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General engineering: Unit 01

• DC circuits: Voltage and current sources, Kirchhoff’s laws and network solution, network analysis by mesh and node analysis, superposition theorem, Thevenin’s theorem, Norton’s theorem, delta-star transformation and vice-versa
• DC circuits: Maximum-power transfer theorem, energy storage elements, step response of RL, RC and RLC circuits
• Single phase AC fundamentals: Alternating current systems, waveform terms and definitions, average and R.M.S. values of alternating, quantities, phasor notation, solution and phasor diagram of single phase AC circuits with sinusoidal source excitation
• Three phase AC fundamentals: Disadvantages of single phase system, three phase voltages and currents, voltages and currents in star and delta connected systems, power in a three phase system, solution of three phase balanced circuits
• Three phase AC fundamentals: Power and power factor measurement by two wattmeter method
• Magnetic circuit: Introduction to magnetic circuit, magneto motive force and magnetic field strength, permeability of free space, relative permeability, reluctance, comparison of electric and magnetic circuits, B/H curve, magnetic circuits calculations
• Magnetic circuit: Self and mutual inductance
• Transformers: Introduction, basic principle, EMF equation, approximate equivalent circuit, phasor diagram, losses, efficiency and condition for maximum efficiency, voltage regulation, open circuit and short circuit tests
• Electric machines: Operating principle and application of DC machine as generator and motor, EMF and torque equations, methods of excitation. operating principle and applications of 3 phase squirrel cage and slip ring induction motors
• Electric machines: Equivalent circuit and torque speed characteristics (qualitative treatment), operating principle of single phase induction motor (split phase and capacitor motors), torque-speed characteristics (qualitative treatment)
• Electric machines: Principle of operation and applications of variable reluctance, permanent magnet and hybrid stepper motors, speed torque characteristics (qualitative approach

General engineering: Unit 02

• Semiconductor diode: PN-junction, junction theory, V-I characteristics of a PN-junction diode, ideal diode, use of diode in rectifiers: Half wave rectifiers, full wave rectifiers, Zener diode, varactor diode, light emitting diodes
• Bipolar junction transistor: Introduction, junction transistor structure, operation, transistor amplifying action, CB, CC and CE configuration, characteristics, application of transistor as an amplifier
• Field effect transistor: Introduction, types of FET’s, JFET’s, MOSFET, CMOS, characteristics, working, applications
• Operational amplifiers: Block diagram, characteristics of an ideal OP-AMP, application of OP-AMP as an inverting amplifier, phase shifter, scale changer, non-inverting amplifier, adder or summing amplifier, differential or difference amplifier, integrator
• Oscillators: Block diagram of feedback circuit used as an oscillator, Barkhausen criterion, types of oscillators
• Boolean algebra and logic gates: Binary and hexadecimal number system, BCD and weighted codes, binary arithmetic, logic-positive and negative logic, basic and universal logic gates. Boolean algebra and postulates, reduction of boolean expression
• Flip flops: Concept of flip-flops, RS, D, JK and T types, triggered and clocked, master slave, shift register, concept of synchronous and asynchronous counters. Half and full adder, subtractor, seven segment display, concept of mux, demux
• Flip flops: Decoder and encoder
• Test and measuring instruments: Block diagram, concept of digital electronic voltmeters, ammeter and wattmeter, CRO, signal generators, sensors and transducers and their classification. working principle of resistive, capacitive
• Test and measuring instruments: Capacitive, photosensitive and temperature transducers. Block diagram and working principle of analog and digital data acquisition system
• Communication: Basic concepts, modulation, need for modulation, introduction to AM, FM, PM

General engineering: Unit 03

• Introduction: Computer basic, block diagram of computer, memory hierarchy, types of RAM, secondary memory introduction to operating systems, programming languages, program structure, Linux shell commands, bourne shell, C shell, Korn shell
• Basic constructs of C: Keywords, identifiers, variables, symbolic constants, data types and their storage, operands, arithmetic operators, relational operators, logical operators, bitwise operators, increment and decrement operators, expressions
• Basic constructs of C: Conditional expressions, assignment operators and expressions, type conversions, precedence and order of evaluation, external variables and scope of variables. Basic input output, formatted I/O
• Program control flow: Statements and blocks, conditional statements, IF, else-IF, switch case statements, control loops, for, while and do-while, go to and labels
• Arrays and functions: Pointers and addresses, arrays, multi dimensional arrays, strings, pointer arrays, functions, function prototyping, scope of functions, arguments, call by value and call by references, static variables, recursion
• Arrays and functions: C-preprocessor and macros, command line arguments
• Structures: Structures, array of structures, pointer to structures, typedef, unions, bit fields, passing structures as an argument to functions
• Input and output: Standard and formatted input and output, file access and its types, line input and output, types of files, binary and ASCII files, error handling, stderr and exit function
• Introduction to object oriented programming: Classes and objects, structures vs classes, abstraction, encapsulation, polymorphism, inheritance

General engineering: Unit 04

• Laws of thermodynamics: First law of thermodynamics, steady flow energy equation and its applications (nozzle, throttling device, turbine, compressor, heat exchanger). Limitations of first law, statements of second law by Max-Planck and Clausius
• Laws of thermodynamics: Equivalence between the two statements. Reversible and irreversible processes, Carnot’s theorem. Energy analysis of a heat engine, refrigerator and heat pump
• Steam and its formation: P-V, P-T, T-S, H-S diagrams of water. Dryness fraction and its measurement by calorimeter. Uses of steam tables and Mollier chart (H-S chart)
• Power cycles: Carnot and Rankine steam power cycles. Effect of mean temperature of heat addition in ranking cycle efficiency. Otto, diesel and dual combustion cycles for reciprocating I.C. engines
• Kinematics of fluid flow: Types of flow, acceleration in fluid flow, stream lines, stream tubes, irrotational flow, stream function, velocity potential, flow nets
• Fluid dynamics: Equation of continuity, Euler’s equation, Bernoulli’s equation, simple applications to one dimensional flow problems
• Flow measurement: Pilot tube, venturimeter, orificemeter, notches (rectangular and triangular) and weirs, rotameter
• Simple stress and strains: Concept of stress and strain. Stress and strains in bars subjected to tension and compression, stress-strain diagrams, mechanical properties, factor of safety, extension of uniform bar under its own weight
• Simple stress and strains: Stress produced in compound bars (two or three) due to axial load
• Bending moment (B.M.) and shear force (S.F.): Diagrams for cantilevers, simply supported beams with or without overhang and calculation of maximum B.M. and S.F. and the point of contraflexure under the following loads. Concentrated loads
• Bending moment (B.M.) and shear force (S.F.): Uniformly distributed loads over whole span or part of span, combination of concentrated loads (two or three) and uniformly distributed loads
• Bending and torsion: Stress in beams due to bending, proof of formulae M/I = F/Y = E/R and its application to beams of rectangular and circular section. application of torsion equation to hollow and solid circular shaft

General engineering: Unit 05

• Construction material and building construction: Rock, bricks and tiles, cement, lime timber and paints, excavation of foundation, brick masonry, stone masonry, wall, mortar and concrete, damp-proofing, doors-windows, roof, floors
• Construction material and building construction: Stairs and building planning
• Hydraulics: Fluids and properties of fluids, hydrostatic pressure, fluid flow and measurement through pipe and open channel
• Concrete and structures: Concrete and properties of concrete, formwork, ordinary and special concrete, concrete operation. Stress and strain, bending moment and shear force, slope and deflection, columns and trusses
• Reinforced concrete structures: Reinforcement, theory of RCC beams, bonds in RCC beams, singly and doubly RCC beams, RCC slabs, reinforced brick works and columns
• Steel structure: Structural steel section and connections, tension, compression and beam members
• Surveying: Chain and compass surveying, leveling using dumping and IOP level
• Irrigation engineering: Rainfall and runoff, crops water requirement, irrigation and types of irrigation, canal works, water logging and drainage, dams
• Transportation engineering: Road geometrics, highway surveying, road material and pavement, road drainage and maintenance
• Soil mechanics: Physical properties of soil and soil classification, water flow through soil and soil deformation, strength characteristics of soil and soil compaction, bearing capacity and site exploration
• Estimation and costing: Estimation and types of estimation, analysis of rates, irrigation work estimation, road work estimation and valuation
• Gas laws and humidity calculations: P-V-T relations for gas and gas mixtures, calculations using ideal gas law, use of compressibility charts and equations of state (Van Der Waals’) to predict real gas properties from experimental data
• Gas laws and humidity calculations: Vapour pressure calculations, Clausius Clapeyron equation, saturation vapour pressure, vapour-liquid equilibrium calculations using Raoult’s law and Henry’s law, relative humidity, partial saturation and humidity

General engineering: Unit 06

• Introduction to engineering calculations: Units and dimensions, conversion of units, systems of units, dimensional homogeneity and dimensionless quantities, conversions involving process variables like pressure, temperature, density/ specific gravity
• Introduction to engineering calculations: Mass, volume, flow rate and chemical composition. Chemical equations and stoichiometry
• Systematic analysis of chemical processes: Unit operations and unit processes, material and energy balances, thermodynamics, chemical reaction engineering, introduction to material balances without chemical reactions. Limiting and excess reactants
• Systematic analysis of chemical processes: Recycle, bypass and purge calculations