BUILDING SCIENCE AND MECHANICS (1BESC104A/204A)

BUILDING SCIENCE AND MECHANICS

Course Code 1BESC104A/204A 
Semester I/II
CIE Marks 50
Teaching Hours/Week (L:T:P: S) 3:0:0:0 
SEE Marks 50
Total Hours of Pedagogy 40 
Total Marks 100
Credits 3 
Exam Hours 3
Examination type (SEE) Theory

Module-1

Introduction to building science:

Importance and Scope of various fields of Civil Engineering: Surveying, Structural

Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Water Resources Engineering, Transportation

Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Construction Planning and Project Management.

Basic Materials of Construction: Types and Uses of Bricks, Stones, Cement, Structural

Steel, Wood and Concrete.

Structural Elements of a Building: Concept of Foundation, Plinth, Lintel, Chejja, Masonry

wall, Column, Beam, Slab, Flooring and Staircase.

 Number of Hours:08

Module-2

Sustainable Built Environment:

Emerging materials: Types and Uses of Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (AAC) blocks,

Bamboo, Recycled plastics, Material selection criteria, Durability, Sustainability, Smart City

concept.

Green Building : Green building materials and rating systems IGBC, LEED, GRIHA (Green

Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment) for new buildings – Purpose - Key highlights -

Point System with Differential weightage.

 Number of Hours:08

Module-3

Force Systems: Concept of idealization, System of forces, Principles of transmissibility of a

force, Resolution and composition of forces, Law of Parallelogram of forces, Concurrent and

non-concurrent coplanar force systems, Moment of forces, Couple, Varignon’s theorem:

Numerical examples.

 Number of Hours:08

Module-4

Equilibrium and Support Reactions

Free body diagram, equations of equilibrium, Lami’s Theorem, Equilibrium of Coplanar

Concurrent and Non -concurrent force systems: Numerical examples.

Types of loadings, beams and supports, Concept of Statically determinate and indeterminate

structures (Definitions with examples only), Support reactions: Numerical examples on

Statically determinate beams.

 Number of Hours:08

Module-5

Centroid of Plane areas: Introduction, Locating the centroid of rectangle, triangle, circle,

semicircle and quadrant of a circle using method of integration, centroid of composite areas

and simple built up sections: Numerical examples.

Suggested Learning Resources:

Text books:

1. Rangwala, Building Construction,33rd Edition, 2016, Charotar Publishing House Pvt. Ltd.,

ISBN-10 : 9385039040, ISBN-13 : 978-9385039041

2. Bansal R. K., Rakesh Ranjan Beohar and Ahmad Ali Khan, Basic Civil Engineering and

Engineering Mechanics, 3rd Edition, 2015, Laxmi Publications, ISBN: 9789380856674.

3. Kolhapure B K, Elements of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, 11th Edition,

2018, Eastern Book Promoters Belgaum [EBPB], ISBN: 5551234003896

Reference Books:

1. Beer F.P. and Johnston E. R., Mechanics for Engineers: Statics and Dynamics, 4th Edition,

1987, McGraw Hill, ISBN: 9780070045842

2. Meriam J. L. and Kraige L. G, Engineering Mechanics-Statics, Vol I–6th Edition,2008, Wiley

publication.

3. Irving H. Shames, Engineering Mechanics-Statics and Dynamics, 4th Edition, 2002,

Prentice-Hall of India(PHI).

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

Press, New Delhi.

5. Timoshenko S, Young D. H., Rao J. V., Sukumar Patil, Engineering Mechanics, 5th Edition,

2017,McGraw Hill Publisher, ISBN: 9781259062667

6. Bhavikatti S S, Engineering Mechanics, 4th Edition, 2018, New Age International

Publications.

7. Reddy Vijaykumar K and Suresh Kumar K, Engineering Mechanics, 3rd Edition 2013, BS

Publications.