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Syllabus:
Civil Engineering Preliminary |
Part-A
1. 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 Moments 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.
2. 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 and
shear.
Deflection of beams : Macaulay's method, Mohr's moment area method,
Conjugate
beam method, unit load method. Torsion of Shafts, Transmission of
power,
closecoiled 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 cylinders :
Stresses due to
internal and external pressures-Lame's equation.
3. Structural Analysis : Analysis of pin jointed plane
trusses, deflection in
trusses. Three hinged and two hinged arches, rib shortening,
temperature
effects, influence lines in arches. Analysis of propped cantilevers,
fixed
beams, continuous beams and rigid frames. Slope deflection, moment
distribution,, Kani's method and Matrix method : Force and
Displacement methods.
Rolling loads and influece lines for determinate beams and pin
jointed trusses.
Part-B
Geotechnical Engineering: Types of soil, field identification
and
classification, phase relationships, consistency limits, particle
size
distribution, classification of soil, structure and clay mineralogy.
Capillary water and structural water, effective stress 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, optimum moisture content, Proctor Density.
Subsurface exploration, methods of boring, sampling, types of
sampler, field
tests.
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.
Bearing capacity, Terzaghi and other important theories, net and
gross bearing
pressure, Immediate and consolidation settlement.
Load carrying capacity of pile groups.
Stability of slope-Conventional method of slices, stability numbers.
Transporation Engineering : Highway alignment, choice of
layout and capacity of
highways, location survey, geometric design of highways-various
elements,
curves, grade separation and segregation of traffic, intersection
design,
highway materials and testing subgrade and pavement components,
types of
pavements, road drainage, elements of airport engineering.
Railway engineering-elements of permanent track-rails, sleepers,
ballast and
rail fastenings, tractive resistance, elements of geometric
design-gradients and
grade compensation on curves, cant transition curves and vertical
curves,
stresses in railway tracks, points and crossings, signalling and
interlocking,
maintenance of railway track. Culverts and small bridges.
Part-C
Fluid Mechanics: fluid properties, fluid statics, forces on
plane and curved
surfaces, stability of floating and submerged bodies.
Kinematics: Velocity, streamlines, continuity equation,
accelerations
irrotational and rotational flow, velocity potential and stream
functions,
flownet, separation.
Dynamics: Euler's equation along streamline, control volume
equation,
continuity, momentum, energy and moment of momentum equation from
control volume
equation, applications to pipe flow, moving vanes, moment of
momentum,
Dimensional analysis.
Boundary layer on a flat plate, drag and lift on bodies. Laminar and
Turbulent
Flows. Laminar and turbulent flow through pipes, friction factor
variation, pipe
networks, water hammer, and surge tanks.
Open Channel Flow: Energy and momentum correction factors, uniform
and
non-uniform flows, specific energy and specific force, critical
depth, Friction
factors and roughness coefficients, flow in transitions, free
overfall, weirs,
hydraulic jump, surges, gradually varied flow equations, surface
profiles,
moving hydraulic jump.
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, water borne 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 reservoir
types, location
and capacity. Distribution systems: 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, juctions, 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
tank,
trickling filters, oxidation ponds, activated sludge process, septic
tank,
disposal of sludge, recycling of waste water.
Construction Management : Elements and principles of Activity on
Arrow (AOA) and
Activity on Node (AON) networks and work breakdown structure.
Interfaces. Ladder
networks. Activity time. Time computations and floats. ATC and PTC
trade-off.
Work study and sampling. Scheduling principles-material schedules.
ABC and EOQ
analysis of inventory. Budgeting with barcharts. Working capital.
PERT,
probability of completion.
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.
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