Elements of Civil Engineering
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Elements of Civil Engineering Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Elements of Civil Engineering (subject code 2110004) as prescribed for Biotech · Semester 1 divides the course into 6 units, covering 48 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (2110004)Unit 1 Introduction
- Branches of Civil Engineering
- Scope of Civil Engineering
- Role of Civil Engineer in Society
- Impact of infrastructural development on economy of country
Unit 2 Surveying, Leveling and Mapping
- Introduction Definition of Surveying
- Aims and applications
- Fundamental principles of surveying
- Classification of surveying
- Plans and maps
- Units of measurement
- Linear Measurement: Methods
- Instruments used in chain surveying
- Selection of stations
- Errors in chaining and correction
- Conventional symbols
- Angular Measurement: Instruments used
- Types of compass
- Types of meridians and bearings
- Measurement of bearings
- computation of angles
- Compass traversing and correction of bearings for local attraction
- Leveling: Aims and applications
- Definition of various terms
- Instruments for leveling
- Methods of leveling
- Recording observations in level-book
- Computing reduced levels by HI and rise & fall method
- Definition of contour
- Characteristics of contours of different terrains and application of contour maps
- Introduction to planimeter
- introduction to Global positioning system(GPS)
- 05 10% 05 10% 05 10% remote sensing(RS) and Geographical information system(GIS)
Unit 3 Building Materials and Construction
- Materials Introduction to construction materials like Stone
- Concrete and bitumen
- Construction: Classification of buildings
- Types of loads acting on buildings
- Building components and their functions and nominal dimensions. 05 10%
Unit 4 Building Planning and Drawing
- Definition and concept of plan of a simple residential building
- Elementary principles and basic requirements for building planning
- elevation and section of a residential building
Unit 5 Water Resources
- Hydrologic cycle
- water use and its conservation
- Introduction to dams
- barrages and check dams
Unit 6 Transportation Engineering
- Role of transportation in national development
- Modes of transportation
- Introduction to road traffic and traffic control
- Introduction to mass transportation system
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