Syllabus for Summer term course (MODS & Hydrology)

Course for Summer Term June-July 2011

Department of Civil Engineering

Sharda University

MODS and Hydrology

Lecture: 4, Tutorial: 1, Practical: 0

Unit I: MODS

Section I: Introduction                                                                                                                                  

Strength of Materials, Conditions of Equilibrium, Types of stresses and strains, Degree of freedom, Definition of determinate/ indeterminate structures.

Section II: Concept of Stress and Strain Tensor                                                                                                  

Principle of St. Venant, Hooke’s law, stress strain diagram, Young’s Modulus, factor of safety, axially loaded bars, Varying cross-section and Load, Compound bars, temperature stresses, Concept of Stress Tensor , Plane stress, Concept of Strain Tensor, Plane Strain. Stresses induced due to uniaxial stress, stresses induced by state of simple shear, stresses induced due to biaxial stress, Mohr Circle, Poisson’s Ratio, Principal stresses and principal planes, maximum shear stresses, Principal strains, Analysis of strain, Volumetric strain, strain energy, Strain energy, Resilience, Impact load, shear strain energy, Bulk Modulus, Relation between various moduli. Definition of toughness.

Section III: Shear Force and Bending Moment                                   

Types of structures, loading, supporting conditions, structural actions, equation of equilibrium, SFD and BMD under different loads for determinate beams, graphical methods.

Section IV: Normal & Shear Stresses in Beams                                                                                                  

Pure bending, Moment of inertia (quick revision), Bending stresses, 

Shear stress in beams, Shear Connector, Composite beams (layered beam), Reinforced concrete beams

Books and References:

1. Strength of materials: Timoshenko and Young.

2. Strength of materials: Popov

3. Strength of materials: Gere and Goodno

4. Strength of Materials: PK Singh and Jha, Wiley Publications

Unit II: Hydrology

Section I: Introduction

Definition and scope, Hydrology in relation to water resources development, Hydrologic Cycle, The necessity for hydrologic data, the global water budget, Practical applications.

Section II: Hydrometeorology

Introduction, constituents of atmosphere, the weather and the atmosphere, the general circulation, air masses and fronts, climate and weather seasons in India.

Section III: Precipitation

Forms of precipitation, measurement of precipitation, Recording and Non-recording type rain gauges, errors in measurement of rainfall. Consistency of rainfall records, Location of rain gauge stations, analysis and interpretation of rainfall data, Average rainfall over a catchment, Arithmetic, Theissen polygon and isohyetal methods, Probable maximum precipitation (PMP), Rainfall intensity - duration curves.

Section IV: Ground Water

Introduction, occurrence of ground water, aquifers, types of aquifers,  flow and storage parameters, ground water movement, Darcy’s Law, permeability, steady and unsteady flow to wells in Confined and Unconfined aquifers, ground water exploration, Pumping test and recuperation test.

Books and References:

1. Applied Hydrology – Ven Te Chow, David R. Maidment, Larry W. Mays (McGraw Hill)

2. Applied Hydrology –Linsely R.K. Kohler, M.A. and J.L.H. Paulhus (McGraw Hill)

3. Ground Water Hydrology – D. K. Todd, John wiley and Sons

4. Engineering Hydrology – K. Subramanya (Tata McGraw Hill)

5. A Text Book of Hydrology – P. Jaya Rami Reddy (Laxmi Publications)

6. Hydrology Principles and Analysis– H. M. Raghunath (New Age International)