VAAGDEVI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

(UGC Autonomous)
Accredited by NAAC with ‘A’ Grade
(Approved by AICTE, New Delhi and Affiliated to JNTUH)

BOLLIKUNTA, WARANGAL – 506 005

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

GUIDELINES FOR PREPARATION OF PROJECT REPORT FOR M. TECH.
PROGRAMME

1. ARRANGEMENT OF CONTENTS:

The sequence in which the project report material should be arranged and bound should
be as follows:

1. Cover Page & Title Page

2. Bonafide Certificate
3. Abstract
4. Acknowledgement
5. Table of Contents
6. List of Tables
7. List of Figures
8. List of Symbols, Abbreviations and Nomenclature
9. Chapters
10. Appendices
11. References

The table and figures shall be introduced in the appropriate places.

2. PAGE DIMENSION AND BINDING SPECIFICATIONS:

The dimension of the project report should be in A4 size. The project report should be
bound using flexible cover of the thick white art paper. The cover should be printed in black
letters and the text for printing should be identical. The report should have the following page
margins:
Top edge : 30 to 35 mm
Bottom edge : 25 to 30 mm
Left side : 35 to 40 mm
Right side : 20 to 25 mm
3. REPORT PREPARATION FORMAT:

The general text of project shall be typed in font style Times New Roman and
font size 12 with 1.5 spacing.
The headings of all items 2 to 10 listed in section 1 should be typed in Bold capital
letters font style Times New Roman and font size 14 and centered 50mm below the top of the
page. The general text should commence 2 spaces below this heading.

3.1 Cover Page & Title Page – A specimen copy of the Cover page & Title page of the
project report are given in Appendix 1.

3.2 Bonafide Certificate – The Bonafide Certificate shall be in as per the format shown in
Appendix 2 . If Joint Supervisor is involved, a second column may be added after the
Supervisor with the details as similar to that of Supervisor.

3.3 Abstract – Abstract should be an essay type of narration not exceeding two pages
Outlining the research problem, the methodology used for tackling it and a summary of
the findings, typed in 1.5 line spacing , font style Times New Roman and font size 12.

3.4 Acknowledgement – The acknowledgement shall be brief and should not exceed one
page, typed in 1.5 spacing, font style Times New Roman and font size 12 . The student’s
signature shall be made at the right bottom above his / her name typed in capitals. The
sample format shown in Appendix 3.

3.5 Table of Contents – The table of contents should list all sections and sub sections of
all chapters. One and a half spacing should be adopted for typing the matter under
this head. A specimen copy of the Table of Contents of the project report is given in
Appendix 4.

3.6 List of Tables – The list should use exactly the same captions as they appear above
the table in the text. One and a half spacing should be adopted for typing the matter
under this head.
 3.7 List of Figures – The list should use exactly the same captions as they appear below
the figures in the text. One and a half spacing should be adopted for typing the matter
under this head.

3.8 List of Symbols, Abbreviations and Nomenclature – One and a half spacing should
be adopted or typing the matter under this head. Standard symbols, abbreviations etc.
should be used.

3.9 Chapters – The chapters may include

 Chapter I - Introduction
 Chapter II - Literature Review
 Chapter III - Theoretical Background / Concepts/ Methodology /Design/Modeling
 The other chapters may include Results of Analytical / Design / Modeling and
Simulation / Experimental study and discussion as applicable.
 Conclusions and Scope for future work
 Appendices (if any)
 References (must also be included in text)

Each chapter should be given an appropriate title. The each chapter may be divided
into several sections and sub-sections. Sections should be typed in Times New Roman,
Font size 12 bold, with left aligned capital letters and Sub - Sections should be typed in
Times New Roman, Font size 12, with left aligned bold Title case. Tables and Figures in a
chapter should be placed in the immediate reference where they are cited.

3.10 Appendices – Appendices are provided to give supplementary information, which is

included in the main text may serve as a distraction and cloud the central theme.

 Appendices should be numbered using Arabic numerals, e.g. Appendix 1,

Appendix 2, etc.
 Appendices, Tables and References appearing in appendices should be numbered
and referred to at appropriate places just as in the case of chapters.
 3.11 List of References –The listing of references should be typed 4 spaces below the
heading “REFERENCES” in alphabetical order in single spacing left – justified. The
reference material should be listed in the alphabetical order of the first author. The name
of the author/authors should be immediately followed by the year and other details.

A typical illustrative list given below relates to the citation example quoted above.

REFERENCES

1. Ariponnammal, S. and Natarajan, S. (1994) ‘Transport Phonomena of Sm Sel – X

Asx’, Pramana – Journal of Physics Vol.42, No.1, pp.421-425.

2. Barnard, R.W. and Kellogg, C. (1980) ‘Applications of Convolution Operators to

Problems in Univalent Function Theory’, Michigan Mach, J., Vol.27, pp.81–94.

3. Shin, K.G. and Mckay, N.D. (1984) ‘Open Loop Minimum Time Control of
Mechanical Manipulations and its Applications’, Proc.Amer.Contr.Conf., San Diego,
CA, pp. 1231-1236.

4. NUMBERING INSTRUCTIONS

4.1 Page Numbering

All pages numbers (whether it be in Roman or Arabic numbers) should be typed Bottom
centered with font size 12, Times New Roman.
The preliminary pages of the thesis (such as Title page, Bonafide Certificate,
Acknowledgement, Table of Contents etc.) should be numbered in lower case Roman numerals.
The title page will be numbered as (i) but this should not be typed. The page
immediately following the title page shall be numbered (ii) and next page (iii) etc..
Pages of main text, starting with Chapter 1 should be consecutively numbered using
Arabic numerals (1,2,…..)

4.2 Numbering of Tables and Figures

Tables and Figures appearing anywhere in the thesis should bear appropriate numbers.
The rule for assigning such numbers is illustrated through an example. Thus, if a figure in
Chapter 3, happens to be the fourth then assign 3.4 to that figure. Identical rules apply for tables
except that the word Figure is replaced by the word Table. A table continued into the next page
should have a caption like, Table 2.1 (continued), placed centrally and underlined.
4.3 Numbering of Equations
Equations appearing in each Chapter or Appendix should be numbered serially, the
numbering shall commence freshly for each Chapter or Appendix. Thus for example, an
equation appearing in Chapter 2, if it happens to be the eighth equation in that Chapter should
be numbered (2.8), while referring to this equation in the body of the text it should be referred
to as Equation (2.8).

5.0 NUMBER OF COPIES TO BE SUBMITTED FOR EVALUATION:

Seven copies are to be submitted to the department where the student is studying
(one copy to each student in the batch, one copy to supervisor, one copy to Department library
& one copy to Main Library), if four student in the batch.

6.0 SIZE OF REPORT:

The size of report should not be less than 40 pages (with more emphasis on results and
discussions) of typed matter reckoned from the first page of Chapter 1 to the last page of the
Appendix.

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 APPENDIX 1
(A typical Specimen of Cover Page & Title Page)
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TITLE OF PROJECT REPORT

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Submitted as partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Major/Mini Project for the
award of the degree of Master of Technology in Structural Engineering
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Submitted by
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STUDENT NAME 1 (HT,No.)

STUDENT NAME 2 (HT,No.)
STUDENT NAME 3 (HT,No.)
STUDENT NAME 4 (HT,No.)
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Under the Guidance of

NAME OF THE SUPERVISOR

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NAME OF THE DEPARTMENT

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NAME OF THE COLLEGE

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MONTH & YEAR

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SPECIMEN

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION ON HIGH STRENGTH

CONCRETE USING ADMIXTURES

Submitted as partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Major/Mini Project for the
award of the degree of Master of Technology in Structural Engineering

Submitted by

STUDENT NAME 1 (HT,No.)

Under the Guidance of

NAME OF THE SUPERVISOR

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

VAAGDEVI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

(UGC Autonomous)
(Accredited by NAAC with ‘A’ Grade)
(Approved by AICTE, New Delhi and Affiliated to JNTUH)
BOLLIKUNTA, WARANGAL – 506 005

MAY 2020
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BONAFIDE CERTIFICATE
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This is to certify that the project titled “TITLE OF THE PROJECT” is a bonafide
record of work done by
Student Name 1 (HT No)
Student Name 2 (HT No)
Student Name 3 (HT No)
in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Major Project for the award of the
degree of Master of Technology in Structural Engineering of Vaagdevi College of
Engineering Boulikunta, Warangal – 506 005.
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<<Signature of the Supervisor >> <<Signature of the Head of the Department >>
SIGNATURE SIGNATURE

<<Name>> <<Name>>
SUPERVISOR HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT
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<<Department>> <<Department>>

<<Full address of the Dept & College >> <<Full address of the Dept & College >>

Submitted for the Project Viva-Voce Examination on __________________

INTERNAL EXAMINER EXTERNAL EXAMINER

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
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We would like to express our gratitude to all the people behind the screen who
helped me to transform an idea into a real application.
We would like to express our heart-felt gratitude to our parents without whom we
would not have been privileged to achieve and fulfil our dreams. We are grateful to our
Principal, Dr. K. Prakash who mostly ably run the institution and has had the major hand in
enabling me to do our project.
We profoundly thank Dr. R. Bharathi Murugan, Head of the Department of Civil
Engineering who has been an excellent guide and also a Great source of inspiration to our work.
We would like to thank our supervisor Name, Designation, Department of Civil
Engineering, Vaagdevi College of Engineering, for his technical guidance, constant
encouragement and support in carrying out our project at college.
This satisfaction and euphoria that accompany the successful completion of the task
would be great but incomplete without the mention of the people who made it possible with
their constant guidance and encouragement crowns all the efforts with success. In this context,
I would like to thank all the other staff members, both teaching and non-teaching, who have
extended their timely help and eased my task.
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Student Name 1 (HT No)

Student Name 2 (HT No)

Student Name 3 (HT No)

Student Name 4 (HT No)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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CHAPTER NO. TITLE PAGE NO.

ABSTRACT iii
LIST OF TABLE xvi
LIST OF FIGURES xviii
LIST OF SYMBOLS xxvii

1. INTRODUCTION 1

1.1 GENERAL 1
1.2 ............. 2
1.2.1 General 5
1.2.2 . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1.2.2.1 General 19
1.2.2.2 . . . . . . . . . . 25
1.2.2.3 . . . . . . . . . . 29
1.2.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
1.3 . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 45
1.4 .................. 58
2. LITERATURE REVIEW 69
2.1 GENERAL 75
2.2 .......... 99
2.2 ……………. 100

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