CONTENTS Foreword by R Natarajan v Foreword by D V Singh vii Preface ix From the President s Desk xi CIVIL ENGINEERING Delhi Flyovers-On the Fast Track 3 Mahesh Tandon Modern Techniques of Geotechnical Investigation 11 V.M. Sharma In-Situ Characterisation of Rocks in the Himalayan Region 25 V.M. Sharma Analysis and Instrumentation of Underground Structures 50 V.M. Sharma CIS for Natural Resource Identification and Management 58 S. S. Chakraborty Better-built Structures and Sustainability 77 S. S. Chakraborty IT and CIS in Infrastructure Applications 86 S. S. Chakraborty I MECHANICAL ENGINEERING! Development of Non-conventional Energy Technologies 99 A. Ganguly Productivity Management 110 A. Ganguly Role of Earthmoving Equipment in Infrastructure Development Projects in India 119 K. Aprameyan Effect of Process Parameters on Bond Strength and Wear 140 Resistance of Thermally Sprayed Automotive Components N. Gowrishankar Piston Ring Materials and Processes For Enhanced Performance 149 N. Gowrishankar Industrial Application of Robotics 159 S. R. Seetaram Industrial Application of CAD-CAM 164 S. R. Seetaram Industrial Application of Computers in Maintenance 171 S. R. Seetaram Rubber Compounding Technology 177 R. Mukhopadhyay Mixing Technology 186 R. Mukhopadhyay Moulding Technology 198 R. Mukhopadhyay Water Management in Industry 210 Tuhin K. Roy Fluid Catalytic Cracking 224 Sobhan Ghosh Steam Refining-Gasification and Syngas Production Technologies 241 Sobhan Ghosh Refinery as a Source of Petrochemical Feedstock 253 Sobhan Ghosh ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Partial Discharge Measurements 267 S. Gopal High Voltage Measurement Techniques 282 S. Gopal Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) and Electromagnetic 298 Interference (EMI)-An Overview S. Gopal Power System Study/Planning Methodology 312 R V. Bala Subramanyam Generals about Power System Operations 315 P. V. Bala Subramanyam Role of Power System Stabilizers In Power Systems 326 P. V. Bala Subramanyam ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING J Optical Networking Overview: Trends/Technologies 339 V. Nagarajan Spectrally Constrained Near-Nyquist Pulse Design 347 S. Jayasimha and P. K. Singh Pragmatic TCM for 8-PSK in Satellite Communications 357 S. Jayasimha and P. Jyothendar Photovoltaic UPS 367 S. Jayasimha and T. P. Kumar Inertial Systems 379 S. N. Puri Access Technologies 384 S. S. Shekhawat AEROSPACE ENGINEERING Prospects for Further Work in the Rotary Wing Field with Alh as the Catalyst 397 K. S. Sudheendra Military Helicopters 403 K. S. Sudheendra Quality and Reliability 407 K. Sudhakara Rao Trajectory and Mission Design of Launch Vehicles 417 V. Adimurthy Space Debris: Magnitude of the Problem and Engineering Solutions to Its Mitigation 437 V. Adimurthy Re-entry of Objects from Geostationary Transfer Orbits 454 V. Adimurthy Advances in Inertial Sensors and Systems 467 Amitava Base Navigation of Launch Vehicles 488 Amitava Base Redundancy Management of Inertial Systems 492 Amitava Base Modeling, Analysis & Design of Control for Launch Vehicles (Part-I) 502 S. Dasgupta METALLURGY, MINING AND MATERIALS SCIENCE Underground Coal Mining Technology in Coal India Limited Present and Future 527 N. K. Sharma Selective Mining by Continuous Miner in Opencast Mines 538 N. K. Sharma Prospects of Smelting Reduction Processes 549 Amit Chatterjee Some Features of Iron-and Steel making in Integrated Steel Plants 559 Amit Chatterjee Trends in Production of Direct Reduced Iron with Particular Reference to India 582 Amit Chatterjee ENERGY SYSTEMS AND ENGINEERING, NUCLEAR ENGINEERING Coping With Time and Cost Over-runs In Project Management 599 Bhaskar Base MANAGEMENT Corporate Turnaround-A Case Study of TVS Motor Company Limited 609 N. S. Mohan Ram Structured New Product Development (NPD) Key to Quality 613 Assurance and Effectiveness N. S. Mohan Ram Enhancing Productivity of Vehicle Fleets 624 Surjit Singh