SYLLABUS
1. Building Materials:
Stone, Lime, Glass, Plastics, Steel, FRP, Ceramics, Aluminum, Fly Ash, Basic
Admixtures, Timber, Bricks and Aggregates: Classification, properties and
selection criteria; Cement: Types, Composition, Properties, Uses, Specifications
and various Tests; Lime & Cement Mortars and Concrete: Properties and various
Tests; Design of Concrete Mixes: Proportioning of aggregates and methods of mix
design.
2. Solid Mechanics:
Elastic constants, Stress, plane stress, Strains, plane strain, Mohr’s circle of stress
and strain, Elastic theories of failure, Principal Stresses, Bending, Shear and
Torsion.
3. Structural Analysis:
Basics of strength of materials, Types of stresses and strains, Bending moments
and shear force, concept of bending and shear stresses; Analysis of determinate and
indeterminate structures; Trusses, beams, plane frames; Rolling loads, Influence
Lines, Unit load method & other methods; Free and Forced vibrations of single
degree and multi degree freedom system; Suspended Cables; Concepts and use of
Computer Aided Design.
4. Design of Steel Structures:
Principles of Working Stress methods, Design of tension and compression
members, Design of beams and beam column connections, built-up sections,
Girders, Industrial roofs, Principles of Ultimate load design.
5. Design of Concrete and Masonry structures:
Limit state design for bending, shear, axial compression and combined forces;
Design of beams, Slabs, Lintels, Foundations, Retaining walls, Tanks, Staircases;
Principles of pre-stressed concrete design including materials and methods;
Earthquake resistant design of structures; Design of Masonry Structure.
6. Construction Practice, Planning and Management:
Construction - Planning, Equipment, Site investigation and Management including
Estimation with latest project management tools and network analysis for different
Types of works; Analysis of Rates of various types of works; Tendering Process
and Contract Management, Quality Control, Productivity, Operation Cost; Land
acquisition; Labour safety and welfare.
7. Flow of Fluids, Hydraulic Machines and Hydro Power:
(a) Fluid Mechanics, Open Channel Flow, Pipe Flow:
Fluid properties; Dimensional Analysis and Modeling; Fluid dynamics including
flow kinematics and measurements; Flow net; Viscosity, Boundary layer and
control, Drag, Lift, Principles in open channel flow, Flow controls. Hydraulic
jump; Surges; Pipe networks
(b) Hydraulic Machines and Hydro power:
Various pumps, Air vessels, Hydraulic turbines – types, classifications &
performance parameters; Power house – classification and layout, storage,
pondage, control of supply.
8. Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering:
Hydrological cycle, Ground water hydrology, Well hydrology and related data
analysis; Streams and their gauging; River morphology; Flood, drought and their
management; Capacity of Reservoirs.
Water Resources Engineering:
Multipurpose uses of Water, River basins and their potential; Irrigation systems,
water demand assessment; Resources - storages and their yields; Water logging,
canal and drainage design, Gravity dams, falls, weirs, Energy dissipaters, barrage
Distribution works, Cross drainage works and head-works and their design;
Concepts in canal design, construction & maintenance; River training,
measurement and analysis of rainfall.
9. Environmental Engineering:
(a) Water Supply Engineering:
Sources, Estimation, quality standards and testing of water and their treatment;
Rural, Institutional and industrial water supply; Physical, chemical and biological
characteristics and sources of water, Pollutants in water and its effects, Estimation
of water demand; Drinking water Standards, Water Treatment Plants, Water
distribution networks.
(b) Waste Water Engineering:
Planning & design of domestic waste water, sewage collection and disposal;
Plumbing Systems; Components and layout of sewerage system; Planning &
design of Domestic Waste-water disposal system; Sludge management including
treatment, disposal and re-use of treated effluents; Industrial waste waters and
Effluent Treatment Plants including institutional and industrial sewage
management.
(c) Solid Waste Management:
Sources & classification of solid wastes along with planning & design of its
management system; Disposal system, Beneficial aspects of wastes and Utilization
by Civil Engineers
(d) Air, Noise pollution and Ecology:
Concepts & general methodology
10. Geo-technical Engineering and Foundation Engineering :
(a) Geo-technical Engineering : Soil exploration - planning & methods,
Properties of soil, classification, various tests and inter-relationships; Permeability
& Seepage, Compressibility, consolidation and Shearing resistance, Earth pressure
theories and stress distribution in soil; Properties and uses of geo-synthetics.
(b) Foundation Engineering: Types of foundations & selection criteria, bearing
capacity, settlement analysis, design and testing of shallow & deep foundations;
Slope stability analysis, earthen embankments, Dams and Earth retaining
structures: types, analysis and design, Principles of ground modifications.
11. Surveying and Geology:
(a) Surveying: Classification of surveys, various methodologies, instruments &
analysis of measurement of distances, elevation and directions; Field astronomy,
Global Positioning System; Map preparation; Photogrammetry; Remote sensing
concepts; Survey Layout for culverts, canals, bridges, road/railway alignment and
buildings, Setting out of Curves.
(b) Geology: Basic knowledge of Engineering geology & its application in
projects.
12. Transportation Engineering:
Highways - Planning & construction methodology, Alignment and geometric
design; Traffic Surveys and Controls; Principles of Flexible and Rigid pavements
design
Tunneling - Alignment, methods of construction, disposal of muck, drainage,
lighting and ventilation.
Railways Systems – Terminology, Planning, designs and maintenance practices;
track modernization.
Harbours – Terminology, layouts and planning. Airports – Layout, planning &
design
