BT-204 Basic Civil Engineering & Mechanics Notes
5 notes for Basic Civil Engineering & Mechanics, unit by unit.
Notes for BT-204
- Unit 1 · Short notes Building Materials & Construction Stones, bricks, cement, lime, timber types – classification, properties, tests and uses · Laboratory testing of concrete and mortar – workability, compressive strength, mix proportioning, compaction and curing · Concrete mix design – nominal proportions, preparation, compaction techniques and curing methods · Elements of building construction – foundations (conventional spread footings, RCC footings), brick masonry walls, plastering and pointing · Floor and roof construction, doors, windows, lintels and staircases – types and suitability
- Unit 2 · Short notes Surveying & Positioning Introduction to surveying instruments – levels, theodolites, plane tables and related devices · Electronic surveying instruments and total stations · Measurement of distances – conventional chaining and electronic distance measurement (EDM) techniques · Measurement of directions – conventional methods and modern electronic methods · Measurement of elevations – conventional levelling and reciprocal levelling
- Unit 3 · Short notes Mapping & Sensing Mapping procedures – contouring, profile and cross‑section generation, area and volume computation · Application of mapping data in quantity estimation for earth‑works and constructions · Survey stations and control network establishment · Introduction to remote sensing – principles and engineering applications
- Unit 4 · Short notes Engineering Mechanics – Forces and Equilibrium Graphical and analytical treatment of concurrent and non‑concurrent planar forces · Free‑body diagrams, force diagrams and Bow’s notation · Analysis of plane trusses – method of joints and method of sections · Frictional forces in equilibrium problems
- Unit 5 · Short notes Centre of Gravity, Moment of Inertia & Structural Analysis Centroid and centre of gravity of plane and solid bodies · Moment of inertia of area and mass, radius of gyration, product of inertia and principal axes · Support reactions for statically determinate structures · Shear force and bending moment diagrams for cantilever and simply supported beams under concentrated, distributed loads and couples
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