B.

Tech (Mining Engineering) Syllabus from Admission Batch 2018-19 4th Semester

BIJU PATNAIK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, ODISHA

ROURKELA

Tentative Curriculum and Syllabus

of

B.Tech (Mining Engineering) from the Batch 2018-19

Semester (4th)

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 B.Tech (Mining Engineering) Syllabus from Admission Batch 2018-19 4th Semester
Fourth Semester
Theory
Sl Course University Internal
Category Course Title L-T-P Credit Marks Evaluation
No Code
1 PC RMN4C001 Mine Development 3-0-0 3 100 50
2 PC RMN4C002 Rock Mechanics 3-0-0 3 100 50
Engineering
REN4E001 / Economics /
3 HS 3-0-0 3 100 50
ROB4E002 Organisational
Behaviour
4 PC RMN4C003 Mechanics of Solids 3-0-0 3 100 50
RMN4D001 Mineral Processing
Clean Coal
RMN4D002
5 PE Technology 3-0-0 3 100 50
Solid Waste
RMN4D003
Management
Advance Numerical
RMN4G001
Methods
6 OE RMN4G002 Renewable Energy 3-0-0 3 100 50
RMN4G003 Data Structure
100 (Pass
6 MC* RCN4F001 Constitution of India 3-0-0 0 __ mark is
37)
Total Credit (Theory) 18
Total Marks 600 300
Practical
Rock Mechanics
1 PC RMN4C201 0-0-3 2 100
Laboratory
Material Handling
2 PC RMN4C202 0-0-3 2 100
Laboratory
Mineral Processing
3 PC RMN4C203 0-0-3 2 100
Laboratory
Total Credit (Practical) 6
Total Semester Credit 24
Total Marks 300

*Mandatory Non-Credit Courses (MC) result will be reflected with Pass (P) / Fail (F) grade.
Thus the grade obtained will not be affecting the grade point average. However it shall
appear on the grade sheet as per AICTE rule.

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4th Semester L-T-P 3 CREDITS
RMN4C001 Mine Development
3-0-0

Module-I (8 Hours)

Introduction- Introduction to mining, types of mines and mining, Access to mineral

deposits- selection, location, size, shape and types of entry.
Module-II (9 Hours)

Drilling- Methods, types, mechanism and operation, drill bits-types, constructional features
and applications, advantages and disadvantages, drilling rigs and jumbos

Module-III (11 Hours)

Explosives- Classifications, compositions, chemical reaction, types, properties and tests,

detonators, fuses, blasting devices and accessories, handling and storage, transportation

Module-IV (09 Hours)

Rock Blasting- Mechanism of blasting, blasting pattern and procedure, opencast and
underground, controlled blasting, rock cutting

Module-V (07 Hours)

Shaft sinking- Ordinary and special methods, problems and precautions, shaft support and
lining.

Books:
• Surface Mining by Dr.G.B.Mishra, Geominetech Publication,Bhubaneswar
• Explosives and Blasting Practices in Mines by S K Das, Lovely Prakashan,Dhanbad
• Explosives and Blasting Techniques by G K Pradhan, MINTECH
Publications,Bhubaneswar
• Blasting Manual bySandhu&Pradhan
• SME HandBook
• Rock Blasting Effects and Operations by P P Ray, Oxford & IBH
• Engineering Rock Blasting Operations by S Bhanari, CRCPress

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4th Semester L-T-P 3 CREDITS
RMN4C002 Rock Mechanics
3-0-0

Mining engineering involves exploration, extraction, utilization and storage of natural mineral
resources that occur at surface as well as subsurface locations. The operation of these processes
involve design of engineering structures in wide range of rock types and for the stability of these
structures the knowledge of rock mechanics is essential. Rock Mechanics is a core course for
undergraduate program in Mining Engineering.

This course provides students with the ability to apply principles of rock mechanics to the design
of underground and surface mine excavations and associated infrastructure. This course provides
the understanding and the tools necessary to rationally design stable structures in rock.

Course Objective:

• To determine and evaluate the engineering properties of rock material and rock mass.
• To critically analyse failure mechanism of various underground mine structures, rock
slopes, large caverns from geotechnical information and evaluate the conditions required
for improving the state of stability of the mining structures or opening.
• To apply knowledge of stress analysis and theories of rock failure to develop underground
mine opening designs to specified factors of safety based on mine site rock mass conditions
• After going through this course, a student will be able to derive expressions for factor of
safety, which help in the design of stable underground structures.
• After going through this course, a student will be able to calculate the strength properties of
the rock.

Module-I: (9 Hours)

Introduction: Rock formation, soil & rock classification, soil properties.

Module-II: (9 Hours)

Determination of physico-mechanical and rheological properties of rock and their determination

(static and dynamic)

Module-III: (9 Hours)

Swelling, elastic and time dependent behaviour of rock and their determination, rock deformability

Module-IV: (9 Hours)

Stress-strain analysis in 2D and 3D, failure criteria, effect of anisotropic behaviour of rock.

Module- V: (9 Hours)

Rock Mass classification, Rock Slope Classification, Support Criteria; introduction to numerical
methods-FEM, DEM

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Books:

• Introduction to rock Mechanics –Wiley; 2nd edition (January 17, 1989), ISBN-10: 0471812005
by R. Goodman

• Rock Engineering –McGraw-Hill (March 1, 1989), ISBN-10: 0070218889 by Franklin

&Duseautt

• Rock Mechanics for underground mining –Springer Netherlands; 3rd edition (2 Jun. 2010),
ISBN-10: 1402020643 by Brady and Brown

• Mechanical Properties of rocks – by V. S. Vutukuri, R. D. Lama, S. S. Saluja, Trans Tech

Publications, 01-Jan-1978 - Science - 515 pages

• Rock Mechanics –An introduction CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, 2013,
byNSivakugan, S K Shukla and B M Das

• Fundamental of Rock Mechanics- Jeager, J C, N G W. Cook and R W Zimmerman, Wiley

India Pvt Ltd; Fourth edition (30 January 2012), ISBN-10: 8126534567

• Fundamentals and Applications of Rock Mechanics by Deb Debasis, and VermaAbhiram

Kumar, PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd. (2016), ISBN-10: 8120351827

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4th Semester L-T-P 2 CREDITS

RMN4C201 Rock Mechanics Laboratory
0-0-3

Laboratory Experiments

1 Preparation of rock specimens for various testing purpose

2 Determination of slake durability index of rock samples
3 Determination of slake durability index of coal samples
4 Determination of protodykonov strength index
5 Determination of impact strength index
6 Determination of index parameter using schimidth hammer
7 Study of compressive testing machine
8 Determination of the uni-axial compressive strengthof rock materials
9 To determine the tensile strength of a rock specimen by an indirect
method(brazilian test)
10 Determination of modulous of elasticity and poission’s ratio of rock samples
11 Determination of point load strength index
12 Determination of permeability of soil
13 DETERMINATION OF C-ф BY USING TRI-AXIAL CELL UNIT
14 Determination of shear strength by direct shear test
15 Determination of crushing strength of rock material under compressive stress
16 Determination of rock hardness by hardness tester
17 Determination of rock in-situ stress by flat jack unit
18 Determination of abrasion property of rock, aggregate gravel by using Los
Angles testing machine

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4th Semester REN4E001 ENGINEERING ECONOMICS L-T-P 3 CREDITS
3-0-0

Module - I (10 hours)

Engineering Economics- Nature, Scope, Basic problems of an economy, Micro Economics and
Macro Economics.
Demand - Meaning of demand, Demand function, Law of Demand and its exceptions,
Determinants of demand, Elasticity of demand & its measurement (Simple numerical problems to
be solved ), Demand Forecasting – Meaning
Supply-Meaning of supply, Law of supply and its exception, Determinants of supply, Elasticity of
supply, Determination of market equilibrium (Simple numerical problems to be solved).

Module - II (08 hours)

Production - Production function, Laws of returns: Law of variable proportion, Law of returns to
scale
Cost and Revenue Concepts - Total Costs, Fixed cost, Variable cost, Total revenue, Average
revenue and Marginal revenue, Cost-Output Relationships in the Short Run, and Cost-Output
Relationships in the Long Run, Analysis of cost minimization.

Module III (08 hours)

Market - Basic understanding of different market structures, Determination of equilibrium price

under perfect competition (Simple numerical problems to be solved), Break Even Analysis-linear
approach (Simple numerical problems to be solved).

Module - IV (12 hours)

Time Value of Money- Interest - Simple and compound, nominal and effective rate of interest,
Cash flow diagrams, Principles of economic equivalence.
Evaluation of Engineering Projects-Present worth method, Future worth method, Annual worth
method, Internal rate of return method, Cost benefit analysis for public projects.
Depreciation- Depreciation of capital assert, Causes of depreciation, Methods of calculating
depreciation - Straight line method, Declining balance method, SOYD method, After tax
comparison of project.

Module –V (07 Hours)

Inflation-Meaning of inflation, types, causes, measures to control inflation.

National Income-Definition, Concepts of national income, Method of measuring national income.
Banking -Commercial bank, Functions of commercial bank, Central bank, Functions of Central
Bank.

Books:
1. Principles of Economics by Deviga Vengedasalam and Karaunagaran Madhavan, Oxford
2. Riggs, Bedworth and Randhwa, “Engineering Economics”, McGraw Hill Education India
3. C. S. Park, Contemporary Engineering Economics, 6th Edition, Pearson Education, 2015.
4. Engineering Economy by William G.Sullivan, Elin M.Wicks, C. Patric Koelling, Pearson
5. R.Paneer Seelvan, “ Engineering Economics”, PHI
6. Ahuja,H.L., “Principles of Micro Economics” , S.Chand & Company Ltd
7. Jhingan,M.L., “Macro Economic Theory”
8. Macro Economics by S.P.Gupta, TMH
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Course Outcomes of Engineering Economics

At the end of the course the engineering graduates will be able to

1. Remembering : Define the basic concept of micro and macro economics,

engineering economics and their application in engineering economy.

2. Understanding : Evaluate numerically the effects of changes in demand and supply

on price determination of products and services.

3. Analyze : the macroeconomic environment and financial systems of the country and
its impact on business, society and enterprise.

4. Develop : the ability to account for time value of money using engineering economy
factors and formulas.

5. Apply: knowledge of mathematics, economics and engineering principles to solve

engineering problems and to analyze decision alternatives in engineering projects
considering upon depreciation, taxes and inflation.

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4th Semester ROB4E002 ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR L-T-P 3 CREDITS
3-0-0
Objectives:

1. To develop an understanding of the behavior of individuals and groups inside organizations

2. To enhance skills in understanding and appreciating individuals, interpersonal, and group
process for increased effectiveness both within and outside of organizations.
3. To develop theoretical and practical insights and problem-solving capabilities for
effectively managing the organizational processes.

Module-I: (06 Hrs.)

Fundamentals of OB: Definition, scope and importance of OB, Relationship between OB and the
individual, Evolution of OB, Theoretical framework (cognitive), behavioristic and social
cognitive), Limitations of OB.

Module-II: (12 Hrs.)

Attitude: Importance of attitude in an organization, Right Attitude, Components of attitude,

Relationship between behavior and attitude, Developing Emotional intelligence at the workplace,
Job attitude, Barriers to changing attitudes.
Personality and values: Definition and importance of Personality for performance, The Myers-
Briggs Type Indicator and The Big Five personality model, Significant personality traits suitable to
the workplace (personality and job – fit theory), Personality Tests and their practical applications.
Perception: Meaning and concept of perception, Factors influencing perception, Selective
perception, Attribution theory, Perceptual process, Social perception (stereotyping and halo effect).
Motivation: Definition & Concept of Motive & Motivation, The Content Theories of Motivation
(Maslow’s Need Hierarchy & Herzberg’s Two Factor model Theory), The Process Theories
(Vroom’s expectancy Theory & Porter Lawler model), Contemporary Theories – Equity Theory of
Work Motivation.
Module-III: (10 Hrs.)

Foundations of Group Behavior: The Meaning of Group & Group behavior & Group Dynamics,
Types of Groups, The Five – Stage Model of Group Development.
Managing Teams: Why Work Teams, Work Teams in Organization, Developing Work Teams,
Team Effectiveness & Team Building.
Leadership: Concept of Leadership, Styles of Leadership, Trait Approach Contingency
Leadership Approach, Contemporary leadership, Meaning and significance of contemporary
leadership, Concept of transformations leadership, Contemporary theories of leadership, Success
stories of today’s Global and Indian leaders.

Module-IV: (08 Hrs.)

Organizational Culture : Meaning & Definition of Organizational Culture, creating & Sustaining
Organizational Culture, Types of Culture (Strong vs. Weak Culture, Soft Vs. Hard Culture &
Formal vs. Informal Culture), Creating Positive Organizational Culture, Concept of Workplace
Spirituality.

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Module-V: (09 Hrs.)

Organizational Change: Meaning, Definition & Nature of Organizational Change, Types of

Organizational Change, Forces that acts as stimulants to change.
Implementing Organizational Change : How to overcome the Resistance to Change, Approaches
to managing Organizational Change, Kurt Lewin’s-Three step model, Seven Stage model of
Change & Kotter’s Eight-Step plan for Implementing Change, Leading the Change Process,
Facilitating Change, Dealing with Individual & Group Resistance, Intervention Strategies for
Facilitating Organizational Change, Methods of Implementing Organizational Change, Developing
a Learning Organization.

Books:
1. Understanding Organizational Behaviour, Parek, Oxford
2. Organizational Behaviour, Robbins, Judge, Sanghi, Pearson.
3. Organizational Behaviour, K. Awathappa,HPH.
4. Organizational Behaviour, VSP Rao, Excel
5. Introduction to Organizational Behaviour, Moorhead, Griffin, Cengage.
6. Organizational Behaviour, Hitt, Miller, Colella, Wiley

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4th Semester L-T-P 3 CREDITS
RMN4C003 Mechanics of Solids
3-0-0

MODULE – I (10 Hrs.)

Concept of Stress: Load, Stress, Principle of St.Venant, Principle of Superposition, Strain,
Hooke’s law, Modulus of Elasticity, Stress-Strain Diagrams, Working Stress, Factor of
safety, Strain energy in tension and compression, Resilience, Impact loads,
Analysis of Axially Loaded Members: Composite bars in tension and compression -
temperature stresses in composite rods, Concept of Statically indeterminate problems. Shear
stress, Complimentary shear stress, Shear strain, Modulus of rigidity, Poisson’s ratio, Bulk
Modulus, Relationship between elastic constants.

MODULE – II (09 Hrs.)

Biaxial State of Stress and Strain : Analysis of Biaxial Stress. Plane stress, Principal plane,
Principal stress, Mohr’s Circle for Biaxial Stress. Two dimensional state of strain, Principal
strains, Mohr’s circle for strain, Calculation of principal stresses from principal strains, Strain
Rossette.

Thin Cylinder: Stresses in thin cylinders and thin spherical shells under internal pressure, wire
winding of thin cylinders.

MODULE - III (09 Hrs.)

Shear Force and Bending Moment Diagrams: Shear force and bending moment. Types of load
and Types of support. Support reactions, Relationship between bending moment and shear
force, Point of inflection, Point of contraflexture. Shear Force and Bending Moment diagrams.
Bending of Beams: Theory of simple bending of initially straight beams, Bending stresses,
Shear stresses in bending, Distribution of normal and shear stress, Composite beams.

MODULE - IV (9 Hrs.)
Deflection of Beams : Differential equation of the elastic line, Slope and deflection of beams
by integration method and area - moment method.
Theory of Columns: Long columns, Euler’s column formula, Lateral buckling,
Critical Load, Slenderness ratio, Eccentric loading of short column

MODULE – V (08 Hrs.)

Torsion: Torsion in solid and hollow circular shafts, Twisting moment, Strain energy in shear
and torsion, strength of solid and hollow circular shafts. Strength of shafts in combined
bending and twisting, Close - Coiled helical springs.
Testing of materials with UTM; testing of hardness and impact strength.

Books:

• Strength of Materials by G. H. Ryder, Macmillan Press

• Elements of Strength of Materials by S.P.Timoshenko and D.H.Young, Affiliated
EastWest Press
• Strength of Materials by R.Subramaniam, Oxford University Press
• Mechanics of Materials by Beer and Johnston, Tata McGraw Hill
• Mechanics of Materials by R.C.Hibbeler, Pearson Education
• Mechanics of Materials by William F.Riley, Leroy D.Sturges and Don H.Morris,Wiley
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• Mechanics of Materials by James M. Gere, Thomson Learning
• Strength of Materials by James M. Gere and Barry J. Goodno, Cengage Learning
• Strength of Materials by S.S.Rattan, Tata Mc Graw Hill
• Engineering Mechanics of Solids by Egor P. Popov, Prentice Hall of India

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4th Semester L-T-P 3 CREDITS
RMN4D001 Mineral Processing
3-0-0

Module-I (9 Hours)
Introduction to mineral beneficiation, sampling, liberation studies and its importance.
Comminution: Fundamentals of comminution, crushing -- construction and operational features of
jaw, gyratory, cone and roll crushers.
Grinding: Theory of ball mill, rod mill, critical speed of the mill, open circuit and closed circuit,
circulating load.
Module-II (9 Hours)
Size separation: Sieving and screening, laboratory sizing and its importance, representation and
interpretation of size analysis data, industrial screening.
Classification: Movement of solids in fluids, free setting and hindered settling of particles, different
types of classifiers, e.g. sizing and sorting classifiers used in mineral industry.
Module-III (11 Hours)
Concentration: Gravity separation, concentration criteria, jigging, flowing film concentration and
tabling, dense media separation.
Froth flotation: Theory, reagents used in floatation processes, machines and practice.
Magnetic and electrostatic separation: Theory and application of magnetic and electrostatic
separation techniques in mineral industry.
Dewatering and drying: Theory and practice of thickening; filtration and drying.
Module-IV (9 Hours)
Flow sheets: Typical flow sheets for beneficiation of iron, gold, copper, lead-zinc sulphide ores, rock
phosphate, beach sand, uranium and other industrial minerals.
Module-V (7 Hours)
Agglomeration techniques: Sintering, palletizing, briquetting and their applications in ferrous and
non-ferrous metal industries, testing of agglomerates. Important mineral deposits in India.
Books:
• Principle of Mineral Dressing by A. M. Gaudin.
• Element of Ore Dressing by A.E. Taggart.
• Text Book of Ore Dressing by R. H. Richards and C. E. Locks.
• Textbook of Ore Dressing by S.J. Trusscott.
• Ore Dressing by S.K. Jain.
• Mineral Processing Technology by Berry A Willis.

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4th Semester L-T-P 2 CREDITS
RMN4C203 Mineral Processing Laboratory
0-0-3

Laboratory Experiments (Minimum 8 experiments)

1. Physical examination and identification of minerals.

2. Crushing of ore/ coal in a jaw crusher and to study the size analysis of the product.
3. To study the jaw crusher and determine the actual capacity and reduction ratio.
4. Verification of Rittinger’s Law of crushing in a jaw crusher.
5. Crushing of ore/ coal in a roll crusher and to study the size analysis of the product.
6. Crushing of ore/ coal in a gyratory crusher / pulveriser and to study the size analysis of the
product.
7. Crushing of ore/ coal in a cone crusher and to study the size analysis of the product.
8. To study the effect of grinding with grinding time in cylindrical ball mill and rod mill.
9. To separate coal from a mixture of coal and stones or quarts by zigging and determine the
weight fractions of the products.
10. To separate a mixture of two minerals of different densities by gravity concentration using
Wilfley Table and determine the weight and density of each fraction of the products.
11. Beneficiation of ore pulp mix using flotation cell.
12. To separate a mixture of iron and sand using magnetic separator and determine its efficiency.
13. Screening of ore/ coal using vibrating screen and determine its effectiveness.

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4th Semester L-T-P 3 CREDITS
RMN4D002 Clean Coal Technology
3-0-0

Module-I (9 Hours)
Introduction to clean coal technology: Coal quality parameters for utilization in thermal power plant,
cement, steel and DRI plant. Pre-combustion cleaning, during combustion cleaning, post-combustion
cleaning, burning time, unburned carbon estimation and control. Biological and chemical cleaning
methods.

Module-II (9 Hours)
Emission control: Fly ash, SOx and NOx control strategies during combustion and after combustion.
Use of ESP, Cyclones, Filters and settling chambers.

Module-III (9 Hours)

Coal gasification: Gasifying agents: oxygen, air, steam, reactions involved in gasification. Effect of
fuel properties on product, blending of fuels. Syn gas, Fuel gas.

Module-IV (9 Hours)

Types of gasifiers: Fixed bed, moving bed, fluidized bed, entrained bed etc. Product gas cleaning
and energy utilization, removal of H2S, NH3, tar, suspended particulate matter.

Module-V (9 Hours)

Other technologies: Underground coal gasification (UCG), Coal bed methane, recovery methane
from CBM (Coal Bed Methane), CMM (Coal Mine Methane), AMM (Abandoned Mine Methane),
combined cycle power generation (IGCC), oxy-fuel combustion.

Books:

1. Clean Coal Engineering Technology: Bruce G Miller, Elsevier Publications.

2. Fuels and Combustion: Samir Sarkar, University Press (India) Pvt Limited, India.
3. The Chemistry and Technology of Coal: James G Speight, Marcel Dekker.

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4th L-T-P 3 CREDITS
Semester RMN4D003 Solid Waste Management
3-0-0

Module-I (9 Hours)
Introduction:
Definition. Composition and Properties of Municipal Solid Waste Management - Sources, nature and
characteristics; quantitative and qualitativeaspects; Engineering principles, assessment and
management. Solid waste problems - Industrial, Mining, Agricultural, Domestic (urban) wastes,
Biomedical waste, E-waste, Plastic Waste and Construction Waste , Management of lead acid
battery.

Module-II (9 Hours)
Collection transfer and transportation:
Hydrological aspects of solid waste.Thermal Conversion Technologies,Combustion, Pyrolysis; and
Gasification, storage of refuse, waste reduction and environmental control.BioChemical
Transformation, Aerobic and Anaerobic Composting, Chemical transformation processes,personnel
requirements, analysis & collection system, collection routes, types of transfer stations, transport
means and methods, location and transfer stations.

Module-III (9 Hours)
Disposal:
Solid waste disposal - Landfill, Classifications, Types,and operation, Types of equipments, costs,
landfill stabilization. Sitting Considerations, Generation, movement and control of gases and
leachates, layout and preliminary design of landfills.Disposal of industrial and mill tailings,
Separation.

Module-IV (9 Hours)
Processing of Solid Waste:
Resource and energy recovery; Waste minimization and utilization. Regulatory aspects of solid
waste management.Transformation and Recycling of solidwaste.

Module-V (9 Hours)
Biomedical waste management :
Sources, Hazadous associated with bio-medical wastes, Biosafety, Storage of biomedical wastes,
disposal and processing.

Books:
• Environmental Engineering by G. Kiely McGraw Hill
• George Tchobanglous, Hilary Theisen and Samuel A. Vigil, Integrated Solid Waste
Management: Engineering Principles and Management Issues (1993).TMH.
• Bhide and Sundaresan (2000), Solid Waste Management in Developing countries, Indian
National Scientific Documentation Centre. New Delhi.
• CPHEEO Manual on Solid \Waste Management.
• Environmental Engineering by Arcadio P. Sincero & Gergoria A. Sincero- PHI Pub
• A Versiland, Solid Waste Engineering, Thanson Books.

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4th Semester L-T-P 3 CREDITS
RMN4G001 Advance Numerical Methods
3-0-0

Module-I (10 Hours)

Interpolation: Piecewise Linear Interpolation, Piecewise Quadratic Interpolation, Piecewise Cubic
Hermite Interpolation, Piecewise Spline Interpolation.
Numerical Differentiation: First Derivative, Higher Derivatives, Partial Derivative, Richardson’s
Extrapolation. Romberg algorithm for numerical integration.

Module-II (12 Hours)

Eigen values and Eigen Vectors: Basic power method, Rayleigh Quotient, Shifted power method,
Accelerating convergence, Inverse power method, Basic QR method, Better QR method, Finding
Eigen vectors, Accelerating convergence

Module-III (8 Hours)
Fourier methods: Discrete Fourier Transforms, Fast Fourier Transforms, Matrix form of FFT,
Algebraic form of FFT, Mixed-Radix FFT

Module-IV (8 Hours)
Ordinary Differential Equations: Adams-Bashforth Methods, Adams-Moulton Methods, Adams
Predictor-Corrector methods, Other Predictor-Corrector methods (Simpson’s method and Milne’s
method).

Module-V (7 Hours)
Parabolic Partial Differential Equation: Explicit Method, Implicit method, Crank-Nicolson
method
Hyperbolic Partial Differential Equation: Explicit Method, Implicit method. Elliptic Partial
Differential Equation: Finite-Element method.

Books:
• L.V. Fausett,” Applied Numerical Analysis Using MATLAB”, Pearson Education

• 1.W.Cheney and D. Kincaid,”Numerical Mathematics and Computing”, Fifth Edition,

Thomson/CENGAGE Learning

• S.C.Chapra,”Applied numerical methods with MATLAB”, second edition, Tata McGraw

Hills

• R.J. Schilling and S.L.Harris,”Applied Numerical Methods for Engineering”, CENGAGE

learning

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4th Semester L-T-P 3 CREDITS
RMN4G002 Renewable Energy
3-0-0

Module - I (09 Hrs)

Introduction to Energy Science and Energy Technology Energy Science and Energy Technology,
world energy future, Energy sources and their availability. Renewable energy sources. Prospects of
Renewable energy sources Solar energy fundamentals and application.

Module - II (10 Hrs)

Geothermal energy: Introduction, Utilization of Geothermal energy, Geothermal energy resources,
geothermal gradient Different types of Geothermal Electric power plant and their operations for
Geothermal Energy systems in India Wind energy: Fundamentals and application, Basic principles
of Wind Energy Conversion, Wind Energy conversion system, Performance of wind machines.

Module -III (10 Hrs)

Electric generation for wind Biomass Energy Resources: Introduction, Biomass Conversion Process.
Biogas from plant wastes, communities bio-gas plants. Biochemical conversion, Fermentation, liquid
fuels for biomass.
Urban Waste: A source of Energy. Urban solid waste, waste incineration process. Environmental
consideration, Fluidized bed combustion boilers for burning solid waste and fossil fuels.

Module - IV (09 Hrs)

Energy from the oceans: Introduction Ocean Energy conversion Technologies. Types of Ocean
Thermal Electric Power Generation system and their operation. Tidal power plant Hydro Energy:
Introduction, types hydro-electric plants and energy conversion scheme, Impulse turbine and
Reaction turbine.

Classification of Hydro-Energy plants Energy Conservation: Principle of energy conservation and

Energy Audit. Energy conservation Technologies.

Module -V (07 Hrs)

Co-generation, waste heat utilization, Heat recuperates, Heat regenerators, Heat pipes, Heat pumps,
Energy storage.

Books:

• D.S. Chauhan and S.K. Srivastava, Non- Conventional Energy Resources, New Age
International Pvt Ltd
• G.N. Tiwari, Fundamentals of Renewable Energy Sources, Narosa Publishing House
• Renewable Energy, Godfrey Boyle, Oxford University Press
• Non Conventional Energy Sources: B.H. Khan, TMH Publications

• Renewable Energy Sources and Emerging Technology: D.P.Kothari and etal., PHI

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4th Semester L-T-P 3 CREDITS
RMN4G003 Data Structure
3-0-0

Module - I (12 Hrs.)

Introduction: Basic Terminologies: Elementary Data Organizations, Data Structure

Operations: insertion, deletion, traversal etc.; Analysis of an Algorithm, Asymptotic
Notations, Time-Space trade off.
Searching: Linear Search and Binary Search Techniques and their complexity analysis.

Module – II (08 Hrs.)

Stacks and Queues: ADT Stack and its operations: Algorithms and their complexity
analysis, Applications of Stacks: Expression Conversion and evaluation –
corresponding algorithms and complexity analysis. ADT queue, Types of Queue: Simple
Queue, Circular Queue, Priority Queue; Operations on each types of Queues: Algorithms
and their analysis.

Module - III (08 Hrs.)

Linked Lists: Singly linked lists: Representation in memory, Algorithms of several
operations: Traversing, Searching, Insertion into, Deletion from linked list; Linked
representation of Stack and Queue, Header nodes, Doubly linked list: operations on it and
algorithmic analysis; Circular Linked Lists: all operations their algorithms and the
complexity analysis.

Module - IV (10 Hrs.)

Sorting and Hashing: Objective and properties of different sorting algorithms:

Selection Sort, Bubble Sort, Insertion Sort, Quick Sort, Merge Sort, Heap Sort;
Performance and Comparison among all the methods, Hashing.

Module - V (07 Hrs.)

Trees: Basic Tree Terminologies, Different types of Trees: Binary Tree, Threaded
Binary Tree, Binary Search Tree, AVL Tree; Tree operations on each of the trees and
their algorithms with complexity analysis. Applications of Binary Trees. B Tree, B+
Tree: definitions, algorithms and analysis.

Graph: Basic Terminologies and Representations, Graph search and traversal algorithms
and complexity analysis.

Books:

• “Fundamentals of Data Structures”, Illustrated Edition by Ellis Horowitz,

Sartaj Sahni, Computer Science Press.
• Algorithms, Data Structures, and Problem Solving with C++”, Illustrated
Edition by Mark Allen Weiss, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company
• “How to Solve it by Computer”, 2nd Impression by R.G. Dromey, Pearson Education.

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RMN4C202 Material Handling Laboratory
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Laboratory Experiments (Minimum 8 experiments)

1. Comparison of wet and dry sieving efficiencies for fine powders

2. Sieving by alpine air jet sieve sizer
3. Sub sieve sizing by: Warman cyclosizer/beaker decantation techniques/Andersen Pipette method.
4. Determination of Bulk density, true density and apparent density
5. Determination of porosity
6. Determination Fariability/Flowability
7. Surface area determination
8. Model study of different silos, bins and hoppers.
9. Model study of different feeding and discharge system.
10. Model study of Belt conveyor, Chain conveyor, Shaker conveyor.
11. Model study of stacking and reclaiming system

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RCN4F001 Constitution of India
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Basic features and fundamental principles

The Constitution of India is the supreme law of India. Parliament of India can not make any law
which violates the Fundamental Rights enumerated under the Part III of the Constitution. The
Parliament of India has been empowered to amend the Constitution under Article 368, however, it
cannot use this power to change the “basic structure” of the constitution, which has been
ruled and explained by the Supreme Court of India in its historical judgments. The Constitution
of India reflects the idea of “Constitutionalism” – a modern and progressive concept historically
developed by the thinkers of “liberalism” – an ideology which has been recognized as one of the
most popular political ideology and result of historical struggles against arbitrary use of sovereign
power by state. The historic revolutions in France, England, America and particularly European
Renaissance and Reformation movement have resulted into progressive legal reforms in the
form of “constitutionalism” in many countries. The Constitution of India was made by
borrowing models and principles from many countries including United Kingdom and America.
The Constitution of India is not only a legal document but it also reflects social, political and
economic perspectives of the Indian Society. It reflects India’s legacy of “diversity”. It has been
said that Indian constitution reflects ideals of its freedom movement, however, few critics have
argued that it does not truly incorporate our own ancient legal heritage and cultural values. No
law can be “static” and therefore the Constitution of India has also been amended more than one
hundred times. These amendments reflect political, social and economic developments since
the year 1950. The Indian judiciary and particularly the Supreme Court of India has played an
historic role as the guardian of people. It has been protecting not only basic ideals of the
Constitution but also strengthened the same through progressive interpretations of the text of
the Constitution. The judicial activism of the Supreme Court of India and its historic
contributions has been recognized throughout the world and it gradually made it “as one of the
strongest court in the world”.

Course content
1. Meaning of the constitution law and constitutionalism
2. Historical perspective of the Constitution of India
3. Salient features and characteristics of the Constitution of India
4. Scheme of the fundamental rights
5. The scheme of the Fundamental Duties and its legal status
6. The Directive Principles of State Policy – Its importance and implementation
7. Federal structure and distribution of legislative and financial powers between the
Union and the States
8. Parliamentary Form of Government in India – The constitution powers and
status of the President of India
9. Amendment of the Constitutional Powers and Procedure
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10. The historical perspectives of the constitutional amendments in India
11. Emergency Provisions : National Emergency, President Rule,
Financial Emergency
12. Local Self Government – Constitutional Scheme in India
13. Scheme of the Fundamental Right to Equality
14. Scheme of the Fundamental Right to certain Freedom under Article 19
15. Scope of the Right to Life and Personal Liberty under Article 21.

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