Syllabus.docx

SYLLABUS DIPLOMA IN CIVIL ENGINEERING

Civil Engineering (Diploma) syllabus: 1. Surveying: 

Types of Survey, Chain & Cross Staff Survey, Compass survey, Contouring, Area and Volume measurements, Measurement of distance, chain surveying, Compass traversing, Bearings.

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Plane Table Survey, Theodolite Survey, Tacheometric Survey, Curves, Advanced Survey Equipments, Aerial Survey and Remote sensing, Definition of terms used in levelling, Contouring, Temporary and permanent adjustments of dumpy level, curvature and refraction corrections. Tachometric survey, Advanced surveying equipment, Methods of contouring uses of contour map.

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2. Hydraulics: 

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Properties Of Fluid, Hydrostatic pressure, Bernoulli‘s theorem and its application, Weirs, Flumes, Spillways, pumps, Fundamentals of fluid flow, Flow of Liquid through pipes, Flow Through Open Channel, Flow Measuring Devices, Hydraulic Machines. Irrigation Engineering: Definition, necessity, benefits, 211 effects of irrigation, types and methods of irrigation, Hydrology – Measurement of rainfall, run off coefficient, rain gauge, losses from precipitation – evaporation, infiltration, etc, Major irrigation projects in India. Water requirement of crops, Overlap allowance, Kharif and Rabi Crops, Delta and Base period, Land reclamation, Characteristics of affecting the fertility of soils, purposes, methods, description of land and reclamation processes. Kennedy‘s theory of critical velocity, Weir and barrage, Failure of weirs and permeable foundation, Definition of flood, causes and effects, Methods of flood control, Canal lining, Time factor, Crop ratio, Lacey‘s theory of uniform flow.

3. Transportation Engineering: 

Highway engineering: geometric design of highway, cross sectional elements, pavement, types of pavement, pavement materials, test of pavement materials, aggregates and bitumen, design of flexible and rigid pavements, joints, highway drainage, pavement maintenance.

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Traffic engineering: types of traffic survey, speed-density and speed-flow, interchanges and intersections, traffic operations, sign, signal, markings and safety. Railway engineering: rails, ballast, sleepers, joints, fastening, fixtures, points crossings, junctions, yards and stations.

4. Theory of structures:  

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Elasticity constants, determinate, and indeterminate beams, shear force diagrams and bending moment diagrams. Deflection, eccentric loads, torsion of circular section, shear stress and bending moment for channel and compound section, columns, critical load, moment of inertia for circular and rectangular sections, retaining walls, chimneys, dams, moment of area of different section. Design and construction of steel beams, roof trusses, plate girders, columns.

5. Environment Engineering:    

Source of water supply, quality of water, raw sewage, purification of water, sewage treatments, sewage system, surface water drainage. Solid waste management- effects, types, management system. Air pollution: causes, effects, control. Noise pollution: causes effects control.

6. Building Materials: 

Classification, uses, tests, chemical properties, physical properties, quarrying of materials, stones, cement, sand, aggregate, mortar, bricks, concrete, timber, flooring, plastering, painting, varnishes.

7. Soil Mechanics:    

Phase diagram, index properties of soil, Atterberg limits, grain size distribution, ISI classification, plasticity chart. Permeability and seepage analysis confined and unconfined aquifers, Effective stress, Quick sand condition. Soil compaction and consolidation, laboratory tests, degree of consolidation, settlement. Shear strength, earth pressure theories, bearing capacity of soil, standard test, maximum dry density, optimum moisture content, plate load test.

8. Concrete Technology:

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Water-cement ratio, mix designs, uses of cement and aggregates, water quality, workability, advantages, uses and properties of concrete. Quality of concrete, types of concrete, storage, batching, mixing, placing, compaction, and curing, repair and maintenance of structures, hot and cold weather concreting.

9. Estimating, Costing and Valuation:   

Estimation and rate analysis of items of work- earthwork, brickwork, painting, flooring, plastering, timber, shuttering, technical terms. Bar bending schedule, mid section formula, trapezoidal formula, center line method, cost estimate of water tank, septic tank, building and boundary walls. Valuation, method of valuation assessed value, depreciation, obsolescence, sinking fund, salvage value, scrap value and cost.

10. RCC Design:  

Limit state method, working state method, singly reinforced beam, doubly reinforced beam, bond strength, shear strength, flexure strength. Design of Isolated footings, one way two way slab, staircases, columns, water tanks, retaining walls T-beams, lintels, brickwork.