Calendar: 1961-1962 Page 195

194 FACULTY OF ENGINEERING Design of riveted bolted and welded structural connections Design of truss plate girder column and column base grillage foundation Experiments illustrating various aspects of structural behaviour Theory of Structures II Concreting materials properties of concrete strength workability durability shrinkage creep design of concrete mixes Reinforced concrete analysis and design slabs singly and doubly reinforced beams shear reinforcement T-beams columns footings strip foundations Mass concrete masonry brickwork walls dams chimneys stability stress distribution Strength tests grading of aggregates workability tests compaction curing Design of retaining walls in mass and reinforced concrete beam and slab construction T-beam bridge column and foundations Soil Mechanics Structure of soils densities index properties particle size analysis classification seepage flow nets capillary pressures neutral and effec- tive stresses piping filters compressibility of soils consolidation time- settlement predictions soil compaction and stabilisation site investi- gations sampling shearing resistance of sand Specific gravity density determinations sieve analysis liquid and plastic limits permeability measurements experimental flow nets flow net by sketching consolidation test settlement analysis com- paction test shear box test Engineering Geology The course provides general introduction to geology in all aspects relevant to engineering including the following Processes of weathering denudation and deposition Vulcanicity and earth movements Structural geology Outlines of British stratigraphy Nature origin and occurrence of sedimentary igneous and metamorphic rocks Elements of economic geology Constructional materials-loadstones building stones brick clays roofing slate concrete aggregate lime and cement Geology of water supply Practical work includes the study of geological maps and the re- cognition of common rocks and minerals class for field work in geology is held during the session and is regarded as an integral part of the course Heat and Thermodynamics Vapour power cycles reheat regenerative and binary vapour cycles Isentropic flow in nozzles effect of nozzle friction metastable flow of vapours