Monday, January 23, 2012

GE2152 BASIC CIVIL & MECHANICAL ENGINEERING GE2152 syllabus

CIVIL & MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 4 0 0 4
(Common to branches under Electrical and I & C Faculty)
A – CIVIL ENGINEERING
UNIT I SURVEYING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING MATERIALS 15
Surveying: Objects – types – classification – principles – measurements of
distances – angles – leveling – determination of areas – illustrative examples.
Civil Engineering Materials: Bricks – stones – sand – cement – concrete – steel
sections.
UNIT II BUILDING COMPONENTS AND STRUCTURES 15
Foundations: Types, Bearing capacity – Requirement of good foundations.
Superstructure: Brick masonry – stone masonry – beams – columns – lintels –
roofing – flooring – plastering – Mechanics – Internal and external forces – stress –
strain – elasticity – Types of Bridges and Dams – Basics of Interior Design and
Landscaping.
TOTAL : 30 PERIODS
B – MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
UNIT III POWER PLANT ENGINEERING 10
Introduction, Classification of Power Plants – Working principle of steam, Gas,
Diesel, Hydro-electric and Nuclear Power plants – Merits and Demerits – Pumps and
turbines – working principle of Reciprocating pumps (single acting and double acting)
– Centrifugal Pump.
UNIT IV I C ENGINES 10
Internal combustion engines as automobile power plant – Working principle of Petrol
and Diesel Engines – Four stroke and two stroke cycles – Comparison of four stroke
and two stroke engines – Boiler as a power plant.
UNIT V REFRIGERATION AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM 10
Terminology of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning. Principle of vapour compression
and absorption system – Layout of typical domestic refrigerator – Window and Split
type room Air conditioner.
TOTAL: 30 PERIODS
R EFERENCES:
1. Shanmugam G and Palanichamy M S, “Basic Civil and Mechanical
Engineering”,Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Co., New Delhi, (1996).
2. Ramamrutham. S, “Basic Civil Engineering”, Dhanpat Rai Publishing Co. (P)
Ltd. (1999).
3. Seetharaman S. “Basic Civil Engineering”, Anuradha Agencies, (2005).
4. Venugopal K and Prahu Raja V, “Basic Mechanical Engineering”, Anuradha
Publishers, Kumbakonam, (2000).
5. Shantha Kumar S R J., “Basic Mechanical Engineering”, Hi-tech Publications,

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