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Comprehensive Viva - Model Questions

Model Questions:

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
5. Lami's Theorem
6. Concurrent Forces vs Non-Concurrent Forces
7. Coplanar Forces vs Non-Coplanar Forces
8. How to find magnitude and direction of a Resultant for a given force system
9. How to find Moment about a particular point in Parallel Force System
10. What are Equilibrium Equations
11. Define Velocity, Acceleration, Force, Couple, Moment, Work, Energy, and Power
12. Define Centroid, Centre of Gravity
13. Define Moment of Inertia, Polar Moment of Inertia, Mass Moment of Inertia
14. Find Centroid of given figure (for both Simple and Composite)
15. Find Moment of Inertia?
16. What is Parallel Axis Theorem?
17. What is Perpendicular Axis Theorem?
18. Explain about Dynamics?
19. Kinematics vs Kinetics?
20. Rectilinear Motion vs Curvilinear Motion
21. Equations of Rectilinear Motion
22.  - do - under Gravity
23. Equations of Curvilinear Motion
24. Explain about Projectile
25. Find Work done, Energy, and Power of a given a problem

Strength of Materials:

1. Stress vs Strain
2. Hooke's Law
3. Young's Modulus
4. Modulus of Rigidity
5. Possions Ratio
6. Temperature Stress
7. What is Resilience? Proof of Resilience?
8. Stress produces in a bar by a sudden applied load and gradually applied load
9. Types of Loads
10. Types of Supports
11. Types of Beams
12. Find Shear Force and Bending Moment of a given problem
13. Slope and Deflection
14. Maxwell's Reciprocal Theorem
15. Moment Area Method
16. Consistent Deformation Method
17. Conjugate Beam Method
18. Bending Equations
19. Strain Energy and Castigliano's Theorem
20. Columns vs Struts

Surveying:

1. Principle of Surveying
2. Classification of Surveying
3. Triangulation vs Traversing
4. Direct Ranging and Indirect Ranging
5. Meridian
6. True Meridian vs Magnetic Meridian
7. Bearing
8. True Bearing vs Magnetic Bearing
9. WCB vs QB
10. Fore bearing vs Back bearing
11. Local Attraction
12. Declination vs Dip
13. Methods of Plane Tabling
14. What is Levelling?
15. Methods of Calculation of Reduced Levels
16. Contour?
17. Horizontal Equivalent vs Contour Interval
18. Use of Contour Maps
19. Calculation of Areas and Volumes
20. Simpson's Rule
21. Trapezoidal Rule
22. Mid-Ordinate Rule
23. Prismoidal Formula
24. Theodelite Surveying
25. Tacheometry
26. What are Tachemetry Constants?
27. Elements of Simple Curve
28. Types of Curves
29. Curve Setting
30. What is 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

Concrete Technology:

1. Ingredients of Concrete
2. Types of Cement
3. Properties of Fresh Concrete
4. Properties of Harden Concrete
5. Segregation vs Bleeding
6. Admixtures
7. Properties of Cement
8. Water Cement Ratio
9. Factors affecting Workability
10. Measurement of Workability
11. Bulking of Sand
12. Sieve Analysis
13. Nominal Mix vs Design Mix
14. Characteristics of Good Aggregate
15. Special Concrete

Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering:

1. Properties of Soil
2. Tests on Soil at Laboratory
3. Atterberg Limits
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

Hydraulics

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 Gravity and Critical Depth

Water Resources Engineering

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

Transportation Engineering:

Roads:

1. Classification of Roads
2. Express ways vs National Highways
3. Factors affecting alignment of Roads
4. Factors affecting alignment of Hill Roads
5. Economical Route
6. Gradient vs Super elevation
7. Sight Distance and Types
8. Curves
9. Transition Curves vs Vertical Curves
10. Road Patterns
11. Road Intersections
12. Components of City Road
13. WBM Road
14. Camber vs Super Elevation
15. Grade Separators

Railways:

1. Importance of Reconnaissance Survey
2. Permanent Way?
3. Gauge? Classification?
4. Types of Rails
5. Check Rail vs Guard Rails
6. Creep and its effects
7. Sleeper and Sleeper Density
8. Ballast and its function
9. Gradient
10. Degree of Curve
11. Super Elevation for different gauges
12. Points and Crossings
13. Types of Stations
14. Railway Yards
15. Signalling

Design of Waterway for High Level Bridge

References:

IRC Sp 082:2008 Code book

SYLLABUS FOR IES 2017

UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

ENGINEERING SERVICES EXAMINATION (ESE) SYLLABUS

Civil Engineering

PAPER – I

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.

PAPER – II

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

GATE Exam Syllabus for Civil Engineering - CE

GATE SYLLABUS 2017

CIVIL ENGINEERING - CE

SECTION 1: ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS

Linear Algebra: Matrix algebra; Systems of linear equations; Eigen values and Eigen vectors

Calculus: Functions of single variable; Limit, continuity and differentiability; Mean value theorems, local maxima and minima, Taylor and Maclaurin series; Evaluation of definite and indefinite integrals, application of definite integral to obtain area and volume; Partial derivatives; Total derivative; Gradient, Divergence and Curl, Vector identities, Directional derivatives, Line, Surface and Volume integrals, Stokes, Gauss and Green’s theorems.

Ordinary Differential equations (ODE): First order (linear and non-linear) equations; higher order linear equations with constant coefficients; Euler-Cauchy equations; Laplace transform and its application in solving linear ODEs; initial and boundary value problems

Partial Differential Equation (PDE): Fourier series; separation of variables; solutions of one-dimensional diffusion equation; first and second order one-dimensional wave equation and two-dimensional Laplace equation

Probability and Statistics: Definitions of probability and sampling theorems; Conditional probability; Discrete Random variables: Poisson and Binomial distributions; Continuous random variables: normal and exponential distributions; Descriptive statistics - Mean, median, mode and standard deviation; Hypothesis testing.

Numerical Methods: Accuracy and precision; error analysis. Numerical solutions of linear and non-linear algebraic equations; Least square approximation, Newton’s and Lagrange polynomials, numerical differentiation, Integration by trapezoidal and Simpson’s rule, single and multi-step methods for first order differential equations.

GENERAL APTITUDE (GA):

Verbal Ability: English grammar, sentence completion, verbal analogies, word groups, instructions, critical reasoning and verbal deduction.

SECTION 2: STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING

Engineering Mechanics: System of forces, free-body diagrams, equilibrium equations; Internal forces in structures; Friction and its applications; Kinematics of point mass and rigid body; Centre of mass; Euler’s equations of motion; Impulse-momentum; Energy methods; Principles of virtual work

Solid Mechanics: Bending moment and shear force in statically determinate beams; Simple stress and strain relationships; Theories of failures; Simple bending theory, flexural and shear stresses, shear centre; Uniform torsion, buckling of column, combined and direct bending stresses.

Structural Analysis: Statically determinate and indeterminate structures by force/ energy methods; Method of superposition; Analysis of trusses, arches, beams,cables and frames; Displacement methods: Slope deflection and moment distribution methods; Influence lines; Stiffness and flexibility methods of structural analysis

Construction Materials and Management: Construction Materials: Structural steel - composition, material properties and behaviour; Concrete - constituents, mixdesign, short-term and long-term properties; Bricks and mortar; Timber; Bitumen. Construction Management: Types of construction projects; Tendering and construction contracts; Rate analysis and standard specifications; Cost estimation; Project planning and network analysis -PERT and CPM.

Concrete Structures: Working stress, Limit state and Ultimate load design concepts; Design of beams, slabs, columns; Bond and development length; Prestressed concrete; Analysis of beam sections at transfer and service loads

Steel Structures: Working stress and Limit state design concepts; Design of tension and compression members, beams and beam-columns, column bases; Connections-simple and eccentric, beam-column connections, plate girders and trusses; Plastic analysis of beams and frames.

SECTION 3: GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING

Soil Mechanics: Origin of soils, soil structure and fabric; Three-phase system and phase relationships, index properties; Unified and Indian standard soil classification system; Permeability -one dimensional flow, Darcy’s law; Seepage through soils -two-dimensional flow, flow nets, uplift pressure, piping; Principle of effective stress, capillarity, seepage force and quicksand condition; Compaction in laboratory and field conditions; One-dimensional consolidation, time rate of consolidation; Mohr’s circle, stress paths, effective and total shear strength parameters, characteristics of clays and sand.

Foundation Engineering: Sub-surface investigations -scope, drilling bore holes, sampling, plate load test, standard penetration and cone penetration tests; Earth pressure theories-Rankine and Coulomb; Stability of slopes -finite and infinite slopes, method of slices and Bishop’s method; Stress distribution in soils -Boussinesq’s and Westergaard’s theories, pressure bulbs; Shallow foundations -Terzaghi’s and Meyerhoff’s bearing capacity theories, effect of water table; Combined footing and raft foundation; Contact pressure; Settlement analysis in sands and clays; Deep foundations -types of piles, dynamic and static formulae, load capacity of piles in sands and clays, pile load test, negative skin friction.

SECTION 4: WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING

Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics: Properties of fluids, fluid statics; Continuity, momentum, energy and corresponding equations; Potential flow, applications of momentum and energy equations; Laminar and turbulent flow; Flow in pipes, pipe networks; Concept of boundary layer and its growth.

Hydraulics: Forces on immersed bodies; Flow measurement in channels and pipes; Dimensional analysis and hydraulic similitude; Kinematics of flow, velocity triangles; Basics of hydraulic machines, specific speed of pumps and turbines; Channel Hydraulics -Energy-depth relationships, specific energy, critical flow, slope profile, hydraulic jump, uniform flow and gradually varied flow

Hydrology: Hydrologic cycle, precipitation, evaporation, evapo-transpiration, watershed, infiltration, unit hydrographs, hydrograph analysis, flood estimation and routing, reservoir capacity, reservoir and channel routing, surface run-off models, ground water hydrology -steady state well hydraulics and aquifers; Application of Darcy’s law.

Irrigation: Duty, delta, estimation of evapo-transpiration; Crop water requirements; Design of lined and unlined canals, head works, gravity dams and spillways; Design of weirs on permeable foundation; Types of irrigation systems, irrigation methods; Water logging and drainage; Canal regulatory works, cross-drainage structures, outlets and escapes

SECTION 5: ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Water and Waste Water: 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, distribution of water. Sewage and sewerage treatment, quantity and characteristics of wastewater. Primary, secondary and tertiary treatment of wastewater, effluent discharge standards. Domestic wastewater treatment, quantity of characteristics of domestic wastewater, primary and secondary treatment. Unit operations and unit processes of domestic wastewater, 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.

SECTION 6: TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING

Transportation Infrastructure: Highway alignment and engineering surveys; Geometric design of highways -cross-sectional elements, sight distances, horizontal and vertical alignments; Geometric design of railway track; Airport runway length, taxiway and exit taxiway design.

Highway Payments: Highway materials -desirable properties and quality control tests; Design of bituminous paving mixes; Design factors for flexible and rigid pavements; Design of flexible pavement using IRC: 37-2012; Design of rigid pavements using IRC: 58-2011; Distresses in concrete pavements

Traffic Engineering: Traffic studies on flow, speed, travel time -delay and O-D study, PCU, peak hour factor, parking study, accident study and analysis, statistical analysis of traffic data; Microscopic and macroscopic parameters of traffic flow, fundamental relationships; Control devices, signal design by Webster’s method; Types of intersections and channelization; Highway capacity and level of service of rural highways and urban roads

SECTION 7: GEOMATICS ENGINEERING

Principles of surveying; Errors and their adjustment; Maps -scale, coordinate system; Distance and angle measurement -Levelling and trigonometric levelling; Traversing and triangulation survey; Total station; Horizontal and vertical curves. Photogrammetry -scale, flying height; Remote sensing -basics, platform and sensors, visual image interpretation; Basics of Geographical information system (GIS) and Geographical Positioning system (GPS).

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