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Book Details:-

Book Name:	Handbook of Engineering
Author/Publisher:	Praveen Dwivedi & Prachi Bajpai / GK Publications
Language:	English
Edition:	2018 Edition
No of Pages:	861 Pages
File Type:	PDF (Downloadable)
PDF Size:	13.3 MB

Inside the Book:

I: STRENGTH OF MATERIALS

• Properties of Metals, Stress and Strain
• Shear Force and Bending Moment
• Principal Stress and Principal Strain
• Deflection of Beams
• Theories of Failure
• Combined Stress
• Bending Stress in Beam
• Shear Stress in Beams
• Torsion of Circular Shaft
• Columns
• Springs
• Pressure Vessels

II: STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS

• Determinacy-Indeterminacy
• Force Method of Analysis
• Slope-Deflection Method
• Moment-Distribution Method
• Arches
• Trusses
• Influence-Line Diagram
• Matrix-Method of Analysis

III: STEEL STRUCTURES

• Connections by Riveting
• Limit State Method of Design
• Bolts
• Simple Welded Connections
• Tension Member
• Compression–Members
• Column Bases and Caps
• Beams(WSM)
• Beams (LSM)
• Plate-Girders
• Industrial Building
• Plastic-Analysis

IV: RCC

• Introduction
• Limit State Method
• Beams
• Shear
• Bond and Anchorage
• Torsion
• Codal Provisions for Beam and Slab
• Column
• Footing
• Pre-stressed Concrete
• Analysis of Pre-stress and Bending Stresses
• Losses in Pre-stress
• Deflection of Pre-stressed Beam
• IS Code Recommendations for Pre-stressed Concrete

V: CPM

• Project Management
• Fundamentals of Network
• Programme Evaluation Review Technique
• Critical Path Method
• Crashing
• Updating and Resource Allocation
• Precedence Diagram
• Engineering Economy
• Fundamental of Equipments
• Earthwork Equipment
• Hoisting Equipments
• Compacting Equipment

VI: BUILDING MATERIAL

• Important Indian Standard Codes
• Cement
• Concrete
• Aggregates
• Bricks
• Brick Masonry
• Mortar
• Timber

VII: FLUID MECHANICS

• Properties of Fluid
• Pressure and its Measurement
• Hydrostatic–Forces
• Buoyancy and Flotation
• Liquid in Relative Equilibrium
• Fluid Kinematics
• Fluid Dynamics
• Momentum Equation and Application
• Weir and Notches
• Laminar Flow
• Turbulent Flow
• Boundary Layer Thickness
• Dimensional Analysis and Model Studies
• Pipe Flow

VIII: OPEN CHANNEL FLOW

• Introduction
• Uniform– Flow
• Energy-Depth Relationship
• Gradually Varied Flow
• Rapidly Varied Flow: Hydraulic Jump

IX: ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

• Part-A
  Water Demand, Its Source and Conveyance
  Quality Parameters of Water
  Treatment of Water
  Distribution System
• Part-B
  Waste Water Characteristics
  Disposal of Sewage Waste
  Design of Sewerage System and Sewer Appurtenances
  Sewage Treatment
  Solid Waste Management
  Air Pollution
  Noise Pollution

X: HYDROLOGY

• General Aspects
• Precipitation and Its Measurement
• Abstractions from Precipitation
• Runoff
• Drought
• Stream Flow Measurement
• Hydrology
• Floods
• Flood Routing

XI: SOIL MECHANICS

• Origin of Soil
• Properties of Soil (Soil-Water Relationship)
• Index Properties of Soil
• Classification of Soil
• Clay Mineral and Soil-Structure
• Compaction of Soil
• Effective Stress
• Capillarity and Permeability
• Seepage Though Soil
• Vertical Stressess
• Compressibility and Consolidation
• Shear Strength of Soil
• Stability of Slopes
• Earth Pressure and Retaining Walls
• Cantilever Sheet Pile and Anchored Bulkhead
• Shallow Foundation
• Deep Foundation
• Soil Exploration
• Expansive Soil

XII: IRRIGATION

• Irrigation and Its Methods
• Soil-Moisture Plant Relationship
• Water Requirement of Crops
• Canal-Design
• Earthen-Dams
• Canal-Irrigation
• Water-Logging
• Gravity Dams

XIII: HIGHWAY

• Introduction to Highway
• Geometric Design
• Horizontal Alignment
• Vertical Alignment
• Traffic Engineering: Characteristics
• Traffic Engineering Studies
• Traffic Control Regulation
• Highway Material
• Pavement Design
• Flexible Pavement Design
• Design of Rigid Pavement
• Highway Maintenance

XIV: SURVEYING

• Fundamentals of Surveying
• Linear Measurement
• Compass-Surveying
• Theodolite
• Traversing
• Levelling
• Tacheometry
• Trigonometric Levelling
• Photogrammetry
• Theory of Errors
• Curves
• Field Astronomy
• Measurement of Area and Volume
• Plane-Table Surveying
• Contouring

XV: RAILWAY

• Rail, Railway and Rail Joints
• Sleepers and Track Fasteners
• Ballast, Sub-grade and Track Alignment
• Track Stresses & Creeps of Rail
• Geometric Design of the Track
• Points and Crossing
• Track Junctions
• Railway Station and Station Yard
• Signalling and Control Systems
• Traction and Tractive Resistance

XVI: AIRPORT, DOCK, HARBOUR & TUNNEL ENGINEERING

• Airport
• Airport Planning
• Runway Design
• Airport Capacity
• Taxiway Design
• Water-Transportation
• Tides and Shore Protection Works
• Breakwaters
• Dock
• Tunnel Engineering

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