Structural Engineering | Mechanics | Bending moment and shear force in statically determinate beams. Simple stress and strain relationship: Stress and strain in two dimensions, principals tresses, stress transformation, Mohr’s circle. Simple bending theory, flexural and shear stresses, unsymmetrical bending, shear center. Thin-walled pressure vessels, uniform torsion, buckling of the column, combined and direct bending stresses. |
Structural Analysis | Analysis of statically determinate trusses, arches, beams, cables, and frames, displacements in statically determinate structures and analysis of statically indeterminate structures by force/energy methods, analysis by displacement methods (slope deflection and moment distribution methods), influence lines for determinate and indeterminate structures. Basic concepts of matrix methods of structural analysis. |
Concrete Structures | Concrete Technology- properties of concrete, basics of mix design. Concrete design- basic working stress and limit state design concepts, analysis of ultimate load capacity, and design of members subjected to flexure, shear, compression, and torsion by limit state methods. Basic elements of prestressed concrete, analysis of beam sections at transfer and service loads. |
Steel Structures | Analysis and design of tension and compression members, beams and beam columns, and column bases. Connections- simple and eccentric, beam-column connections, plate girders, and trusses. Plastic analysis of beams and frames. |
Construction Materials | Characteristics of commonly used building materials like Cement, Aggregates, Admixtures, Fresh and hardened concrete – Properties and Testing, Mix Design |
Geotechnical Engineering | Soil Mechanics | Origin of soils, soil classification, three-phase system, fundamental definitions, relationship and interrelationships, permeability & seepage, effective stress principle, consolidation, compaction, and shear strength. |
Foundation Engineering | Sub-surface investigations-scope, drilling bore holes, sampling, penetration tests, plate load test. Earth pressure theories, the effect of water table, layered soils. Stability of slopes- nfinite slopes, finite slopes. Foundation types-foundation design requirements. Shallow foundations- bearing capacity, effect of shape, water table and other factors, stress distribution, settlement analysis in sands & clays. Deep foundations–pile types, dynamic & static formulae, load capacity of piles in sands & clays, negative skin friction. |
Water Resources Engineering | Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics | Properties of fluids, the principle of conservation of mass, momentum, energy, and corresponding equations, potential flow, applications of momentum and Bernoulli’s equation, laminar and turbulent flow, flow in pipes, and pipe networks. Concept of boundary layer and its growth. Uniform flow, critical flow, and gradually varied flow in channels, specific energy concept, hydraulic jump. Forces on immersed bodies, flow measurements in channels, tanks, and pipes. Dimensional analysis and hydraulic modeling. Kinematics of flow, velocity triangles, and specific speed of pumps and turbines. |
Hydrology | Hydrologic cycle, rainfall, evaporation, infiltration, stage discharge relationships, unit hydrographs, flood estimation, reservoir capacity, reservoir and channel routing. Well hydraulics. |
Irrigation | Duty, delta, estimation of evapotranspiration. Crop water requirements. Design of lined and unlined canals, waterways, headworks, gravity dams, and spillways. Design of weirs on permeable foundation. Types of irrigation systems, irrigation methods. Water logging and drainage, Reclamation of defective soil |
Environmental Engineering | Water requirements | 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, and distribution of water. Sewage and sewerage treatment, quantity and characteristics of wastewater. Primary, secondary, and tertiary treatment of wastewater, sludge disposal, and effluent discharge standards. Domestic wastewater treatment, the quantity of characteristics of domestic wastewater, primary and secondary treatment Unit operations and unit processes of domestic wastewater, and 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 | Highway Planning | Geometric design of highways, testing, and specifications of paving materials, and design of flexible and rigid pavements. |
Traffic Engineering | Traffic characteristics, theory of traffic flow, intersection design, traffic signs and signal design, and highway capacity. |
Surveying | Principle of Surveying | Surveying by Chain, Compass and Theodolite, Levelling and Contouring, Tacheometry, Total Station. |