile Foundation: Pile Stresses ? Static loading ? Finite Element Method Solution (Direct
approach ) of the pile static pile capacity wave equation Lateral piles by Finite Element
Method (Direct Approach) and Finite Difference method.
REFERENCE:
1. Numerical methods in Geotechnical Engineering by C.S. Desai and J.T. Christian McGraw
Hill publications.
2. Analytical and computer methods in foundation engineering, JE Bowles, McGraw Hill
publications.
3. Foundation analysis and design, JE Bowles, McGraw Hill publications
4. Foundation analysis by RF Scott, Printice Hall
5. Hytenyi, Beams on Elastic Foundations ? university of Michigan Press.
6. Elastic Analysis of Soil ? Foundation Interaction, APS Selvadurai ? Elsevier
7. Pile Foundation Analalysis& Design by Poulos and Davis.

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MSFPII1 Geotechnical Engineering Lab-III
PreRequisites: None
Course Outcomes: At the end of the course, the student will be able to
CO1 conduct various filed tests on soils, analyze and the interpretation of results
Detailed Syllabus:
List of Experiments:
1.
Auger boring
2.
Standard penetration test
3.
Dynamic cone penetration test
4.
Plate load test
5.
Field CBR test
6.
Pile load test
7.
Electrical resistivity of soil

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MSFPII2 Software Design Lab
PreRequisites: None
Course Outcomes: At the end of the course, the student will be able to
CO1 Develop Computer s for solution of various geotechnical engineering Problems
Use different Geotechnical software to solve various geotechnical engineering CO2
problems
Detailed Syllabus:
1. Ultimate, Net and Safe Bearing Capacity Using Terzaghi and IS Code Methods.
2. Net Settlement Pressure
3. Hyperbolic Curve Fitting of Triaxial Compression Data
4. Terzaghi One dimensional consolidation solution by FDM (perform analysis of
substructures by packages)
5. Beam on Elastic Foundation by FDM
6. FDM Solution for Raft Foundation
7. Axial Loaded Piles by Direct FEM
8. Laterally Loaded Piles by FDM & FEM
9. Stability Analysis by Bishop theory
10. Stability Analysis by Method of Slices.
The Student Can able to write atleast any Eight Programs listed above.

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MSFIII-1 a) Geo-environmental Engineering
PreRequisites: None
Course Outcomes: At the end of the course, the student will be able to
CO1 Understand various ground contaminations, pollution transport phenomena.
CO2 Understand the clay mineralogy and its interaction with water.
CO3 Understand the contaminant transport mechanisms
CO4 Understand the Soil pollutants interaction
CO5 Understand the Remediation and Pollution Mitigation
1. Substantially Detailed Syllabus:
Unit: 1
Introduction Ground water contamination, pollutant transport and ground water remediation.
Sources and Types of ground water contamination ? underground storage tanks, Land fills,
surface impoundments, waste disposal injection wells, Septic system, Agricultural wastes,
Land application, radioactive contamination, other sources of contamination.
Unit: 2
Clay Mineralogy, Claywater interaction, Electric Charges on Surfaces, Electric Double Layer,
Diffuse DoubleLayer (DDL) Models, Stern and Grahame Models, Interaction Energies, DLVO
Model and Interaction Energies, Swelling Clays, SoilWater Characteristics, SoilWater
Potentials, Measurement of SoilWater Potentials, Soil water Characteristics Curves,
Evaluation of Measured SoilWater Potentials, Potentials and Swelling Soils, Cation exchange
capacity, Specific surface area measurements.
Unit: 3
Contaminant Transport Mechanisms: Introduction ? Advection process ? Diffusion ? Dispersion
process ? Diffusion ? Mass transport Equations : Derivation of advection dispersion equation for
solute transport; One Dimensional Models ? Continuous source in one dimension ?
Instantaneous source in one dimension ? Adsorption effects ? Transport in one dimensional with
first order decay ? Sorption: The concept of sorption.
Factors influencing sorption ? Contaminant characteristics, Soil characteristics, Fluid media
characteristics. Sorption Isotherm: Linear sorption Isotherm ? Freundlich Sorption isotherm ?
Langmuir Sorption Isotherm, Sorption effects on fate and transport of pollutants.

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KAKINADA ? 533 003, Andhra Pradesh, India
Unit: 4
Soilpollutant interactions, SoilWater Characteristics, SoilWater Potentials, Measurement of
SoilWater Potentials, Soilwater Characteristics Curves, Unsaturated Hydraulic conductivity,
Governing equation for unsaturated flow, Evaluation of Measured SoilWater Potentials,
Potentials and Swelling Soils, Cation exchange capacity, Specific surface area measurements.
Unit: 5
Remediation and Pollution Mitigation, Pollutants and Site Contamination, Pollution Mitigation,
Elimination, and Management, In situ and ex situ Remedial Treatment, Physicochemical
Techniques, Contaminated Soil Removal and Treatment, Vacuum Extraction: Water and
Vapour, Electrokinetic Application, Solidification and Stabilization, Inorganic Pollutants,
Permeable reactive barriers, Organic Chemical Pollutants, Biological Techniques
TEXT BOOKS:
1. Ground water Contamination (Transport and Remediation) By Philip. B. Bedient, Hanadi, S.
Rifai& Charles. J. Newell, Prentice Hall PTR, Upper Saddle River, NJ07458.
2. Geoenvironmental Engineering by Raymond N. Yong, CRC Press.
3. Barrier Systems for Waste Disposal Facilities by Rowe, R. K., Quigley, R. M., Brachman, R.
W.
I. and Booker, J. R. (2004), Taylor & Francis, London, UK.
4. Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering Hand Book by R. K. Rowe, Springer
REFERENCES
1. Geoenvironmental Engineering by R. Krishna Reddy John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
2. Geoenvironmental engineering by Reddy, L.N and Inyang, I.H. ? Marcel Drekker, 2000.
3. Environmental geotechniques by Sarsby, R. ? Thompson Telford, 2000.Geotechnical
Practices for Waste Disposal by Daniel, D.E., 1993

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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: KAKINADA
KAKINADA ? 533 003, Andhra Pradesh, India
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MSFIII-1 b) Soil Dynamics & Machine Foundations
PreRequisites: None
Course Outcomes: At the end of the course, the student will be able to
Understand the fundamental behaviour of geotechnical structures under dynamic
CO1 loading
CO2 Understand the theories of vibration analysis
Conduct various laboratory and filed tests to determine the dynamic soil prosperities
CO3 and its interpretation
CO4
Design the machine foundations
Design vibration isolators under any vibratory machines and analysis of geotechnical
CO5 structures under dynamic loads
Detailed Syllabus:
Unit: 1
Introduction: Types of motion SHM Fundamental definitions SDOF systems Free and
forced vibration with and without damping Types of dampingEquivalent stiffness of springs
in series and parallel Principles of vibration measuring devices Introduction to two and multi
degree freedom systems
Unit: 2
Theories of Vibration Analysis EHS Theory and lumped parameter model Different modes of
vibration Natural frequency of foundation soil system ? Barkan and IS methods ? Pressure
bulb concept ? Reisner Theory ? Limitations of Reisner theory ? Sung's solutions Pauw's
Analogy ? Heigh's Theory.
Unit: 3
Dynamic properties of soils, Determination of E, G and Poisons ratio from field and laboratory
tests, recommendations of Indian codes Stress waves in bounded elastic medium Use of wave
theory in the determination of elastic properties, Elastic coefficients of soils and their
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KAKINADA ? 533 003, Andhra Pradesh, India
Unit: 4
Machine Foundations: Classification based on the type of dynamic force and structural form,
design data, design criteria, foundations for reciprocating, impact and high speed machined like
turbo generators IS code provisions for the design of the same
Unit: 5
Vibration Isolation and Special Topics: Transmissibility, Principles of isolation Methods of
isolation Vibration isolators Types and their characterizes Liquefaction of soils, Dynamic
bearing capacity, Earth retaining structures under dynamic loadsPile foundations with dynamic
loads
REFERENCES:
1. Vibrations of Soils and Foundations ? Richart Hall and Woods
2. Vibration Analysis and Foundation Dynamics, NSV Kameswara Rao, Wheeler
Publishing, New Delhi.
3. Foundations of Machines Analysis and Design Prakash and Puri
4. Analysis and design of Foundations for Vibrations P J Moore
5. Fundamentals of Soil Dynamics B M Das
6. Dynamics of bases and Foundations D DBarkar

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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: KAKINADA
KAKINADA ? 533 003, Andhra Pradesh, India
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MSFIII1 c) Finite Element Method
PreRequisites: None
Course Outcomes: At the end of the course, the student will be able to
Develop finite element formulations of 1 degree of freedom problems and solve
CO1 them
Understand any Finite Element software to perform stress, thermal and modal
CO2 analysis
CO3 Compute the stiffness matrices of different elements and system
CO4 Interpret displacements, strains and stress resultants
Detailed Syllabus:
Unit: 1
Introduction: Review of stiffness method Principle of Stationary potential energyPotential
energy of an elastic body RayleighRitz method of functional approximation variational
approaches weighted residual methods
Unit: 2
Finite Element formulation of truss element: Stiffness matrix properties of stiffness matrix ?
Selection of approximate displacement functions solution of a plane truss transformation
matrix and stiffness matrix for a 3 D truss Inclined and skewed supportsGalerkin's method for
1D truss ? Computation of stress in a truss element.
Unit: 3
Finite element formulation of Beam elements: Beam stiffness assemblage of beam stiffness
matrix Examples of beam analysis for concentrated and distributed loadingGalerkin's method
2D Arbitrarily oriented beam element ? inclined and skewed supports ?rigid plane frame
examples

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KAKINADA ? 533 003, Andhra Pradesh, India
Unit: 4
Finite element formulation for plane stress, plane strain and axisymmetric problems Derivation
of CST and LST stiffness matrix and equationstreatment of body and surface forcesFinite
Element solution for plane stress and axisymmetric problems comparison of CST and LST
elements ?convergence of solution interpretation of stresses.
Unit: 5
Isoparametric Formulation: An isoparametric bar element plane bilinear isoparametric
element ? quadratic plane element shape functions, evaluation of stiffness matrix, consistent
nodal load vector Gauss quadrature appropriate order of quadrature ? element and mesh
instabilities ? spurious zero energy modes, stress computation patch test.
REFERENCES:
1. Concepts and applications of Finite Element Analysis ? Robert D. Cook, Michael E Plesha,
John Wiley & sons Publications
2. A first course in the Finite Element Method ? Daryl L. Logan, Thomson Publications.
3. Introduction to Finite Elements in EngineeringTirupati R. Chandrupatla, Ashok D.
Belgunda, PHI publications.

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Open Elective: a). COMPOSITE MATERIALS
(Common to M. Tech - Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering, Highway Engineering,
Transportation Engineering, and Environmental Engineering )
Course Outcome:
At the end of the course the students will be able to:
Use of different material to design composites
Use of different techniques to process different types of composites and know the
limitations of each process.
Understand and describe the basic concept and classification of composite.
Acquire the knowledge in polymer matrix composites and its processing methods.
Acquire the knowledge in metal matrix composites and its processing methods.
Acquire the knowledge in ceramics matrix composites and its processing methods.

UNITI
INTRODUCTION: Definition ? Classification and characteristics of Composite materials.
Advantages and application of composites. Functional requirements of reinforcement and matrix.
Effect of reinforcement (size, shape, distribution, volume fraction) on overall composite
performance.
UNIT II
REINFORCEMENTS: Preparation-layup, curing, properties and applications of glass fibers,
carbon fibers, Kevlar fibers and Boron fibers. Properties and applications of whiskers, particle
reinforcements. Mechanical Behavior of composites: Rule of mixtures, Inverse rule of
mixtures.Isostrain and Isostress conditions.
UNIT III
Manufacturing of Metal Matrix Composites: Casting ? Solid State diffusion technique, Cladding
? Hot isostatic pressing. Properties and applications. Manufacturing of Ceramic Matrix
Composites: Liquid Metal Infiltration ? Liquid phase sintering. Manufacturing of Carbon ?
Carbon composites: Knitting, Braiding, Weaving. Properties and applications.
UNIT IV
Manufacturing of Polymer Matrix Composites: Preparation of Moulding compounds and
prepregs ? hand layup method ? Autoclave method ? Filament winding method ? Compression
moulding ? Reaction injection moulding. Properties and applications.

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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: KAKINADA
KAKINADA ? 533 003, Andhra Pradesh, India
UNIT V
Strength: Laminar Failure Criteria-strength ratio, maximum stress criteria, maximum strain
criteria, interacting failure criteria, hydrothermal failure. Laminate first play failure-insight
strength; Laminate strength-ply discount truncated maximum strain criterion; strength design
using caplet plots; stress concentrations.
REFERENCES:
1. Material Science and Technology ? Vol 13 ? Composites by R.W.Cahn ? VCH, West
Germany.
2. Materials Science and Engineering, An introduction. WD Callister, Jr., Adapted by R.
Balasubramaniam, John Wiley & Sons, NY, Indian edition, 2007.
3. Hand Book of Composite Materials-ed-Lubin.
4. Composite Materials ? K.K.Chawla.
5. Composite Materials Science and Applications ? Deborah D.L. Chung.
6. Composite Materials Design and Applications ? Danial Gay, Suong V. Hoa, and Stephen
W. Tasi.

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Open Elective: b). INDUSTRIAL SAFETY
(Common to M. Tech - Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering, Highway Engineering,
Transportation Engineering, and Environmental Engineering )

OUTCOMES:
Student can know how to take safety measures in executing works
Can identify the need for maintenance (or) replacement of equipment
Can understand the need for periodic and preventive maintenance
UNIT-I
Industrial safety: Accident, causes, types, results and control, mechanical and electrical hazards,
types, causes and preventive steps/procedure, describe salient points of factories act 1948 for
health and safety, wash rooms, drinking water layouts, light, cleanliness, fire, guarding, pressure
vessels, etc, Safety color codes. Fire prevention and firefighting, equipment and methods.
UNIT-II
Fundamentals of maintenance engineering: Definition and aim of maintenance engineering,
Primary and secondary functions and responsibility of maintenance department, Types of
maintenance, Types and applications of tools used for maintenance, Maintenance cost & its
relation with replacement economy, Service life of equipment.
UNIT-III
Wear and Corrosion and their prevention: Wear- types, causes, effects, wear reduction methods,
lubricants-types and applications, Lubrication methods, general sketch, working andapplications,
i. Screw down grease cup, ii. Pressure grease gun, iii. Splash lubrication, iv. Gravity lubrication,
v. Wick feed lubrication vi. Side feed lubrication, vii. Ring lubrication, Definition, principle and
factors affecting the corrosion. Types of corrosion, corrosion prevention methods.
UNIT-IV
Fault tracing: Fault tracing-concept and importance, decision tree concept, need and applications,
sequence of fault finding activities, show as decision tree, draw decision tree for problems in
machine tools, hydraulic, pneumatic, automotive, thermal and electrical equipment's like, i. Any
one machine tool, ii. Pump iii. Air compressor iv. Internal combustion engine, v. Boiler, vi.
Electrical motors, Types of faults in machine tools and their general causes.

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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: KAKINADA
KAKINADA ? 533 003, Andhra Pradesh, India
UNIT-V
Periodic and preventive maintenance: Periodic inspection-concept and need, degreasing,
cleaning and repairing schemes, overhauling of mechanical components, overhauling of
electrical motor, common troubles and remedies of electric motor, repair complexities and its
use, definition, need, steps and advantages of preventive maintenance. Steps/procedure for
periodic and preventive maintenance of: i. Machine tools, ii. Pumps, iii. Air compressors, iv.
Diesel generating (DG) sets, Program and schedule of preventive maintenance of mechanical and
electrical equipment, Advantages of preventive maintenance. Repair cycle concept and
importance.
REFERENCE:
1. Maintenance Engineering Handbook, Higgins & Morrow, Da Information Services.
2. Maintenance Engineering, H. P. Garg, S. Chand and Company.
3. Pump-hydraulic Compressors, Audels, Mcgrew Hill Publication.
4. Foundation Engineering Handbook, Winterkorn, Hans, Chapman & Hall London.

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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: KAKINADA
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Open Elective: c). CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
(Common to M. Tech - Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering, Structural Engineering, Structural
Engineering & Structural Design, and Computer Aided Structural Analysis & Design)

COURSE OUTCOME:
Able to plan, coordination, and control of a project from beginning to completion.
Adopting the most effect method for meeting the requirement in order to produce a
functionally and financially viable project.
UNIT -I
Management process- Roles. Management theories. Social responsibilities. Planning and
strategic management. Strategy implementation. Decision making: tools and techniques ?
Organizational structure. Human resource management- motivation performance- leadership.
UNIT-II
Classification of Construction projects, Construction stages, Resources- Functions of
Construction Management and its Applications. Preliminary Planning- Collection of Data-
Contract Planning ? Scientific Methods of Management: Network Techniques in construction
management - Bar chart, Gant chart, CPM, PERT- Cost & Time optimization.
UNIT-III
Resource planning - planning for manpower, materials, costs, equipment. Labour -Scheduling -
Forms of scheduling - Resource allocation. budget and budgetary control methods
UNIT-IV
Contract - types of contract, contract document, and specification, important conditions of
contract ? tender and tender document - Deposits by the contractor - Arbitration. negotiation -
M.Book - Muster roll -stores.
UNIT-V
Management Information System - Labour Regulations: Social Security - welfare Legislation -
Laws relating to Wages, Bonus and Industrial disputes, Labour Administration - Insurance and
Safety Regulations - Workmen's Compensation Act -other labour Laws - Safety in construction:
legal and financial aspects of accidents in construction. occupational and safety hazard
assessment. Human factors in safety. Legal and financial aspects of accidents in construction.
Occupational and safety hazard assessment.
REFERENCE:
1. Ghalot, P.S., Dhir, D.M., Construction Planning and Management, Wiley Eastern
Limited,1992.
2. Chitkara,K.K., Construction Project Management? Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Co, Ltd.,
New Delhi,998.
3. Punmia,B,C., Project Planning and Control with PERT and CPM, Laxmi Publications, New
Delhi,1987.
4. Sengupta, B. &Guha, H, Construction Management and Planning by: Tata McGraw-hill
publications.

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Open Elective: d). OPERATIONS RESEARCH
(Common to M. Tech - Structural Engineering &Structural Design, Soil Mechanics & Foundation
Engineering, Highway Engineering, and Transportation Engineering)
OUTCOMES:
At the end of the course, the student will be able to
Formulate a linear programming problem for given problem and solve this problem by
using Simplex techniques
apply the dynamic programming to solve problems of discreet and continuous variables
apply the concept of non-linear programming for solving the problems involving non-
linear constraints
carry out sensitivity analysis
model the real world problem and simulate it
UNIT-I
Optimization Techniques, Model Formulation, models, General L.R Formulation, Simplex
Techniques, Sensitivity Analysis, Inventory Control Models.
UNIT-II
Formulation of a LPP - Graphical solution revised simplex method - duality theory - dual
simplex method - sensitivity analysis - parametric programming.
UNIT-III
Nonlinear programming problem - Kuhn-Tucker conditions min cost flow problem - max flow
problem - CPM/PERT.
UNIT-IV
Scheduling and sequencing - single server and multiple server models - deterministic inventory
models - Probabilistic inventory control models - Geometric Programming.
UNIT-V
Competitive Models, Single and Multi-Channel Problems, Sequencing Models, Dynamic
Programming, Flow in Networks, Elementary Graph Theory, Game Theory Simulation.
REFERENCE:
1. KanthiSwarup, P.K. Gupta and Man Mohan, Operations Research, 14 th Edition, Sultan
Chand and Sons, New Delhi, 2008.
2. S. D. Sharma, Operations Research, KedarNath and Ram Nath, Meerut,2008.
3. H.A. Taha, Operations Research, An Introduction, PHI, 2008
4. H.M. Wagner, Principles of Operations Research, PHI, Delhi, 1982.
5. J.C. Pant, Introduction to Optimisation: Operations Research, Jain Brothers, Delhi, 2008
6. Hitler Libermann Operations Research: McGraw Hill Pub. 2009
7. Pannerselvam, Operations Research: Prentice Hall of India 2010

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KAKINADA ? 533 003, Andhra Pradesh, India
8. Harvey M Wagner, Principles of Operations Research: Prentice Hall of India 2010
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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: KAKINADA
KAKINADA ? 533 003, Andhra Pradesh, India
AUDIT 1 and 2: ENGLISH FOR RESEARCH PAPER WRITING

Course objectives:
Students will be able to:
1. Understand that how to improve your writing skills and level of readability
2. Learn about what to write in each section
3. Understand the skills needed when writing a Title Ensure the good quality of paper at very first-
time submission
Syllabus
Units
CONTENTS
Hours
1
Planning and Preparation, Word Order, Breaking up long sentences, 4
Structuring Paragraphs and Sentences, Being Concise
and Removing Redundancy, Avoiding Ambiguity and Vagueness
2
Clarifying Who Did What, Highlighting Your Findings, Hedging 4
and Criticising, Paraphrasing and Plagiarism, Sections of a Paper,
Abstracts. Introduction
3
Review of the Literature, Methods, Results, Discussion,
4
Conclusions, The Final Check.
4
key skills are needed when writing a Title, key skills are needed 4
when writing an Abstract, key skills are needed when writing an
Introduction, skills needed when writing a Review of the Literature,
5
skills are needed when writing the Methods, skills needed when 4
writing the Results, skills are needed when writing the Discussion,
skills are needed when writing the Conclusions
6
useful phrases, how to ensure paper is as good as it could possibly
4
be the first- time submission

Suggested Studies:
1. Goldbort R (2006) Writing for Science, Yale University Press (available on Google
Books)
2. Day R (2006) How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper, Cambridge University
Press
3. Highman N (1998), Handbook of Writing for the Mathematical Sciences, SIAM.
Highman'sbook .
4. Adrian Wallwork , English for Writing Research Papers, Springer New York
Dordrecht Heidelberg London, 2011

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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: KAKINADA
KAKINADA ? 533 003, Andhra Pradesh, India
AUDIT 1 and 2: DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Course Objectives: -Students will be able to:
1. learn to demonstrate a critical understanding of key concepts in disaster risk reduction and humanitarian
response.
2. critically evaluate disaster risk reduction and humanitarian response policy and practice from multiple
perspectives.
3. develop an understanding of standards of humanitarian response and practical relevance in specific types of
disasters and conflict situations.
4. critically understand the strengths and weaknesses of disaster management approaches, planning and
programming in different countries, particularly their home country or the countries
they work in
Syllabus
Units
CONTENTS
Hours
1
Introduction
4
Disaster: Definition, Factors And Significance; Difference Between Hazard And
Disaster; Natural And Manmade Disasters: Difference,
Nature, Types And Magnitude.
2
Repercussions Of Disasters And Hazards: Economic Damage, Loss Of Human And
4
Animal Life, Destruction Of Ecosystem.
Natural Disasters: Earthquakes, Volcanisms, Cyclones, Tsunamis, Floods, Droughts And
Famines, Landslides And Avalanches, Man- made disaster: Nuclear Reactor Meltdown,
Industrial Accidents, Oil Slicks And Spills, Outbreaks Of Disease And Epidemics, War
And
Conflicts.
3
Disaster Prone Areas In India
4
Study Of Seismic Zones; Areas Prone To Floods And Droughts, Landslides And
Avalanches; Areas Prone To Cyclonic And Coastal Hazards With Special Reference To
Tsunami; Post-Disaster Diseases
And Epidemics
4
Disaster Preparedness And Management
4
Preparedness: Monitoring Of Phenomena Triggering A Disaster Or Hazard; Evaluation
Of Risk: Application Of Remote Sensing, Data From Meteorological And Other
Agencies, Media Reports:
Governmental And Community Preparedness.
5
Risk Assessment
4
Disaster Risk: Concept And Elements, Disaster Risk Reduction, Global And National
Disaster Risk Situation. Techniques Of Risk Assessment, Global Co-Operation In Risk
Assessment And Warning, People's
Participation In Risk Assessment. Strategies for Survival.
6
Disaster Mitigation
4
Meaning, Concept And Strategies Of Disaster Mitigation, Emerging
Trends In Mitigation. Structural Mitigation And Non-Structural Mitigation, Programs Of
Disaster Mitigation In India.

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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: KAKINADA
KAKINADA ? 533 003, Andhra Pradesh, India
Suggested Readings:
1. R. Nishith, Singh AK, "Disaster Management in India: Perspectives, issues and strategies
"'New Royal book Company.
2. Sahni, PardeepEt.Al. (Eds.)," Disaster Mitigation Experiences And Reflections", Prentice Hall
Of India, New Delhi.
3. Goel S. L. , Disaster Administration And Management Text And Case Studies" ,Deep &Deep
Publication Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.

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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: KAKINADA
KAKINADA ? 533 003, Andhra Pradesh, India
AUDIT 1 and 2: SANSKRIT FOR TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE

Course Objectives
1. To get a working knowledge in illustrious Sanskrit, the scientific language in the world
2. Learning of Sanskrit to improve brain functioning
3. Learning of Sanskrit to develop the logic in mathematics, science & other subjects
enhancing the memory power
4. The engineering scholars equipped with Sanskrit will be able to explore the huge
knowledge from ancient literature
Syllabus

Unit Content
Hours
1
Alphabets in Sanskrit,
8
Past/Present/Future Tense,
Simple Sentences
2
Order
8
Introduction of roots
Technical information about Sanskrit Literature
3
Technical concepts of Engineering-Electrical, Mechanical, Architecture, 8
Mathematics
Suggested reading
1. "Abhyaspustakam" ? Dr.Vishwas, Samskrita-Bharti Publication, New Delhi
2. "Teach Yourself Sanskrit" PrathamaDeeksha-VempatiKutumbshastri, Rashtriya Sanskrit
Sansthanam, New Delhi Publication
3. "India's Glorious Scientific Tradition" Suresh Soni, Ocean books (P) Ltd., New Delhi.
Course Output
Students will be able to
1. Understanding basic Sanskrit language
2. Ancient Sanskrit literature about science & technology can be understood
Being a logical language will help to develop logic in

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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: KAKINADA
KAKINADA ? 533 003, Andhra Pradesh, India
AUDIT 1 and 2: SANSKRIT FOR TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE

Course Objectives
5. To get a working knowledge in illustrious Sanskrit, the scientific language in the world
6. Learning of Sanskrit to improve brain functioning
7. Learning of Sanskrit to develop the logic in mathematics, science & other subjects
enhancing the memory power
8. The engineering scholars equipped with Sanskrit will be able to explore the huge
knowledge from ancient literature
Syllabus

Unit Content
Hours
1
Alphabets in Sanskrit,
8
Past/Present/Future Tense,
Simple Sentences
2
Order
8
Introduction of roots
Technical information about Sanskrit Literature
3
Technical concepts of Engineering-Electrical, Mechanical, Architecture, 8
Mathematics
Suggested reading
4. "Abhyaspustakam" ? Dr.Vishwas, Samskrita-Bharti Publication, New Delhi
5. "Teach Yourself Sanskrit" PrathamaDeeksha-VempatiKutumbshastri, Rashtriya Sanskrit
Sansthanam, New Delhi Publication
6. "India's Glorious Scientific Tradition" Suresh Soni, Ocean books (P) Ltd., New Delhi.
Course Output
Students will be able to
1. Understanding basic Sanskrit language
2. Ancient Sanskrit literature about science & technology can be understood
3. Being a logical language will help to develop logic in students

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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: KAKINADA
KAKINADA ? 533 003, Andhra Pradesh, India
AUDIT 1 and 2: VALUE EDUCATION

Course Objectives
Students will be able to
1. Understand value of education and self- development
2. Imbibe good values in students
3. Let the should know about the importance of character
Syllabus

Unit
Content
Hours
1
Values and self-development ?Social values and individual attitudes. 4
Work ethics, Indian vision of humanism.
Moral and non- moral valuation. Standards and principles.
Value judgements
2
Importance of cultivation of values.
6
Sense of duty. Devotion, Self-reliance. Confidence, Concentration.
Truthfulness, Cleanliness.
Honesty, Humanity. Power of faith, National Unity.
Patriotism.Love for nature ,Discipline
3
Personality and Behavior Development - Soul and Scientific attitude. 6
Positive Thinking. Integrity and discipline.
Punctuality, Love and Kindness.
Avoid fault Thinking.
Free from anger, Dignity of labour.
Universal brotherhood and religious tolerance.
True friendship.
Happiness Vs suffering, love for truth.
Aware of self-destructive habits.
Association and Cooperation.
Doing best for saving nature
4
Character and Competence ?Holy books vs Blind faith.
6
Self-management and Good health.
Science of reincarnation.
Equality, Nonviolence ,Humility, Role of Women.
All religions and same message.
Mind your Mind, Self-control.
Honesty, Studying effectively
Suggested reading
1 Chakroborty, S.K. "Values and Ethics for organizations Theory and practice", Oxford
University Press, New Delhi
Course outcomes
Students will be able to 1.Knowledge of self-development
2.Learn the importance of Human values 3.Developing the overall personality

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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: KAKINADA
KAKINADA ? 533 003, Andhra Pradesh, India
AUDIT 1 and 2: CONSTITUTION OF INDIA

Course Objectives:
Students will be able to:
1. Understand the premises informing the twin themes of liberty and freedom from a civil rights
perspective.
2. To address the growth of Indian opinion regarding modern Indian intellectuals' constitutional
role and entitlement to civil and economic rights as well as the emergence of nationhood in the
early years of Indian nationalism.
3. To address the role of socialism in India after the commencement of the Bolshevik Revolution
in 1917 and its impact on the initial drafting of the Indian Constitution.
Syllabus
Units
Content
Hour
s
History of Making of the Indian Constitution:
1
History
4
Drafting Committee, ( Composition & Working)
Philosophy of the Indian Constitution:
2
Preamble Salient Features
4
Contours of Constitutional Rights & Duties:
Fundamental Rights
Right to Equality
Right to Freedom
3
Right against Exploitation
4
Right to Freedom of Religion
Cultural and Educational Rights
Right to Constitutional Remedies
Directive Principles of State Policy
Fundamental Duties.
Organs of Governance:
Parliament
Composition
Qualifications and Disqualifications
Powers and Functions
4
Executive
4
President
Governor
Council of Ministers
Judiciary, Appointment and Transfer of Judges, Qualifications
Powers and Functions

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KAKINADA ? 533 003, Andhra Pradesh, India
Local Administration:
District's Administration head: Role and Importance,
5
Municipalities: Introduction, Mayor and role of Elected Representative, CE O
of Municipal Corporation.
Pachayati raj: Introduction, PRI: ZilaPachayat.
4
Elected officials and their roles, CEO ZilaPachayat: Position and role.
Block level: Organizational Hierarchy (Different departments),
Village level: Role of Elected and Appointed officials,
Importance of grass root democracy
Election Commission:
Election Commission: Role and Functioning.
6
Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners.
4
State Election Commission: Role and Functioning.
Institute and Bodies for the welfare of SC/ST/OBC and women.

Suggested reading
1. The Constitution of India, 1950 (Bare Act), Government Publication.
2. Dr. S. N. Busi, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar framing of Indian Constitution, 1st Edition, 2015.
3. M. P. Jain, Indian Constitution Law, 7th Edn., Lexis Nexis, 2014.
4. D.D. Basu, Introduction to the Constitution of India, Lexis Nexis, 2015.
Course Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
1. Discuss the growth of the demand for civil rights in India for the bulk of Indians before the
arrival of Gandhi in Indian politics.
2. Discuss the
intellectual
origins of
the
framework
of
argument
that
informed
the conceptualization of social reforms leading to revolution in
India.
3. Discuss the circumstances surrounding the foundation of the Congress Socialist Party
[CSP] under the leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru and the eventual failure of the proposal of
direct elections through adult suffrage in the Indian Constitution.
4. Discuss the passage of the Hindu Code Bill of 1956.

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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: KAKINADA
KAKINADA ? 533 003, Andhra Pradesh, India
AUDIT 1 and 2: PEDAGOGY STUDIES

Course Objectives:
Students will be able to:
4. Review existing evidence on the review topic to inform programme design and policy
making undertaken by the DfID, other agencies and researchers.
5. Identify critical evidence gaps to guide the development.
Syllabus
Units Content
Hours

Introduction and Methodology:


Aims and rationale, Policy background, Conceptual framework and
1
terminology
4
Theories of learning, Curriculum, Teacher education.
Conceptual framework, Research questions.
Overview of methodology and Searching.
Thematic overview: Pedagogical practices are being used by teachers in
2
formal and informal classrooms in developing countries.
2
Curriculum, Teacher education.
Evidence on the effectiveness of pedagogical practices
Methodology for the in depth stage: quality assessment of included
studies.
How can teacher education (curriculum and practicum) and the school
3
curriculum and guidance materials best support effective pedagogy?
4
Theory of change.
Strength and nature of the body of evidence for effective pedagogical
practices.
Pedagogic theory and pedagogical approaches.
Teachers' attitudes and beliefs and Pedagogic strategies.
Professional development: alignment with classroom practices and
follow-up support
4
Peer support
4
Support from the head teacher and the community.
Curriculum and assessment
Barriers to learning: limited resources and large class sizes
Research gaps and future directions
Research design
Contexts
2
5
Pedagogy
Teacher education
Curriculum and assessment
Dissemination and research impact.

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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: KAKINADA
KAKINADA ? 533 003, Andhra Pradesh, India


Suggested reading
1. Ackers J, Hardman F (2001) Classroom interaction in Kenyan primary schools, Compare,
31 (2): 245-261.
2. Agrawal M (2004) Curricular reform in schools: The importance of evaluation, Journal of
Curriculum Studies, 36 (3): 361-379.
3. Akyeampong K (2003) Teacher training in Ghana - does it count? Multi-site teacher
education research project (MUSTER) country report 1. London: DFID.
4. Akyeampong K, Lussier K, Pryor J, Westbrook J (2013) Improving teaching and learning
of basic maths and reading in Africa: Does teacher preparation count? International Journal
Educational Development, 33 (3): 272?282.
5. Alexander RJ (2001) Culture and pedagogy: International comparisons in primary
education. Oxford and Boston: Blackwell.
6. Chavan M (2003) Read India: A mass scale, rapid, `learning to read' campaign.
7. www.pratham.org/images/resource%20working%20paper%202.pdf.
Course Outcomes:
Students will be able to understand:
1. What pedagogical practices are being used by teachers in formal and informal classrooms
in developing countries?
2. What is the evidence on the effectiveness of these pedagogical practices, in what
conditions, and with what population of learners?
3. How can teacher education (curriculum and practicum) and the school curriculum and
guidance materials best support effective pedagogy?

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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: KAKINADA
KAKINADA ? 533 003, Andhra Pradesh, India


AUDIT 1 and 2: STRESS MANAGEMENT BY YOGA
Course Objectives
1. To achieve overall health of body and mind
2. To overcome stress
Syllabus
Unit
Content
Hours
1
Definitions of Eight parts of yog. ( Ashtanga )
8
2
Yam and Niyam. Do`s and Don't's in life.
8
i) Ahinsa, satya, astheya, bramhacharya and aparigraha
ii) Shaucha, santosh, tapa, swadhyay, ishwarpranidhan
3
Asan and Pranayam
8
1. Various yog poses and their benefits for mind & body
2. Regularization of breathing techniques and its effects-Types of
pranayam
Suggested reading
1. `Yogic Asanas for Group Tarining-Part-I" :Janardan Swami YogabhyasiMandal, Nagpur
2. "Rajayoga or conquering the Internal Nature" by Swami Vivekananda, Advaita
Ashrama (Publication Department), Kolkata
Course Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
1. Develop healthy mind in a healthy body thus improving social health also
2. Improve efficiency

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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: KAKINADA
KAKINADA ? 533 003, Andhra Pradesh, India

AUDIT 1 and 2: PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT THROUGH LIFE
ENLIGHTENMENT SKILLS
Course Objectives
1. To learn to achieve the highest goal happily
2. To become a person with stable mind, pleasing personality and determination
3. To awaken wisdom in students
Syllabus
Unit
Content
Hours
1
Neetisatakam-Holistic development of personality
8
Verses- 19,20,21,22 (wisdom)
Verses- 29,31,32 (pride & heroism)
Verses- 26,28,63,65 (virtue)
Verses- 52,53,59 (dont's)
Verses- 71,73,75,78 (do's)
2
Approach to day to day work and duties.
8
ShrimadBhagwadGeeta : Chapter 2-Verses 41, 47,48,
Chapter 3-Verses 13, 21, 27, 35, Chapter 6-Verses 5,13,17, 23, 35,
Chapter 18-Verses 45, 46, 48.
3
Statements of basic knowledge.
8
ShrimadBhagwadGeeta: Chapter2-Verses 56, 62, 68
Chapter 12 -Verses 13, 14, 15, 16,17, 18
Personality of Role model. ShrimadBhagwadGeeta: Chapter2-
Verses 17, Chapter 3-Verses 36,37,42,
Chapter 4-Verses 18, 38,39
Chapter18 ? Verses 37,38,63
Suggested reading
1. "Srimad Bhagavad Gita" by Swami SwarupanandaAdvaita Ashram (Publication Department),
Kolkata
2. Bhartrihari's Three Satakam (Niti-sringar-vairagya) by P.Gopinath, Rashtriya Sanskrit
Sansthanam, New Delhi.
Course Outcomes
Students will be able to
1. Study of Shrimad-Bhagwad-Geeta will help the student in developing his personality and
achieve the highest goal in life
2. The person who has studied Geeta will lead the nation and mankind to peace and prosperity
Study of Neetishatakam will help in developing versatile personality of students

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