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Civil Engineering Main Syllabus
Paper-I
1. Engineering Mechanics, Strength of Materials and Structural Analysis:
1.1 Engineering Mechanics: Units and Dimensions, SI Units, Vectors, Concept of Force, Concept ofparticle and rigid body. Concurrent, Non Concurrent and parallel forces in a plane, moment of force, free body diagram, conditions of equilibrium, Principle of virtual work, equivalent force system. First and Second Moment of area, Mass moment of Inertia. Static Friction, Inclined Plane and bearings. Kinematics and Kinetics:Kinematics in Cartesian Co-ordinates, motion under uniform and nonuniform 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, Flywheel.
1.2 Strength of Materials: Simple Stress and Strain, Elastic constants, axially loaded compression members, Shear force and bending moment, theory of simple bending, Shear Stress distribution across cross sections, Beams of uniform strength, Leaf spring, Strain Energy in direct stress, bending & 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 springs, Elastic stability of columns, Euler's Rankine's and Secant formulae. Principal Stresses and Strains in two dimensions, Mohr's Cirlce, Theories of Elastic Failure, Thin and Thick Cylinder: Stresses due to internal and eternal pressure-Lame's equations.
1.3 Structural Analysis: Castiglianio's theorems I and II, unit load method of consistent deformation applied to beams and pin jointed trusses. Slope-deflection, moment distribution, Kani's method of analysisand column Analogy method applied to indeterminate beams and rigid frames.
Rolling loads and Influences lines: Influences lines for Shear Force and Bending moment at a section of beam. Criteriafor maximum shear force and bending Moment in beams traversed by a system of moving loads. Influences lines for simply supported plane pin jointed trusses.
Arches: Three hinged, two hinged and fixed arches, rib shortening and temperature effects, influence lines in arches.
Matrix methods of analysis: Force method and displacement method of analysis of indeterminate beams and rigid frames.
Plastic Analysis of beamsand frames: Theory of plastic bending, plastic analysis, statical method, Mechanism method.
Unsymmetrical bending: Moment of inertia, product of inertia, position of Neutral Axis and Principleaxes, calculation of bending stresses.
PART - B
2. Design of Structures: Steel, Concrete and Masonry Structures:
2.1 Structural Steel Design: Structural Steel: Factors of safety and load factors. Riveted, bolted andwelded joints and connections. Design of tension and compression member, beams of built up section,riveted and welded plate girders, gantry girders, stancheons with battens and lacings, slab and gusseted column bases.
Design of highway and railway bridges: Through and deck type plate girder, Warren girder, Pratt truss.
2.2 Design of Concrete and Masonry Structures: Concept of mix design. Reinforced Concrete:Working Stress and Limit State method of design-Recommendations of I.S. codes Design of one way and two way slabs, stair-case slabs, simple and continuous beams of rectangular, T and L sections. Compression members under direct load with or without eccentricity, Isolated and combined footings.
Cantilever and Counter fort typeretaining walls.
Water tanks: Design requirements for Rectangular and circular tanks resting on ground.
Prestressed concrete: Methods and systems of prestressing, anchorages, Analysis and design of sections for flexure based on working stress, loss of prestress.
Design of brick masonry as per I.S. Codes
Design of masonry retaining walls.
PART - C
3. Fluid Mechanics, Open Channel Flow and Hydraulic Machines:
3.1 Fluid Mechanics: Fluid properties and their role in fluid motion, fluid statics including forces acting on plane and curved surfaces.
Kinematics and Dynamics of Fluid flow: Velocity and accelerations, stream lines, equation of continuity, irrotational and rotational flow, velocity potentialand stream functions. flownet, methods of drawing flownet, sources and sinks, flow separation, free and forced vortices.
Control volume equation, Continuity, momentum and energy and moment of momentum equation, Navier-Stokes equation, Euler'sequation of motion, application to fluid flow problems, pipe flow, plane, curved, stationary and moving vanes, sluice gates, weirs, orifice meters and Venturi meters.
3.2 Dimensional Analysis and Similitude: Buckingham's Pi-theorem, dimensionless parameters, similitude theory, model laws, undistorted and distorted models.
3.3 Laminar Flow: Laminar flow between parallel, stationary and moving plates, flow through tube.
3.4 Boundary layer: Laminar and turbulent boundary layer on a flat plate, laminar sub layer, smoothand rough boundaries, drag and lift.
Turbulent flow through pipes: Characteris-tics of turbulent flow, velocity distribution and variation of pipe friction factor, hydraulic grade line and total energy line, siphons, expansion and contractions in pipes, pipe networks, water hammer in pipes and surge tanks.
3.5 Open channel flow: Uniform and non-uniform flows, momentum and energy correction factors, specific energy and specific force, critical depth, resistance equations and variations of roughness coefficient, rapidly varied flow, flow in contractions, flow at sudden drop, hydraulic jump and its applications surges and waves, gradually variedflow, classification of surface profiles, control section, step method of integration of varied flow equation, moving surges and hydraulic bore.
3.6 Hydraulic Machines and Hydropower: Centrifugal pumps-Types, Characteristics, Net positive Suction Height (NPSH), Specific speed. Pumps in parallel.
Reciprocating pumps, Airvessels, Hydraulic ram, efficiency parameters, Rotary and positive displacement pumps, diaphragam and jet pumps.
Hydraulic turbines, types classification, Choice ofturbines, performance parameters, controls, characteristics, specific speed.
Principles of hydropowerdevelopment. Type, layouts and Component works, Surge tanks, types and choice. Flow duration curves and dependable flow. Storage an pondage. Pumped storage plants. Special features of mini, micro-hydel plants.
PART - D
4. Geotechnical Engineering:
Types of soil, phase relationships, consistency limits particles size distribution, classifications 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, field control of compaction. Total stress and effective stress parameters, pore pressure coefficients.
Shear strength of soils, Mohr Coulomb failure theory, Shear tests.
Earth pressure at rest, acive and passive pressures, Rankine's theory, Coulomb's wedge theory, earth pressure and retaining wall, sheetpile walls, Braced excavation.
Bearing capacity, Terzaghi and other important theories, net and gross bearing pressure.
Immediate and consolidation settlement.
Stability of slope, Total Stress and Effective Stress Methods, Conventional methods of slices, stability number.
Subsurface exploration, methods of boring, sampling, penetration tests, pressure meter tests.
Essential features of foundation, type of foundation, design criteria, choice of types of foundation, stress distribution in soils, Boussinessq's theory, Newmarks's chart, pressure bulb, contact pressure, applicability of different bearing capacity theories, evaluation of bearing capacity from field tests, bearing capacity, Settlement analysis, allowable settlement.
Proportioning of footing, isolated and combined footings, rafts, buoyancy rafts, Pile foundation, types of piles, pile capacity, static and dynamic analysis, design of pile groups, pile load test, settlement of piles, lateral capacity. Foundation for Bridges. Ground improvement techniques - preloading, sand drains, stone column, grouting, soil stabilisation.
Paper-II
PART - A
1. Construction Technology, Equipment, Planning and Management:
Construction Technology: Engineering Materials: Physical properties of construction materials with respect to their use in construction - Stones, Bricks and Tiles; Lime, Cement, Surkhi Mortars; Lime Concrete and Cememt Conreter, Properties of freshly mixed and hardend concrete, Flooring tiles, use of ferroement, Fibre-reinforced and polymer concrete, high strength concrete and light weight concrete. Timber: Properties and uses; defects in timber; seasoningand preservation of timber. Plastic rubber and damp-proofing materials, termite proofing, Materials, For low cost housing.
Construction: Building components and their functions; Brick Masonry : Bonds, Jointing. Stone masonry. Design of Brick masonry walls as Per I.S. Codes, factors of safety, serviceability and strength requirements; plastering, pointing. Types of Floors & Roofs. Ventilators, Repairs in buildings.
Functional planning of building: Building orientation, circulation, grouping od areas, privacy concept and design of energy efficient building; provisions of National Building Code.
Building estimates and specifications; cost of works; valuation.
2. Construction Equipment: Standard and special types of equipment, Preventive, maintenance and repair, factors affecting and selection of equipment, economical life, time and motion study, capital and maintenance cost.
Concreting Equipments : Weigh batcher, mixer, vibration, batching, plant, Concrete pump.
Earth-work equipment : Power shovel hoe, bulldozer, dumper, trailors and tractors, rollers, sheep foot roller.
1.3 Construction Planning and Management: Construction activity - schedules job layout, bar charts, organization of contracting firms, project control and supervision. Cost reduction measures.
2. Surveying and Transportation Engineering :
2.1 Surveying: Common methods and instruments for distance and angle measurement for CE work -their use in plane table, traverse survey, leveling work, triangulation, contouring and topographicalmap. Basic principles of photogrammetry and remote sensing.
2.2 Railway Engineering: Permanent way - components, types and their functions - Functions andDesign constituents of turn and crossings - Necessity of geometric design of track - Design of stationand yards.
2.3 Highway Engineering: Principles of Highway alignments - classification and geometrical designelements and standards for Roads. Pavement structure for flexible and rigid pavements - Designprinciples and methodology of pavements. Typical construction methods and standards of materials forstabilized soil, WBM, Bituminous works and CC roads. Surface and sub-surface drainage arrangementsfor roads - culvert structures. Pavement distresses and strengthening by overlays. Traffic surveys andtheir applications in traffic planning - Typical design features for channelized, intersection, rotary etc -signal designs - standard Traffic signs and markings.
3. Hydrology, Water Resources and Engineering:
3.1 Hydrology: Hydrological cycle, precipitation, evaporation, transpiration, infiltration, overlandflow, hydrograph, flood frequency analysis, flood routing through a reservoir, channel flow routing-Muskingam method.
3.2 Ground water flow: Specific yield, storage coefficient, coefficient of permeability, confined andunconfined equifers, aquifers, aquitards, radial flow into a well under confined and unconfinedconditions.
3.3 Water Resources Engineering: Ground and surface water resource, single and multipurposeprojects, storage capacity of reservoirs, reservoir losses, reservoir sedimentation.
3.4 Irrigation Engineering: (i) Water requirements of crops: consumptive use, duty and delta,irrigation methods and their efficiencies. (ii) Canals: Distribution systems for canal irrigation, canalcapacity, canal losses, alignment of main and distributory canals, most efficient section, lined canals,their design, regime theory, critical shear stress, bed load. (iii) Water logging: causes and control,salinity. (iv) Canal structures: Design of, head regulators, canal falls, aqueducts, metering flumes andcanal outlets. (v) Diversion headwork: Principles and design of weirs of permeable and impermeablefoundation, Khosla's theory, energy dissipation. (vi) Storage works: Types of dams, design, principlesof rigid gravity, stability analysis. (vii) Spillways: Spillway types, energy dissipation. (viii) Rivertraining: Objectives of river training, methods of river training.
4. Environmental Engineering:
4.1 Water Supply: Predicting demand for water, impurities of water and their significance, physical,chemical and bacteriological analysis, waterborne diseases, standards for potable water.
4.2 Intake of water: Water treatment: principles of coagulation, flocculation and sedimentation; slow-;rapid-, pressure-, filters; chlorination, softening, removal of taste, odour and salinity.
4.3 Sewerage systems: Domestic and industrial wastes, storm sewage-separate and combined systems,flow through sewers, design of sewers.
4.4 Sewage characterization: BOD, COD, solids, dissolved oxygen, nitrogen and TOC. Standards ofdisposal in normal watercourse and on land.
4.5 Sewage treatment: Working principles, units, chambers, sedimentation tanks, trickling filters,oxidation ponds, activated sludge process, septic tank, disposal of sludge, recycling of wastewater.
4.6 Solid waste: Collection and disposal in rural and urban contexts, management of long-term illeffects.
5. Environmental pollution: Sustainable development. Radioactive wastes and disposal.Environmental impact assessment for thermal power plants, mines, river valley projects. Air pollution.Pollution control acts.