Elements Of Civil Engineering (Basic Civil Engineering )

Elements Of Civil Engineering (Basic Civil Engineering ) by R. Agor

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Book Summary:

The first decade of the twenty first century has witnessed a large scale development in the construction and development of civil infrastructures such as Expressways, Metro tracks, Tunnel Boring, Multistoreyed Tall-structures, upgradation of Aerodromes, etc. The author’s main aim has been to provide conceptual technical knowledge to those who are engaged and involved in the field of civil and construction.

Audience of the Book :

This book Useful for Civil Engineering Students.

Table of Content:

Part-I Surveying

1. Introduction

2. Linear Measurements

3. Chain Surveying

4. Compass Surveying

5. Levelling

6. Theodolite

7. Plane Table Surveying

8. Coutouring

Part-II Building Materials

1. Building Stones

2. Bricks

3. Lime

4. Cement

5. Concrete

6. Mortars

7. Timber

8. Asphalt and Bitumen

9. Paints and Varnishes

10. Ferrous Metals

11. Non-ferrous Metals

12. Plastics

13. Glass

Part-III Building Construction

1. Buildings

2. Foundations

3. Brick Masonry

4. Stone Masonry

5. Plastering and Pointing

6. Floors

7. Roofs

8. Stairs

Part-IV Water Supply & Sanitary Engineering

1. Water Supply

2. Sanitary Engineering

Part-V Highways

1. Roads

2. Design Controls

3. Highway Geometric Design

4. Low Cost Roads

Part-VI Railways

1. Permanent Way

2. Geometrics of Railway Track

3. Points and Crossings

Part-VII Soil Mechanics

1. Soil Mechanics

Part-VIII Civil Engineering Estimates

1. Earth Work

2. Building Estimates

3. Analysis of Rates

Part-IX Hydraulic Structures

1. Tube Wells

2. Dams

Part-X Theory And Design Of Reinforced Cement Concrete

1. Theory of Reinforced Cement Concrete

2. Design of Reinforced Cement Concrete

Part-XI Engineering Mechanics

1. Composition and Resolution of Forces

2. Equilibrium of Coplanar Forces

3. Friction

4. Support Reactions

5. Trusses

6. Plane Motion

7. Projectiles

8. D’Alembert’s Principle

9. Work and Energy

Part-XII Mechanics Of Structures

1. Stresses and Strains

2. Centre of Gravity and Moment of Inertia

3. Shear Force And Bending Moment

4. Bending Stresses in Beams

5. Slope and Deflection

6. Torsion

Index