VELAMMAL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, MADURAI – 625 009.

(Autonomous)

FORMAT FOR PREPARATION OF B. E. / B. TECH., PROJECT REPORT

1. ARRANGEMENT OF CONTENTS:

The sequence in which the content project report of to be arranged is as follows:

1. Cover Page & Title Page
2. Bonafide Certificate
3. Abstract
4. Table of Contents
5. List of Tables
6. List of Figures
7. List of Symbols, Abbreviations and Nomenclature
8. Chapters
9. Appendices
10. References

The tables 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.

3. PREPARATION FORMAT:

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 double line spacing using
Font
Style Times New Roman and Font Size 14, as per the format in Appendix
2.

(i) The certificate shall carry the supervisor’s signature followed by his/her name,
academic designation (not any other responsibilities of administrative nature), department
and full address of the Institution where the supervisor has guided the student. The
term ‘SUPERVISOR’ must be typed in capital letters between the supervisor’s
name and academic designation.
(ii) The second bonafide certificate shall be attached for the Industrial project undergone by
the students.

3.3 Abstract – Abstract should be one page write-up of the project report typed double line
spacing, Font Style Times New Roman and Font Size 14.
3.4 Table of Contents – The table of contents should list all material following it as well as any
material which precedes it. The title page and Bonafide Certificate w i l l not find a place
among the items listed in the Table of Contents but the page numbers of which are in lower
case Roman letters. 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 3.

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

3.6 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.

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

3.8 Chapters – The chapters may be broadly divided into 3 parts (i) Introductory c h a p t e r , (ii)
Chapters developing the main theme of the project work (iii) and Conclusion.

The main text will be divided into several chapters and each chapter may be further
divided into several divisions and sub-divisions.

 Each chapter should be given an appropriate title.

 Tables and figures in a chapter should be placed in the immediate vicinity of the
reference where they are cited.
 Footnotes should be used sparingly. They should be typed single space and placed
directly underneath in the very same page, which refers to the material they annotate.

3.9 Appendices – Appendices are provided to give supplementary information, which i s 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, App

endix
2, etc.
 Appendices, Tables and References appearing in appendices should be numbered and
referred to as appropriate places just as in the case of chapters.
 Appendices shall carry the title of the work reported and the same title shall be
made in the contents page also.
3.10 List of References – The list of references should be typed 4 spaces below the heading
“REFERENCES” in alphabetical o r d e r in single spacing left justified. The references
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 example is quoted below:

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.8 1–94.

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.

3.10.1 Tables and figures - By the word Table, is meant tabulated numerical data i n the body of
the project report as well as in the appendices. All other non-verbal materials used in the
body of the project work and appendices such as charts, graphs, maps, photographs and
diagrams may be designated as figures.

4. TYPING INSTRUCTIONS:

The impression on the typed copies should be black in colour.

One and a half spacing should be used for typing the general text. The general text shall be
typed in the Font style ‘Times New Roman’ and Font size 14.

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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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A PROJECT REPORT
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Submitted by
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NAME OF THE CANDIDATE(S) (Reg. No.)

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in partial fulfillment for the award of the

degree of

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NAME OF THE DEGREE

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in

BRANCH OF STUDY
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VELAMMAL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

MADURAI – 625 009
(Autonomous)
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MONTH & YEAR

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SPECIMEN
SOME PERFORMANCE ASPECTS CONSIDERATIONS OF
A CLASS OF ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK

A PROJECT REPORT

Submitted by

SANDHYA A (913123103001)

GAYATHRI R (913123103002)

in partial fulfillment for the award of the degree of

BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING

in

CIVIL ENGINEERING

VELAMMAL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

MADURAI – 625 009
(Autonomous)

MAY 2024
 APPENDIX 2
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VELAMMAL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, MADURAI 625 009
(AUTONOMOUS)
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Department of Civil Engineering

BONAFIDE CERTIFICATE
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This is to Certify that this project report “……….TITLE OF THE

PROJECT……………..” is the bonafide work of “…………..NAME OF THE

CANDIDATE(S) (Reg. No.).…………” who carried out the project work under my

supervision.

<<Signature of the Supervisor>> <<Signature of the Head of the Department>>

SIGNATURE SIGNATURE

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

Submitted for the End Semester Viva Voce Examination held on ______________ at
Velammal College of Engineering and Technology, Madurai.

INTERNAL EXAMINER EXTERNAL EXAMINER

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER NO. TITLE PAGE NO.

ABSTRACT iii
LIST OF TABLES 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