University Institute of Technology, RGPV, Bhopal

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

Syllabus of ME Structural Engineering - III semester w.e.f. 2022-23

Course / Subject Course: Advanced FEM L-T-P

Program: M. E. Semester: III and programming
Code: SE3011 3-0-0
Course Outcomes
After studying this subject, the students will be able to:
CO1: Analyze the various structural members using plate, shell and hybrid elements.
CO2: Analyze dynamic problems and vibration of bars, beams and plate elements using FEM
CO3: Analyze the buckling of struts and plate elements using FEM.
CO4: Analyze shear walls, core walls, bridges and cooling towers using FEM.
CO5: Understand the computational aspects and interpretation of results of FEM and also compare
with other methods.

Course Contents
Unit 1
Iso-parametric formulation for plate and shell elements; various types of elements; Hybrid elements.

Unit 2
FEM in dynamic problems, consistent mass matrix; Vibration of bars, beams and plate elements.

Unit 3
FEM in buckling problems, geometric matrix, buckling of struts and plate elements.

Unit 4
Structural modeling by FEM for structures such as shear walls, core walls, bridges and cooling
towers.

Unit 5
Computational aspects; interpretation of results; comparison with other methods.

Reference Books
1. Weaver, Johnson, Finite element and structural analysis
2. H. C Martin, Matrix structural analysis
3. C.F. Abel, C.S. Desai, Finite element methods, CBS Publishers New Delhi
4. Buchanan, Finite element Analysis (Schaum Outline S), Tata McGraw Hill
5. Krishnamurthy, Finite element analysis, Tata McGraw Hill
6. Zinkiewicz, O.C. and Taylor, R.L., The Finite Element Method, McGraw-Hill
7. Reddy, J. N., An Introduction to Finite Element Method, McGraw-Hill, Singapore

Evaluation
Evaluation will be continuous and integral part of the class followed by final examination.

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 Course / Subject Course: Advanced L-T-P
Program: M. E. Semester: III Foundation Engineering
Code: SE3012 3-0-0
Course Outcomes
After studying this subject, the students will be able to:
CO1: Understand the various deep open cuts techniques for different types of soil conditions.
CO2: Analyze the various types of shallow foundations.
CO3: Analyze the various types of pile foundations.
CO4: Analyze and design the various types of coffer dams.
CO5: Analyze and design the various types of machine foundations.

Course Contents
Unit 1: Deep Open Cuts
Introduction, Types of Coffer Dams, Design data for cellular cofferdam, Stability analysis of
cofferdam, interlock stresses Soil Exploration: Introduction, Methods of exploration, Direct Methods
and techniques of exploration, Methods of boring type s of samples, Disturbance of soil sample, Soil
samplers and sampling techniques, Ground water observations, Boring records, Spacing and depth of
bore holes, Indirect methods of soil exploration, Penetration tests, Geophysical methods, Dynamics
methods, Sequence of exploration programs

Unit 2: Shallow Foundations

Introduction, General Requirements, Depth of foundation, Bearing capacity, Eccentric Inclined loads,
Bearing capacity of stratified soils, Settlement of footings, Settlement of footings from constitutive
laws, Settlement and tilt of eccentrically loaded footings, Allowable settlement, Plate bearing test,
Standard penetration test Effect of water table, shallow foundation classification, Modulus of sub-
grade reaction, Beams on elastic foundation, Raft foundation.

Unit 3: Pile Foundation

Introduction, Uses of piles, Types of piles, pile drivers, Bearing capacity of piles, Static analysis, Pile
load test, Dynamic methods, Other methods, 24 Negative skin friction, Pile group, Ultimate bearing
capacity of pile groups, Settlement of pile group, Influence of pile cap. Laterally loaded piles,
Ultimate resistance, Elastic methods, Pile groups under lateral load, batter pile under lateral load,
Batter pile groups under inclined loads, pile under dynamic loads.

Unit 4: Coffer Dams

Introduction, types of Coffer Dams, Design data for cellular cofferdam, Stability analysis of
cofferdam, Interlock stresses.

Unit 5 Machine Foundations

Introduction, Criteria for satisfactory action of a machine foundation, Definitions, Degrees of freedom
of a block foundation, Analysis of block foundation, Theory of linear weightless spring, Equivalent
soil springs, Vertical vibration, Rocking vibration, Vibration in shear, Simultaneous rocking sliding
and vertical vibrations for a foundation, Indian standard on design and construction of foundations for
reciprocating machines, Foundations for impact type machines, Indian Standard on design and
construction of foundations for impact type machines, Analysis of block foundation based on elastic
half space theory.

References Books
1. Bowles, Foundation: Analysis and Design, McGraw Hill Book Co. Inc.
2. Peck, R.B., W.E. Hanson and T.H. Thornburn, Foundation Engineering, Wiley, New York.
3. IS 2974 (2008) Code of practice for design & construction of machine foundation for
reciprocating type machines.
4. IS 13301(1997) Vibration isolation of machine foundations - Guidelines

Evaluation
Evaluation will be continuous and integral part of the class followed by final examination.

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 Course / Subject Course: Design of Steel L-T-P
Program: M. E. Semester: III Structures
Code: SE3013 3-0-0
Course Outcomes
After studying this subject, the students will be able to:
CO1: Understand the concept of Limit state method in design of steel structures.
CO2: Analyze and design the various types of columns.
CO3: Analyze and design the laterally restrained beams
CO4: Analyze and design beam columns.
CO5: Analyze and design beams subjected to torsion and bending

Course Contents
Unit 1: Introduction to Limit States
Introduction, Standardization, allowable stress design, limit state design, partial safety factors,
concept of section, classification; Plastic, compact semi-compact & slender.

Unit 2: Columns
Basic concepts, strength curve for an ideal strut, strength of column members in practice effect of
eccentricity of applied loading. Effect of residual stresses, concept of effective lengths, no sway
columns, torsional and torsion flexural buckling of columns, Robertson’s de sign curve, modification
to Robertson approach, design of columns using Robertson approach.

Unit 3: Laterally Restrained Beams

Flexural & shear behavior, web buckling & web crippling, effect of local buckling in laterally
restrained plastic and compact beams, combined bending & shear, unsymmetric al bending.
Unrestrained Beams: Similarity of column buckling of beams, lateral torsional buckling of symmetric
section, factors affecting lateral stability, buckling of real beams, design of cantilever beams,
continuous beams.

Unit 4: Beams Columns

Short & long beam columns, effects of slenderness ratio and axial force on modes of failure, beam
column under biaxial bending, strength of beam columns, local section failure & overall member
failure.

Unit 5: Beams subjected to Torsion and Bending

Introduction, pure torsion and warping, combined bending torsion, capacity check, buckling check,
design methods for lateral torsional buckling.

Reference Books
1. Morsis L.J. Plum, D.R., Structural Steel Work Design, Nichols Pub Co.
2. B. S. Krishnamachar and D. Ajitha Sinha, Design of steel structures Tata McGraw Hill Publishing
Co. Delhi.
3. Yu, W.W., Cold Formed Steel Structures Design, John Wiley & Sons; 4th edition, 2010.
4. Subramanian N, Design of Steel Structures, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2013.
5. Narayanan R.et.al., Teaching Resource on Structural Steel Design, INSDAG, Ministry of Steel
Publications, 2002
6. Duggal S. K., Limit State Design of Steel Structures, Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Company,
Third edition, 2019.
7. Bhavikatti S. S, Design of Steel Structures by Limit State Method as per IS:800-2007, IK
International Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., 2009
8. Shah V. L. and Veena Gore, Limit State Design of Steel Structures, IS 800-2007, Structures
Publications, 2009.
9. IS 800: latest version, General Construction in Steel - Code of Practice, Bureau of Indian
Standards, New Delhi.

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Evaluation
Evaluation will be continuous and integral part of the class followed by final examination.

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 Course / Subject Course: Design of L-T-P
Program: M. E. Semester: III Concrete Bridges
Code: SE3014 3-0-0
Course Outcomes
After studying this subject, the students will be able to:
CO1: Understand the concepts of design of RCC bridges and codal provisions.
CO2: Analyze and design the various desk slab bridges using various design methods.
CO3: Design of T-beam deck slab, RC deck slab and rigid frame bridges.
CO4: Design of abutments, piers and wing walls
CO5: Design of various types of bridge bearings and foundations

Course Contents
Unit 1 Design Concepts
Classification of concrete bridges, components of bridge and related structures, economic spans.
Factors affecting the selection of site, hydrological data, waterway, scour depth. IRC provisions,
loading standards.

Unit 2 Design of Deck Slabs

Load distribution on deck slabs, isotropic plate, grillage analysis, distribution of loads to longitudinal
girders, Little Morrice-Rowe method, Courbon‘s method, Guyon-Massonet method and Hendry-
Jaegar method. Design of slab and box culverts for highway loadings.

Unit 3 Design of T-beam deck slab bridge

Design of T-beam deck slab bridge, design of RC deck slab, design of post-tensioned longitudinal
girder and cross girders, Analysis and design of rigid frame bridges

Unit 4 Design of Abutments, Piers and Wing Walls

Types of abutments, piers, loads acting on pier and abutments, design of abutments, piers, Analysis
and design of Wing Walls.

Unit 5 Design of Bearings and Bridge Foundations

Functions of bearings, types, design of elastomeric bearings, design of PTFE-pot bearings.
Introduction to Design of Open Well, Pile and Caisson Foundations

References Books
1. N. Krishna Raju, “Design of Bridges”, Oxford and IBH Publishing Co. Ltd., New Delhi.
2. Rajagopalan N., Bridge Superstructure, Alpha Science International
3. D. Johnson Victor, Essentials of Bridge Engineering, Oxford and IBH Publishing
4. T.R. Jagdeesh, M. A. Jayaram, Design of Bridge Structures, Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., New
Delhi.
5. M.J.N. Priestley, G. M. Calvi, “Seismic Design and Retrofit of Bridges”.
6. IRC 6 (2014), Section II: Loads and Stresses.
7. IRC 78 (2000), Section VII: Foundations and Substructures
8. IRC 83 (1982), Section IX: Bearings, Part I: Metallic Bearings (1994)
9. IRC 83 (1987), Section IX: Bearings, Part II: Elastomeric Bearings (1994)
10. IRC 83 (1987), Section IX: Bearings, Part III: POT and PTFE Bearings (1994)
11. IRC 112 (2012), Design Criteria for RCC and PSC Bridges

Evaluation
Evaluation will be continuous and integral part of the class followed by final examination.

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 Course: Stability Theory
Course / Subject in Structural L-T-P
Program: M. E. Semester: III
Code: SE3021 Engineering 3-01-0

Course Outcomes
After studying this subject, the students will be able to:
CO1: Understand the concept of stability theory.
CO2: Analyze torsional buckling problems.
CO3: Analyze lateral instability of beams.
CO4: Analyze the buckling of plates.
CO5: Analyze the stability problems using energy and matrix methods.

Course Contents
Unit 1
Concepts of Stability, Euler Buckling Load, Critical Load of Laced, Battened and Tapped columns,
Inelastic Buckling of column.

Unit 2
Axial and Flexural Buckling, Lateral Bracing of Columns, Combined Axial, Flexural and Torsion
Buckling

Unit 3
Lateral Instability of Beams, lateral torsion buckling, Beam Columns.

Unit 4
Local Buckling and post buckling behaviour of plates. Differential equation, Strain energy of bending,
Critical load, Finite difference approach inelastic buckling of plates

Unit 5
Application of Energy method and matrix method in stability problems.

Reference Books
1. Timoshenko, S. P. & Gere, James M. Theory of Elastic Stability (2nd. ed.). McGraw –Hill
International Editions, Mechanical Engineering Series.
2. Iyenger, N.G.R. Structural Stability of Columns & Plates. Ellis Horwood Ltd, Publisher.
3. Principles of Structural Stability Theory by Alexander Chajes, Waveland Pr Inc

Evaluation
Evaluation will be continuous and integral part of the class followed by final examination.

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 Course / Subject Course: Design of Tall L-T-P
Program: M. E. Semester: III
Code: SE3022 Structures 3-0-0
Course Outcomes
After studying this subject, the students will be able to:
CO1: Understand the lading and design principles for tall structures.
CO2: Understand the behavior of various structural systems
CO3: Analyze and design tall structures using various methods.
CO4: Understand the various structural elements
CO5: Analyze and design various other tall structures such as chimney, TV towers etc.

Course Contents
Unit 1 Loading and Design Principles
Loading- sequential loading, Gravity loading, Wind loading, Earthquake loading, Gust Factor and
Karman Vortices. Approximate and Regorlons Methods of analysis for wind and Earthquake Forces,
combination of loading, Static and Dynamic approach, Analytical and wind tunnel experimental
methods, Design philosophy, Working stress method, Limit state method and Plastic design.

Unit 2 Behavior of Various Structural Systems

Factors affecting growth, Height and structural form, High rise behaviour, Rigid frames, braced
frames, Infilled frames, Shear walls, Coupled shear walls, Wall-frames, Tubulars, cores, Outrigger-
braced and hybrid mega systems.

Unit 3 Analysis and Design

Modeling for approximate analysis, Accurate analysis and reduction techniques, Analysis of buildings
as total structural system considering overall integrity and major subsystem interaction, Analysis for
member forces, drift and twist, Computerized three dimensional analysis, Assumptions in 3D
analysis, Simplified 2D analysis.

Unit 4 Structural Elements

Sectional shapes, Properties and resisting capacity, Design, Deflection, Cracking, Prestressing, Shear
flow, Design for differential movement, Creep and shrinkage Effects, temperature and fire resistance,
Ductility and reinforcement details at joint.

Unit 5 Other Tall Structures

Criteria for design of Chimneys, T.V. Towers and other Tall Structures, Case studies.

Reference Books
1. Bryan Stafford Smith and Alexcoull, Tall Building Structures - Analysis and Design, John Wiley
and Sons, Inc., 2005.
2. Taranath B.S., Structural Analysis and Design of Tall Buildings, McGraw Hill, 2011.
3. Wolfgang Schueller, High Rise Building Structures, John Wiley and Sons, New York 1977.
4. Beedle.L.S., Advances in Tall Buildings, CBS Publishers and Distributors, Delhi, 1986.
5. Lin T. Y, Stotes Burry. D, Structural Concepts and systems for Architects and Engineers, John
Wiley, 1988.
6. IS 875 (Part 1): latest version, Indian Standard Code of Practice for Design Loads (Other than
Earthquake) for Buildings and Structures Part 1 Dead Loads - Unit Weights of Building Materials
and Stored Materials, Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi.
7. IS 875 (Part 2): latest version, Indian Standard Code of Practice for Design Loads (Other than
Earthquake) for Buildings and Structures Part 2 Imposed Loads, Bureau of Indian Standards, New
Delhi.
8. IS 875 (Part 3): latest version, Indian Standard Code of Practice for Design Loads (Other than
Earthquake) for Buildings and Structures Part 3 Wind Loads, Bureau of Indian Standards, New
Delhi.

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9. IS 875 (Part 4): latest version, Indian Standard Code of Practice for Design Loads (Other than
Earthquake) for Buildings and Structures Part 4 Snow Loads, Bureau of Indian Standards, New
Delhi.
10. IS 875 (Part 5): latest version, Indian Standard Code of Practice for Design Loads (Other than
Earthquake) for Buildings and Structures Part 5 Special Loads and Combinations, Bureau of
Indian Standards, New Delhi.
11. IS 1893 (Part 1): latest version, Indian Standard Criteria for Earthquake Resistant Design of
Structures, Part 1 General Provisions and Buildings, Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi.
12. IS 4998-1 (1992): Criteria for design of reinforced concrete chimneys, Part 1: Assessment of
loads, Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi.
13. IS 6533-2 (1989): Code of practice for design and construction of steel chimneys, Part 2:
Structural aspects, Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi.
14. IS 11504 (1985): Criteria for structural design of reinforced concrete natural draught cooling
towers, Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi.
15. IS 13920 (2016): Ductility Design and Detailing of RC Structures subjected to Seismic Forces,
Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi.

Evaluation
Evaluation will be continuous and integral part of the class followed by final examination.

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 Course / Subject Course: Design of L-T-P
Program: M. E. Semester: III
Code: SE3023 Offshore Structures 3-0-0
Course Outcomes
After studying this subject, the students will be able to:
CO1: Understand the loading and structural forms of different types of offshore structures.
CO2: Analyze the transient and steady state force systems.
CO3: Analyze the multi degree-of-freedom systems.
CO4: Understand the concept of concrete gravity platform.
CO5: Analyze the offshore structures subjected to static wind and wave load effect.

Course Contents
Unit 1
Loads and structural forms of different types of offshore structures; Elements of single degree-of-
freedom system subjected to free and forced vibration.

Unit 2
Analysis for transient and steady state force; Equivalent damping for nonlinear systems; Dynamics of
multi degree-of-freedom systems; Eigen values and vectors; Iterative and transformation methods.

Unit 3
Mode superposition, Fourier series and spectral method for response of single degree-of-freedom
systems; Vibrations of bars, beams and cones with reference to soil as half space.

Unit 4
Behavior of concrete gravity platform as a rigid body on soil as a continuum; short and long term
statistics of wind;

Unit 5
Static wind load; Effect of size, shape and frequency; Aerodynamic admittance function and gust
factor, spectral response due to wind for various types of structures; Wave loads by Morison s
equation; Static and dynamic analysis of fixed structures; Use of approximate methods.

Reference Books
1. Brebbia C.A. Walker, Dynamic Analysis of Offshore Str., Newnes Butterworth
2. Sarpakaya T and Isaacson M., Mechanics of wave forces on offshore structures, Van Nostrand
Reinhold New York,
3. Hallam M.G. Heaf N.J. and Wootton, L.R., Dynamics of Marine Structures, CIRIA Publications
4. Graff W.J., Introduction to offshore Structures, Gulf Publishing Co., Houston, Taxas
5. Clough R.W. and Penzine J., Dynamic of Structures - II Ed., McGraw Hill Book CO.
6. Simiu E. and Scanlan R.H., Wind Effects on Structures, Wiley, New York 1978
7. Codes of Practice (latest versions), Such as API RP-2A, Bureau Veritas etc.
8. Proceedings of Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) Behavior of Offshore Structures (BOSS)
and other Conference

Evaluation
Evaluation will be continuous and integral part of the class followed by final examination.

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 Course: Reliability
Course / Subject L-T-P
Program: M. E. Semester: III Based Civil Engineering
Code: SE3024 3-1-0
Design
Course Outcomes
After studying this subject, the students will be able to:
CO1: Understand the various concepts of probability theory.
CO2: Understand the various concepts of resistance distribution and parameters.
CO3: Analyze the structural reliability based design of various structures used in civil engineering
CO4: Design the structures based on reliability.
CO5: Design the various structural systems based on reliability.

Course Contents
Unit 1 Probability Theory
Mutually exclusive events, set theory, sample points and sample space, laws of probability, total
probability theorem, Bayes rule, random variables discrete and continuous, jointly distributed discrete
variables, marginal distribution, conditional distribution, jointly distributed continuous variables
functions of random variables, moments and expectations, common probability distribution normal
Log normal, Gamma and Beta distributions, external distributions.

Unit 2 Resistance Distribution and Parameters

Statics of properties of concrete and steel, statics of strength of bricks and mortal, Characterization of
variables, allowable stresses based on specified reliability. Probabilistic Analysis of loads: Load as a
stochastic process, dead load, statistical analysis of live loads-maximum sustained load intensity
model, maximum total load model, wind load probability model for wind load.

Unit 3 Structural Reliability

Genera l expression for reliability, expression for probability of failure: reliability when strength (S)
and load (L) follow normal distribution, lognormal distribution, exponential distribution, extreme
value distributions, factor of safety corresponding to a given reliability. Monte Carlo Study of
Reliability: Monte Carlo Method-Inverse transformation technique, Application to columns beams
and frames. Level 2 Reliability Method: Basic variables and failure surface, first order second
moment methods-Hasofer and Linds method, Non normal distributions; determination of reliability
index of structural elements.

Unit 4 Reliability Based Design

Determination of partial safety checking formats, development of reliability based criteria, optimal
safety factors, calibration of IS 456 and IS 800.

Unit 5 Reliability of Structural Systems

System reliability, modeling of structural systems, bounds on system reliability, automatic generation
of a mechanism, generation of dominant mechanisms, reliability analysis of R.C.C. and Steel Frames.

Reference Books
1. Ranganathan, R. Reliability Analysis and Design of Structures, TMH.
2. Rao. S.S. Reliability Based Design, McGraw Hill Book CO. Inc.
3. Ghosh, D.I., A Primer of Reliability Theory, john Wiley, New York.
4. Lewis, E.E., Introduction to Reliability Engineering, John Wiley New York.

Evaluation
Evaluation will be continuous and integral part of the class followed by final examination.

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 Course / Subject Course: Industrial L-T-P
Program: M. E. Semester: III
Code: SE303 Training 0-0-2

The ME students are required to undergo three weeks industrial training during summer vacation of
1st year ME in any Industry/Research Organization/Laboratory/Engineering Organization/Government
Training Institutes/Public Sector undertaking / Academic Institutions of repute. They may also attend
Industry/ Job Oriented Courses / Online courses.
The students are required to submit a detailed training report and certificate. Evaluation will be done
in III semester and is based on report, presentation and subsequent viva voce.
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 Course / Subject Course: Dissertation L-T-P
Program: M. E. Semester: III
Code: SE304 Part-I 0-0-8

• Identify structural engineering problems reviewing available literature.

• Identify appropriate techniques to analyze complex structural systems.
• Apply engineering and management principles through efficient handling of project

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 Course / Subject Course: Civil Engg. L-T-P
Program: M. E. Semester: III
Code: SE305 Case Study-III 0-0-2
Course Outcomes
After studying this subject, the students will be able to:
CO1: Learn how to assess information presented or collected to identify key points.
CO2: Understand the life-long learning practices in structural engineering.
CO3: Learn to prepare a case study based on a review of the literature, collection of data,
interpretation and analysis, and group/personal discussion

Students will be familiarized with well-known engineering failures, the lessons to be learnt from these
cases and subsequent changes in the engineering profession. The students will also prepare their own
case study based on information collected and present their findings in both written and oral formats.

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 Course / Subject L-T-P
Program: M. E. Semester: III Course: Seminar
Code: SE306 0-0-2

Students have to give a seminar both in written and oral formats based on the following:
• Recent advancement in the field of Civil Engineering practice and research.
• Scope of further technological advancement in various fields of Civil Engineering.
• Various new techniques, field problems and innovative ideas
• Any other relevant topics

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