CE3351 Surveying and Levelling Syllabus:
CE3351 Surveying and Levelling Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2021
OBJECTIVES:
To introduce the rudiments of plane surveying and geodetic principles to Civil Engineers and to learn the various methods of plane and geodetic surveying to solve the real world problems. To introduce the concepts of Control Surveying. To introduce the basics of Astronomical Surveying
UNIT I FUNDAMENTALS OF CONVENTIONAL SURVEYING
Definition – Classifications – Basic principles – Equipment and accessories for ranging and chaining – Methods of ranging – Well conditioned triangles – Chain traversing – Compass – Basic principles – Types – Bearing – System and conversions – Sources of errors and Local attraction – Magnetic declination – Dip – compass traversing – Plane table and its accessories – Merits and demerits – Radiation – Intersection – Resection – Plane table traversing.
UNIT II LEVELLING
Level line – Horizontal line – Datum – Benchmarks – Levels and staves – Temporary and permanent adjustments – Methods of leveling – Fly leveling – Check leveling – Procedure in leveling – Booking – Reduction – Curvature and refraction – Reciprocal leveling – Precise leveling – Contouring.
UNIT III THEODOLITE SURVEYING
Horizontal and vertical angle measurements – Temporary and permanent adjustments – Heights and distances – Tacheometric surveying – Stadia Tacheometry – Tangential Tacheometry – Trigonometric leveling – Single Plane method – Double Plane method.
UNIT IV CONTROL SURVEYING AND ADJUSTMENT
Horizontal and vertical control – Methods – Triangulation – Traversing – Gale‘s table – Trilateration – Concepts of measurements and errors – Error propagation and Linearization – Adjustment methods – Least square methods – Angles, lengths and levelling network.
UNIT V MODERN SURVEYING
Total Station: Digital Theodolite, EDM, Electronic field book – Advantages – Parts and accessories – Working principle – Observables – Errors – COGO functions – Field procedure and applications. GPS: Advantages – System components – Signal structure – Selective availability and antispoofing receiver components and antenna – Planning and data acquisition – Data processing – Errors inGPS – Field procedure and applications.
OUTCOMES:
On completion of the course, the student is expected to
CO1 Introduce the rudiments of various surveying and its principles.
CO2 Imparts knowledge in computation of levels of terrain and ground features
CO3 Imparts concepts of Theodolite Surveying for complex surveying operations
CO4 Understand the procedure for establishing horizontal and vertical control
CO5 Imparts the knowledge on modern surveying instruments
TEXTBOOKS:
1. Dr. B. C. Punmia, Ashok K. Jain and Arun K Jain, Surveying Vol. I & II, Lakshmi Publications Pvt Ltd, New Delhi, Sixteenth Edition, 2016.
2. T. P. Kanetkarand S. V. Kulkarni, Surveying and Levelling, Parts 1 & 2, Pune Vidyarthi Griha Prakashan, Pune, 2008.
REFERENCES:
1. R. Subramanian, Surveying and Levelling, Oxford University Press, Second Edition, 2012.
2. James M. Anderson and Edward M. Mikhail, Surveying, Theory and Practice, Seventh Edition, Mc Graw Hill 2001.
3. Bannister and S. Raymond, Surveying, Seventh Edition, Longman 2004.
4. S. K. Roy, Fundamentals of Surveying, Second Edition, Prenticeˆ Hall of India2010.
5. K. R. Arora, Surveying Vol I & II, Standard Book house, Twelfth Edition 2013.
6. C. Venkatramaiah, Textbook of Surveying, Universities Press, Second Edition, 2011.