Course Description The course covers technological and non-technological aspects of solid waste management. Technological aspects include municipal solid waste collection, transfer, recycling, composting, anaerobic digestion, energy recovery, incineration, hazardous waste management and waste disposal on land. Non-technological aspects include policy development, legislation, institutional arrangements, financing, stakeholder involvement, and privatization of solid waste management services and...Read More

Course Description The course provides theoretical background and practical expertise in the field of low-cost decentralised water supply and sanitation alternatives specifically suitable for the small towns, peri-urban areas and urban slums, small island communities, tourist resorts etc. The course begins with a general introduction to water supply and sanitation situations in rural areas, small...Read More

Course Description This course deals with the theory and design of thin shell structures, using the membrane and bending theories for of shells of revolution and translation, and their application to analysis of domes, hyperbolic, paraboloid, elliptic and cylindrical shells. The course also introduces the finite element method for plate bending. Objectives To enable the...Read More

Course Description This course deals with application of computer/numerical procedures to advanced topics in mechan­ics, such as buckling of structures, large deformation and rotation, higher order theories, nonlinear elastic, plastic, and cracking of materials. Specific sub-routines shall be developed to obtain a computer solution to such problems. Objectives To enable the student develop competence in...Read More

Course Description This course deals with basic fundamentals of continuum mechanics as applied to elasticity and plasticity of material behavior. Application of finite elements in elasticity and plasticity is also considered. Objectives To enable the student appreciate the application of theories of continuum mechanics to structural response of construction materials. Attachment Name Attachment Type CIV...Read More