CE2204 - Surveying-I Syllabus Copy 3rd Sem - Civil Engineering | Anna University

CE2204 - Surveying-I Syllabus Copy 3rd Semester - Civil Engineering | Anna University

                                  CE2204 is the subject code for the subject "Surveying-I" of B.E 3rd Semester Civil engineering Anna Univrsity Students. Find the syllabus copy of "surveying-I (CE2204)" below to know the exact topics, text books and reference books. Students those who are all studying 2nd year 3rd semester B.E civil engineering at Anna University or Anna University affiliated colleges all are applicable to below syllabus

                                              CE2204 SURVEYING I

OBJECTIVE

At the end of the course the student will posses knowledge about Chain surveying, Compass

surveying, Plane table surveying, Levelling, Theodolite surveying and Engineering surveys.

UNIT I INTRODUCTION AND CHAIN SURVEYING 

Definition - Principles - Classification - Field and office work - Scales - Conventional signs -

Survey instruments, their care and adjustment - Ranging and chaining - Reciprocal ranging -

Setting perpendiculars - well - conditioned triangles - Traversing - Plotting - Enlarging and

reducing figures.29

UNIT II COMPASS SURVEYING AND PLANE TABLE SURVEYING 

Prismatic compass - Surveyor’s compass - Bearing - Systems and conversions - Local

attraction - Magnetic declination - Dip - Traversing - Plotting - Adjustment of errors - Plane table

instruments and accessories - Merits and demerits - Methods - Radiation - Intersection -

Resection - Traversing.

UNIT III LEVELLING AND APPLICATIONS 

Level line - Horizontal line - Levels and Staves - Spirit level - Sensitiveness - Bench marks -

Temporary and permanent adjustments - Fly and check levelling - Booking - Reduction -

Curvature and refraction - Reciprocal levelling - Longitudinal and cross sections - Plotting -

Calculation of areas and volumes - Contouring - Methods - Characteristics and uses of contours

- Plotting - Earth work volume - Capacity of reservoirs.

UNIT IV THEODOLITE SURVEYING 

Theodolite - Vernier and microptic - Description and uses - Temporary and permanent

adjustments of vernier transit - Horizontal angles - Vertical angles - Heights and distances -

Traversing - Closing error and distribution - Gale’s tables - Omitted measurements.

UNIT V ENGINEERING SURVEYS 

Reconnaissance, preliminary and location surveys for engineering projects - Lay out - Setting

out works - Route Surveys for highways, railways and waterways - Curve ranging - Horizontal

and vertical curves - Simple curves - Setting with chain and tapes, tangential angles by

theodolite, double theodolite - Compound and reverse curves - Transition curves - Functions

and requirements - Setting out by offsets and angles - Vertical curves - Sight distances - Mine

Surveying - instruments - Tunnels - Correlation of under ground and surface surveys - Shafts -

Adits.

TOTAL: 45 PERIODS

TEXT BOOKS

1. Bannister A. and Raymond S., Surveying, ELBS, Sixth Edition, 1992.

2. Kanetkar T.P., Surveying and Levelling, Vols. I and II, United Book Corporation, Pune,

1994.

3. Punmia B.C. Surveying, Vols. I, II and III, Laxmi Publications, 1989

REFERENCES

1. Clark D., Plane and Geodetic Surveying, Vols. I and II, C.B.S. Publishers and

Distributors, Delhi, Sixth Edition, 1971.

2. James M.Anderson and Edward M.Mikhail, Introduction to Surveying, McGraw-Hill Book

Company, 1985.

3. Heribert Kahmen and Wolfgang Faig, Surveying, Walter de Gruyter, 1995.