B. Tech. (Civil) - Comprehensive Viva

B.V. RAJU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

COMPREHENSIVE VIVA

Distribution of Marks:

Level	Marks
Basics (All Core Subjects)	50
Intermediate to Advanced (Selected Discipline)	30
General Observations (Dress code, Communication, Body Language, Attitude, etc.)	20
Total	100

DISCIPLINES:

1.     Structures

a.     Engineering Mechanics

b.    Strength of Materials I & II

c.     Concrete Technology

d.    Structural Analysis - I

e.     Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures

f.     Design of Steel Structures

2.     Geo-technical Engineering

a.     Geotechnical Engineering - I

b.    Geotechnical Engineering – II

c.     Advanced Foundation Engineering

3.     Transportation

a.     Transportation Engineering

b.    Pavement Design

4.     Water Resources Engineering

a.     Water Resources Engineering - I

b.    Water Resources Engineering - II

c.     Watershed Management

5.     Hydraulic Engineering

a.     Fluid Mechanics

b.    Hydraulics and Hydraulic Machinery

6.     Environmental Engineering

a.     Environmental Impact Assessment and Management

b.    Environmental Engineering

7.     Other Disciplines

a.     Surveying

b.    Building Construction and Material

c.     Engineering Geology

d.    Construction Technology & Project Management

e.     GIS & Remote Sensing

f.     Estimation and Costing

g.    Disaster Management

SAMPLE TOPICS

Engineering Mechanics

1. Statics vs Dynamics
2. Classification of Force System
3. Newtons Law - I, II, III, Parallelogram Law, Triangle Law, Polygon Law
4. Varignon's theorem vs Lami's Theorem
5. Velocity, Acceleration, Force, Couple, Moment, Work, Energy, and Power
6. Centroid, Centre of Gravity, Moment of Inertia, Polar Moment of Inertia, Mass Moment of Inertia
7. Parallel Axis Theorem vs Perpendicular Axis Theorem
8. Kinematics vs Kinetics
9. Rectilinear Motion vs Curvilinear Motion
10. Projectile
11. Work done, Energy, and Power

Strength of Materials:

1. Stress vs Strain
2. Hooke's Law, Young's Modulus, Modulus of Rigidity, Poisson’s Ratio
3. Temperature Stress
4. Resilience and Proof of Resilience
5. Types of Loads
6. Types of Supports
7. Types of Beams
8. Shear Force and Bending Moment
9. Slope and Deflection
10. Maxwell's Reciprocal Theorem
11. Bending Equations
12. Strain Energy and Castigliano's Theorem
13. Columns vs Struts
14. Torsion Equation
15. Types of Springs
16. Unsymmetrical Bending
17. Fixed Beams vs Propped Cantilever
18. Clapeyron’s theorem of three moments

Structural Analysis:

1. Types of Arches
2. Determinate vs Indeterminate Structures
3. Methods of Analysis
4. Energy Theorems
5. Moving Loads and Influence Lines
6. Matrix Methods of Analysis

Concrete Technology:

1. Types of Cement
2. Admixtures
3. Properties of Fresh & Harden Concrete
4. Segregation vs Bleeding
5. Water Cement Ratio
6. Tests on Cement
7. Tests on Cement Mortar
8. Tests on Sand
9. Tests on Concrete
10. Nominal Mix vs Design Mix
11. Special Concrete

Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures:

1. IS Code Books & SP-16
2. Working Stress vs Limit State Method
3. Balanced, Under reinforced, and Over reinforced beam sections
4. Singly vs Doubly reinforced beams
5. T - Beam vs L – Beam
6. Shear Reinforcement
7. Torsion and Bond
8. Two-way vs One-way Slab
9. Check for Shear and Deflection of Slabs
10. Types of Column Footings
11. Short vs Long Columns
12. Columns subjected Axial Load, Uni-axial Bending, Bi-axial bending
13. Types of Staircases
14. Design of Canopy

Design of Steel Structures:

1. IS Code Books & Steel Tables
2. Types of Structural steel
3. Mechanical Properties of Steel
4. Concept of Limit State Design
5. Types of Connections
6. Design of Tension Members with or without Lug Angle
7. Design of Splice
8. Design of Compression Members
9. Design Laced vs Battened Columns
10. Design of beams
11. Design of Built-up sections
12. Design of Eccentric Connections
13. Design of Plate Girders
14. Design of Bearing and Intermediate Stiffeners
15. Types of Roof Trusses
16. Design of Purlin

Geotechnical Engineering:

1. Properties of Soil
2. Tests on Soil at Laboratory
3. Tests on Soil at Site
4. Earth Pressure Theories
5. Active Earth Pressure vs Passive Earth Pressure
6. Mohr's Circle
7. Shear Strength of Soil
8. Friction Angle
9. Coulomb's Law
10. Tests to get Shear Strength
11. Soil Exploration
12. Types of Foundations
13. Factors affecting Slope Stability
14. Bearing Capacity of Soil
15. Terzaghi's Analysis
16. Pile Foundation
17. Well Foundation

Water Resources Engineering

1. Irrigation
2. Types of Irrigation
3. Hydrologic Cycle
4. Hydrograph, Unit Hydrograph
5. Calculation of Average Rainfall in a Catchment
6. Types of Catchment
7. Runoff
8. Factors affecting Runoff
9. Confined Aquifer vs Unconfined Aquifer
10. Yield of Well
11. Factors affecting Yield of Well
12. Estimation of Yield of Well
13. Water Logging and Salinity of Soil
14. Factors affecting Water Logging
15. Effects of Water Logging
16. Reclamation of Water Logged area
17. Types of Dams
18. Factors affecting selection of dam
19. Weir vs Barrage
20. Cross Drainage Works
21. Aqueduct vs Super-passage
22. Spillways
23. River Training Works
24. Meandering of River

Environmental Engineering:

1. Water demand
2. Drinking water standards
3. Potable Water
4. Infiltration Wells vs Infiltration Galleries
5. Layout and general outline of Water Treatment Units
6. Sedimentation vs Coagulation
7. Types of filters
8. Types of disinfection
9. Types of layouts of distribution system
10. Hardy Cross Method
11. Sewage vs Sewerage
12. BOD and COD
13. Layout and general outline of Waste Water Treatment
14. Principles and design of biological treatment

Transportation Engineering:

1. Classification of Roads
2. Express ways vs National Highways
3. Alignment of Roads
4. Gradient vs Super elevation
5. Sight Distance and Types
6. Curves
7. Transition Curves vs Vertical Curves
8. Road Patterns
9. Road Intersections
10. Components of City Road
11. WBM Road
12. Camber vs Super Elevation
13. Grade Separators
14. Importance of Reconnaissance Survey
15. Permanent Way?
16. Gauge? Classification?
17. Types of Rails
18. Check Rail vs Guard Rails
19. Creep and its effects
20. Sleeper and Sleeper Density
21. Ballast and its function
22. Degree of Curve
23. Super Elevation for different gauges
24. Points and Crossings
25. Types of Stations
26. Railway Yards

Watershed Management

1. Need of Watershed Management in India
2. Characteristics of Watershed
3. Watershed Delineation
4. Data required for Watershed Delineation
5. Methods of computation of Runoff
6. Methods of Flood Frequency Analysis
7. Types of Erosion
8. Factors affecting Erosion
9. Measures of Erosion Control
10. Methods of Water Harvesting
11. Farm Ponds vs Percolation Tank
12. Land Use / Land Cover
13. Reclamation of Saline and Alkaline Soils
14. Role of Eco System
15. Reservoir Routing

GIS and Remote Sensing

1. Photogrammetry
2. Stereoscopy
3. EMR
4. Components of GIS
5. Raster vs Vector Data Model
6. Spatial vs Attribute Data
7. Types of Remote Sensing
8. Types of Satellites
9. DEM
10. Application of GIS

Estimation and Costing

1. General Items of Work in Building
2. Detailed vs Abstract Estimate
3. Methods of Detailed Estimate
4. Rate Analysis
5. Bar Bending Schedule
6. Contracts vs Tenders
7. Valuation of Buildings

Disaster Management

1. Environmental Hazards vs Environmental Disasters
2. Types of Hazards and Disasters
3. Endogenous Hazards
4. Causes of Earthquakes
5. Exogenous Hazards
6. Droughts
7. Causes of Floods
8. Flood Control Measures
9. Soil Erosion and Control
10. Stages of Disaster Management
11. Prediction of Hazards & Disasters
12. Environmental Policies and Programmes in India

Surveying:

1. Principle of Surveying
2. Classification of Surveying
3. Triangulation vs Traversing
4. Direct Ranging and Indirect Ranging
5. True Meridian vs Magnetic Meridian
6. True Bearing vs Magnetic Bearing
7. WCB vs QB
8. Fore bearing vs Back bearing
9. Local Attraction
10. Declination vs Dip
11. Methods of Plane Tabling
12. Methods of Calculation of Reduced Levels
13. Contours
14. Horizontal Equivalent vs Contour Interval
15. Use of Contour Maps
16. Methods of calculation of Areas and Volumes
17. Theodelite Surveying
18. Tacheometry
19. Tachemetry Constants
20. Elements of Simple Curve
21. Types of Curves
22. Curve Setting
23. Degree of Curve

Building Construction and Materials:

1. Types of Foundation
2. Brick Masonary vs Stone Masonary
3. Types of bonds used in Brick Masonary
4. Classification of Stone Masonary
5. General Principles of Supervision of Masonary Work
6. Plastering vs Pointing
7. Scaffolding
8. Lintel vs Arches
9. Staircase
10. Quality of Bricks
11. Characteristics of Good Stone
12. Characteristics of Good Timber
13. Cement, Types of Cement
14. Ingredients of Cement
15. Types of Bricks
16. Distemper vs Snowcem
17. PVC vs Stoneware
18. Seasoning of Timber
19. Tests on Bricks
20. Construction Joints

Engineering Geology:

1. Importance of Physical Geology, Petrology, Structural Geology
2. Weathering of Rocks
3. Importance of Study of Minerals
4. Physical Properties of Minerals
5. Classification of Rocks
6. Dykes vs Sills
7. Strike vs Dip
8. Geological considerations in selection of site for dam
9. Analysis of Dam failures
10. Geological factors influencing water tightness and life a reservoir
11. Importance of study of ground water, earth quake and landslides
12. Tunnelling

FM & HHM

1. Specific Weight of Water?
2. Capillarity of Water
3. Fluid Pressure
4. Pascal's law
5. Measurement of Liquid Pressure
6. Explain: Discharge, Velocity
7. Fundamental Equation or Continuity Equation of Liquid Flow
8. Types of Flow
9. Energy of Liquid in Motion
10. Total head
11. Bernoulli's Theorem
12. Measurements of Discharges in Pipes
13. Notch vs Weir
14. Flow through Pipes
15. Flow through Open Channels
16. Chezy's Equation
17. Types of Channels
18. Economical Cross Section of Channels
19. Importance of Reynolds Number
20. Specific Energy and Critical Depth
21. Dimensional Analysis vs Model Analysis
22. Types of Turbines
23. Draft Tube
24. Surge Tank
25. Types of Pumps