Surveying Syllabus

Surveying & Levelling I Introduction Surveying instruments; chains, tapes, steel bands, their types & uses. Chain Surveying Ranging & Chaining of Survey lines. Field work & Plotting of Chain survey Compass Surveying Prismatic Compass& Surveyor compass Uses, Bearings, Local attraction, Fieldwork & Plotting. Plane Table Surveying Parts and accessories. Methods of surveying. Two-point and three-point problems. Leveling General principle. Types of levels and their temporary and permanent adjustments. Methods of levelling. Reduction of levels, Precise levelling and Trigonometric Leveling. Theodolite. Types and uses of theodolites. Temporary and permanent adjustments. Measurement of horizontal and vertical angles. Tacheometrical surveying Methods of tacheometrical surveying. Field work and computation Traversing Traversing with prismatic compass, theodolite and plane table, computations and adjustments of traverse, transformation of Co-ordinates Omitted Measurements Calculation of Areas and Volumes Earthwork calculations. D.M.D. method, Simpson rule and trapezoidal rule. Labs Practice on measurement of distances and introduction to measuring instruments Chain Surveying and plotting Compass Traversing Plane Table by methods of radiations and Intersections Two Points Problem Three Points Problem Level adjustments by two-peg method. Profile and Cross-Sectioning Theodolite traversing

Recommended Books Kavanash,B. Surveying principles and Application, Prentice Hall Irvine, W. Surveying for Construction, McGraw Hill. Davis, R.E. Surveying Theory and Practice, McGraw Hill