DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, NIT SILCHAR

Lecture Plan
Semester: 8thSem B. Tech: Subject: Structural Design-III
Subject Code: CE-1442 LTPC: 3- 0- 0- 6
Sl No Topics Teaching Assignment
hours
1 Introduction: Review of working stress method 2
(WSM) – limit state design (LSD)
2 Building: Staircase - Lateral load analysis - portal 6
and cantilever method - Transfer of load from slab
to beams equivalent load - continuous beams. 1
3 Building : Substitute Frame method for the 4
Analysis of building frame - Live load on Building
- Design for seismic load.
4 Building: Design of circular slab - design of 4
circular and rectangular slab with concentrated
load - circular beam- partition wall- Design for
Torsional moment for simply supported slab. 1
5 Water Tanks: Types – Circular – rectangular - 6
overhead - underground water tanks – IS code
3370 method.
6 Design of Domes : Design of spherical dome – 4
nature of stresses – provision of reinforcement. 1
7 Prestressed Concrete : Concept - IS code 6
requirements (IS: 1343) - systems of restressing -
losses, simple design - Concept of Design of end
blocks - Magnate and Battens method
8 Steel : Steel Bridges – pedestrian truss bridge. 4
Industrial Building – Trusses – Portal - Knee
braces
1
9 Timber : Timber structures – IS Code 4
requirements - classification of timber - simple
design
Total number of Classes = 40 hrs
Marks distribution: Minor test: 2 nos. x 5 marks each : 10
Assignments: 4 nos. x 2.5 marks each : 10
Mid-semester exam: : 30
End-semester exam: : 50

Suggested Reading:
1. Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design, N. Krishna Raju, CBS Publishers and Distributors, Delhi.
2. Prestressed Concrete, Krishna Raju, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi
3. Design of Steel Structures, N. Subramanian, Oxford University Press.
4. Design of Steel Structures (Vol. I & II), Ram Chandra, Standard Book House, Delhi.
5. Masonry & Timber Structures, A.S. Arya, Nem Chand & Brothers, Roorkee.
6. Design of Wood Structures, Donald E. Breyer, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi.

Course coordinators
MLV Prasad/ Biswajit Roy
Copy Submitted to
The HOD Civil Engineering Deptt, NIT Silchar for kind perusal and needful action.
The Dean (academic) , NIT Silchar for kind perusal and needful action.