Introduction to Civil Engineering (BESCK104A/204)

Introduction to Civil Engineering

Course Code: BESCK104A/204 
CIE Marks:50
Course Type (Theory/Practical/Integrated )
Theory SEE Marks:50
Total Marks:100
Teaching Hours/Week (L:T:P: S) 2:2:0:0 
Exam Hours:03
Total Hours of Pedagogy 25 hrs Lecture+25 hrs Tutorial = 50 hrs 
Credits:03

Module-1

Civil Engineering Disciplines and Building Science:Introduction to Civil Engineering: Surveying, StructuralEngineering, Geotechnical Engineering,Hydraulics & Water Resources, TransportationEngineering, Environmental Engineering, Construction planning &Project management.

Basic Materials of Construction: Bricks, Cement & mortars, Plain, Reinforced &Pre-stressedConcrete, Structural steel, Construction Chemicals.

Structural elements of a building: foundation, plinth, lintel, chejja, Masonry wall, column, beam,slab and staircase

Module-2 

Societal and Global Impact of Infrastructure:Infrastructure:Introduction to sustainable development goals, Smart city concept, clean city concept,Safe city concept

Environment: Water Supply and Sanitary systems, urban air pollution management, Solid waste management, identification of Landfill sites, urban flood control

Built-environment: Energy efficient buildings, recycling, Temperature andSound control inbuildings, Security systems; Smart buildings.

Module-3

Analysis of force systems: Concept of idealization, system of forces, principles of superposition and transmissibility, Resolution and composition of forces, Law of Parallelogram of forces,Resultant of concurrent and non-concurrent coplanar force systems,moment of forces, couple, Varignon’s theorem, free body diagram, equations of equilibrium, equilibrium of concurrent and non-concurrent coplanar force systems

Module-4

Centroid:Importance of centroid and centre of gravity, methods of determining the centroid,locating the centroid of plane laminae from first principles, centroid of built-up sections. Numerical examples

Module-5 

Moment of inertia:Importance of Moment of Inertia, method of determining the second moment of area (moment of inertia) of plane sections from first principles, parallel axis theorem and perpendicular axis theorem, section modulus, radius of gyration, moment of inertia of built-up sections, Numerical Examples.

Suggested Learning Resources:

Text Books

1. Bansal R. K., Rakesh Ranjan Beohar and Ahmad Ali Khan, Basic Civil Engineering andEngineering Mechanics, 2015,Laxmi Publications.

2. Kolhapure B K, Elements of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, 2014, EBPB

Reference Books:

1. Beer F.P. and Johnston E. R., Mechanics for Engineers, Statics and Dynamics, 1987, McGraw Hill.

2. Irving H. Shames, Engineering Mechanics, 2019, Prentice-Hall.

3. Hibbler R. C., Engineering Mechanics: Principles of Statics and Dynamics, 2017, Pearson Press.

4. Timoshenko S, Young D. H., Rao J. V., Engineering Mechanics, 5th Edition, 2017, Pearson Press.

5. Bhavikatti S S, Engineering Mechanics, 2019, New Age International

6. Reddy Vijaykumar K and Suresh Kumar K, Engineering Mechanics, 2011, BS publication

Web links and Video Lectures (e-Resources):

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGfVTNfNwnk&list=PLOSWwFV98rfKXq2KBphJz95rao7q8PpwT

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkg7VNW9UCc&list=PLOSWwFV98rfKXq2KBphJz95rao7q8PpwT&index=2

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljDIIMvxeg&list=PLOSWwFV98rfKXq2KBphJz95rao7q8PpwT&index=5

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQRcChR9IkU&list=PLOSWwFV98rfKXq2KBphJz95rao7q8PpwT&index=18

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YBXteL-qY4

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z95UW4wwzSc&list=PLOSWwFV98rfKXq2KBphJz95rao7q8PpwT&index=10

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lheoBL2QaqU&list=PLOSWwFV98rfKXq2KBphJz95rao7q8PpwT&index=7

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atoP5_DeTPE

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksmsp9OzAsI

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1ef048b3CE

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_Nck-X49qc

 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=appinventor.ai_jgarc322.Resultant_Force

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIBeeW1DSZg

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8wKV0UQtlo

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RZHHgL8m_A

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bls5KnQOWkY