MASTERS' THESES (Civil Engg): Recent submissions

  • STUDIES ON FOAMED ASPHALT MIXES CONTAINING RAP 
    Pandey Maj, G S (IIT ROORKEE, 2019-06)
    The environmental and safety aspect on road transportation systems as a whole is generally ignored as it has a small contribution, in comparison to construction and maintenance process. However the environmental and safety ...
  • ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE POTENTIAL IN SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS 
    Gurung, Negin (IIT ROORKEE, 2019-05)
    There is a sudden rise in antibiotic resistant gene and bacteria globally. Studies have been conducted to check its proliferation in the environment. My study is based on the presence and spread of ARGs in the sewage ...
  • SULFATE REMOVAL BY ELECTROCOAGULATION BY PRECIPITATION OF ETTRINGITE 
    Sharma, Jay (IIT ROORKEE, 2019-05)
    The aim of this research work was to investigate sulfate removal from the industrial wastewater by electrocoagulation by means of precipitating ettringite (Ca6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12.26H2O) and thus, reducing the TDS of effluent. ...
  • PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF 50 KLD SMALL SCALE PVA GEL BASED MBBR SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT AT KIRTINAGAR 
    Tomar, Nilesh (IIT ROORKEE, 2019-06)
    Several small-wastewater treatment technologies (mainly fixed film or moving film activated sludge process) are installed in India and incomplete degradation of organic matter, nitrogen and formation of pin point flocs are ...
  • ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE ESCALATION IN TWO DISTINCT SURFACE WATER MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES UPON EXPOSURE TO DIFFERENT DRUGS 
    Kumari, Sonali (IIT ROORKEE, 2019-05)
    Recognizing antibiotic resistance genes as a contaminant and regulating their levels in surface and treated wastewater is imperative for combating the global threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). A major roadblock in ...
  • MICRO-PLASTIC AND ITS DETECTION IN SALT 
    Bangar, Sahil (IIT ROORKEE, 2019-05)
    Micro-plastics are the carbon polymers of size less than 5 mm. In the recent decades, they are the topic of increasing concern. In this study, the presence of micro-plastic has been studied in the vacuum evaporized salt. ...
  • STUDIES ON ANAEROBIC DIGESTION OF HIGH SOLIDS SEWAGE SLUDGE 
    Attri, Surya (IIT ROORKEE, 2019-05)
    Process of anaerobic digestions (AD) for sludge containing high solids was developed to reduce volume of tank, increase organic loading rate (OLR), reducing water usage and nutrient loss in digestate. In this biochemical ...
  • DYNAMIC CROP GROWTH SIMULATION USING INFO CROP MODEL 
    Dhatwalia, Abhay (IIT ROORKEE, 2019-06)
    Agriculture plays an important role in life of everyone. Agriculture is also backbone of Indian economic system. Many thing like raw material, food and opportunities of employment can obtained from agriculture. So basically ...
  • 2D SIMULATION OF ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER 
    Verma, Kalpit (IIT ROORKEE, 2019-06)
    Atmospheric Boundary Layer (ABL) is the part of the atmosphere closest to earth’s surface. This layer of atmosphere contain maximum turbulence due to either convective foces of wind or thermal advection from both incoming ...
  • SCOUR AROUND BRIDGE PIER IN GRAVEL BED 
    Singh, Brijesh Kumar (IIT ROORKEE, 2019-06)
    The deteriorating effects that river flow can have on the stability of piers, abutments that support a bridge founded in river is significant. The primary cause of concern in stability of bridges is the lowering of river ...
  • RIVER BED DEGRADATION DUE TO SEDIMENT MINING 
    Singh, Kundan (IIT ROORKEE, 2019-06)
    Sand extraction from river beds and flood plains to meet ever increasing demand for construction grade sand in India is subjecting many of our rivers under tremendous environmental stress. Serious environmental consequences ...
  • ANALYSIS OF RC FRAMES SUBJECTED TO BLAST LOADING 
    Singh, Shashank Kumar (I I T ROORKEE, 2013-06)
    Now a days reinforced concrete frame buildings have become most common type of structures built for residential, commercial and industrial use around the world. These frame structures are generally built to take care of ...
  • SOLUTE TRANSPORT IN POROUS MEDIA USING SPATIAL FRACTIONAL ADVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION 
    Singhal, Shashank (IIT ROORKEE, 2019-06)
    The problem of solute transport associated with fluid flow in porous media has become increasingly important in geophysical applications. The heterogeneity variations in a porous medium can have significant effects on ...
  • ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF POROUS PAVEMENTS 
    Rathore, Ganpat (IIT ROORKEE, 2019-06)
    Permeable pavements typically consist of pervious concrete, porous asphalt, permeable interlocking concrete paving units or grid type systems over an open-graded base/sub base layers. Permeable pavements infiltrate storm ...
  • DURABILITY STUDIES OF PQC USING JAROSITE 
    Rana, Ghan Bahadur (IIT ROORKEE, 2019-06)
    During metallic zinc extraction from zinc Sulphide or sulphide ore ,huge quantity of Jarosite is being released universally as solid residue. Jarosite waste released from hydrometallurgical operations mainly consists of ...
  • LIQUEFACTION MITIGATION MEASURES THROUGH GROUTING 
    Cheki, Tshering (IIT ROORKEE, 2019-05)
    Earthquake is one of the major natural vulnerabilities that threatens life of human by damaging high cost structures. One of the drastic causes of destruction to engineering structures has been the development of liquefaction ...
  • NUMERICAL STUDY FOR HIGH SPEED RAILWAY TRACK FORMATIONS 
    Bisht, Sumit Singh (IIT ROORKEE, 2019-05)
    With the rising population around the world, traffic problems have now become more common than ever. Increase in traffic density and flow has crippled the existing modes of transportation. There is a growing need of ...
  • BEHAVIOUR OF SHEET PILE WALL UNDER STATIC AND DYNAMIC LOADING 
    Rai, Vivek Kumar (IIT ROORKEE, 2019-05)
    The current work presents an analytical study of sheet pile wall behaviour, when its backfill is subjected to strip loading in both form- static and dynamic. The work has been done in PLAXIS 2D, which is a finite element ...
  • ENGINEERING BEHAVIOUR OF INTACT AND JOINTED MODEL ROCK IN POLYAXIAL STATE OF STRESS UNDER CYCLIC LOADING 
    Narula, Pulkit (IIT ROORKEE, 2019-05)
    Polyaxial strength and deformation of the rock has been experimentally determined by using the polyaxial testing equipment. This study includes cyclic behavior of intact and jointed synthetic rock which has been tested ...
  • INFLUENCE OF STONE COLUMN ON STRENGTH AND CONSOLIDATION CHARACTERISTICS OF BLACK COTTON SOIL 
    IB, Nitin (IIT ROORKEE, 2019-05)
    Black cotton soil (BCS) is a residual soil which is widely found in various regions of India and many other parts of the world. These soils are characterized by poor strength, high compressibility and low permeability and ...