Civil Magazine 2018 - Final

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BETTER
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S. S. Agrawal Institute of Engineering & Technology

TABLE OF CONTENTS

01 Reflection From The Desk of Management

02 Letter From The Principal

03 Mission & Vision

04 Sir Mokshagundham Visvesvaraya

05 Faculty Details
06 Laboratories
07 Library
08 Infrastructure Layout

Articles

• Latest Ground Improvement Techniques

09 for Soil Stabilization
• Innovative Construction Materials

• Case Study of Ahmedabad

Non Technical Events

10 • Independence Day
• Freshers 2018

• Happy Teachers’ Day

11 Technical Events
• Engineer’s Day Celebration

R E F L E C T I O N ....

-- FROM THE DESK OF MANAGEMENT

Dear Parents & Prospective
Students,

Mr. Rajesh Agrawal This era is not only of specialization
but also an era of expanding horizons
President beyond our reach. In this millennium,
world is set apart by technology and
constant change. In order to survive
and perform effectively in the modern
day cutthroat situation, we have to
constantly adopt to innovation and
update knowledge and skills through
continuous learning all the time.

SSAIET has setup a place to empower
and endow aspiring candidates to give
their best. The well equipped
infrastructure and state-of-art facilities
of the institute adds a feather to the
crown of the learning atmosphere.

At SSAIET, we produce professionals
who have the optimum mix of attitude,
skill, culture and knowledge to adopt
themselves to the emerging trends with
confidence.

.... N O I T C E L F E R

We at SSAIET strongly feel

that the future is shaped in class
rooms. Since, an institution is judged
by the quality of the citizens it
produces, we are of the opinion that
the education we offer should
develop competent, talented
personalities equipped with Mr. Om Prakash Agrawal
knowledge, skills and confidence and
at the same time having been Vice-President
endowed with patriotic spirit and a
strong will to serve the society and
the nation. Our Institute seeks to
nurture thoughtful, well-versed,
expressive individuals, devoted to
develop the self and the community.

Our highly expert and enthusiastic
faculty drawn from academic circles
and industry possess notable
credentials, a missionary fervor in
teaching and are involved in shaping
careers at SSAIET. I assure you that
pursuing your education through this
institute would be one of the most
exciting experiences of your life..

R E F L E C T I O N ....

Mr. Mukesh Agrawal We at SSAIET strongly feel

Secretary that the future is shaped in class
rooms. Since, an institution is judged
by the quality of the citizens it
produces, we are of the opinion that
the education we offer should
develop competent, talented
personalities equipped with
knowledge, skills and confidence and
at the same time having been
endowed with patriotic spirit and a
strong will to serve the society and
the nation. Our Institute seeks to
nurture thoughtful, well-versed,
expressive individuals, devoted to
develop the self and the community.

Our highly expert and enthusiastic
faculty drawn from academic circles
and industry possess notable
credentials, a missionary fervor in
teaching and are involved in shaping
careers at SSAIET. I assure you that
pursuing your education through this
institute would be one of the most
exciting experiences of your life..

LETTER FROM THE PRINCIPAL

It gives me immense pleasure in

welcoming you all to our brand

new institution S.S. Agrawal

Institute Of Engineering And

Technology - Navsari whose

objective is to march around the

central pivot of young student's

desire to become an Engineer and

responsible for the growth of

country’s wealth spacious modern laboratories
and a rich library with latest
It is an institute where edition of books and standard
journals. We champion the
discipline and punctuality with cause of quality education; aim
high, to it hard – our motto,
conducive environment will think noble, plan and implement
perfect. We hope to dive deep
provide quality education and distant in our quest for
excellences not only in
development in frontier areas of education, implications and
impressions but also in caring,
engineering and technology. We, sharing and rearing. We want to
thrive and survive by discipline
the faculty, staff and and hard work to make the
students physically and
administration at will work for mentally fit for their objective.

producing technologically -- DR. G. R. KULKARNI

superior and ethically strong

engineers for the country and the

world with a purpose to serve the

society & mankind. SSAIET -

has primary objective of offering

quality academic program in

different areas of engineering to

empower the students to meet the

technological & socio-economic

challenges.

We have a state of art

infrastructure establishment with



C I V I L ENG I NE E R I NG

C ivil Engineering is one of the oldest
engineering professions, and all ancient
engineering achievements are made possible due
to civil engineering. With the rapid urbanization
in India, the pace of new emerging civil
construction projects has also increased. This calls
for the development of new infrastructure with
specific knowledge about construction related
design, planning, management, technology and
activities.

Civil Engineering department is strongly working
on inculcating discipline, moral values and youth
building. It includes the designing, planning,
construction, and maintenance of the
infrastructure. Civil Engineering is intimately
associated with the private and public sectors,
including the individual homeowners and
international enterprises.

OUR MISSION

To innovate the minds of budding engineers to face
the challenges of future by enriching the academic
activities with a blend of professional and
competitive exposure. Facilitate and promote
research and development in the area of
environmental conservation and sustainable
development. The department's aim is to develop
quality Civil Engineers who can extend their hand to
build the nation with confidence and pride.

OUR VISION

To be renowned nationally among exceedingly
ranked civil engineering programs through our
quest of distinction in teaching, research and
service activities. The Department will make
significant contributions to the economic
development of the region, state and nation.

INDIAN
CIVIL ENGINEERING
MARVELS



SIR MOKSHAGUNDAM
VIShwEShwARAYA

Designation Father of Civil Engineering, India

Profession Civil Engineer, Politician
Birth
15th September 1860
Death
Muddenahalli, Chikkaballapura,
Kingdom of Mysore, British India
12th April 1962 (aged 102)

Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Nationality Indian

Religion Hinduism

Alma Mater College of Engineering Pune

Awards Knight Commander of the Order of
the Indian Empire (KCIE), 1915

Nation’s Highest Honor, Bharat
Ratna, 1955

SIR MOKSHAGUNDAM

VIShwEShwARAYA

Sir Mokshagundam Vishweshwarayya (15 September

1860 – 12 April 1962) was an Indian Chief civil engineer,
scholar, statesman, politician and the 19th Diwan (governor)
of Mysore, who served from 1912 to 1919. One of the most
eminent engineers ever produced by India, Sir
Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, better known as M.
Visvesvaraya, was a man of high principles and discipline.
An engineer par excellence, he was the chief architect behind
the construction of the Krishna Raja Sagara dam in Mandya
which helped to convert the surrounding barren lands into
fertile grounds for farming. An idealistic person, he believed
in simple living and high thinking. His father was a Sanskrit
scholar who believed in providing quality education to his
son. Even though his parents were not financially rich, the
young boy was exposed to a richness of culture and tradition
at home. Over the next 10 years (between 1895 & 1905), Sir
MV worked at different parts of India including :

• Hyderabad where he remodeled the entire city & improved
its drainage system,

• Bombay where he introduced block system of irrigation &
water weir flood gates,

• Bihar & Orissa where he was involved in building railway
bridges & water supply schemes,

• Mysore where he supervised the construction of KRS dam
which was Asia’s biggest dam when it was built.

Faculty Details

TEACH…LOVE…INSPIRE…

Mr. Ankit Patel

Designation : Assistant Professor

Qualification : M. Tech (Environmental Engineering)
B.E. (Civil Engineering)

Experience : 2 years 6 months

Email ID : [email protected]

Area of : Treatment plant Design, Water & Waste
Interest Water Engineering, Solid Waste
Management, Environment Impact
Assessment

Mr. Chintan Naik

Designation : Assistant Professor

Qualification : M. Tech (Computer Aided Structural
Analysis and Design)
B.E. (Civil Engineering)

Experience : 3 years 6 months

Email ID : [email protected]

Area of : Structural Engineering, Geo Technical
Interest Engineering, Advance Material, Elementary
Structural Design, Earthquake Engineering

Mr. Mehul Agrawal

Designation : Assistant Professor
Qualification : B.E. (Civil Engineering)

Experience : 1 year
Email ID : [email protected]

Area of : Professional Planning and valuation,
Interest Structure Engineering

Faculty Details

TEACH…LOVE…INSPIRE…

Mr. Parth Rathod

Designation : Assistant Professor

Qualification : M. E. (Town and Country Planning)
B.E. (Civil Engineering)

Experience : 10 months

Email ID : [email protected]

Area of : Town Planning, Urban Planning, Regional
Interest Planning, Structural Engineering,
Hydrology

Miss Uttejana Chaudhari

Designation : Assistant Professor

Qualification : M. E. (Environmental Management)
B.E. (Civil Engineering)

Experience : 1 years 10 months

Email ID : [email protected]

Area of : Basic Civil Engineering, Environmental
Interest Science, Environmental Engineering, Water
& Waste water Engineering,

Miss Trushti Sanghvi

Designation : Assistant Professor

Qualification : B. Tech (Civil Engineering)

Experience : ---

Email ID : [email protected]

Area of : Structural Designing, Concrete Technology,
Interest Highway Engineering

Faculty Details

TEACH…LOVE…INSPIRE…

Mr. Vipul Tailor

Designation : Assistant Professor

Qualification : M. E. (Structural Engineering)
B.E. (Civil Engineering)

Experience : ---

Email ID : [email protected]

Area of : Structural Analysis, Concrete Technology,
Interest Design of Reinforced concrete structures,
Mechanics of Solids

Mr. Ravirajsinh Jadeja

Designation : Lab Assistant

Qualification : Diploma (Civil Engineering)

Experience : 1 year

Email ID : [email protected]

Area of : Water & Waste Water Engineering,
Interest Surveying, Elements of Civil Engineering

Mr. Snehal Thakor

Designation : Lab Assistant
Qualification : Diploma (Civil Engineering)

Experience : 9 years
Email ID : [email protected]

Area of : Highway Engineering, Surveying,
Interest Construction Technology

LAB RATOR ES

Water & Waste Water Engineering Lab :

The lab focuses on Water Quality Assessment & Water and Wastewater
Treatment. It is well equipped for sampling and analysis of water &
waste water for different physical, chemical and microbial parameters.

Highway Engineering Lab :

This lab contains equipments to categorize soil and bitumen binders in
terms of their properties and quality control and provides an additional
exposure to the testing of Highway Construction Materials.

Soil Engineering Lab :

This lab shows various types of tests used for soil testing with details of
experiment, theory and purpose followed by detailed explanation of
apparatus, procedure and specimen calculations are covered.

Concrete Technology Lab :

The lab is established to carry out tests concrete to determine strength,
strain, elasticity, stiffness, durability, workability, etc.

Surveying Lab :

The Lab consists of an assortment of state-of-the-art equipment for
performing various engineering measurements. Students obtain
topographic information for highway design & land development.

Fluid Mechanics Lab :

This lab introduces fluid flow, fluid forces and analysis tools. It involves
study of various properties of the fluid, such as velocity, pressure,
density and temperature. The lab is equipped with different flow
measuring set-ups such as venturimeter, orifice-plate, pitot tube,
rotometer etc.

Mechanics of Solids Lab :

The objective of the lab is to understand the behavior of solid materials,
their motion and deformation under the action of forces, temperature
changes, phase changes and other external or internal agents with the
help of different mechanical equipments.

LIBRARY

Your Guide to Answers…

The resource guide serves as gateway

to scholarly resources in the area of Civil
Engineering and related subjects.
Resources listed here include those that
are accessible through our library. It
enable you to access from one point, the
resources such as books,, popular
magazines, databases. This guide by no
means is a comprehensive list, but serves
as a useful starting point. We strive to
add newer resources and keep the entire
range of resource lists updated from time
to time. Total Number of books of civil
engineering is about to 950.

I Building Floor Room Name of Laboratory
Name No.

N
F 001- A Mechanics of solids
Ground
001- B Concrete Technology
R Floor
002 Fluid Mechanics Lab
A 106 Soil Mechanics & G A G

S 108 Highway Engineering

T First
112 Water & Waste water

R Floor Engineering &

U Environment Engineering

C Main Second Building & Town
206
T Building Floor Planning

U Third 211 First Year Civil Classroom

R Floor

E 404 Fourth year Civil

405 Classroom

L Fourth 406 Third Year Civil

A Floor Classroom

Y Second Year Civil

O Classroom

U D-Building Surveying , Advance

T First
(W/S D-101 Surveying, & Elements of
Floor
Building)
Civil Engineering

The ground can be improved Mechanically stabilized earth
structures create a reinforced soil
by adapting certain ground mass.
improvement techniques.
The geo methods like
Vibro-compaction increases the Geosynthetics, Geogrid etc. are
density of the soil by using discussed. Soil nailing increases
powerful depth vibrators. the shear strength of the in-situ
Vacuum consolidation is used soil and restrains its
for improving soft soils by displacement. Micro pile are
using a vacuum pump.
used for repair/replacement of
Preloading method is existing foundations.
used to remove pore water over
Grouting is injection of
time. Ground freezing converts pumpable materials to increase
pore water to ice to increase its rigidity. The jet grouting is
their combined strength and quite advanced in speed as well
make them impervious. Vibro- as techniques when compared
replacement stone columns with the general grouting.
improve the bearing capacity of
Rapid urban and
soil whereas Vibro industrial growth demands more
displacement method displaces land for further development. To
the soil. Electro osmosis makes meet this demand land
water flow through fine grained reclamation and utilization of
soils.
unsuitable and environmentally
Reinforced soil steel affected lands have been taken
is used for retaining structures, up. These useless lands for
sloping walls, dams etc. is construction have been converted
suited for construction in to be useful ones by adopting
seismically active regions.
ground improvement techniques.

1) Vibro Compaction

Vibro-compaction also known as
Vibroflotation, is rearrangement
of soil particles into a denser
configuration by use of powerful
depth vibration.

Vibro Compaction is
used for densifying loose sands
to create stable foundation soils.

• Reduction of foundation settlements.
• Reduction of risk of liquefaction due to seismic activity.
• Permit construction on granular fills.

2) Vacuum Consolidation

Vacuum Consolidation is an
effective means for improvement
of saturated soft soils.

Vacuum-assisted
consolidation preloads the soil by
reducing the pore pressure while
maintaining a constant total
stress.

• Combine with a water preloading in scare fill area. The
method is used to build large developments on thick
compressible soil.

• Combine with embankment pre-load using the increased
stability

3) Ground Freezing

Ground freezing is the use of
refrigeration to convert in-situ
pore water to ice.

The ice then acts as a
cement or glue, bonding together
adjacent particles of soil or
blocks of rock to increase their
combined strength and make
them impervious.
• Temporary underpinning
• Prevention of groundwater flow into excavated area
• Temporary slope stabilization
• Temporary containment of toxic/hazardous waste
contamination

4) Vibro-Replacement Stone Coulmns

Vibro-Replacement extends the
range of soils that can be improved
by vibratory techniques in cohesive
soils.

Reinforcement of soil with
compacted granular columns or
“stone columns” is accomplished
by top-feed method.

• Reduction of foundation settlement.
• Improve bearing capacity/reduce footing size.
• Reduction of risk of liquefaction due to seismic activity.
• Slope stabilization

- Vipul Tailor
(Asst.Prof., CED)

Freshers Party 2K18 was thus making it a soulful
thrown by 2nd Year Students evening. The principals of other
to heartily welcome the new institutes of S. S. Agrawal
batch of 2018 as well as Education Trust were warmly
Diploma to Degree Students. invited to add charm to the
The main aim of this event is function. The students were
to establish good greatly excited and enjoyed
and their welcome towards new
communication
interaction between juniors start. The program was
and seniors and make them followed by few games and

feel at ease. This party not

only build confidence of new

comers but also add creativity

to their levels.

The party was

organized at BR Farm Party

Plot, Navsari on 31st August

2018, Friday. It was
accompanied by colorful voucher cards arranged by
programs like welcome YOU Shop, Navsari. The
dance, western dances, awards for Mr. and Miss
singing Fresher 2K18 were judged after
exhilarating
performances and ramp walk, ramp walk and few
questionnaires.

Welcome of Delegates to Freshers Party
Lamp Lighting By Delegates & Students

Ramp Walk

The owner of BR Farm Party Plot was invited as judge for the
awards. The day was a great success ending with DJ dance
making the students fully engrossed in having fun.

With the trendiest clothes and heart throbbing
Dance floor, the party was a fabulous way to
kick start the academic year for the students.

DJ Dance Fun

TRANSLUCENT WOOD

The transparent timber is created through a
process that removes the chemical lignin
from a wood veneer, causing it to become
very white. This white porous veneer is then
impregnated with a transparent polymer,
matching the optical properties of the
individual cells and making the whole
material translucent.

COOLING SYSTEM IN BRICKS

Through the combination of clay & hydrogel,
a new material having cooling effect on
interiors was made. The presence of hydrogel
absorbs water up to 500 times its weight and is
released to reduce temperature during hot
days. Hydro ceramics have ability to reduce
temperature up to 6 degree Celsius.

BRICKS FROM CIGARETTE
BUTTS

To reduce impact of cigarette butts on
environment, lighter and more energy
efficient bricks from cigarette butts are
introduced to utilize waste in eco-friendly
manner. Yearly 6 million cigarettes are
manufactured producing 1.2 million tonnes of
cigarette butts waste.

MARTIAN CONCRETE

A concrete that can be made from materials
available on Mars is introduced. To prepare
Martian Concrete, Sulphur is heated at 240
degree Celsius which melts into liquid.

LIGHT GENERATING CEMENT

A cement having ability to create and
irradiate light has been created. With this
light generating cement, its processes and
applications can be huge. Energy usage for
creating this cement is low & can be created
at room temperature.

THE CABKOMA STRAND ROD

A thermoplastic carbon fibre composite,
CABKOMA STRAND ROD is created. The
strand is lightest seismic reinforcement and
aesthetically pleasing. A single strand of 160
meter length weighs only 12 kg which is 5
times lighter than metal rod.

BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCED
FURNITURE

Another innovation in construction industry
is bioplastic furniture. So far, two pieces of
furniture are created with this – a chaise
lounge & small chair for kids. This process
is low energy, pollution free and requires
low technology to manufacture.

- Trushti Sanghvi
(Asst.Prof., CED)

Bond between a teacher

and a student cannot always

be explained in words.

Teachers nurture, guide,

scold and also help you

become the person you are.

Teaching is truly a rewarding

experience. Teaching has

always been considered as

the most sacred, noble and teacher, Dr. Sarvapalli
exciting profession. Teachers’ Radhakrishnan, is marked as

Day is the special day when Teachers Day. Students across

teachers are appreciated and the country make every possible

honored for their remarkable effort to make this day

contributions. World memorable for their teachers.

Teachers’ Day is celebrated Similarly, the students of

on 5th October but in India, SSAIET celebrated Teacher’s

5th September, the birth Day by giving half day off to
anniversary of 2nd President their teachers. The 4th Year

of India, great scholar and an students performed eventually

excellent as the faculties and conducted

the lectures as an

honor to their

faculties. The Final

Year students showed

their deep interest in

Theme of the day,

hence initiating the

4th Year Students as Faculties celebration with fun.
The students

from 2nd and 3rd Year

co-operated with New

One-day Faculties

and enjoyed the fun.

The celebration was

enjoying & delighted.

At the end, Civil

Engineering

Department concluded

the day with Cake

Cutting by respective

Principal Dr. G. R. Cake Cutting by Principal Sir

Kulkarni.

Staff of CED with Student Faculties

The study about planning

social infrastructures is

conducted in Ahmedabad, India.

The objective of this study was

to evaluate the present provision

of social infrastructure in terms

of its spatial distribution and

accessibility and suggest

improvement to improve the

provision of the same. The

spatial distribution of the • To assess how current plan of
facilities was evaluated using
distance based accessibility as a social infrastructures in

measure where in walking proposed TPSs can overcome
distance to the facility and problem of present

capacity of the social accessibility level and service

infrastructure facilities. The allocation.

health care and the education • To propose adjustment of

facilities were used to determine current social infrastructures

the service level of the facilities. plan in TPSs for improvement

Objectives of Study: of people’s accessibility level
• To assess how existing social and service allocation using
accessibility and locational
infrastructure provision

meets the need of present analysis in GIS environment.

population in the study area. • To propose method to plan
• To identify the present
social infrastructure provision

accessibility level of people with respect to current
to reach the nearest existing planning in study area.
social infrastructure.

Figure: Map of land use plan in hexagonal
unit

Disaggregating the Demand: After tessellating the
map, assigning information to the
This process contains preparing attribute table is made. One of the
data of population and social information to be filled is
infrastructures from AUC West, population per hexagon, by
zone to village level. To have incorporating the land use map.
more detailed unit of analysis to Therefore, based on land use plan
run the model in the software, 2011 and population projection in
map of study area is tessellated to 2011, the population distribution
smaller hexagonal units. For based on land use can be mapped.
analysis in AUC West level, each Since all maps for analysis are
hexagon unit has an area of 1 converted to hexagonal units of
hectare (10,000 m2), each edge analysis, this land use map will
of hexagon have the length of 65 also be converted to hexagonal
m, and the distance from one shaped land use map, which
hexagon’s centroid to other comprises area of 1 hectare (or
centroid is 107 meters. Therefore, 10,000 m2) per hexagon unit. The
there will be 19,525 hexagons map of land use plan for AUC
covering the whole AUC West West for year of 2011 is depicted.
area.

This study proves that decision makers, this result can be

the location-allocation approach an important input for them to

for social infrastructure planning decide.

can suggest the optimal locations This study also suggests

which later resulted in improved how the macro plan should

geographical accessibility of earmark the social infrastructure

people. Location-allocation provision as reference for agencies

Model as incorporated in Flow who prepare the TPS plan.

map proves that this instrument However, this study has not yet

can be used as a tool to assist this elaborates in what level of

facility siting problem. This planning this should be done. This

model is capable of producing can be a recommendation for

very valuable results. At the end, further research regarding to

even though the final decision to social infrastructure provision in

plan social infrastructures is lying Ahmedabad.

on the hand of politicians or

- Parth Rathod
(Asst.Prof., CED)

ENGINEER’S DAY…

Scientists dream about doing great things,
Engineers do them…!!

Engineer’s Day Celebration

@SSAIET… designed using the

From the invention of the engineering tools from all

branches: Civil, Mechanical,

wheel in ancient history to Electrical, Chemical,

the modern day drones, Computer & Applied Science

engineering constructs have & Humanities Departments.

provided the vital push for The celebration

the progress of human started with introduction of

technology. The the day and welcome

Engineering Community greetings for invited Guests at

across India celebrates Seminar Hall. The Civil

Engineers Day on 15 Engineering Department fully

September every year as a participated by organizing

tribute to the greatest Indian civil engineering events:

Engineer Bharat Ratna Floating Tower and Urban

M..Visvesvaraya. Planning. First event was

SSAIET celebrated based on Structural Designing
Engineer’s Day on 19th
Principles. The students were

September 2018 with great made to build a tower from

pomp and enthusiasm straws with a thermocol base.

marching towards The second event was based

nourishment of new on Principles of Planning.

innovative engineers. The They had to plan a city as per

event was themed and criteria instructed. Students

recognized by the were highly interested and the
“Technical Rangoli of Sir
M. Visvesvaraya” that was events were greatly

successful.

WINNERS

RUNNERS
UP

URBAN PLANNING EVENT

FLOATING TOWER EVENT