AE 654
Lectures : 3 Year : III
Tutorial : 2
Part : II
Practical : 2
Course Objective:
After
completion of this course the students will be able to:
1.
Understand the functional
requirement and planning of farmstead
2.
Carryout
design and modification of existing design of cattle housing and agricultural
structures
Part – A BUILDING TECHNOLOGY
1. Foundation: [2 hours]
1.1. Function and types
of foundation
1.2. Components of
foundation
1.3. Simple spread
footing foundations
1.4. Common problem with
foundations
2. Brick and stone
masonry: [4 hours]
2.1. Brick masonry
2.1.1. Brick laying and
bonding
2.1.2. Causes
of failure of bonding
2.1.3. Damp
proofing
2.1.4. Reinforced
brick work
2.1.5. Thickness
of wall
2.1.6. Load
bearing and non load bearing wall
2.1.7. Maintenance
of Brick masonry
2.2. Stone masonry
2.2.1. Types of stone masonry – Rubble and Ashler
2.2.2. General principles of stone masonry
2.2.3. Dry stone masonry
2.2.4. Maintenance of stone masonry
2.3. Hollow block
masonry
2.3.1. Laying of hollow concrete blocks
2.3.2. General structural considerations
2.4. Partition and
cavity wall
2.4.1. Partition wall
2.4.2. Cavity wall
3. Damp prevention [2 hours]
3.1. Source and effect
of dampness
3.2. Prevention of
dampness
3.3. Water proofing
mixtures
3.4. Water proof surface
treatment
4. Lintel and Arches [2 hours]
4.1. Types of Lintels
and their use
4.2. Types of Arches
4.3. Centering of arches
5. Floors [2 hours]
5.1. Types of floors
5.2. General principles
for the selection of floors and flooring materials
6. Roofs and roof
coverings [2 hours]
6.1. Classification of
roofs- Flat and Pitched
6.2. Types of pitched
roofs
6.3. Methods of securing
pitched roofs against uplift
6.4. Constructional
details of flat and pitched roofs
6.5. Roof coverings-
Thatch, Tiles, slates, CGI and AC
sheets
6.6. Selection of roof
covering
7. Staircases [2 hours]
7.1. Elements of
staircase
7.2. Types of stair
7.3. Relation between
rise and tread of stair
7.4. Simple design of
stair
8. Doors and windows [2 hours]
8.1. Location, size and
materials of Doors and Windows
8.2. Door parts – Frame,
shutter and their detail
8.3. Fittings of door
and windows
8.4. Ventilators – types
and detail
9. Plastering and
Pointing [2 hours]
9.1. Materials for
plastering
9.2. Design
consideration for Plastering
9.3. Defects in
Plastering
9.4. External finishes
9.5. Pointing – Types
and use
10. Painting,
Distempering and Whitewashing [2
hours]
10.1. Types of paints
10.2. Process of painting
on – Wood work, Iron work, Plastered surface and Masonry
10.3. Surface
10.4. Distempering
10.5. White washing and
colour washing
11. Thermal Insulation [2 hours]
11.1. Heat transference
11.2. Types of insulating
materials and their applications
11.3. Thermal Insulation
of roofs, walls and floors
11.4. Thermal treatment
in tropical and subtropical regions
12. Ventilation [2 hours]
12.1. Types of
ventilations – Natural and Mechanical ventilation
12.2. Requirements of a
good ventilation system in Residential and Farm buildings
13. Lighting [2 hours]
13.1. Requirements of
lighting in Residential and Farm buildings
13.2. Natural and
Artificial lighting
13.3. Requirements of
electricity
Part:
B FARM STRUCTURES
1. Selection and
planning of structures [2 hours]
1.1.
Types of farmstead
1.2.
Planning principle and layout of farmstead
2. Dairy cattle
housing
[2
hours]
2.1. Functional
requirement and sizing
2.2. Location and
orientations
2.3. Types of dairy
cattle housing and their relative merits and demerits
2.4. Structural details
2.5. Functional and
structural requirement of milking parlor
3. Poultry
housing
[2
hours]
3.1. Functional
requirement and sizing
3.2. Location and
orientations
3.3. Types of poultry
housing and their relative merits and demerits
3.4. Structural details
3.5. Structure for
poultry feeding and watering
4. Swine housing
[2
hours]
4.1. Functional
requirement and sizing
4.2. Location and
orientations
4.3. Types of swine
housing
4.4. Structural details
5. Goat and Sheep housing
[2
hours]
5.1. Functional
requirement and sizing
5.2. Location and
orientations
5.3. Types of Goat and
Sheep housing
5.4. Structural details
6. Fish ponds [2 hours]
6.1. Functional
requirements
6.2. Constructions and
maintenance of Fish ponds
7. Feed and Forage
structures [2
hours]
7.1. Bag and bulk
storage structures
7.2. Silo
7.3. Sizing and
structural details of trench, pit and tower silo
8. Green house and
poly house [2 hours]
8.1. Purpose of green
house and poly house
8.2. Types, functional
requirement and constructional detail
Total
Lecture = 45 hours
Tutorials
The
Drawing/Tutorial shall be used for problem solving and students shall be given
assignments and final examination on:
1. Planning and layout
of building/Farm house.
2. Detailed drawing of
a small building from measurement.
3. Making plans of
alternative courses of different thickness of brick wall in
(a) English bond -
one brick, 1½ brick and two bricks, and
(b) Flemish bond -
single Flemish and double Flemish bond.
4. Structural drawings
of various types of roofs.
5. Structural design
of various types of floors.
6. Structural drawing
of various types of foundations.
7. Planning and layout
of dairy cattle, poultry and swine housing.
8. Drawing of a small
Farm house.
9. Drawing and design
of simple fish pond.
10. Preparation of site
plan.
Practical
The
practical should be used for problem solving and class should be taken of two
periods per week on:
i.
Planning and layout of
building
ii.
Detail drawing of a small
building from measurement
iii.
Structural drawing of various
types of roof
iv.
Structural drawing of
various types of floors
v.
Structural drawing of
various types of foundations
vi.
Planning and layout of
dairy cattle, poultry, swine and goat and sheep housing
vii.
Layout of Fish pond
viii.
Layout of Silo
ix.
Planning and layout of farm
shed with various farm machinery and equipments
x.
Planning and layout of
greenhouse shed
xi.
Planning and lay out of
electrical fixtures on existing drawing
xii.
Preparation of master plan
of Agricultural Farm.
Reference
1. Building
Construction; by B.C. Punmia, Laxmi publication
2. Building
Construction; by Shusil Kumar, Laxmi publication
3. Building
Construction; by Rangawala, Laxmi publication
4. Farm structures, by
Barre, H.J. and Sammet L.L. John Wiley & sons Inc.
5. Farm Building
Design by Neubaur L.W. Prentice Hall Inc
6. Farm Building in
Punjab by A.P. Bhatnagar, Punjab Agricultural University, Publication
7
CIGR handbook of Agricultural
Engineering, vol. 2, animal production and
aquaculture Engineering, published by American Society of Agricultural
Engineers
8 Farm
building design by Neubaur L.W. Prentice- Hall Inc.
9 Farm
structures by Barre, H.J. and Sammet L.L., John Wiley and Sons Inc.
10
Farm building in Panjab by A.P.
Bhatnagar, Punjab Agricultural University
Publications.
11
Time Saver for Architecture Data
Evaluation
Scheme
The
questions will cover the entire chapter of the syllabus. The evaluation scheme
will be as indicated in the table below:
|
Chapter
|
Hours
|
Marks
distribution*
|
|
Part A
|
|
|
|
1
|
2
|
10
|
|
2
|
4
|
|
|
3
|
2
|
10
|
|
4
|
2
|
|
|
5
|
2
|
|
|
6
|
3
|
10
|
|
7
|
2
|
|
|
8
|
2
|
10
|
|
9
|
2
|
|
|
10
|
2
|
|
|
11
|
2
|
10
|
|
12
|
2
|
|
|
13
|
2
|
|
|
Part B
|
|
|
|
1
|
2
|
10
|
|
2
|
2
|
|
|
3
|
2
|
|
|
4
|
2
|
10
|
|
5
|
2
|
|
|
6
|
2
|
|
|
7
|
2
|
10
|
|
8
|
2
|
|
|
Total
|
45
|
80
|
* Minor deviation on mark distribution can
be made.
Ø
The
questions setting should be in the multiplication of either 8 or 10.
Source:-Department of Agricultural Engineering
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