MASTERS' THESES (Civil Engg): Recent submissions

  • BUCKLING ANALYSIS OF THIN WALLED BOX GIRDER 
    Hanumant, Ingewad Arun (I I T ROORKEE, 2014-06)
    Composite box beam is the basic building block. It can be used both as a compression member and flexural member. Over the past decade composites are gaining popularity in marine, aerospace and civil industry for numerous ...
  • DISINFECTION OF NATURAL WATER USING TITANIUM DIOXIDE 
    Malkani, Pallavi (I I T ROORKEE, 2014-06)
    Disinfection is practiced to kill pathogens and make water safe for drinking. Chlorine is the most widely disinfectant. Other disinfectants which have been used or are in use include ozone and ultraviolet radiation. Ozone ...
  • STABILITY ANALYSIS OF A LARGE UNDERGROUND CAVERN IN SQUEEZING GROUND CONDITION 
    Kasar, Swapnil (I I T ROORKEE, 2014-06)
    it is extremely difficult to construct a large sized structure in any difficult ground condition. For a proper understanding of the possible difficulties that could be encountered during the construction and service span ...
  • ASSESSMENT OF GREEN HOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM STORAGE BASED HYDROPOWER SCHEMES 
    Anvesh, Gunjuluri (I I T ROORKEE, 2014-06)
    There is a growing interest and concern regarding Green House Gas (GHG) emissions as these are the major contributors of global warming. Carbon dioxide (CO.)) and Methane (CH4) are two main GHGs which get emitted from both ...
  • SEISMIC STABILITY ANALYSIS OF REINFORCED-SOIL WALLS 
    Kumar, Chandaluri Vinay (I I T ROORKEE, 2014-06)
    In recent years, reinforced soil is one among the few subjects that raised the imagination and general interest of the Civil Engineering. Need to improve the internal stability design of geosynthetic reinforced soil ...
  • CAPACITY ANALYSIS ON MULTILANE HIGHWAYS IN MIXED TRAFFIC CONDITIONS 
    Mehar, Arpan (Dept. of Civil Engineering iit Roorkee, 2013-12)
    Traffic conditions on Indian highways are highly heterogeneous due to variety of vehicles with different static and dynamic characteristics sharing and operating on common roadway width without following proper ...
  • PRIORITIZATION OF MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT DECISIONS FOR URBAN TRANSPORT NETWORK 
    Shah, Yogesh U. (Dept. of Civil Engineering iit Roorkee, 2014-07)
    Road infrastructure development is one of the major sectors contributing to the National economy. Maintaining these roads is one of the most important component of the entire road system and should not be neglected, ...
  • A STUDY OF IMAGE FUSION TECHNIQUES FOR MULTISENSOR SATELLITE DATASET 
    Kumar, Upendra (Dept. of Civil Engineering iit Roorkee, 2015-07)
    This study intends to provide an exhaustive treatise on various image fusion techniques; analysis and testing using different satellite remote sensing imagery. In remote sensing applications, the increasing availability ...
  • KNOWLEDGE BASE SYSTEM FOR CLOUDBURST DAMAGE ZONATION WITHIN A GIS ENVIRONMENT 
    Kumar, V. V. Govind (Dept. of Civil Engineering iit Roorkee, 2015-07)
    CloudBurst is the most devastating and frequently occurring natural hazardous event in Indian Himalayan region. Localized deep cumulus convective clouds have a capability of giving enormous amount of rainfall over a limited ...
  • INFLUENCE OF TARGET SPAN AND BOUNDARY CONDITIONS ON BALLISTIC RESISTANCE 
    Tiwari, Gaurav (Dept. of Civil Engineering iit Roorkee, 2014-09)
    The experiments and finite element simulations have been carried out for studying the behavior of thin 1100-H12 aluminum targets of varying curvature, span diameter and boundary conditions under the normal impact of blunt ...
  • Study of Health of Structure using GPS Measurements 
    Rawat, Alok (Department of Civil Engineering IITR, 2016-05)
    Structural Health Monitoring deals with determining the health of structure in terms of damage sensitive structural parameters. The need for SHM arises due to forever increasing no of large civil engineering structure which ...
  • ANALYSIS OF GRACE SATELLITE GRAVITY FIELD DATA FOR NORTH INDIA 
    Agarwal, Vivek (Department of Civil Engineering IITR, 2016-06)
    The GRACE monthly time-variable gravity fields have wide applications in hydrology as they offer a technique to measure changes in total water storage over continental areas, representing a new source of information for ...
  • ASSESSMENT OF URBAN HEAT ISLAND (UHI) USING GEOMATICS TOOLS 
    Gupta, Mayank (Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering IITR, 2016-05)
    URBAN HEAT ISLAND (UHI) refers to the observed temperature difference between urban environment and the surrounding rural regions. Local-climate changes due to urbanization are epitomized by the urban heat island (UHI). ...
  • GIS BASED MAPPING AND ANALYSIS OF VILLAGE RESOURCES 
    Kumar, Lalit (Department of Civil Engineering IITR, 2016-05)
    India is rural based country where 70% of the people live in villages and nearly 260 million people are living below poverty line. There is big gap between the urban and rural India in terms of basic amenities and employment. ...
  • THESIS REPORT ON GIS BASED FLOOD MANAGEMENT FOR A PART OF UPPER GANGETIC PLAINS 
    Guatam, Robin (DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING ITTR, 2016-07)
    The study area is situated in Roorkee division of Haridwar district in Uttrakhand state. Due to change in climate and increasing construction works in the floodplain of Solani River, natural course of the river is hindered ...
  • BEHAVIOUR OF BOX GIRDER BRIDGES 
    Dubey, Ritesh Kumar (DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING ITTR, 2016-07)
    A box girder bridge is a bridge in which the main beams comprise girders in the shape of a hollow box. The box girder normally comprises either pre stressed concrete, structural steel, or a composite of steel and reinforced ...
  • OPTIMUM DESIGN OF BOW-STRING GIRDER BRIDGE FOR RAILWAY LOADING 
    Goel, Gourav (DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING ITTR, 2016-07)
    Structural engineers, faced with the challenge of designing reliable structures at a minimum cost, continue to seek formal techniques to assist them in obtaining cost-optimal designs. A key feature of the design process ...
  • EFFECT OF MIXED TRAFFIC ON SATURATION FLOW 
    Gupta, Suryansh (CIVIL ENGINEERING, IIT ROORKEE, 2016)
    The road traffic in the developing countries like India is more likely to be mixed or heterogeneous in nature. Different types of vehicles, varying both in static and dynamic characteristics, ply on the roads. Signal ...
  • INFLUENCE OF ASPHALT FILM THICKNESS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF A BITUMINOUS MIX – A LABORATORY STUDY 
    Debbarma, Solomon (2016)
    To offer a longer service life for sustaining the demands of the vehicular traffic, it is inevitable to design a durable paving mixture. Asphalt Film Thickness is one of the important parameter that needs to be significantly ...
  • EFFECT OF POROSITY ON WIND PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION ON LOW-RISE BUILDINGS 
    Kikon, Senjumbeni (CIVIL ENGINEERING, IIT ROORKEE, 2016)
    Wind pressures for the design of various structures are invariably obtained from design Codes and Standards. The information regarding wind pressure coefficients are given in codes of practices of various countries but ...