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Syllabus:
Civil Engineering
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Paper-I
Part-A
Engineering Mechanics,Strength of materials and Structural Analysis.
Engineering Mechanics :
Units and Dimensions, SI Units, Vectors, Concept of Force, Concept
of particle and rigid body. Concurrent, Non Concurrent and parallel
forces in a plane, moment of force and Varignon’s theorem, free body
diagram, conditions of equilibrium, Principle of virtual work,
equivalent force system.
First and Second Moment of area, Mass moment of Inertia.
Static Friction, Inclined Plane and bearings.
Kinematics and Kinetics :
Kinematics in Cartesian and Polar Co-ordinates, motion under uniform
and non uniform acceleration, motion under gravity. Kinetics of
particle : Momentum and Energy principles, D’ Alembert’s Principle,
Collision of elastic bodies, rotation of rigid bodies, simple
harmonic motion, Flywheel.
Strength of Materials :
Simple Stress and Strain, Elastic constants, axially loaded
compression members, Shear force and bending moment, theory of
simple bending, Shear Stress distribution across cross sections,
Beams of uniform strength, Leaf spring. Strain Energy in direct
stress, bending & shear.
Deflection of beams : Mecaulay’s method, Mohr’s Moment area method,
Conjugate beam method, unit load method. Torsion of Shafts,
Transmission of power, close coiled helical springs, Elastic
stability of columns, Euler’s Rankine’s and Secant formulae.
Principal Stresses and Strains in two dimensions, Mohr’s Circle,
Theories of Elastic Failure, Thin and Thick cylinder : Stresses due
to internal and external pressure–Lame’s equations.
Structural Analysis :
Castiglianio’s theorems I and II, unit load method of consistent
deformation applied to beams and pin jointed trusses.
Slope-deflection, moment distribution, Kani’s method of analysis and
column Analogy method applied to indeterminate beams and rigid
frames.
Rolling loads and Influences lines : Influences lines for Shear
Force and Bending moment at a section of beam. Criteria for maximum
shear force and bending Moment in beams traversed by a system of
moving loads. Influences lines for simply supported plane pin
jointed trusses.
Arches : Three hinged, two hinged and fixed arches, rib shortening
and temperature effects, influence lines in arches.
Matrix methods of analysis : Force method and displacement method of
analysis of indeterminate beams and rigid frames.
Plastic Analysis of beams and frames : Theory of plastic bending,
plastic analysis, statical method, Mechanism method.
Unsymmetrical bending : Moment of inertia, product of inertia,
position of Neutral Axis and Principle axes, calculation of bending
stresses.
Part–B
Design of Structures : Steel, Concrete and Masonry Structures.
Structural Steel Design :
Structural Steel : Factors of safety and load factors. Rivetted,
bolted and welded joints and connections. Design of tension and
compression member, beams of built up section, rivetted and welded
plate girders, gantry girders, stancheons with battens and lacings,
slab and gussetted column bases.
Design of highway and railway bridges : Through and deck type plate
girder, Warren girder, Pratt truss.
Design of Concrete and Masonry Structures :
Concept of mix design. Reinforced Concrete : Working Stress and
Limit State method of design–Recommendations of I.S. codes Design of
one way and two way slabs, stair-case slabs, simple and continuous
beams of rectangular, T and L sections. Compression members under
direct load with or without eccentricity, Isolated and combined
footings.
Cantilever and Counterfort type retaining walls.
Water tanks : Design requirements for Rectangular and circular tanks
resting on ground.
Prestressed concrete : Methods and systems of prestressing,
anchorages, Analysis and design of sections for flexure based on
working stress, loss of prestress.
Design of brick masonry as per I.S. Codes
Design of masonry retaining walls.
Part-C
Fluid Mechanics, Open Channel Flow and Hydraulic Machines
Fluid Mechanics : Fluid properties and their role in fluid
motion, fluid statics including forces acting on plane and curve
surfaces.
Kinematics and Dynamics of Fluid flow : Velocity and accelerations,
stream lines, equation of continuity, irrotational and rotational
flow, velocity potential and stream functions, flownet, methods of
drawing flownet, sources and sinks, flow separation, free and forced
vortices.
Control volume equation, continuity, momentum, energy and moment of
momentum equations from control volume equation, Navier-Stokes
equation, Euler’s equation of motion, application to fluid flow
problems, pipe flow, plane, curved, stationary and moving vanes,
sluice gates, weirs, orifice meters and Venturi meters.
Dimensional Analysis and Similitude : Buckingham’s
Pi-theorem, dimensionless parameters, similitude theory, model laws,
undistorted and distorted models.
Laminar Flow : Laminar flow between parallel,
stationary and moving plates, flow through tube.
Boundary layer : Laminar and turbulent boundary layer on a
flat plate, laminar sublayer, smooth and rough boundaries, drag and
lift.
Turbulent flow through pipes : Characteristics of turbulent flow,
velocity distribution and variation of pipe friction factor,
hydraulic grade line and total energy line, siphons, expansion and
contractions in pipes, pipe networks, water hammer in pipes and
surge tanks.
Open channel flow : Uniform and non-uniform flows, momentum
and energy correction factors, specific energy and specific force,
critical depth, resistance equations and variation of roughness
coefficient, rapidly varied flow, flow in contractions, flow at
sudden drop, hydraulic jump and its applications surges and waves,
gradually varied flow, classification of surface profiles, control
section, step method of integration of varied flow equation, moving
surges and hydraulic bore.
Hydraulic Machines and Hydropower :
Centrifugal pumps–Types, characteristics, Net Positive Suction
Height (NPSH), specific speed. Pumps in parallel.
Reciprocating pumps, Airvessels, Hydraulic ram, efficiency
parameters, Rotary and positive displacement pumps, diaphragm and
jet pumps.
Hydraulic turbines, types classification, Choice of turbines,
performance parameters, controls, characteristics, specific speed.
Principles of hydropower development. Type, layouts and Component
works. Surge tanks, types and choice. Flow duration curves and
dependable flow. Storage an pondage. Pumped storage plants. Special
features of mini, micro-hydel plants.
Part-D
Geo Technical Engineering
Types of soil, phase relationships, consistency limits particles
size distribution, classifications of soil, structure and clay
mineralogy.
Capillary water and structural water, effectives trees and pore
water pressure, Darcy’s Law, factors affecting permeability,
determination of permeability, permeability of stratified soil
deposits.
Seepage pressure, quick sand condition, compressibility and
consolidation, Terzaghi’s theory of one dimensional consolidation,
consolidation test.
Compaction of soil, field control of compaction. Total stress and
effective stress parameters, pore pressure coefficients.
Shear strength of soils, Mohr Coulomb failure theory, Shear tests.
Earth pressure at rest, active and passive pressures, Rankine’s
theory, Coulomb’s wedge theory, earth pressure on retaining wall,
sheetpile walls, Braced excavation.
Bearing capacity, Terzaghi and other important theories, net and
gross bearing pressure.
Immediate and consolidation settlement.
Stability of slope, Total Stress and Effective Stress methods,
Conventional methods of slices, stability number.
Subsurface exploration, methods of boring, sampling, penetration
tests, pressure meter tests.
Essential features of foundation, types of foundation, design
criteria, choice of type of foundation, stress distribution in
soils, Boussinessq’s theory, Newmarks’s chart, pressure bulb,
contact pressure, applicability of different bearing capacity
theories, evaluation of bearing capacity from field tests, allowable
bearing capacity, Settlement analysis, allowable settlement.
Proportioning of footing, isolated and combined footings, rafts,
buoyancy rafts, Pile foundation, types of piles, pile capacity,
static and dynamic analysis, design of pile groups, pile load test,
settlement of piles, lateral capacity. Foundation for Bridges.
Ground improvement techniques–preloading, sand drains, stone column,
grouting, soil stabilisation.
Paper-II
Part-A
Construction Technology, Equipment, Planning and Management
1. Construction Technology :
Engineering Materiels :
Physical properties of construction materials : Stones, Bricks and
Tiles; Lime, Cement and Surkhi Mortars; Lime Concrete and Cement
Concrete, Properties of freshly mixed and hardened concrete,
Flooring Tiles, use of ferro-cement, fibre-reinforced and polymer
concrete, high strength concrete and light weight concrete. Timber :
Properties and uses; defects in timber; seasoning and preservation
of timber. Plastics, rubber and damp-proofing materials, termite
proofing, Materials, for Low cost housing.
Construction :
Building components and their functions; Brick masonry : Bonds,
jointing. Stone masonry. Design of Brick masonry walls as per I.S.
codes, factors of safety, serviceability and strength requirements;
plastering, pointing. Types of Floors & Roofs. Ventilators, Repairs
in buildings.
Functional planning of building : Building orientation, circulation,
grouping of areas, privacy concept and design of energy efficient
building; provisions of National Building Code.
Building estimates and specifications; Cost of works; valuation.
2. Construction Equipment :
Standard and special types of equipment, Preventive maintenance and
repair, factors affecting the selection of equipment, economical
life, time and motion study, capital and maintenance cost.
Concreting equipments : Weigh batcher, mixer, vibration,
batching plant, Concrete pump.
Earth-work equipment : Power shovel hoe, bulldozer, dumper,
trailors, and tractors, rollers, sheep foot roller.
3. Construction Planning and Management : Construction
activity, schedules, job layout, bar charts, organization of
contracting firms, project control and supervision. Cost reduction
measures.
Newwork analysis : CPM and PERT analysis, Float Times,
cashing of activities, contraction of network for cost optimization,
up dating, Cost analysis and resource allocation.
Elements of Engineering Economics, methods of appraisal, present
worth, annual cost, benefit-cost, incremental analysis. Economy of
scale and size. Choosing between alternatives including levels of
investments. Project profitability.
Part-B
Survey and Transportation Engineering
Survey : Common methods of distance and angle measurements,
plane table survey, levelling traverse survey, triangulation survey,
corrections, and adjustments, contouring, topographical map.
Surveying instruments for above purposes. Techeometry. Circular and
transition curves. Principles of photogrammetry.
Railways : Permanent way, sleepers, rail fastenings, ballast,
points and crossings, design of turn outs, stations and yards,
turntables, signals, and interlocking, level-crossing. Construction
and maintenance of permanent ways : Superelevlation, creep of rail,
ruling gradient, track resistance, tractive effort, relaying of
track.
Highway Engineering : Principles of highway planning, Highway
alignments. Geometrical design : Cross section, camber,
superelevation, horizontal and vertical curves. Classification of
roads : low cost roads, flexible pavements, rigid pavements. Design
of pavements and their construction, evaluation of pavement failure
and strengthening.
Drainage of roads : Surface and sub-surface drainage.
Traffic Engineering : Forecasting techniques, origin and destination
survey, highway capacity. Channelised and unchannelised
intersections, rotary design elements, markings, sign, signals,
street lighting; Traffic surveys. Principle of highway financing.
Part-C
Hydrology, Water Resources and Engineering :
Hydrology : Hydrological cycle, precipitation, evaporation,
transpiration, depression storage, infiltration, overland flow,
hydrograph, flood frequency analysis, flood estimation, flood
routing through a reservoir, channel flow routing-Muskingam method.
Ground water flow : Specific yield, storage coefficient,
coefficient of permeability, confined and unconfined equifers,
aquifers, aquitards, radial flow into a well under confined and
unconfined conditions, tube wells, pumping and recuperation tests,
ground water potential.
Water Resources Engineering : Ground and surface water
resource, single and multipurpose projects, storage capacity of
reservoirs, reservoir losses, reservoir sedimentation, economics of
water resources projects.
Irrigation Engineering : Water requirements of crops :
consumptive use, quality of water for irrigation, duty and delta,
irrigation methods and their efficiencies.
Canals : Distribution systems for canal irrigation, canal capacity,
canal losses, alignment of main and distributory canals, most
efficient section, lined canals, their design, regime theory,
critical shear stress, bed load, local and suspended load transport,
cost analysis of lined and unlied canals, drainage behind lining.
Water logging : causes and control, drainage system design,
salinity.
Canal structures : Design of cross regulators, head regulators,
canal falls, aqueducts, metering flumes and canal outlets.
Diversion head work : Principles and design of weirs of permeable
and impermeable foundation, Khosla’s theory, energy dissipation,
stilling basin, sediment excluders.
Storage works : Types of dams, design, principles of rigid gravity
and earth dams, stability analysis, foundation treatment, joints and
galleries, control of seepage.
Spillways : Spillway types, crest gates, energy dissipation.
River training : Objectives of river training, methods of river
training.
Part-D
Environmental Engineering
Water Supply : Estimation of surface and subsurface water
resources, predicting demand for water, impurities, of water and
their significance, physical, chemical and bacteriological analysis,
waterborne diseases, standards for potable water.
Intake of water :pumping and gravity schemes. Water treatment
: principles of coagulation, flocculation and sedimentation; slow-;
rapid-, pressure-, filters; chlorination, softening, removal of
taste, odour and salinity.
Water storage and distribution : storage and balancing
reservoirs : types, location and capacity. Distribution system :
layout, hydraulics of pipe lines, pipe fittings, valves including
check and pressure reducing valves, meters, analysis of distribution
systems, leak detection, maintenance of distribution systems,
pumping stations and their operations.
Sewerage systems : Domestic and industrial wastes, storm
sewage–separate and combined systems, flow through sewers, design of
sewers, sewer appurtenances, manholes, inlets, junctions, siphon.
Plumbing in public buildings.
Sewage characterisation : BOD, COD, solids, dissolved oxygen,
nitrogen and TOC. Standards of disposal in normal water course and
on land.
Sewage treatment : Working principles, units, chambers,
sedimentation tanks, trickling filters, oxidation ponds, activated
sludge process, septic tank, disposal of sludge, recycling of waste
water.
Solid waste : collection and disposal in rural and urban
contexts, management of long-term ill-effects.
Environmental pollution : Sustainable development.
Radioactive wastes and disposal. Environmental impact assessment for
thermal power plants, mines, river valley projects. Air pollution.
Pollution control acts.
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