Construction Engineering
Engineering Mechanics: System of forces, free-body diagrams, equilibrium
equations; Internal forces in structures; Friction and its applications;
Kinematics of point mass and rigid body; Centre of mass; Euler’s
equations of motion; Impulse-momentum; Energy methods; Principles of
virtual work.
Solid Mechanics: Bending moment and shear force in statically
determinate beams; Simple stress and strain relationships; Theories of
failures; Simple bending theory, flexural and shear stresses, shear centre;
Uniform torsion, buckling of column, combined and direct bending
stresses.
Structural Analysis: Statically determinate and indeterminate structures by
force/ energy methods; Method of superposition; Analysis of trusses,
arches, beams, cables and frames; Displacement methods: Slope
deflection and moment distribution methods; Influence lines; Stiffness and
flexibility methods of structural analysis.
Construction Materials and Management: Construction Materials:
Structural steel – composition, material properties and behaviour ;
Concrete – constituents, mix design, short-term and long-term properties;
Bricks and mortar; Timber; Bitumen. Construction Management: Types of
construction projects; Tendering and construction contracts; Rate analysis
and standard specifications; Cost estimation; Project planning and
network analysis – PERT and CPM.
Concrete Structures: Working stress, Limit state and Ultimate load design
concepts; Design of beams, slabs, columns; Bond and development
length; Prestressed concrete; Analysis of beam sections at transfer and
service loads.
Steel Structures: Working stress and Limit state design concepts; Design
of tension and compression members, beams and beam- columns,
column bases; Connections – simple and eccentric, beam-column
connections, plate girders and trusses; Plastic analysis of beams and
frames.
Geotechnical Engineering
Soil Mechanics: Origin of soils, soil structure and fabric; Three-phase
system and phase relationships, index properties; Unified and Indian
standard soil classification system; Permeability – one dimensional flow,
Darcy’s law; Seepage through soils – two-dimensional flow, flow nets,
uplift pressure, piping; Principle of effective stress, capillarity, seepage
force and quicksand condition; Compaction in laboratory and field
conditions; One- dimensional consolidation, time rate of consolidation;
Mohr’s circle, stress paths, effective and total shear strength parameters,
characteristics of clays and sand.
Foundation Engineering: Sub-surface investigations – scope, drilling bore
holes, sampling, plate load test, standard penetration and cone
penetration tests; Earth pressure theories – Rankine and Coulomb;
Stability of slopes – finite and infinite slopes, method of slices and
Bishop’s method; Stress distribution in soils – Boussinesq’s and
Westergaard’s theories, pressure bulbs; Shallow foundations – Terzaghi’s
and Meyerhoff’s bearing capacity theories, effect of water table; Combined
footing and raft foundation; Contact pressure; Settlement analysis in
sands and clays; Deep foundations – types of piles, dynamic and static
formulae, load capacity of piles in sands and clays, pile load test, negative
skin friction.
Water Resources Engineering
Fluid Mechanics: Properties of fluids, fluid statics; Continuity, momentum,
energy and corresponding equations; Potential flow, applications of
momentum and energy equations; Laminar and turbulent flow; Flow in
pipes, pipe networks; Concept of boundary layer and its growth.
Hydraulics: Forces on immersed bodies; Flow measurement in channels
and pipes; Dimensional analysis and hydraulic similitude; Kinematics of
flow, velocity triangles; Basics of hydraulic machines, specific speed of
pumps and turbines; Channel Hydraulics – Energy-depth relationships,
specific energy, critical flow, slope profile, hydraulic jump, uniform flow and
gradually varied flow
Hydrology: Hydrologic cycle, precipitation, evaporation,
evapo-transpiration, watershed, infiltration, unit hydrographs, hydrograph
analysis, flood estimation and routing, reservoir capacity, reservoir and
channel routing, surface run-off models, ground water hydrology – steady
state well hydraulics and aquifers; Application of Darcy’s law.
Irrigation: Duty, delta, estimation of evapo-transpiration; Crop water
requirements; Design of lined and unlined canals, head works, gravity
dams and spillways; Design of weirs on permeable foundation; Types of
irrigation systems, irrigation methods; Water logging and drainage; Canal
regulatory works, cross-drainage structures, outlets and escapes.
Environmental Engineering
Water and Waste Water: Quality standards, basic unit processes and
operations for water treatment. Drinking water standards, water
requirements, basic unit operations and unit processes for surface water
treatment, distribution of water. Sewage and sewerage treatment, quantity
and characteristics of wastewater. Primary, secondary and tertiary
treatment of wastewater, effluent discharge standards. Domestic
wastewater treatment, quantity of characteristics of domestic wastewater,
primary and secondary treatment. Unit operations and unit processes of
domestic wastewater, sludge disposal.
Air Pollution: Types of pollutants, their sources and impacts, air pollution
meteorology, air pollution control, air quality standards and limits.
Municipal Solid Wastes: Characteristics, generation, collection and
transportation of solid wastes, engineered systems for solid waste
management (reuse/ recycle, energy recovery, treatment and disposal).
Noise Pollution: Impacts of noise, permissible limits of noise pollution,
measurement of noise and control of noise pollution.
Transportation Engineering
Transportation Infrastructure: Highway alignment and engineering
surveys; Geometric design of highways – cross-sectional elements, sight
distances, horizontal and vertical alignments; Geometric design of railway
track; Airport runway length, taxiway and exit taxiway design.
Highway Pavements: Highway materials – desirable properties and quality
control tests; Design of bituminous paving mixes; Design factors for
flexible and rigid pavements; Design of flexible pavement using IRC:
37-2012; Design of rigid pavements using IRC: 58-2011; Distresses in
concrete pavements.
Traffic Engineering: Traffic studies on flow, speed, travel time – delay and
O-D study, PCU, peak hour factor, parking study, accident study and
analysis, statistical analysis of traffic data; Microscopic and macroscopic
parameters of traffic flow, fundamental relationships; Control devices,
signal design by Webster’s method; Types of intersections and
channelization; Highway capacity and level of service of rural highways
and urban roads.
Geomatics Engineering
Principles of surveying; Errors and their adjustment; Maps – scale,
coordinate system; Distance and angle measurement – Levelling and
trigonometric levelling; Traversing and triangulation survey; Total station;
Horizontal and vertical curves.
Photogrammetry – scale, flying height; Remote sensing – basics, platform
and sensors, visual image interpretation; Basics of Geographical
information system (GIS) and Geographical Positioning system (GPS).
