MASTERS' THESES (Civil Engg): Recent submissions

  • HYDRAULIC PERFORMANCE OF BOTTOM RACK UNDER SUPERCRITICAL APPROACH FLOW 
    Verma, Vipin (I I T ROORKEE, 2013-06)
    Trench weir is a standard hydraulic diversion structure used as intakes in mountainous terrains, to divert water flow for various purposes like power generation, irrigation, water supply schemes and for retaining sedimentation ...
  • INFLUENCE OF IN-SERVICE EXPOSURE CONDITION ON THE PERFORMANCE OF CONFINED CONCRETE 
    Chandran, Ajith (I I T ROORKEE, 2013-06)
    RCC has not proved to be durable due to large number of factors. RC structures of the past have been constructed without ductile detailing, reducing their earthquake resistant capabilities. But nowadays every structural ...
  • FATIGUE ANALYSIS OF RIVETED CONNECTIONS IN STEEL BRIDGES 
    Shahida, Shaikh Mohammed Adil Akhil (I I T ROORKEE, 2013-06)
    There are numerous bridges across India which were built about 100 years ago. A large proportion of these bridges are made of steel, relatively old, past their design life. They are subjected to much larger loads running ...
  • HYDRAULIC JUMP ON ROUGH SLOPING FLOOR 
    Chouhan, Sachin (I I T ROORKEE, 2013-06)
    Hydraulic jump is one subject which has extensively been studied in the field of hydraulic engineering. It is the most frequently encountered cases of rapidly varied flow in hydraulic engineering. Hydraulic jump occurs ...
  • EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF WIND LOADS ON HOARDINGS 
    Agarwal, Amit (I I T ROORKEE, 2013-06)
    A hoarding which is mostly susceptible to wind loads usually fails in turbulent wind conditions if not designed properly. This structure also adds a place of importance to study because in current situation most of the ...
  • DEVELOPMENT OF INFLUENCE LINE DIAGRAM FOR A CONTINUOUS BEAM WITH VARYING MOMENT OF INERTIA 
    B., Manjunath (I I T ROORKEE, 2013-06)
    Continuous bridges are used in units of two spans, three spans or four spans. Units of three spans are most common. As compared with simply supported bridges, the bending moments in continuous bridges are considerably less, ...
  • LATERAL LOAD ANALYSIS OF CONFINED MASONRY FRAMES 
    Mishra, Shashank (I I T ROORKEE, 2013-06)
    Two full scale model of 3m<3m of confined masonry wall-frame connection is modelled by using TNO DIANA 9.4.4 a finite element based software. And also the results like load 4 carrying capacity, nodal displacement, stresses ...
  • EFFECT OF PLAN SHAPES ON THE RESPONSE OF TALL BUILDINGS UNDER WIND LOADS 
    P., Thool Kushal (I I T ROORKEE, 2013-06)
    The evaluation of wind loads on building is carried out by using relevant codes/standards and available literature. The codes/standards suggest the pressure coefficients and force coefficients for the standard plan shape ...
  • EFFECT OF PLATEN RESTRAINT ON STRESS-STRAIN BEHAVIOUR OF CONCRETE UNDER UNIAXIAL COMPRESSION 
    Kumar, Subhash (I I T ROORKEE, 2013-06)
    The results of an experimental investigation of platen restraint on the behaviour of concrete in uniaxial compression are discussed. The effect of four anti-friction media viz. Neoprene, PVC, Teflon and Grease on platen ...
  • STRUT-AND-TIE MODELLING OF REINFORCED CONCRETE DEEP BEAMS 
    Tiwari, Bhavana (I I T ROORKEE, 2013-06)
    A compatibility-based strut-and-tie model which takes into account constitutive laws for cracked reinforced concrete, strain compatibility and employs a secant stiffness formulation has been proposed for estimating the ...
  • STUDY OF ENGINEERING PROPERTIES OF RECYCLED CONCRETE AGGREGATE CONCRETE 
    Bhatia, Ritesh (I I T ROORKEE, 2013-06)
    In the present age, sustainability has become an important aspect of the construction industry. The use of huge quantities of concrete around the globe for construction and demolishing of old and deteriorating buildings ...
  • PERFORMANCE BASED ANALYSIS OF RC ELEMENTS EXPOSED TO FIRE 
    Agarwal, Ankit (I I T ROORKEE, 2013-06)
    Latest advancements in the domain of fire safety have triggered a shift from conventional prescriptive to performance based approaches. Also, in the era of modern computational technology, mathematical models prove to ...
  • COMPARATIVE STUDY OF DIFFERENT AMBIGUITY RESOLUTION METHODS FOR GPS OBSERVATION 
    Phartiyal, Gopal Singh (I I T ROORKEE, 2013-06)
    Ambiguity Resolution (AR) is a non-trivial procedure; it becomes more important if it is aimed at characteristics like robustness, and high performance over varying conditions such as observation span, baseline length, ...
  • HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE OF DUNAGIRI GLACIER STREAMFLOW (ALAKNANDA RIVER BASIN) TOWARDS CHANGING CLIMATE, CENTRAL HIMALAYA (UTTARAKHAND), INDIA 
    Prasun, Shaishaw (IIT ROORKEE, 2018-05)
    Glaciers are considered as the fresh water resource and the lifeline of majority of the rivers on the Earth. Existence of glaciers plays a major role in controlling regional climate and consequently considered as the ...
  • PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF MBBR BASED SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS 
    Jaiswal, Hitesh (I I T ROORKEE, 2014-06)
    Water crisis is nowadays one of the most glaring problems that has been staring at us and is becoming more and more piercing day by day. A prime cause of the global water concern is the ever-increasing world population. ...
  • ATTENUATION OF METHYLENE BLUE DYE DURING RIVER BANK FILTRATION 
    Mishra, Shrinishtha (I I T ROORKEE, 2014-06)
    Although several studies have focused on the removal of turbidity, organics and pathogens during riverbank filtration (RBF), no study has been carried out on the attenuation of dyes during RBF. This work investigates the ...
  • ENHANCED BIOLOGICAL PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL IN ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS 
    Sharma, Keshva (I I T ROORKEE, 2014-06)
    Eithanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) is an acknowledged phenomenon applied to reduce phosphorus concentrations in wastewaters for preventing eutrophication in the receiving natural water bodies. Ifs well known ...
  • A PILOT-SCALE STUDY ON PVA-GEL BASED MBBR FOR SEWAGE TREATMENT 
    Singh, Jasdeep (I I T ROORKEE, 2014-06)
    Since last decade, wastewater treatment technology has been improved in order to get higher removal efficiencies and to meet stringent effluent regulations. However, from a global perspective, wastewater treatment is facing ...
  • SEDIMENT TRANSPORT IN CHANNELS: EFFECT OF INFILTRATION 
    Parashar, Swati (I I T ROORKEE, 2014-06)
    Sediment transport in channel is of practical importance in agricultural practice as it provides an opportunity to optimize the nutrient delivery to crops and optimization of water to be supplied to the field, so determination ...
  • REMOVAL OF ACETAMINOPHEN FROM AQUEOUS SYSTEMS 
    Prasenan, Aparna (I I T ROORKEE, 2014-06)
    Acetaminophen is one of the most popular pharmaceutical of the modern era and is used widely worldwide as an analgesic. Being an over-the counter pharmaceutical, its misuse is also common. Acetaminophen in large concentrations ...