Calendar: 1957-1958 Page 191

SYLLABUSES OF COURSES 193 Soil Mechanics and Reinforced Concrete Structures Soil Mechanics One lecture per week Structure of soils densities index properties particle size analysis classification seepage flow nets capillary pressures neutral and eflec- tive stresses piping filters compressibility of soils consolidation time- settlement predictions soil compaction and stabilisation site in- vestigations sampling Laboratory or Drawing Office one afternoon per week Specific Gravity density determinations sieve analysis liquid and plastic limits pipette analysis permeability measurements experi- mental flow nets flow net by sketching consolidation test settlement analysis compaction test Reinforced Concrete Structures One lecture per week Drawing Office of laboratory one afternoon per week Reinforced concrete beams-single double and shear reinforcement- design of slabs T-beams columns footings and strip foundations- properties of concrete creep shrinkage deterioration finishes- methods of compaction and curing vibration steam curing-design of concrete mixes-stability of concrete reinforced concrete and masonry retaining walls and dams-weather resistance of buildings damp proofing insulation Surveying and Public Works Surveying One lecture per week throughout the session Easter term Computation and plotting one whole day per week Volumes compound and transition curves field astronomy latitude azimuth and time by meridian elongation and extra-meridian observations determination of longitude convergence of meridians triangulation precise levelling trigonometrical and barometrical levelling adjustment of angles photographic surveying resection adjustment of errors location of schemes and structures Practical Work Calculation of quantities-fieldwork calculations and plotting for minor triangulation-astronomical observations of star and sun week of field work is arranged in the Easter vacation attendance at which is compulsory Public Works One lecture per week throughout the session Fabrication and erection of steel structures Welding Building materials and building operations Roads-layout planning-traffic