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CIVIL ENGINEERING SYLLABUS

 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  moment,
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,  close  coiled  helical
sprints, Elastic stability of columns: Euler’s, Rankine’s and Secant formulae.  Principal Stresses
and  Strains  in  two  dimension,  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 influence 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.

Transportation 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,  inter section  design,  highway  materials  and  testing  subgrade  and
pavement components, type 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  crossing,
signaling and inter locking, maintenance of railway track.  Culverts and small bridges.

PART-C

Fluid Mechanics:  fluid properties, fluid statics, forces on plane and curved surfaces, stability of
loating 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  co
efficients,  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,
junctions, siphon.  Plumbing in Public buildings.

Sewerage  characterization:    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  works.    ATC  and  PTC  trade off.    Work  study  and  sampling.
Scheduling principles material schedules.  ABC and EOQ analysis of inventory.  Budgeting with
bar charts.  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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