Bridge Engineering detailed Syllabus for Civil Engineering (CIVIL), 2018 scheme has been taken from the VTUs official website and presented for the VTU students. For Course Code, Subject Names, Teaching Department, Paper Setting Board, Theory Lectures, Tutorial, Practical/Drawing, Duration in Hours, CIE Marks, Total Marks, Credits and other information, visit full semester subjects post given below. The Syllabus PDF files can also be downloaded from the official website of the university.
For all the other VTU CIVIL 8th Sem Syllabus for BE 2018 Scheme, visit Civil Engineering 8th Sem 2018 Scheme.
For all the (Professional Elective-4) subjects refer to Professional Elective-4 Scheme. The detail syllabus for bridge engineering is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Module 1
Introduction to bridges, classification, selection of bridge site and preliminary and detailed survey work computation of discharge, linear waterway, economic span, afflux, scour depth. Design loads for bridges, introduction to I.R.C. loading standards, Load Distribution Theory, Bridge slabs, Effective width, Introduction to methods as per I.R.C.
Module 2
Design of Slab Bridges: Straight and skew slab bridges.
Module 3
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Module 4
Other Bridges: Design of Box culvert (Single vent only). Design of Pipe culverts.
Module 5
Substructures-Design of Piers and abutments, Introduction to Bridge bearings, Hinges and Expansion joints.(No design).
Course Outcomes:
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Question paper pattern:
- The question paper will have ten full questions carrying equal marks.
- Each full question will be for 20 marks.
- There will be two full questions (with a maximum of four sub- questions) from each module.
- Each full question will have sub- question covering all the topics under a module.
- The students will have to answer five full questions, selecting one full question from each module.
Text Books:
- Johnson Victor. D, Essentials of Bridge Engineering, Oxford Publishing Company.
- N Krishna Raju, Design of Bridges, Oxford and IBH publishing company
- T R Jagadeesh and M A Jayaram, Design of bridge structures, Prentice Hall of India
Reference Books:
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