Dissertations/Theses - Department of Civil Engineering: Recent submissions

  • Health impacts of urban water supply on the vulnerable communities of selected areas of Dhaka city 
    Zamil Hossain Munshi, Md. (Department of Civil Engineering (CE), 2011-12)
    Water plays a vital role to shape up the health quality of dwellers of Dhaka city. Quite a large number of people are usually affected by waterborne diseases in each year and various studies reveal that due to presence ...
  • Study on hospital waste management in Dhaka city 
    Shehab Ullah, Md. (Department of Civil Engineering (CE), 1999-03)
    Proper and safe management of hospital waste is recognized worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO), the Union of European Communities and numerous Environmental Protection Agencies (EPA) have emphasized the need ...
  • Study of healthcare waste management in Chandpur pourashava 
    Shariful Haque, Md. (Department of Civil Engineering (CE), 2008-04)
    The management of health care waste is an emergent public health and environment problem in Hangladesh. But it is receiving improper attention in spite of its potential health risk till to date. The rapid growth of health ...
  • Slope stability and settlement analysis of Dhaka flood protection embankment 
    Shamsul Islam, Md. (Department of Civil Engineering (CE), 2000-01)
    The severe flooding in 1987 and 1988 led to the design and construction of about 30 kIn long flood control embankment on the Western side of Dhaka city. In some of the stretches, the embankment crossed silted up channels ...
  • Effects of pre-chlorination on alum coagulation 
    Saifuddin, Mohammad (Department of Civil Engineering (CE), 2007-11)
    Chlorine is one of the most important disinfectants for purifying water. Purification of water is a vital concern for mankind since it is directly linked with human welfare. Many treatment plants use surface water sources ...
  • Approaches to restore water quality of Buriganga river 
    Paul, Subrata (Department of Civil Engineering, BUET, 2008-10)
    Over the last few decades environment and its pollution is the governing concern for the human being in this planet. People become conscious about the changing of their surrounding. Global warming, Acid rain are now very ...
  • Groundwater quality and aquifer vulnerability assessment of several northern districts of Bangladesh 
    Salah Uddin, Mohammad (Department of Civil Engineering (CE), 2009-03)
    The quality of ground water depends on various chemical constituents and their concentration. The present study area covers several northern districts of Bangladesh and includes 28 upazilas under Dinajpur, Thakurgaon, ...
  • Study of pharmaceutical liquid waste 
    Sanaul Haque, Mohammad (Department of Civil Engineering (CE), 1994-04)
    Pharmaceutical industries are now increasing in Bangladesh along with other industries. The liquid wastes of those industries are discharged to nearby natural stream, surface drain, lowland or ditch. The effluents contain ...
  • Determination of relative density of sand using dynamic cone resistance data 
    Shahadat Hossain, Mohammad (Department of Civil Engineering (CE), 2009-05)
    Sand fill beneath the structure and surrounding area should be well compacted to make it non liquefiable. Once a structure is constructed on liquefiable soil, mitigation measures become very expensive. Therefore, it is ...
  • Nonlinear time history analysis of reinforced concrete frames with brick masonry infill 
    Shaiful Islam Bhuiyan, Mohammad (Department of Civil Engineering (CE), 2007-10)
    In Bangladesh, most of the multistoriedbuildingsare found to have open storeyat ground floor with masonryintillin the upper stories.This is primarilybeing adoptedto accommodate parking or reception lobbies in the ground ...
  • Strength and deformation anisotropy of clays 
    Shariful islam, Mohammad (Department of Civil Engineering (CE), 1999-09)
    A senes of laboratory tests was performed on specially prepared specimen of clay soil in undisturbed, reconstituted and compacted conditions to study the stress and defol111ation anisotropy. Clay soils in both undisturbed ...
  • Analysis of tall buildings with interconnected shear walls and frames 
    Mohammed Abdul Mannan (Department of Civil Engineering (CE), 1978-03)
    For abstract please see full text
  • Bearing capacity of trip footing on sand 
    Mohammed Abdul Quadir (Department of Civil Engineering (CE), 1990-10)
    A study on the behavior of a centrally loaded artificially prepared air dry sand layer is thesis. The study is concerned with the apparatus to study the bearing capacity constituted of selected sands of Bangladesh. strip ...
  • Accident black spots identification for safety improvement on a section of Dhaka-Chittagong highway 
    Abdus Samad, Mohammed (Department of Civil Engineering (CE), 2003-01)
    This thesis presents the findings of the study concerned with accident blackspot identification for improvement of safety on the Jatrabari-Kanchpur Bridge section of Dhaka-Chitlagong highway. The selected section of ...
  • Stabilization of heavy metals in industrial sludge with concrete mix 
    Abed Hossain, Mohammed (Department of Civil Engineering (CE), 2004-04)
    Leaching from industrial sludge is a growing problem worldwide, especially in developing countries like Bangladesh where the industrial sludge is usually highly polluted with persistent toxic heavy metals and bio-organics. ...
  • Investigation of shear capacity of brick aggregate concrete beams without web reinforcement 
    Mohammed Hossain (Department of Civil Engineering (CE), 1984-12)
    For abstract please see full text
  • Evaluation of traffic operating conditions on two urban arterials in metropolitan Dhaka 
    Abdul Monayem, Mohd. (Department of Civil Engineering (CE), 2002-01)
    The traffic operating conditions on two urban arterials- Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue and Mirpur Road were assessed in this research work. The operating condition was measured in terms of the familiar level of service (LOS) ...
  • Identification of causes of arsenic contamination in graoundwater of Bangladsh 
    Aktarul Islam Chowdhury, Mohammod (Department of Civil Engineering (CE), 2006-09)
    Arsenic contamination of groundwater in shallow aquifers has become a scvere water supply and hcalth problem in many parts of Bangladesh. A national survey has idcntified 1.44 million tubewell contaminated with arsenic ...
  • Characterisation of bituminous macadam for road construction in Bangladesh 
    Abdus Sobhan, Mohd. (Department of Civil Engineering (CE), 1987-10)
    In this investigation an attempt is made to study the characteristics of bituminous macadam for road construction in Bangladesh. This study includes the selection of a suitable aggregate grading for bituminous macadam ...
  • Study on Techniques of arsenic removal from drinking water 
    Khan, Mohiuddin Md. Taimuf (Department of Civil Engineering (CE), 1999-07)
    Arsenic is an element with metalloid properties. It may be organic or inorganic. Arsenic occurs naturally in all environmental media and is usually present in thc fOlll1 of compounds with sulfur and with many metals like ...

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