About this ebook
Civil engineering is the application of physical and scientific principles for solving the problems of society, and its history is intricately linked to advances in the understanding of physics and mathematics throughout history. Because civil engineering is a broad profession, including several specialized sub-disciplines, its history is linked to knowledge of structures, materials science, geography, geology, soils, hydrology, environmental science, mechanics, project management, and other fields.
Throughout ancient and medieval history most architectural design and construction was carried out by artisans, such as stonemasons and carpenters, rising to the role of master builder. Knowledge was retained in guilds and seldom supplanted by advances. Structures, roads, and infrastructure that existed were repetitive, and increases in scale were incremental.
The purpose of this textbook is to present an introduction to the subject of Basics of Civil Engineering of Bachelor of Engineering ( BE) Semester - I. The book contains the syllabus from basics of the subjects going into the intricacies of the subjects.
Students are now required to solve minimum Four ( 4 ) Assignments based on the Syllabus. Each topic is followed by Assignment Questions which now forms the compulsory part of internal assessment. All the concepts have been explained with relevant examples and diagrams to make i t interesting for the readers.
An attempt is made here by the experts of TMC to assist the students by way of providing Study text as per the curriculum with non - commercial considerations.
We owe to many websites and their free contents; we would like to specially acknowledge contents of website www. wikipedia. com and various authors whose writings formed the basis for this book. We acknowledge our thanks to them.
At the end we would l ike to say that there is always a room for improvement in whatever we do. We would appreciate any suggestions regarding this study material f rom the readers so that the contents can be made more interesting and meaningful. Readers can email their queries and doubts to tmcnagpur@gmail.com. We shall be glad to help you immediately.
Dr. Mukul Burghate
Author
About the author
Mukul Burghate is a Fellow of Institute of Engineers (Kolkata) and a graduate of Civil Engineering from Pune University. He is an alumnus of the Department of Management Sciences of Pune University (Now Known as Savitribai Phule Pune University-SPPU). He has also to his laurel’s various other degrees like M.Com & PGDBIO. He cleared SET (Commerce) in the year 2000 and is exempted from NET Exam. He was awarded PhD on Thesis entitled ‘A study of Advertising Agencies in India: A Status Report’ under the Supervision of Dr. S.S. Kaptan, Savarkar Chair and Ex-Professor and Head, Dept. of Commerce, Savitribai Phule University Pune from SGB Amravati University, Amravati.
He is presently serving as an Associate Professor for last 21 years and has successfully played multiple roles at the Department of MBA of Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Institute of Management Technology and Research, Nagpur. He is also a faculty member of NMIMS Global Access School for Continuing Education (Online education arm of NMIMS), Mumbai and Symbiosis Centre for Online Learning (SCOL), Pune. He has thorough experience in ODL education of IGNOU as a Coordinator & Counsellor for the last 10 years.
He is nominated Member, Board of Studies (BoS) with Symbiosis Skills and Professional University (SSPU), Pune; Indira College of Commerce and Science(ICCS), Pune & RTM Nagpur University, Nagpur
He has a total of 23 years of teaching and industry experience blended with 15 years of research practice in the field of Management and Commerce. A total of 09 students have completed their PhD under his able Supervision and 07 students of MPhil (Commerce) have successfully cleared their research dissertation.
He has authored, published and presented more than 41 papers in International, National and State Journals, Conferences and Seminars including Scopus Indexed, UGC CARE list etc. He has also chaired technical sessions in many International and State Conferences & Seminars.
