Curriculum

Introduction to plane geometry: pentagon, hexagon, octagon, ellipse, parabola, hyperbola. Projection (solid geometry): cube, triangular prism, square prism, pentagonal prism, cone, cylinder. Development of cube, pyramid, cone, prism; section and true shape of cube, pyramid, cone. Isometric drawing: cube, pyramid, cone. Oblique drawing: cube, pyramid, cone. Interpretation of solids.

Reconnaissance survey; Linear measurements; traverse survey; plane table survey, leveling and contouring; calculation of areas and volumes; problems on heights and distances; curves and curve ranging, transition curve, vertical curve. Tachometry: introduction, principles and problems on tachometry. Astronomical surveying; definition, instruments, astronomical corrections, systems of time. Photogrammetric; introduction of terrestrial photography, aerial photography, reading of photo mosaic, scale; project surveying; errors in surveying; remote sensing; introduction to global positioning system (GPS).

A study of the principal materials used for engineering purposes with special attention to their engineering properties and the importance of these properties to the engineer.  Materials included are: Brick, lime, cement, aggregate, iron and steel, concrete, timber, Ferro cement, bitumen, paints, and tiles. Properties of materials – atomic structure and bonding of materials; yielding, fracture and elasticity of the materials. Design of concrete mixes.

Quantity estimates of items of civil works e.g. building, bridge, truss and highway.

Analysis of rates; use of software in quantity surveying; Specifications of materials of construction projects.

P. MAT 167. Introduction to SI units; scalar and vector quantities; resolution of vectors; coplanar concurrent forces: equilibrium of a particle, free-body diagram; forces in space; moments, coplanar parallel forces; coplanar non-concurrent nonparallel forces; equilibrium of rigid bodies in space; centroids, moment of inertia of areas, moment of inertia of masses; analysis of forces in simple trusses, frames, beams, flexible cords; friction; second moment of inertia of areas and masses; principles of virtual work, power and energy, and impulse and momentum.

Compression test of timber, compression test of metallic spring, direct shear test of timber, direct shear test of metallic specimens, test of beam bending, biaxial bending test, non-destructive test, impact test of metal specimen, buckling and torsion test, tension test of metal specimens, hardness test of metal specimens, location of centre of gravity, verification of Lames’s theorem, test of flexible chord, simple harmonic motion test, impulse-momentum test by using Compression Testing Machine, Impact Testing Machine, Torsion Testing Machine and Buckling Testing Machine.

Test for Open Channel Flow: Flow measurement through orifice, flow measurement through mouthpiece, flow measurement through V-notch, flow measurement through venturimeter, determination of velocity coefficient by coordinate method, Test for Fluid Mechanics: Flow measurement through broad-crested weir, flow measurement through sharp-crested weir, flow measurement through a sluice gate, flow measurement through a Parshall flume, demonstration of the hydraulic jump, verification of Bernoulli’s theorem, determination of the center of pressure by using Hydraulic Bench, Flume (Glass Sided), Bernoulli’s theorem verification and Center of Pressure Apparatus.

Introduction and Classification of Bridges; Design Concept of Cable stayed Bridges, Steel Bridges, Long Span Bridges; Causes of Bridge failure; Repair and Maintenance of Bridges; Term Project on Bridge Engineering.

P. CEN 257. Stability and determinacy of structures; analysis of statically determinate trusses and arches; influence lines; moving loads on beams, frames and trusses; cable and cable supported structures. SFD and BMD of determinate beams and frames. Wind and earthquake loads; approximate analysis of statically indeterminate structures; braced trusses, portal frames, mill bent and multistoried building frames.

Hydrologic cycle. Weather and Hydrology. Precipitation, evaporation and transpiration. Infiltration. Stream flow. Application of telemetry and remote sensing in hydrologic data acquisition. Rainfall-runoff relations. Hydrography, unit hydrography. Hydrologic routing. Statistical methods in hydrology.

P. CEN 323. Two-way slabs, columns, footings, retaining walls, reinforced concrete floor and roof systems. Review of codes, yield line method, Introduction to prestressed concrete.

Design of a slab bridge, simple girder bridge and a low-rise building.

Determination of roadway capacity, determination of saturated flow at traffic signals, aggregate impact value, aggregate crushing value, aggregate ten percent fine value, flakiness index of aggregate, elongation index of aggregate, angularity number of aggregates, determination of specific gravity of bitumen, determination of penetration of bitumen, determination of solubility of bitumen, Marshall method of mix design, California Bearing Ratio (CBR) test of sub-grade soils by using Impact Testing Macine, California Bearing Ratio (CBR) Apparatus, Marshall Method Apparatus, Standard Penetrometer, Sieve Shaker, Solubility Measuring Accessories and Traffic Counter apparatus.

Field identification test, the Atterberg limit test, field density test, specific gravity test, relative density test, grain size distribution by sieve analysis, hydrometer analysis, permeability test, direct shear test, unconfined compression test and consolidation test by using Hydrometer, Deflocculating Agent, Drying Oven, Sieve Shaker, Desiccators, Direct Shear Machine, Unconfined Compressions machine and Liquid Limit Devices.

P. CEN 309. Deflection of beams, frames and trusses by virtual work method; space trusses; analysis of statically indeterminate structures by consistent deformation, moment distribution, slope deflection, stiffness matrix, flexibility matrix, column analogy, influence line for statically indeterminate beams, frames, arches.

P. CEN 371. Design controls and criteria; road intersection, vehicle and traffic characteristics. Design, construction, maintenance and evaluation of flexible and rigid pavements. Highway drainage and drainage structures. Introduction to waterways and airways, planning and design of airports. Railway engineering.

Water treatment methods: plain sedimentation, sedimentation with coagulation, filtration, disinfection; treatment of industrial water;

Wastewater: estimation of wastewater, wastewater collection system, hydraulics of sewer, design, construction and maintenance of sanitary sewer and storm sewer; microbiology of wastewater; primary and secondary treatment of sewage;

Environmental sanitation: introduction, Environmental pollution; Environment protection and management; sanitation practices in Bangladesh; different sanitation options-various types of pit latrines, pour flash latrines etc.

Health and hygiene; disease description, transmission and control, hygiene education. Introduction to air and noise pollution; introduction to solid waste management.

Team, Principles of management; budgeting, estimating and project costing, feasibility, evaluation, planning and scheduling, and controlling: PERT, CPM, resource scheduling; materials management and bid/tender process.   Psychology in administration.

Application of planning and management principles to civil engineering projects.  Introduction to construction management; construction contracts and specifications; inspection and quality control; construction safety; construction equipment and plants.

Theory and practice of construction operations, equipment utilization and construction methods. Analysis of costs. Optimizing techniques used in managing civil engineering projects. Heavy equipment costs.

Review of slabs, beams, columns; design of long columns; two-way slab system: grids, waffle slabs, ribbed slabs; slab design by equivalent frame method. Deep beams, curved beams, shear walls, building frames.  Bulk storage structures (silos, bins); design for torsion.  Advanced problems in foundations of structures.  Limit state design, yield line analysis and plastic design.  Codes and specifications and their influence in structures.

Transportation planning process; advanced pavement system, traffic management concept; traffic accident investigation; city road and street network; grade separation and interchanges; pedestrian and bicycle facilities; urban bypass and new M-E pavement design.  Environmental aspects of highway traffic and transportation project; elements of traffic flow.  Planning, analysis, evaluation and implementation of transportation projects.

Environment Pollution and Its Control: water pollution – sources and types of pollutants; waste assimilation capacity of streams; dissolved oxygen modeling; ecological balance of streams; industrial pollution; heavy metal contamination; detergent pollution and eutrophication; ground-water pollution; marine pollution; pollution control measures – water quality monitoring and management.

Air pollution – sources and types of pollutants; effects of various pollutants on human health, materials and plants; air pollution meteorology; global warming and greenhouse effects; air pollution monitoring and control measures.

Basic concepts in integrated water resources management, Economic, Environmental and institutional aspects, Participation of beneficiaries, Formation of users’ group. Fisheries management, Strategic planning, System analysis approach, Conceptual framework and models, Analytical techniques, Operation and maintenance of water resources systems,

Behavior of alluvial rivers, River channels pattern and fluvial processes. Aggradation and degradation, local scours, river training and bank protection works. Navigation and dredging Sediment movement in river channels, bed forms and flow regimes.

The project cycle; project proposal; contractual provisions; techniques of specification writing; evaluation of bids; project evaluation.

Interpretation of literature, documents etc.; communicating; preparation of report; industrial and labour relations; professional ethics in Civil Engineering.

The transportation planning process; traffic management concepts; traffic accident investigations; city road and street networks: grade separation and interchanges, pedestrian and bicycle facilities. The urban bypass; Environmental aspects of highway traffic and transportation projects; elements of traffic flow.

Pre-stressed concretes: materials; pre-stressing systems; loss of prestress; analysis of sections for flexure, shear, bond and bearing; beam deflections and cable layout; partial prestress. Design of Prestressed sections for flexure, shear, bond and bearing.

P. CEN 160. Drawing works involving plan, elevation, section of multistoried building, reinforcement details of beams, slabs, stairs; plan, section of septic tank, culvert, bridge, roof trusses, and other civil engineering structures.

Chain survey, traverse survey, plane tabling, leveling, contouring, measurement of height of an object, area calculation, curve setting, house setting, route survey, distance and evaluation measurement and topography will be covered by using leveling instrument, Theodoite, Plane Table, Alidade, Optical Square and Prismatic Compass with necessary accessories.

Test for cement and test for aggregates will be covered by using Compression Testing Machine, Vicat’s Apparatus, Los Angles Abrasion Machine, Schmidt Hammer and different size of Sieves.

Minerals, identification of minerals, common rock forming minerals; physical properties of minerals, Mineraloids, rocks, types of rocks, cycle of rock change, earthquake and seismic map of Bangladesh, sedimentation and metamorphism. Structural Geology: faults; types of faults; fold and types; Domes; weathering, application of geology in civil engineering practice, Geology of Bangladesh. Channel development, alluvial flood plains, Deltas and alluvial plains, channel morphology, Geomorphology of Bangladesh.

P. CEN 231. Concept of stress, strain, mechanical properties of materials, stress, strain due to tension, compression, shear and temperature change; shear force and bending moment, shear center, flexural and shear stress in beams; thin walled pressure vessel, riveted and welded joints, helical spring, torsional stress, combined stress, principal stress,. Deflection of beams by area moment, integration, elastic load, conjugate beam method. Buckling of columns, Euler column load.

P. MAT 167, CEN 231. Development and scope of fluid mechanics. Fluid properties. Fluid statics. Kinematics of fluid flow. Fluid flow concepts and basic equations-continuity equation, Bernoulli’s equation, energy equation, momentum equation and forces in fluid flow. Introduction to similitude and dimensional analysis. Steady incompressible flow in pressure conduits, laminar and turbulent flow, general equation for fluid friction. Empirical equations for pipe flow. Minor losses in pipe flow. Fluid measurement: pitot tube, orifice, mouthpiece, nozzle, venturimeter, weir. Pipe flow problems-pipes in series and parallel, branching pipes, pipe networks. Boundary layer problems, Navier-Stoke’s equation.

P. CEN 257; Open channel flow and classifications. Velocity and pressure distribution, energy equation and specific energy, critical flow. Principles of flow measurement and devices. Concept of uniform flow, Chezy and Manning equations, estimation of resistance coefficients and computation of uniform flow. Momentum equation and specific momentum. Hydraulic jump. Theory and analysis of gradually varied flow. Computation of flow profiles. Design of Channels.

P. CEN 257. Behavior of reinforced concrete. Introduction to methods of working stress design (WSD) and ultimate strength design (USD) of reinforced concrete members. Analysis and design of singly, doubly, T-beam by WSD and USD methods. Diagonal tension (shear design), bond, anchorage by WSD and USD methods; one-way slab design by WSD and USD methods.

Description and identification of soils; classification of soils; soil structure and consistency; weight-volume and moisture density relationship; permeability; seepage; capillarity and flownets; compaction; one dimensional consolidation and settlements; shear strength of soils.

Elements of transportation system; transportation economics, highway planning, types, geometric design of highways; highway materials and bituminous mix design. Elements of highway traffic engineering, traffic control devices. Preparation of a railway project, alignment, resistance and signaling, points and crossing; maintenance.

P. CEN 341. Sub-soil exploration, Lateral earth pressure, Soil improvement techniques, Types and selection of foundations, Bearing capacity of shallow and deep foundation; Design and construction of footing, pile, cassions, etc.

Importance of irrigation, sources and quality of irrigation water, soil-water relationship. Consumptive use and estimation of irrigation water requirements. Methods of irrigation, design of irrigation canal system. Irrigation structures, irrigation pumps and problems of irrigated land. Flood and its control.

Practice of CEN 409.

Introduction to Environmental engineering; community and Environment; clean water; sanitation and health; introduction to water supply; population prediction and water requirement. Water supply sources; ground water and surface water; ground water exploration; aquifer properties and ground water flow; well hydraulics and well design; common water supply systems with specific reference to Bangladesh; different types of hand pumps, installation and O & M of hand pumps; problems of water supply: presence of iron and arsenic, hardness, salinity, water table lowering, drilling problems in rocky areas etc.

Alternative technologies for problem areas in Bangladesh- Shallow Shrouded Tubewell (SST), Very Shallow Shrouded Tube-well (VSST), Pond Sand Filter (PSF); water collection and transportation; head works; pumps and pumping machinery; water distribution system; water quality parameters and standards; introduction to water treatment methods; Influence of socio-economic aspects on community water supply and sanitation.

Comparison of color, measurement of pH, turbidity measurement, measurement of carbon-di-oxide, measurement of total solids, measurement of suspended solids, measurement of alkalinity, measurement of hardness, measurement of chlorine concentration, chemical coagulation, residual chlorine, chlorine demand, analysis of combined noise, analysis of noise protection efficiency by using pH meter, Color Compactor, Turbidity Meter, Electric Oven, Digital Sound Level Meter, Turbidity Meter, TDS Meter, Digital Balance and Filter Sucker, etc.

Plastic analysis of steel structures; introduction to theory of elasticity; plane stress-strain;  Two- dimensional problems in rectangular and polar coordinates;  fundamentals of structural dynamics; SDOF and MDOF system;  analysis of membrane shell and folded plate.

Stress deformation and failure of soil mass; principles of effective and total stress; measurements of soil suction; sheet pile , coffer-dam, caisson; three-dimensional consolidation; pore pressure coefficient; stress path method; critical state theory.  Foundation failure case studies; soil liquefaction; soil improvement techniques; soil structure interaction; dewatering; design of machine foundation.

Alternative water technologies: solar stills, rain water harvesting; industrial wastewater treatment and their disposal standards in relation to Bangladesh; solid waste management: sources and types of solid waste; solid waste generation; on-site handling, storage and collection; transportation and disposal methods; recycling and resource recovery from soid waste; industrial and hazardous waste management.

Air and noise pollution: introduction to air and noise pollution and their effects; global Environmental concerns; green house effects; ozone depletion; Acid rain.

Concept of community participation; sustainable development approach; Gender issues.

Introduction to initial Environmental examination and Environmental impact assessment; policy & legislation: Environmental Conservation Act, 1995 and Environmental Protection Rules, 1997.

Environment and Development Projects: Environment and sustainable development; Environmental policies and legislation Environmental implication of Sectoral development; Environmental quality standards; Environmental issues and priorities; Environmental impact assessment of development schemes – baseline studies, assessment methodologies; economics of Environmental management; special topics.

Flood and its causes. Methods of flood management: structural and non-structural measures such as reservoirs, levees and flood walls, channel improvement, interior drainage, flood ways, land management, flood proofing, flood zoning, flood hazard mapping, flood forecasting and warning.

Economic aspects of flood management: flood risk and vulnerability analysis, direct and indirect losses of flood, flood damage assessment, flood damage in urban and rural areas.

Coast and coastal features. Tides and currents. Tidal flow measurement. Waves and storm surges. Docks and harbors. Forces of waves and tides in the design of coastal and harbor structures. Coastal sedimentation processes. Deltas and estuaries. Shore protection works. Dredging and dredgers.

Introduction to finite element method as applied to Civil Engineering problems. One-dimensional stress deformation and time dependent flow problem. Two dimensional plane stress and plane strain analysis of stress deformation problems.

Highway needs study; highway planning, economics and financing; evaluation and analysis of transportation projects, management, monitoring; organization and implementation of transportation projects; selected case studies; traffic engineering administration and legislation; urban public transportation and freight movement.

Behavior of structural steel members and steel frames; code requirements; design of tension and compression members by WSD and LRFD methods; design of beam, beam-columns; Joint design.