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Admission & first meetingप्रवेश और पहली मुलाकातEnquire at your nearest NDSS centre, meet the teacher, fix the batch time and get your study material.
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Semester 3 — subject classesसेमेस्टर 3 — विषयवार कक्षाएँEvery theory subject of the term, unit by unit, with notes, numericals and doubt classes.
Building MaterialsBuilding ConstructionBasic SurveyingMechanics of MaterialsConcrete TechnologyHydraulics
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Labs, practicals & project workलैब, प्रैक्टिकल और प्रोजेक्टExperiments / jobs / project work as in the syllabus, with practical file and viva preparation.
Basic Surveying LabConcrete Technology Lab
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Unit tests & mid-termयूनिट टेस्ट और मिड-टर्मA test after every unit and a mid-term in the university / board pattern.
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Semester 3 mock testमॉक टेस्टA full mock test of all subjects before the exam, with analysis.
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Semester 3 exam (university / board)सेमेस्टर / वार्षिक परीक्षाPrevious papers, important questions and full revision.
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Online tests & resultऑनलाइन टेस्ट और रिज़ल्टTake the tests online; your marks and result show in your student login and at the centre.
सिलेबस · पाठ्यक्रम
8 subjects · 44 chapters · 206 topics
Building Materials5 chapters · 6 Months
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01Overview of Building Materials
4 टॉपिक+
- Scope and classification of materials
- Natural, artificial and processed materials
- Selection criteria: strength, durability, cost, availability
- Relevant BIS codes
02Natural Construction Materials
5 टॉपिक+
- Rocks: igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic
- Requirements and tests of good building stone
- Sand: types, grading and bulking
- Lime: fat lime, hydraulic lime and quick lime
- Timber: structure, defects, seasoning and preservation
03Artificial Construction Materials
5 टॉपिक+
- Bricks: manufacture, modular size, classification and tests
- Fly ash bricks and concrete blocks
- Cement: manufacture, Bogue compounds, types and tests
- Aggregates: fine and coarse, properties
- Tiles, glass and ceramic products
04Special Processed Materials
5 टॉपिक+
- Steel: mild steel and HYSD bars, Fe 415 / Fe 500 / Fe 550
- Paints, varnishes and distempers
- Waterproofing and damp-proofing materials
- Plastics, PVC and aluminium products
- Adhesives and sealants
05Modern and Industrial Waste Materials
5 टॉपिक+
- Fly ash and its uses
- Ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS)
- Silica fume and rice husk ash
- Geosynthetics and ferrocement
- Recycled aggregates and eco-friendly materials
Building Construction6 chapters · 6 Months
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01Introduction and Building Components
4 टॉपिक+
- Types of buildings as per occupancy
- Substructure and superstructure
- Components: foundation, plinth, walls, floors, roof
- Site clearance and layout of building
02फ़ाउंडेशन्स
5 टॉपिक+
- Functions and bearing capacity
- Shallow foundations: spread, isolated, combined, strap, raft
- Deep foundations: pile and well foundations
- Minimum depth of foundation (Rankine)
- Excavation, timbering and dewatering
03Masonry Work
5 टॉपिक+
- Terms: header, stretcher, closers, bat
- English and Flemish bond
- Stone masonry: rubble and ashlar
- Damp proof course
- Partition walls and cavity walls
04Doors, Windows, Lintels and Arches
5 टॉपिक+
- Door and window frame parts
- Types of doors and windows
- Ventilators and dormer windows
- Lintels and chajjas
- Arches: elements and types
05Stairs and Floors
5 टॉपिक+
- Technical terms: tread, riser, going, flight, landing
- Types of stairs: straight, dog-legged, open well, spiral
- Planning a staircase
- Ground and upper floors
- Floor finishes: IPS, tiles, terrazzo, stone
06Roofs, Plastering and Finishing
5 टॉपिक+
- Flat and pitched roofs
- Roof trusses: king post, queen post, steel trusses
- Roof coverings and waterproofing
- Plastering and pointing
- Painting, white washing and distempering
Basic Surveying6 chapters · 6 Months
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01सर्वेइंग की बुनियादी बातें
5 टॉपिक+
- Definition and objectives
- Plane and geodetic surveying
- Classification of surveys
- Principles: whole to part, locating a point
- Scales, plans and maps
02Chain and Tape Surveying
5 टॉपिक+
- Chains, tapes, ranging rods and arrows
- Ranging: direct and indirect
- Offsets, cross staff and optical square
- Errors and corrections for incorrect chain length
- Chain triangulation and field book
03Compass Surveying
5 टॉपिक+
- Prismatic and surveyor's compass
- Whole circle and reduced bearings
- Fore and back bearings
- Local attraction and its correction
- Magnetic declination and true bearing
04Levelling
6 टॉपिक+
- Terms: datum, benchmark, RL, BS, IS, FS
- Dumpy and auto level, temporary adjustments
- Height of instrument and rise-and-fall methods
- Arithmetic check
- Curvature and refraction correction
- Reciprocal levelling
05Contouring
5 टॉपिक+
- Contour, contour interval and horizontal equivalent
- Characteristics of contours
- Direct and indirect methods
- इंटरपोलेशन
- Uses of contour maps
06Plane Table Surveying
5 टॉपिक+
- Plane table accessories
- Setting up: levelling, centering, orientation
- Radiation, intersection, traversing
- Resection and the three-point problem
- Errors and advantages
Mechanics of Materials6 chapters · 6 Months
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01Simple Stresses and Strains
5 टॉपिक+
- Load, stress and strain: tensile, compressive, shear
- Hooke's law and modulus of elasticity
- Stress-strain curve of mild steel
- Deformation of bars and composite bars
- Thermal stresses
02Elastic Constants and Strain Energy
5 टॉपिक+
- Lateral strain and Poisson's ratio
- Volumetric strain and bulk modulus
- Modulus of rigidity
- Relation E = 2G(1 + mu) = 3K(1 - 2mu)
- Strain energy under gradual, sudden and impact load
03Moment of Inertia
5 टॉपिक+
- Centroid of plane areas
- Moment of inertia and radius of gyration
- Parallel and perpendicular axis theorems
- MI of rectangle, circle, triangle
- MI of I, T and channel sections
04Shear Force and Bending Moment
5 टॉपिक+
- Types of beams, supports and loads
- Sign conventions
- SFD and BMD for cantilevers
- SFD and BMD for simply supported and overhanging beams
- Point of contraflexure
05Bending Stresses in Beams
4 टॉपिक+
- Theory of simple bending and assumptions
- Bending equation M/I = f/y = E/R
- Neutral axis and section modulus
- Moment of resistance of sections
06Shear Stresses in Beams
4 टॉपिक+
- Shear stress formula q = F A y / (I b)
- Distribution in rectangular and circular sections
- Distribution in I and T sections
- Maximum and average shear stress
Concrete Technology6 chapters · 6 Months
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01Cement and Aggregates for Concrete
5 टॉपिक+
- Types of cement and their uses
- Tests on cement: fineness, consistency, setting time, soundness
- Classification of aggregates
- Grading, sieve analysis and fineness modulus
- Flakiness, elongation, impact and crushing values
02Water and Admixtures
5 टॉपिक+
- Quality of mixing water
- Water-cement ratio and Abrams' law
- Plasticizers and superplasticizers
- Accelerators and retarders
- Air-entraining agents and mineral admixtures
03Properties of Fresh Concrete
5 टॉपिक+
- Workability and factors affecting it
- Slump, compaction factor and Vee-Bee tests
- Segregation and bleeding
- Batching, mixing, transporting and placing
- Compaction by vibrators
04Properties of Hardened Concrete
5 टॉपिक+
- Compressive, tensile and flexural strength
- Grades of concrete as per IS 456
- Modulus of elasticity, creep and shrinkage
- Durability and permeability
- Non-destructive tests: rebound hammer, UPV
05Concrete Mix Design
4 टॉपिक+
- Nominal and design mixes
- Target mean strength and standard deviation
- Steps of IS 10262 mix design
- Trial mixes and adjustments
06Quality Control and Special Concretes
5 टॉपिक+
- Curing methods and duration
- Acceptance criteria and sampling
- Ready mix concrete
- Lightweight, high-strength and fibre-reinforced concrete
- Self-compacting concrete and shotcrete
Hydraulics6 chapters · 6 Months
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01Properties of Fluids
4 टॉपिक+
- Density, specific weight and specific gravity
- Viscosity: dynamic and kinematic
- Surface tension and capillarity
- Compressibility
02Hydrostatic Pressure and its Measurement
4 टॉपिक+
- Pressure and pressure head
- Atmospheric, gauge and absolute pressure
- Piezometer, U-tube and differential manometers
- Total pressure and centre of pressure on plane surfaces
03Fluid Flow Fundamentals
4 टॉपिक+
- Types of flow: steady, uniform, laminar, turbulent
- Discharge and continuity equation
- Energy of flowing fluid: pressure, velocity and datum heads
- Bernoulli's theorem and applications
04Flow Measurement
5 टॉपिक+
- Venturimeter and orifice meter
- Pitot tube
- Orifices: hydraulic coefficients and vena contracta
- Mouthpieces
- Rectangular and triangular notches
05Flow Through Pipes
5 टॉपिक+
- Major loss: Darcy-Weisbach equation
- Minor losses: entry, exit, sudden expansion and contraction
- Hydraulic gradient and total energy lines
- Pipes in series and parallel
- Water hammer
06Flow Through Open Channels
5 टॉपिक+
- Types of channels
- Hydraulic radius and wetted perimeter
- Chezy's and Manning's formulas
- Most economical rectangular and trapezoidal sections
- Specific energy and hydraulic jump (basics)
Basic Surveying Lab5 chapters · 6 Months
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01Chain and Tape Survey
4 टॉपिक+
- Study of chain, tape, ranging rods, arrows, cross staff
- Direct ranging and chaining of a line
- Taking perpendicular offsets
- Chain triangulation of a small area
02Compass Survey
4 टॉपिक+
- Study of prismatic compass
- Fore and back bearings of a line
- Closed compass traverse
- Correction for local attraction
03Levelling
4 टॉपिक+
- Study of auto / dumpy level and temporary adjustments
- Simple and fly levelling
- Booking by HI and rise-and-fall methods
- Profile (L-section) levelling
04Plane Table Survey
4 टॉपिक+
- Setting up and orientation of plane table
- Radiation method
- Intersection method
- Traversing with plane table
05Plotting and Field Book
4 टॉपिक+
- Field book entries
- Choice of scale
- Plotting traverse and L-section
- Report and viva
Concrete Technology Lab4 chapters · 6 Months
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01Tests on Cement
5 टॉपिक+
- Standard consistency by Vicat apparatus
- Initial and final setting time
- Fineness by 90 micron sieve
- Soundness by Le Chatelier apparatus
- Compressive strength of cement mortar cubes
02Tests on Aggregates
5 टॉपिक+
- Sieve analysis and fineness modulus
- Bulking of sand
- Specific gravity and water absorption
- Aggregate impact and crushing value
- Flakiness and elongation index
03Tests on Fresh Concrete
4 टॉपिक+
- Slump test
- Compaction factor test
- Vee-Bee consistometer test
- Effect of water-cement ratio on workability
04Tests on Hardened Concrete
4 टॉपिक+
- Casting and curing of cubes
- Compressive strength of concrete cubes
- Rebound hammer test
- Report and comparison with IS 456
About this course
आप यह कर पाएँगे
- Complete Building Materials syllabus with regular tests
- Complete Building Construction syllabus with regular tests
- Complete Basic Surveying syllabus with regular tests
- Complete Mechanics of Materials syllabus with regular tests
- Complete Concrete Technology syllabus with regular tests
- Complete Hydraulics syllabus with regular tests
- Complete Basic Surveying Lab syllabus with regular tests
- Complete Concrete Technology Lab syllabus with regular tests
यह किसके लिए है
- Diploma Civil Engineering students of Semester 3 (BTEUP)
- Students preparing for JE / AE civil technical exams who need building materials basics
आपको क्या चाहिए
- Pass in Semester 1 and 2 of Diploma Civil Engineering (or equivalent)
Online tests & result
Practice and unit tests online; marks and result show in your student login and at the centre.
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सवाल
Which syllabus does this Building Materials course follow?
It follows the BTEUP diploma syllabus (Civil Engineering - Semester 3). If your polytechnic or university syllabus differs, the centre follows your own syllabus and unit order.
Will this help in the semester exam?
Yes. Each unit is taught with board-pattern questions, numericals where needed, and revision tests before the end-semester exam.
Are notes and tests provided?
Yes. Unit-wise short notes, an MCQ question bank and a final test paper are provided.
Which syllabus does this Building Construction course follow?
It follows the BTEUP diploma syllabus (Civil Engineering - Semester 3). If your polytechnic or university syllabus differs, the centre follows your own syllabus and unit order.
Which syllabus does this Basic Surveying course follow?
It follows the BTEUP diploma syllabus (Civil Engineering - Semester 3). If your polytechnic or university syllabus differs, the centre follows your own syllabus and unit order.
Which syllabus does this Mechanics of Materials course follow?
It follows the BTEUP diploma syllabus (Civil Engineering - Semester 3). If your polytechnic or university syllabus differs, the centre follows your own syllabus and unit order.
Which syllabus does this Concrete Technology course follow?
It follows the BTEUP diploma syllabus (Civil Engineering - Semester 3). If your polytechnic or university syllabus differs, the centre follows your own syllabus and unit order.
Which syllabus does this Hydraulics course follow?
It follows the BTEUP diploma syllabus (Civil Engineering - Semester 3). If your polytechnic or university syllabus differs, the centre follows your own syllabus and unit order.
