Civil engineering: Unit 01
Engineering mechanics- Forces and moments, vectors and scalars, resultant forces at a point, types of supports, types of loading
- Centroid, rectangle, triangle, parallelogram, circle, semicircle, trapezium
- Location of centroid of T, L, I, channel, Z sections
- Built up sections
- Moment of inertia-T, L, I and built up sections, radius of gyration of builtup sections
- Polar moment of inertia of solid and hollow circular sections using perpendicular axis theorem only
Civil engineering: Unit 02
Strength of materials- Simple stresses and strains, ductile materials, mechanical properties of materials, Hooke‘s law, lateral strain, Poisson‘s ratio, elastic constants and the relation between them, composite sections, resilience, strain energy, gradual and sudden loading
- Shear force and bending moment diagrams for cantilever, simply supported, fixed, continuous and overhanging beams subjected to point loads and UDL
Civil engineering: Unit 03
Theory of simple bending- Assumptions, bending equation, bending stresses, section modulus, shear stress distribution across various sections like rectangular, circular and I-sections, torsion, solid and hollow circular shafts subjected to pure torsion, shear stress
- Distribution in shafts, power transmitted by circular shafts
Civil engineering: Unit 04
Theory of structures- Deflection of cantilevers and simply supported beams by double integration method and deflection of simply supported beams by Macaulay‘s method, for Mohr‘s theorems for slopes and deflections, moment area method, columns and struts-types
- Slenderness ratio, Euler‘s and Rankine‘s formulae for axial loading
- Dams and retaining walls, conditions for stability, middle third rule, Rankine‘s formula for active earth pressure
- Thin cylinders-failures, strain and changes in dimensions
Civil engineering: Unit 05
Reinforced concrete structures- Grades of concrete, characteristic strength, modulus of elasticity-I.S. 456-2000, philosophy of limit state design
- Limit state of strength and serviceability, partial safety factor, design strength of materials and design loads, assumptions
- Analysis and limit state design of rectangular beams-singly, doubly reinforced and T-beams
- Shear in RCC beams, lintels and sunshades-development length
- Slabs-analysis and limit state design of one-way and two-way slabs as per IS.456-2000
- Torsion reinforcement
- Design of continuous slabs and beams, deflection check for slabs and beams
- Detailing of reinforcement in singly reinforced and doubly reinforced simply supported beams of rectangular sections and lintels, one way and two way slabs
Civil engineering: Unit 06
Columns- Codal provisions of I.S. 456-2000, short and long columns, different shapes, design of short columns by limit state method, long columns-concept, effective length for different end conditions
- Footings, isolated column footings, one way shear and two way shear
- Stairs-types, loads on stairs
Civil engineering: Unit 07
Working stress method of design- Basic principles, neutral axis, lever arm-design and analysis of singly reinforced simply supported rectangular beams
- Comparison of limit state and working stress methods
Civil engineering: Unit 08
Surveying- Chain surveying-purpose and principle, errors and corrections, different operations in chain surveying-obstacles, methods of calculation of area
- Compass surveying-purpose and principle, bearings, traversing using prismatic compass, local attraction-errors
- Levelling-definitions, component parts, errors, methods of levelling, contouring, characteristics and methods
- Theodolite-principles and component parts, fundamental lines and relationship among them, adjustments of theodolite, measurement of horizontal and vertical angles, errors, traverse computations, Bowditch and transit rule
- Tacheometry-principle, stadia tacheometry, tangential tacheometry, principle and uses of EDM, electronic theodolite, total station, global positioning system-importance, GIS-use and applications in civil engineering, curves-simple curves
- Elements of simple curve, setting out of simple curves by chain and tape, single and double theodolite method
Civil engineering: Unit 09
Hydraulics- Fluid properties, specific weight-mass density, specific gravity, surface tension, capillarity, viscosity
- Atmospheric pressure, gauge pressure and absolute pressure
- Fluid pressure on plane surfaces, centre of pressure, measurement of fluid pressure using piezometer and manometers
- Types of flows-uniform, non uniform, steady, unsteady, laminar and turbulent flows
- Energies of liquid in motion-continuity equation
- Bernoulli‘s theorem, pitot tube, venturimeter
- Flow thorough small and large orifices, free orifices, submerged orifices, coefficients of orifices-Cc, Cv, and Cd
- Flow through internal, external, convergent and divergent mouthpieces
- Types of notches, rectangular and triangular, flow over notches
- Types of weirs, sharp crested and broad crested, mathematical formulae for discharge-Francis and Bazin
Civil engineering: Unit 10
Flow through pipes- Major and minor losses, Chezy‘s and Darcy‘s formulae for loss of head due to friction, HGL and TEL, Reynold‘s number for laminar and turbulent flows
- Flow through open channels, rectangular and trapezoidal, Chezy‘s formula for discharge, Kutter‘s and manning‘s equation for Chezy‘s constants-most economical sections
- Reciprocating and centrifugal pumps (without problems)
- Classification of turbines-Kaplan, Francis, and Pelton wheel (without problems), use of draft tube
- Hydro-electric installations, components and uses
Civil engineering: Unit 11
Irrigation engineering- Necessity of irrigations, perinnial and inundation irrigation, flow and lift irrigation, principal crops-kharif and rabi seasons, duty, delta and base period
- Methods of irrigation, check flooding, basin flooding, contour bunding, furrow, sprinkler and drip irrigations
- Hydrology, rainfall, types of rain gauges, types of catchments, rainfall and runoff
- Measurement of velocity of flow in streams, Ryve‘s and Dicken‘s formulae for computing maximum flood discharge
- Classification of head works, component parts of diversion head works
- Weirs and barrages
- Perculation and uplift pressures
- Types of reservoirs-dead storage, live storage and surcharge storage
Civil engineering: Unit 12
Storage head works- Different types of dams-rigid and non rigid dams, gravity dam, slow and high dams
- Elementary profile of a dam
- Failures of gravity dams, drainage galleries
- Ogee and siphon spillways
- Earth dams-types, failures, and precautions
- Phreatic lines and drainage arrangements in earthen dams
- Distribution works, classifications and alignment of canals, typical cross section of a canal, berm and balanced depth of cutting, canal lining
- Cross drainage works-types and functions
Civil engineering: Unit 13
Transportation engineering- Importance of transportation engineering, IRC-classification of roads as per IRC, recommended IRC values of camber for different roads
- Gradients, ruling gradient, limiting and exceptional gradient recommended IRC values of gradients, different systems of classification of soils, textural classification-I S classification of soils, bearing capacity-importance in foundation design
- Highway surveys and traffic engineering, traffic census and its importance, road intersections, traffic signs, informatory signs, mandatory signs, cautionary signs
- Highway constructions and manintenance, purpose of road drainage, surface and sub-surface drainage, typical cross section of highway in cutting and embankment
- Water bound macadam roads, cement concrete roads
- Permanent way of railways, importance of railways, gauge, types of gauges, structure of permanent way, different types of rails, requirements of a good rail, sleepers-functions, types of sleepers, characteristics of a good sleeper, spacing of sleepers
- Sleeper density
- Bridges, culverts and causeways: Bridges, classification based on material, position of bridge floor and form/ type of superstructure, selection of site for a bridge
- Types of culverts, types of cause ways
Civil engineering: Unit 14
Environmental engineering- Environment and ecology, ecology and ecosystem, quality of water, need for protected water supply, total quantity of water for a town, per capita demand and factors affecting demand, forecasting population by arithmetical
- Geometrical and incremental increase methods, sources and conveyance of water: Surface sources, underground sources, types of intakes
- Quality and methods of purification of water
- Distribution system: Methods of supply, storage-underground and overhead, service reservoirs, types of layout-dead end, grid, radial and ring system their merits and demerits and their suitability
- General layout of water supply arrangements in buildings
- System of sewage disposal, types of sewerage systems, quantity of discharge in sewers, dry weather flow, variability of flow
- Different shapes of cross, section for sewers, strength of sewage, sampling of sewage, characteristics of sewage, characteristics of industrial waste water, principles of treatment, preliminary treatment, secondary treatment
- Sewers, sewer appaurtences-shapes, merits and demerits
- Solid waste disposal and sanitation in buildings
- Methods of disposal, sanitary fittings
- Rural water supply and sanitation, disinfection of wells, rural sanitation and sanitary latrines, biogas production technology
Civil engineering: Unit 15
Design of steel structures- Loads considered in the design of steel structures as per I.S. 875-1987, standard structural sections, concept of limit state design
- Design of fillet welded joints, types of joints, stresses in welds as per I.S. 800-2007
- Tension members and forms of tension members, different modes of failures, calculation of net effective sectional area of single angle with welded connection only
- Different forms of compression members
- Behavior of compression members, classification of cross-sections, effective lengths for different end conditions, codal provisions of single or double lacing and battening for built up columns (no problems)
- Analysis and design of steel beams, concept of limit state design of beams, shape factor and plastic properties of beams, problems on shape factor
- Laterally supported beam, laterally unsupported beams, effective strength of compression flanges, resistance to shear buckling, shear buckling design methods. design of roof trusses-loads of roof trusses as per I.S. 875
