Name of the Subject/Code : Environmental Impact Assessment/ CIV18R425

Department/Year : Civil Open Elective/II

Course Outcomes
CO1: Understand basics of Environmental impact and control, regulations
CO2: Familiar with different methodologies adopted for predicting impact assessment.
CO3: Describe general environmental impact problems on men and materials.
CO4: Present mitigation of adverse impact on environment.
CO5: Develop EIA case study report.
UNIT1: INTRODUCTION
Impact of development projects under Civil Engineering on environment - Environmental Impact
Assessment (EIA) - Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) – EIA capability and limitations –
Legal provisions on EIA.
UNIT2: METHODOLOGIES
Methods of EIA –Check lists – Matrices – Networks – Cost-benefit analysis – Analysis of
alternatives – Case studies.
UNIT3:PREDICTION AND ASSESSMENT
Assessment of Impact on land, water and air, noise, social, cultural flora and fauna; Mathematical
models; public participation – Rapid EIA.
UNIT4: ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN
Plan for mitigation of adverse impact on environment – options for mitigation of impact on water,
air and land, flora and fauna; Addressing the issues related to the Project Affected People – ISO
14000
UNIT5:CASE STUDIES
EIA for infrastructure projects – Bridges – Stadium – Highways – Dams – Multi-storey Buildings
– Water Supply and Drainage Projects
Text Book(s):
1. Canter,L., Environmental Impact Assessment, McGraw-Hill Inc., New Delhi, 2006.
2. Shukla, S.K. and Srivastava, P.R., “Concepts in Environmental Impact Analysis”, Common
Wealth Publishers, New Delhi, 2002.
Reference(s):
1. John G. Rau and David C Hooten (Ed)., Environmental Impact Analysis Handbook, McGraw-
Hill Book Company, New York, 2010.
2. Environmental Assessment Source book, Vol. I, II & III. The World Bank, Washington, D.C.,
1991.
3. Judith Petts, Handbook of Environmental Impact Assessment vol. i & ii, Blackwell science, 1999.

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Name of the Subject/Code : Ground Improvement Techniques / CIV18R419
Department/Year : Civil /III
Course Outcomes
CO1: Familiarise in various ground improvement techniques.
CO2: Apply Drainage and dewatering technique to improve problematic soils.
CO3: Apply in situ treatment technique to improve both cohesion less and cohesive soils.
CO4: Apply reinforcement technique to in road and other work.
CO5: Apply grout technique to stabilize expansive soils.
UNIT1:INTRODUCTION
Role of ground improvement in foundation engineering - methods of ground improvement –
Geotechnical problems in alluvial, laterite and blackcotton soils -Selection of suitable ground
improvement techniques based on soil condition.
UNIT2:DRAINAGE AND DEWATERING
Drainage techniques - Well points - Vacuum and electro-osmotic methods - Seepage analysis for
two dimensional flow-fully and partially penetrating slots in homogenous deposits (Simple cases
only).
UNIT3:INSITU TREATMENT OF COHESIONLESS AND COHESIVE SOILS
Insitu densification of cohesionless and consolidation of cohesive soils -Dynamic compaction and
consolidation - Vibrofloation - Sand pile compaction - Preloading with sand drains and fabric
drains – Stone columns – Lime piles - Installation techniques only - relative merits of various
methods and their limitations.
UNIT4:EARTH REINFORCEMENT
Concept of reinforcement - Types of reinforcement material - Applications of reinforced earth –
Use of geotextiles for filtration, drainage and separation in road and other works.
UNIT5:GROUT TECHNIQUES
Types of grouts - Grouting equipment and machinery - Injection methods - Grout monitoring
– Stabilization with cement, lime and chemicals - Stabilization of expansive soils.

Text Book(s):
1. Koerner R.M., Construction and Geotechnical Methods in Foundation Engineering,
McGraw-Hill, New York 1994.
2. Purushothama Raj, P., Ground Improvement Techniques, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing
Company, New Delhi, 1995
Reference(s):
1. Moseley M.P., Ground Improvement Blockie Academic and Professional, Chapman and
Hall, Glassgow, 1993
2. Jones J.E.P., Earth Reinforcement and Soil Structure, Butterworth, 1995.
3. Koerner, R.M., Design with Geo synthetics, (3rd Edition) Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 2002

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Name of the Subject/Code : Channel Hydraulics and Hydrology / CIV18R252
Department/Year : Civil /III
Course Outcomes
CO1: Apply the specific energy concept in solving channel transition problems and design
principles in uniform flow conditions
CO2: Analyze the characteristics of gradually and rapidly varied flow
CO3: Quantify the various components of hydrologic cycle
CO4: Apply the principle of hydrograph to estimate flood characteristics
CO5: Apply the principles of well hydraulics.

UNIT1: Critical and Uniform Flow in Channels

Critical flow: Types and regimes of flow, velocity distribution, specific energy concept, critical
flow computations, application.
Uniform flow: Manning’s and Chezy’s equation, computation of normal depths, compound
channels, most economical section.
UNIT2: Varied Flow in Channels
Gradually Varied Flow: Dynamic equation for GVF, classification of flow profiles, computation
of GVF profiles, direct step method- standard step methods (only concept).
Rapidly Varied Flow: Hydraulic jumps, Balengar momentum equation, classification of jumps,
introduction to surges.
UNIT3: Precipitation and Abstractions
Hydrological cycle, precipitation, recording and non-recording rain gauges, rain gauge network,
estimation of missing data, consistency analysis, mass curve, hyetograph, mean precipitation over
an area, depth-area-duration relationships, frequency analysis, intensity-duration-frequency
relationship, probable maximum precipitation, evaporation, methods of evaporation estimation,
evapotranspiration, infiltration, Horton’s equation, infiltration indices
UNIT4: Runoff Hydrograph
Factors affecting shape of hydrograph, components of direct runoff hydrograph, base flow
separation, effective rainfall, unit hydrograph, use and limitation, derivation of unit hydrograph of
different duration, S-curve hydrograph
UNIT5: Ground Water Hydrology
Ground water and well hydrology - forms of subsurface water, saturated formation, aquifer
properties, geologic formations of aquifers, well hydraulics: steady state flow in wells, equilibrium
equations for confined and unconfined aquifers, aquifer tests.
Practice
1. Study of hydraulic jump
2. Study of Venturi flume
3. Hydrological data analysis
4. Study of Horton’s equation
Textbooks
1. Subramanya, K., Engineering Hydrology, 4/e, McGraw Hill(India), 2013.
2. Subramanya, K., Flow in Open Channels, 4/e, McGraw Hill(India), 2015.
Reference Books
1. Chaudhry, M.H., Open-Channel Flow, 2/e, Springer, 2008.
2. Chow V.T., Maidment, D.R., Mays, L.W., Applied Hydrology, McGraw Hill, 1998.
3. Chow, V.T., Open Channel Hydraulics, McGraw Hill, 1988.
4. Jayarami Reddy, A., Text Book of Hydrology, Laxmi Publishers, New Delhi, 2005.

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