Basic knowledge in civil engineering: Book of 59 topics including history of civil engineering – eBook Contents
- World’s greatest structures.
- Unit conversions.
- History of civil engineering
- How D2/162.2 and how to calculate weight of steel bar
- Grades of concrete
- Sizes of drawing sheets
- Size of building components
- Cover
- What is plan and types i.e. key plan, site plan etc
- AAC blocks (light weight blocks)
- S.B.C of soil
- General knowledge
- Carriage way
- Traffic signs
- Plan of row type building
- Cement
- Aggregate
- Bricks
- Railway gauges and rails
- What is Specific gravity and specific gravity for different materials
- Mass and weight
- Steel and brief description about steel and different types of bars
a) Mild steel bars
b) CTD bars
c) TMT bars. - What is truss and its uses, types of truss
- Loads and it’s calculations
- Some terms: porch, portico, balcony, veranda, corridor, etc
- Terms in soil mechanics
- How 1Mpa = 1N/mm2
- Flyover, bridge, culvert
- Fasteners: Rivets, bolts, nails etc
- Cellar, vault, go down, garage, crypt, chapel
- Pier, pile, caisson
- Tools used in construction works: Trowel, shovel, screed, float, wheel barrow, steel square, plumb-bob
- Revetment, riprap, stone pitching etc
- Dam, cofferdam, reservoir, spillway, sluice
- Brick estimation
- Cyclone, tsunami, disaster, earthquake
- Stirrups and types
- Slabs and types
- Hydroelectric power plant
- Viaduct bridge
- Building bye laws
- Cracks
- Vaastu
- Mile stone
- Climate and weather
- Column marking
- Cladding
- How to calculate quantity of cement, sand, coarse aggregate and water for a given volume of work
- Water
- Galvanized iron
- Form work
- Earthquake and zones in India
- Rain water harvesting pit
- Quick sand
- Water bodies
- Environmental exposure conditions
- Epoxy injection
- Detailed and abstract estimate
- Bar bending schedule
Details of Basic knowledge in civil engineering: Book of 59 topics including history of civil engineering ebook
- Full Book Name: Basic knowledge in civil engineering: Book of 59 topics including history of civil engineering
- Author Name: Narasimha Vavilala
- Edition Language: English
- File Size: 9.9 MB
- Format: PDF
Basic knowledge in civil engineering: Book of 59 topics including history of civil engineering pdf
The main aim of writing this book is to provide the basic knowledge in civil engineering for the students by analyzing pictures and diagrams to get practical knowledge.
This book was written by referring many other civil engineering books It is essential to a civil engineer to have a minimum basic knowledge in civil engineering Such as unit conversions, sizes of components of building, building bye laws, history of civil engineering, reinforcement, technical terms, estimation of bricks for a wall etc.
This book is written in simple, easily understandable way.
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