PRIST UNIVERSITY

VALLAM, THANJAVUR
B.TECH - I Year I Sem
2013 Regulation

COURSE STRUCTURE

SEMESTER - I
Course Periods Max
Course Title Credit
Code Per Week Marks
L T P
13147S11 Technical English I 5 1 0 4 100
13148S12 Engineering Mathematics I 5 1 0 4 100
13149S13 Engineering Physics - I 5 1 0 4 100
13149S14 Engineering Chemistry - I 5 1 0 4 100
13154S15 Engineering Graphics 5 1 0 4 100
13150S16 Fundamental of Computing and Programming 5 1 0 4 100
13150L17 Computer Practice Lab 0 0 3 2 100
13147L18 Communication Language Lab 0 0 3 2 100
131VEA19 Value Education 1
TOTAL CREDITS 29

S&H DEAN Director -Academic Affairs

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 13147S11 TECHNICAL ENGLISH I

AIM:
To promote learners to use the target language and sharpen their communicative skills
through participated learning.

OBJECTIVES:
To provide practice for learners in organized academic and professional writing.
To help learners acquire interpretative reference and study skills through different
reading strategies.
To help learners acquire oral fluency.
To help learners acquire the ability to listen effectively and respond competently in
English in real life situations.

Unit -I
General Vocabulary- Synonyms and Antonyms Word formation with prefix and
suffix- Nouns, formation of adjectives and comparative adjectives. Verbs - modal verbs
adverbs. Tenses simple and continuous. Writing descriptive writing. Process of
communication and barriers of communication.

Unit -II
Tenses perfect and perfect continuous. Subject verb agreement. Gerunds and
Infinitive Spelling and punctuation. Paragraph writing- creative writing and making
comparison and contrast, Note making.

Unit -III
Types of sentences - conditional sentences cause and effect expressions. Types of
listening- Implications of effective listening - Visual Aids.

Unit -IV
Reading- giving definition. Sequences of sentences. Giving instructions- using
imperative forms in instructions . Close reading- skimming and scanning.

Unit -V
Formation of wh questions. Letter writing - letter formats- letter of application for job
with CV, letter to the editor, invitation letter, accepting and rejecting invitations.
Permission letter.

Text book
Aysha Viswamohan, English for technical communication 2008, Tata McGraw
Hill Private Ltd, New Delhi.

Reference: Book
Meenakshi Raman and Sangeeta Sharma Technical communication English skills
for Engineers, 2009, Oxford Press, , New Delhi.

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13148S12 ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS - I

AIM
To learn the basic concepts of Mathematics for effective understanding of
engineering subjects.

OBJECTIVES
Identifying Eigen value problems to obtain solution and acquired the technique of
diagonalzing a matrix.
Understanding the basic concept of trigonometric function.
Understand function of more than one variable, along with differentiation under
integral sign
Solving differential equation of certain type
.Studying the properties of lines and plans in space, along with sphere and
providing a tool to understand 3D material.

Unit I Matrices
Elementary Transformation - Characteristic equation Eigen values and Eigen
vectors of a real matrix Properties of Eigen values Cayley - Hamilton Theorem
Orthogonal reduction of a symmetric matrix to Diagonal form Orthogonal Matrices
Reduction of Quadratic form to Canonical form by orthogonal transformation.

Unit II Trigonometry
Trigonometry- Expansions of Sin n , Cos n, sinn, cos n, Hyperbolic functions
Separating Real & imaginary part of trigonometric and inverse trigonometric functions.

Unit III Partial Derivatives and its application

Introduction to Partial derivatives-Total differential-Differential of implicit
functions Taylors expansion Maxima and Minima on two variables Constrained
Maxima and Minima by Lagranges multiplier method Jacobians Curvature Cartesian
and polar coordinates Circle of curvature Involutes and Evolutes - Envelope

Unit IV Differential Equations and its application

Linear equations of second order with variable coefficient-Cauchys and Legenders
linear equation-Method of variation of parameter formulation of PDE solution of
standard type of first order equations solvable for P,X,Y, Clairauts form, reduction to the
standard type.
Unit V Three Dimensional Analytical Geometry
Direction Cosines and Ratios Co-planar lines skew lines Sphere Tangent plane
Plane section of a sphere Orthogonal spheres equation of conics Tangent and Normal.
Text Books:
(1) T. Veerarajan, Engineering Mathematics for I Year. (First Revised Ed.)-
Tata Mc Graw Hill Publishing Co., New Delhi, (2002).
(2) B.S. Grewal, Higher Engineering Mathematics (35th Ed.)
Khanna Publishers, Delhi (2000).
Books for Reference:
(1) P. Kandasamy, K.Thilagavathy and K. Gunavathy, Engineering Mathematics Vol I
(4th Revised Ed.) S. Chand & Co., Publishers, New Delhi (2000).
(2) S. Narayanan, T.K. Manikavachagam Pillai, and G. Ramanaiah, Advanced
Mathematics for Engineering Students Vol I (2nd Ed.)S. Viswanathan (Printers and
Publishers) (1992).
(3) M.K. Venkataraman, Engineering Mathematics First year
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 13149S13 ENGINEERING PHYSICS - I

AIM:
To teach the basic physics concepts related to their branches.

OBJECTIVE:
To introduce the basic physics concepts relevant to different branches of Engineering
and Technology

Unit I PROPERTIES OF MATTER 9

Elasticity Poissons ratio and relationship between moduli (qualitative) Stress-
strain diagram factors affecting elasticity bending of beams cantilever bending
moment theory and experiment of Youngs modulus determination Uniform and non-
uniform bending I shaped girders twisting couple hollow cylinder shaft torsion
pendulum determination of rigidity modulus.

Unit II ACOUSTICS 9
Classification of sound loudness and intensity Weber-Fechner Law standard
Intensity and Intensity level decibel reverberation reverberation time rate of growth
and decay of sound intensity - derivation of Sabines formula absorption coefficient and its
determination factors affecting acoustics of buildings : focussing, interference, echo,
Echelon effect, resonance noise and their remedies.

Unit III ULTRASONICS 9

Introduction Production- piezoelectric effect - piezoelectric generator (transistor
circuit )- Detection of ultrasonic waves properties Cavitations - Velocity measurement
acoustic grating - Industrial applications drilling, welding, soldering and cleaning
SONAR - Non Destructive Testing pulse echo system through transmission and reflection
modes - A,B and C scan displays, Medical applications Sonograms

Unit IV LASERS 9
Introduction Principle of Spontaneous emission and stimulated emission. Population
inversion, pumping. Types of lasers He-Ne, CO2 , Nd-YAG, Semiconductor lasers
(homojunction & heterojunction) Qualitative Industrial Applications - Lasers in welding, heat
treatment, cutting Medical applications - Holography (construction & reconstruction).

Unit V CRYSTAL PHYSICS 9

Lattice Unit cell Bravais lattice Lattice planes Miller indices d spacing in
cubic lattice Calculation of number of atoms per unit cell Atomic radius Coordination
number Packing factor for SC, BCC, FCC and HCP structures NaCl, ZnS, diamond and
graphite structures Polymorphism and allotropy - Crystal defects point, line and surface
defects- Burger vector.

TOTAL : 45 PERIODS

TEXT BOOKS:
1. Palanisamy, P.K., Engineering Physics, Scitech Publications (P) Lt, 2006.
2. Arumugam, M., Engineering Physics, Anuradha Publ., 2000.
REFERENCES:
1. Gaur R.K., and Gupta, S.L Engineering Physics, Dhanpat Raj Publ., 2003.
2. Sankar B.N., Pillai.S.O., Engineering Physics, New age International (P) Ltd, 2007

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 13149S14 ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY-I

Aim:
To gain the knowledge of water related problems, surface chemistry, fuels and
combustion, electrochemistry and corrosion and its control
Objectives:
To make the student conversant with the
Water related problems
Role of adsorbents in pollution abatement
Petroleum processing and fractions
Concentration cells, Fuel cells and Secondary cells
Theories of corrosion
Unit I WATER TREATMENT
Types of hardness- Degree of hardness- Related problems- Estimation of hardness- by
EDTA method- Sludge and scales in boilers- Priming and foaming- Boiler corrosion-Water
softening methods, Lime-soda process, Ion exchange methods-Internal treatments (colloidal,
carbonate, phosphate and calgon conditioning)- Domestic water treatment- Methods of
disinfection of water-Desalination process (Reverse osmosis, electro dialysis- Distillation).

Unit II SURFACE CHEMISTRY

Adsorption types adsorption of gases on solids adsorption isotherms
Frendlich and Langmuir isotherms adsorption of solutes from solution role of adsorbents
in catalysis, ion-exchange adsorption and pollution abatement.

Unit III FUELS AND COMBUSTION

Calorific value classification Coal proximate and ultimate analysis metallurgical
coke manufacture by Otto-Hoffmann method Petroleum processing and fractions
cracking catalytic cracking and methods-knocking octane number and cetane number
synthetic petrol Fischer Tropsch and Bergius.

Unit IV ELECTROCHEMISTRY
Electrodes- Electrode potential- Reference electrodes- Standared hydrogen electrode-
Saturated calomel electrode- -Determination of PH using glass electrode- Concentration
cells- Fuel cells- Secondary cells- Lead acid cell- Nickel cadmium cell- Lithium-ion cell. -
Conductometric titrations (acid base titration).

Unit V CORROSION AND CORROSION CONTROL

Theories of corrosion (chemical corrosion and electrochemical corrosion)- Galvanic
series- Types of corrosion (Concentration cell corrosion, Stress corrosion, Galvanic
corrosion) - Factors affecting corrosion (nature of metal and nature of environment) and
different methods of corrosion control (corrosion inhibitors, cathodic protection).

Text books:
1. N. Radha: Engineering Chemistry I, Anuradha publications, Kumbakonam,
2. Daniel Yesudian: Engineering Chemistry I, Hitech publications,
Reference Books
1. P.C.Jain and Monica Jain, Engineering Chemistry Dhanpat Rai Pub, Co.,New
Delhi (2002).
2. S.S. Dara A text book of engineering chemistry S.Chand & Co.Ltd., NewDelhi
(2006).

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 13154S15 ENGINEERING GRAPHICS

Objectives

To develop the graphic skills for communication of concepts, ideas and design of
engineering products, to improve the imagination power, to represent an object by graphics
and expose them to existing national standards related to technical drawings.

Concepts and Conventions

Importance of Graphics in Engineering applications Use of Drafting instruments

BIS conventions and specifications Size, layout and folding of drawing sheets Lettering
and dimensioning.

Unit-I Projection of Points & Straight Lines (12)

General principles and Introduction of Orthographic projection First angle
projection Positioning of views. Projection of points located in all quadrants.

Projection of Straight Lines located in the first quadrant only Determination of true
lengths and true angle of inclinations

Unit-II Projection of Solids (12)

Projection of simple solids like prisms, pyramids, cylinder and cone when the axis is
parallel to one reference plane and inclined to other reference plane by change of position
method.

Unit III Section of Solids (12)

Sectioning of above solids in simple vertical position by cutting planes inclined to any
one of the reference planes Obtaining true shape of section.

Unit IV Development of surfaces (12)

Development of lateral surfaces of simple and truncated solids prisms, pyramids,
cylinders and cones.

Unit - V Pictorial projections (12)

Isometric Projections
Principles of isometric projection isometric scale isometric views of simple solids,
prisms, pyramids, cylinders and cones.

Orthographic views
Conversion of Pictorial views of simple objects to Orthographic views

Total Hours: 60

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Text Books:

1. K.V. Natarajan A text book of Engineering Graphics, Dhanalakshmi Publishers,

Chennai, 2006.
2. K.Venugopal Engineering Graphics, New Age International (P) Limited, 2002.

References Books:
1. N.D. Bhatt Engineering Drawing Charotar publishing House 46th Edition, 2003.
2. K.R. Gopalakrishnana. Engineering Drawing (Vol. I & II) Subhas Publications
1998.
3. Luzadder and Duff, Fundamentals of Engineering Drawing Prentice Hall of India
Pvt Ltd, XI Edition - 2001.

Standards:

1. IS10711 2001 Technical products Documentation Size and Layout of Drawing

sheets.
2. IS9609 (Parts 0 & 1) 2001 Technical product Documentation Lettering.
3. IS11669 1986 Dimensioning on Technical Drawings.
4. IS15021 (Parts 1-4) 2001 Technical Drawings Projection Methods.

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 13150S16 - FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTING AND PROGRAMMING
AIM:
To provide knowledge towards Computing and Programming.

OBJECTIVES:

To enable the student to learn the major components of a computer system.

To know the correct and efficient ways of solving problems.
To gain knowledge of office automation tools.
To learn the basic and advanced concepts in C program.

UNIT I Introduction & Number Systems 9

Introduction- Generations of Computers- Evaluation of Computers- Computer

System- Introduction to Number Systems- Conversion between Number Bases Arithmetic
System.

UNIT II Computer Program & Software 9

Introduction Developing a program - Algorithm Flowchart Program testing and

Debugging Program Documentation Characteristics of a good Program- Introduction to
Software- Definition Relationship between Hardware and Software Software Categories
System software-Application Software.

UNIT III Introduction to Application Software & Networking 9

Introduction to Operating System Types of operating System- Functions of

Operating System Introduction to Internet Getting connected to Internet - Introduction to
Electronic mail. Application Software Packages Word Processing Spreadsheet
Graphics Personal Assistance. Introduction to HTML.

UNIT IV Introduction to C 9

Overview of C Constants , Variables and Data Types Operators and Expression

Managing Input and Output Operators Decision Making and Branching Decision Making
and Looping.

UNIT V Advanced concepts to C 9

Arrays Handling of Character Strings User Defined Functions Structures and

Unions.

Total Hours: 45
TEXT BOOKS:
1. ITL Education Solutions Limited, Introduction to Computer Science , Pearson
Education, 2005.
2. Pradeep K. Sinha and Priti Sinha , Computer Fundamentals : Concepts, Systems
and Applications, BPB Publications, 2003.
3. Yashwant Kanetkar, Let us C, BPB Publications .
4. Gotter Field, TMH Publications, Programming in C SAMS Series.

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 13150L17 COMPUTER PRACTICE LAB

Unit I Word Processing (10)

Document creation Text manipulation with Scientific notations Table creation
Table formatting and Conversion - Mail merge and Letter preparation - Drawing - Flowchart
Spread Sheet
Chart - Line, XY, Bar and Pie Formula formula editor Spreadsheet inclusion
of object, Picture and graphics protecting the document and sheet Sorting and Import /
Export features.

Unit II Simple C Programming (10)

Data types - Expression Evaluation - Condition Statements

Unit III Advanced C Programming (10)

Functions, Recursion and parameter passing mechanisms - Arrays Structures and
Unions

Softwares Required
1. Microsoft Office
2. Borland / Turbo C

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 13147L18 COMMUNICATION LANGUAGE LAB

AIM:
To promote learners to sharpen their communicative skills through participated
learning.

OBJECTIVES:
To provide practice for learners to enrich the vocabulary.
To help learners acquire interview skills and presentation skills.
To help learners acquire the ability to listen effectively and respond competently in
English in real life situations.

Unit I
Remedial Grammar: Errors of Accidence and syntax with reference to Parts of
Speech; Agreement of Subject and Verb; Tense and Concord; Conditional Clauses; Use of
connectives in Complex and Compound sentences; Question tags and short responses.

Unit II
Vocabulary and Usage: Word Formations (by adding suffixes and prefixes);
Technical Word Formation; Synonyms, Antonyms, Homophones, and Homonyms; One
Word Substitution; Misappropriations; Indianisms; Redundant Words; Phrasal Verb Idioms.

Unit III
Technical Writing:
(A) Scientific Attitude and Impersonal Style; Plain Statements, Definitions; Description
and Explanations (of objects, instruments, Processes, Scientific Principles, etc.)
Summarizing and abstracting; Expressing ideas within a restricted word limit;
Paragraph Writing (Paragraph division, introduction and the conclusion, Variety in
sentences and paragraphs) Interpretation and use of charts, graphs and tables in
technical writing.
Punctuation
(B) Reading at various speeds (slow, fast, very fast); reading different kinds of texts for
different purpose (e.g. for relaxation, for information, for discussion at a later stage,
etc.); reading between the lines.
Comprehension of Unseen Passages
Unit IV
Text: The following prose pieces from Best Science Writing: Reading and Insights edited
by Robert Gannon prescribed text (Hyderabad: University Press (India) Limited, 1991).
1. Chapter 2: After 63 years, Why Are They Still Testing Einstein? by C.P.
Gilmore
2. Chapter 5: Star Wars : The Leaky Shield By Carl Sagan
3. Chapter 10: Chaos : The Ultimate Asymmetry by Arthur Fisher
4. Chapter 11: Bill Moss, Tentmaker by Robert Gannon
5. Chapter 12: Totality - A Report by Michael Rogers
Text Books:
1. Maison, Margaret M. Examine Your English, Hyderabad: Orient Longman, 1980
2. Sharma, R.S. Technical Writing. Delhi: Radha Publication, 1999
3. Sudarsanam, R. Understanding Technical English. Delhi: Sterling Publishers Pvt.
Ltd., 1992
4. Gannon, Robert, Edt. Best Science Writing: Readings and Insights. Hyderabad:
University Press (India) Limited, 1991.

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131VEA19 VALUE EDUCATION

UNIT I

Concept of Human Values, Value Education Towards Personal

Development

Aim of education and value education; Evolution of value oriented education; Concept of
Human values; types of values; Components of value education.

Personal Development :

Self analysis and introspection; sensitization towards gender equality, physically challenged,
intellectually challenged. Respect to - age, experience, maturity, family members,
neighbours, co-workers.

Character Formation Towards Positive Personality:

Truthfulness, Constructivity, Sacrifice, Sincerity, Self Control, Altruism, Tolerance,

Scientific Vision.

UNIT II

Constitutional , Social and Professional Values

Constitutional or national values - Democracy, socialism, secularism, equality, justice,

liberty, freedom and fraternity.

Social Values - Pity and probity, self control, universal brotherhood.

Professional Values - Knowledge thirst, sincerity in profession, regularity, punctuality and

faith.

UNIT III

Religious , Aesthetic Values and National Integration

Religious Values - Tolerance, wisdom, character.

Aesthetic values - Love and appreciation of literature and fine arts and respect for the same.

National Integration and International understanding.

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UNIT IV Impact of Global Development on Ethics and Values

Conflict of cross-cultural influences, mass media, cross-border education, materialistic

values, professional challenges and compromise.

Modern Challenges of Adolescent Emotions and behavior; Sex and spirituality: Comparision
and competition; positive and negative thoughts.

Adolescent Emotions, arrogance, anger, sexual instability, selfishness, defiance.

UNIT - V Theraupatic Measures

Control of the mind through

a. Simplified physical exercise

b. Meditation Objectives, types, effect on body, mind and soul
c. Yoga Objectives, Types, Asanas
d. Activities:
(i) Moralisation of Desires
(ii) Neutralisation of Anger
(iii)Eradication of Worries
(iv) Benefits of Blessings

References :

1. Gawande.EN Value Oriented Education Vision for better living, New Delhi
(2002) Saruptsons.

2. Brain Trust Aliyar Value Education for health, happiness and harmony
Erode(2008) Vethathiri publications.

3. Ignacimuthu S.J.S. Values for life Bombay (1999) .

4. Yogesh Kumar Singh and Ruchika Nath Value Education New Delhi (2005)
A.P.H Publishing Corporation.

5. Ruhela S.P Human Value and Education New Delhi Sterling publishers.

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