WITH EFFECT FROM THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2011 - 2012

CE 252

SURVEYING - II          

Instruction                                                                                                                                                                                        4  Periods per week

Duration of University Examination                                                                                                                                                    3  Hours

University Examination                                                                                                                                                                      75 Marks

Sessional                                                                                                                                                                                          25 Marks

UNIT-I

Theodolite : Transit vernier theodolite; setting, use and temporary adjustments. Use of micro-optic theodolite, Measurement of horizontal angles and bearings by repetition and reiteration methods. Permanent adjustments of transit theodolite.

UNIT-II

Theodolite Traversing and Computations : Traversing by included angles, and bearings, conditions of closed traverse, Gale's traverse table, closing errors and its adjujstment, accuracy of traverse. Advantage of plotting traverse by coordinates, omitted measurements in traverse and their computations. Errors in theodolite survey.

Measurement of vertical angles : Trigonometrical levelling, calculation of elevations and distances of accessible and inaccessible objects, problems. Trigonometrical levelling, geodetic observations, refraction and curvature corrections, axis signal correction, determination of difference in elevation by single and reciprocal observation, problems.

UNIT-III

Curves : Theory of simple curves. Setting out simple curves by linear and instrumental methods. Obstructions in curve ranging. Compound curves. Reverse curves.

UNIT-IV

Transitions and Veritical Curves : Transition curves, computations and setting out of transition curves. Vertical curves, computations and setting out of vertical curves.

Total station : Features, concepts, types and applications.

UNIT-V

Tachometry: Theory and use of stadia wires in levelling instruments and theodolite. Fixed and movable hair tacheometers. Reduction by calculations; tacheometric, tables; use of tacheometric alidate in contouring by plane table. Tangential method of tacheometry, Theory and use of Jeffcott Direct Reading Tacheometer. Use of RD's self reducing Tacheometer. Principle and use of substance bar and Beaman's stadia arc. Hydrographic survey; brief introduction and applications.

Hydrographic Survey : Breif introduction, methods and applications.

Suggested Reading :

 1.C. Venkatramaiah, A Text Book of Surveying, Universities Press, Hyderabad, 1997.

 2.T.P. Kanetker and S.V. Kulkarni, Surveying and Levelling, Pune Vidyarthi Gruha Prakshan, Pune, 1994.

 3.B.C. Punmia, Surveying, Lakshmi Publicatons, 1994.