Exam Scheme

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Syllabus :- CIVIL ENGINEERING - I

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1 A. STRENGTH OF MATERIALS:

1. Behaviour of engineering materials in tension, compression and shear, elastic limit, yield stress, proof stress, nominal stress, actual stress and ultimate stress, factor of safety, load factor and elastic constants.
2. Principal stresses and strains, Strain energy, theories of elastic failure.
3. Bending moment and shear force in statically determinate beams, stress due to bending moment and shear force, design of section, section modulus, elementary theory of torsion, combined bending and torsion. Forces in statically determinate plane trusses.
4. Slope and deflection of statically determinate beams and frames, Buckling of columns. Euler's, Rankine's and secant formulae. Combined, direct and bending stresses for short columns. Thin cylindrical and spherical shells.

2 B. SOIL AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING:

1. Soil Exploration: Methods of site exploration, boring, sampling, standard penetration test.
2. Preliminary definitions and relationship: Water content unit weight, specific gravity, void ratio, porosity and degree of saturation, density index, phase relationship.
3. Index Properties: Specific gravity, particle size distribution, consistency of soils. Classifications of soils, field identification.
4. Laboratory Test: Particle size analysis, liquid limit, plastic limit, proctor density, field density, permeability, shear box and unconfined.
5. Soil water: Inter-granular and pore water pressure, Quick sand phenomenon, permeability, Flow net and its uses.
6. Vertical pressure distribution: Boussinesq's equations, Circular load, pressure bulb and its significance, Newmark's chart. Contact pressure distribution.
7. Consolidation: Concept of one-dimensional consolidation. Laboratory consolidation test, over-consolidated and normally consolidated soils, settlement analysis.
8. Shear Strength: Basic concept, Mohr-Coulomb Failure theory and measurement of shear strength.
9. Earth Pressure: Lateral earth pressures (Active and Passive), Rankine's and Coulomb's theory.
10. Stability of slopes: Methods of slices, friction circle method, Taylor's method.
11. Bearing Capacity: Definitions, Terzaghi's method, general shear and local shear failures, plate load test.
12. Compaction: Field Compaction method, water content, field compaction control and factors affecting compaction.
13. Pile Foundation: Types of piles, driving of piles, load carrying capacity of piles, pile load testing, under-reamed pile foundation, bored compaction piles.
14. Well Foundations: Caissons, shapes of wells and component parts depth of well foundation and bearing capacity, forces acting on a well foundation. Well sinking.

3 C. THEORY OF STRUCTURES:

1. Statically Indeterminate Structures: Static and kinematic indeterminacy, Energy theorems, Stiffness and flexibility methods for analysis of structures, methods of consistent deformation, slope deflection and moment distribution. Analysis of beams (including continuous) and portal frames, Influence lines for statically determinate and indeterminate beams and planar trusses. Muller-Breslau Principle.
2. Rolling loads on beams- shear force and bending moment due to concentrated loads, uniformly distributed loads- shorter and longer than span. Approximate methods for analysis of frames- Portal method, Cantilever method.

4 D. STRUCTURAL DESIGN-I:

1. Reinforce cement concrete: Limit state theory, Provisions of latest IS: 456, resistance to bending, shear, torsion, deflection. Design of singly and doubly reinforced beams, one way, two way and flat slabs, columns with axial load and uniaxial moment loading, footing, cantilever and counterfort retaining walls, ground supported, underground and elevated reservoirs- provisions of latest IS: 3370, Design of cantilever sheds, rectangular portal frames, spherical domes, dog legged staircase.
2. Pre-stressed Concrete: Properties of high strength concrete and high tensile steel, Analysis of prestressed members for axial load, flexure and shear, Pre-tensioning and post tensioning losses in pre-stress. Design of beams and slab, Provisions of latest IS: 1343.

5 E. STRUCTURAL DESIGN-II:

1. Steel structures: Limit state design, Provisions of latest IS: 800, Design of bolted and welded connections, Design of axially and eccentrically loaded tension and compression members, single and built-up sections, lacings and battens, connections and splices, plastic theory of analysis, design of beams, roof trusses, beam column connections, Column bases- Gusseted and slab base. Plate and gantry girders, through and deck type plate girder bridges and with lateral bracings.

6 F. STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS:

1. Analysis of Single degree of freedom systems- free and forced vibrations, undamped and damped vibrations.