Building Materials and Constructions
Engineering Materials: Physical properties of construction materials: stones, bricks, timber, sand, tiles, lime, surkhi, mortar, concrete, varnishes, plastics, rubber, damp-proofing materials, termite treatment materials, materials for low cost buildings, seasoning and preservation of timber.
Building Construction: Building components and their functions : walls, floors, roofs, ceilings, staircase, doors and windows, ventilation, air-conditioning, lighting & acoustics etc. Finishing of buildings: plastering, pointing, painting, use of building codes.
Design of Structures
Design of RC Structures : Concept of mix design; Limit State and Working Stress method of design; Recommendations of I.S Codes of oneway and two-way slabs, staircase, simple and continuous beams of rectangular T and L sections, compression members under direct load with or without eccentricity, isolated and combined footings, elevated and underground water tanks; Methods and systems of prestressing, anchorages, losses in prestress; design of prestress girder; Design of Cantilever and Counterford type retaining walls.
Engineering Mechanics
Static : Coplaner and multiplaner system; Varignon’s theorem, free body diagrams, conditions of equilibrium; second moment of plane figure; force and funicular polygon; principle of virtual work; suspension systems of catenary. Dynamic: Units and dimensions; Gravitational and absolute systems; MKS & S.I. Units; Vectors, concept of force, concept of particle and rigid body.
Kinematics: Rectilinear and Curvilinear motion; relative motion; instantaneous centre. Kinetics: Mass moment of inertia; simple harmonic motion, momentum and impulse; equation of motion of rigid body rotating about a fixed axis.
Strength of Materials
Simple Stress and strain; Elastic constants; tension and compression in one direction; riveted and welded joints. Shear force and bending moment; Theory of simple bending; shear stress distribution in cross sectionof beams; beams of uniform strength; Strain energy in direct stress, bending and shear.
Fluid Mechanics
Dynamics of fluid flow: Equation of continuity; energy and momentum Bernoulli’s theorem; cavitation, velocity potential and stream function; rotational and irrotational flow, free and forced vortices; flow net. Dimentional analysis and its application to practical problems. Viscous flow: Flow between static and moving parallel plates, flow through circular tubes; filmlubrication; velocity distribution in laminar and turbulent flow;boundary layer.
Water Resources Engineering:
Hydrology: Hydrological cycle, precipitation evaporation; transpiration; depression storage; infiltration; overland flow; hrydograph; 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 aquifers; radial flow into well under confined and unconfined conditions; tube wells; pumping land recuperation tests; ground water potential.
Sanitation and Water Supply (Environmental Engineering):
Sanitation: Site and orientation of buildings; ventilation and damp proof course; house drainage; conservancy and water-borne systems of waste disposal; sanitary appliances; latrines and urinals. Disposal of sanitary sewage: Industrial waste; domestic waste; storm sewage-separate and combined systems; flow through sewers; design of sewers; sewer appurtenances-manholes, inlet junctions, siphon, ejections etc.
Sewer treatment: Working principles; units, chambers; sedimentation tanks; trickling filters; oxidation ponds; activated sludge; recycling of waste water; septic tanks; soak pit; disposal of sludge. Irrigation Engineering
Water requirement for crops: Quality of irrigation water; consumptive use of water ; water depth and frequency in irrigation; duty of water; irrigation methods and their efficiencies.
Distribution system for canal irrigation: Determination of require canal capacity; canal losses; alignment of main and distributory canals Design of canals : Unlined canals in alluvium; the critical tractive stress; principles of sediment transport; regime theories, lined canals; hydraulic design and cost analysis; drainage behind lining.
Canal structures: Design of regulation works; cross drainage and communication works- cross regulators, head regulators, canal aqueducts, metering flumes etc; canal outlets. Water logging; Its causes and control; design of drainage system; soil salinity
Diversion headworks: Principle and design of weirs of permeable and impermeable foundations; Khola’s theory; energy dissipation; stilling basin; sediment excluders Storage works: Types of dams including earth dam and their characteristics; principles of design; criteria for stability; foundation treatment; joint and galleries; control of seepage.
Spillways: Different types and their suitability; energy dissipation; spillway crest gates.River training: Objectives of river training; methods of river training Soil Mechanics
Soil Mechanics : Properties and Classification of soils; Atterburg limits; void ratio; moisture content; permeability-laboratory and field tests (Darcy’s Law); seepage and flow nets; flow under hydraulic structures; uplift and quick sand condition; unconfined and direct shear test; triaxial test; earth pressure theories (Rankine’s theory and Coulomb’s wedge theory); stability of slopes; theories of soil consolidation ( Terzaghi’s theory); compaction of soil; rate of settlement; total and effective stress analysis; pressure distribution of soils; Boussinesque and Waterguard theories; soilstabilization. Surveying, Estimation & Costing Surveying : General principles; surveying instruments and their adjustments; recording ofsurvey observations; plotting of maps and sections; errors and their adjustments. Measurement of distances, direction and heights; correction to measured lengths and bearings; correction for local attraction; measurement of horizontal and vertical angles; leveling operations; refraction and curvature correction. Chain and compass survey; theodolite and techeometric traversing; traverse computation; plan table survey; solution of two and three points problems; contour surveying. Setting out directions and grades; types of curves; setting out of curves and excavation lines for building foundations. Field astronomy; concept of global positioning system; remote sensing concepts; map substitute.
Estimating and costing : Estimating quantities of various items of civil works like roads, bridges, building, water supply structures, dams, irrigation canals, hydro-power structures, airports, railways etc. estimating the costs of various items of works on the basis of prevalent market rates, analysis of rates of civil works items.
Transportation Engineering
Roads : Classification of roads; planning of highway systems; alignment and geometric design; horizontal and vertical curves; grade separation. Road construction materials; types of pavements,design of pavements and pavement structures; construction methods; evaluation of pavement failure and strengthening. Maintenance of roads. Drainage system-surface and sub-surface drainages. Traffic engineering : Forcasting techniques, traffic survey- origin and destination survey; highway capacity;channelised and unchannelised intersections; traffic signs and road safety measures. Principles of highway financing.
Tunnelling : Alignment; methods of construction; disposal of muck; drainage; lighting & ventilation; traffic control; emergency management.
Engineering Materials: Physical properties of construction materials: stones, bricks, timber, sand, tiles, lime, surkhi, mortar, concrete, varnishes, plastics, rubber, damp-proofing materials, termite treatment materials, materials for low cost buildings, seasoning and preservation of timber.
Building Construction: Building components and their functions : walls, floors, roofs, ceilings, staircase, doors and windows, ventilation, air-conditioning, lighting & acoustics etc. Finishing of buildings: plastering, pointing, painting, use of building codes.
Design of Structures
Design of RC Structures : Concept of mix design; Limit State and Working Stress method of design; Recommendations of I.S Codes of oneway and two-way slabs, staircase, simple and continuous beams of rectangular T and L sections, compression members under direct load with or without eccentricity, isolated and combined footings, elevated and underground water tanks; Methods and systems of prestressing, anchorages, losses in prestress; design of prestress girder; Design of Cantilever and Counterford type retaining walls.
Engineering Mechanics
Static : Coplaner and multiplaner system; Varignon’s theorem, free body diagrams, conditions of equilibrium; second moment of plane figure; force and funicular polygon; principle of virtual work; suspension systems of catenary. Dynamic: Units and dimensions; Gravitational and absolute systems; MKS & S.I. Units; Vectors, concept of force, concept of particle and rigid body.
Kinematics: Rectilinear and Curvilinear motion; relative motion; instantaneous centre. Kinetics: Mass moment of inertia; simple harmonic motion, momentum and impulse; equation of motion of rigid body rotating about a fixed axis.
Strength of Materials
Simple Stress and strain; Elastic constants; tension and compression in one direction; riveted and welded joints. Shear force and bending moment; Theory of simple bending; shear stress distribution in cross sectionof beams; beams of uniform strength; Strain energy in direct stress, bending and shear.
Fluid Mechanics
Dynamics of fluid flow: Equation of continuity; energy and momentum Bernoulli’s theorem; cavitation, velocity potential and stream function; rotational and irrotational flow, free and forced vortices; flow net. Dimentional analysis and its application to practical problems. Viscous flow: Flow between static and moving parallel plates, flow through circular tubes; filmlubrication; velocity distribution in laminar and turbulent flow;boundary layer.
Water Resources Engineering:
Hydrology: Hydrological cycle, precipitation evaporation; transpiration; depression storage; infiltration; overland flow; hrydograph; 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 aquifers; radial flow into well under confined and unconfined conditions; tube wells; pumping land recuperation tests; ground water potential.
Sanitation and Water Supply (Environmental Engineering):
Sanitation: Site and orientation of buildings; ventilation and damp proof course; house drainage; conservancy and water-borne systems of waste disposal; sanitary appliances; latrines and urinals. Disposal of sanitary sewage: Industrial waste; domestic waste; storm sewage-separate and combined systems; flow through sewers; design of sewers; sewer appurtenances-manholes, inlet junctions, siphon, ejections etc.
Sewer treatment: Working principles; units, chambers; sedimentation tanks; trickling filters; oxidation ponds; activated sludge; recycling of waste water; septic tanks; soak pit; disposal of sludge. Irrigation Engineering
Water requirement for crops: Quality of irrigation water; consumptive use of water ; water depth and frequency in irrigation; duty of water; irrigation methods and their efficiencies.
Distribution system for canal irrigation: Determination of require canal capacity; canal losses; alignment of main and distributory canals Design of canals : Unlined canals in alluvium; the critical tractive stress; principles of sediment transport; regime theories, lined canals; hydraulic design and cost analysis; drainage behind lining.
Canal structures: Design of regulation works; cross drainage and communication works- cross regulators, head regulators, canal aqueducts, metering flumes etc; canal outlets. Water logging; Its causes and control; design of drainage system; soil salinity
Diversion headworks: Principle and design of weirs of permeable and impermeable foundations; Khola’s theory; energy dissipation; stilling basin; sediment excluders Storage works: Types of dams including earth dam and their characteristics; principles of design; criteria for stability; foundation treatment; joint and galleries; control of seepage.
Spillways: Different types and their suitability; energy dissipation; spillway crest gates.River training: Objectives of river training; methods of river training Soil Mechanics
Soil Mechanics : Properties and Classification of soils; Atterburg limits; void ratio; moisture content; permeability-laboratory and field tests (Darcy’s Law); seepage and flow nets; flow under hydraulic structures; uplift and quick sand condition; unconfined and direct shear test; triaxial test; earth pressure theories (Rankine’s theory and Coulomb’s wedge theory); stability of slopes; theories of soil consolidation ( Terzaghi’s theory); compaction of soil; rate of settlement; total and effective stress analysis; pressure distribution of soils; Boussinesque and Waterguard theories; soilstabilization. Surveying, Estimation & Costing Surveying : General principles; surveying instruments and their adjustments; recording ofsurvey observations; plotting of maps and sections; errors and their adjustments. Measurement of distances, direction and heights; correction to measured lengths and bearings; correction for local attraction; measurement of horizontal and vertical angles; leveling operations; refraction and curvature correction. Chain and compass survey; theodolite and techeometric traversing; traverse computation; plan table survey; solution of two and three points problems; contour surveying. Setting out directions and grades; types of curves; setting out of curves and excavation lines for building foundations. Field astronomy; concept of global positioning system; remote sensing concepts; map substitute.
Estimating and costing : Estimating quantities of various items of civil works like roads, bridges, building, water supply structures, dams, irrigation canals, hydro-power structures, airports, railways etc. estimating the costs of various items of works on the basis of prevalent market rates, analysis of rates of civil works items.
Transportation Engineering
Roads : Classification of roads; planning of highway systems; alignment and geometric design; horizontal and vertical curves; grade separation. Road construction materials; types of pavements,design of pavements and pavement structures; construction methods; evaluation of pavement failure and strengthening. Maintenance of roads. Drainage system-surface and sub-surface drainages. Traffic engineering : Forcasting techniques, traffic survey- origin and destination survey; highway capacity;channelised and unchannelised intersections; traffic signs and road safety measures. Principles of highway financing.
Tunnelling : Alignment; methods of construction; disposal of muck; drainage; lighting & ventilation; traffic control; emergency management.
2022
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