Unit 1

Functional design of industrial buildings: Classification of industrial structures – layout planning requirements – Guidelines from factories act – Lighting – Illumination levels – Natural / Mechanical ventilation – Fire safety requirements – Corrosion protection – Protection against noise – Cladding systems – vibration isolation techniques – Industrial floors.

General overview of Thermal power plant / Nuclear power plant structures / Process plant steelwork – conveyor structures – Boiler supporting structures – Substation structures.

Unit 2

Braced Industrial buildings – Unbraced Industrial frames – Gantry girders – Design of steel beam connections – Flexible & Rigid (Bolted and welded types).

Machine foundations – Types – Design Requirements – Analysis and design of block type machine foundations (IS 2974 method).

Unit 3

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• P. Dayaratnam, “Design of Steel Structures”, S. Chand & Co., 2003. Ramchandra and Gehlot, “Limit State Design of Steel Structures”, Scientific Publishers, 2010.
• P. Srinivasulu and G. V. Vaidyanathan, “Handbook of Machine Foundations”, Tata McGraw Hill, 2004.
• SP: 32–1986, “Hand Book on Functional Requirements of Industrial Buildings (Lighting and ventilation)”.
• G. W. Owens and P. R. Knowles, “Steel Designers’ Manual”, John Wiley & Sons, 2012.
• V. Kalayanaraman (editor), “Advances in Steel Structures”, Tata McGraw Hill, 1990.
• Krishnaraju N., “Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design”, CBS Publishers, 2013.
• K. K. McKelvey and Maxey Brooke, “The Industrial Cooling Tower”, Elsevier Publishing Co., 1959.