Syllabus for Civill branch/AE for ap genco-APGENCO

Syllabus

(for Civill branch/AE)

1. Strength of materials and theory of structures:

Simple stresses and strains, Hooke's Law, elastic constants, stress strain curve

of mild steel stresses on oblique planes – Principal stresses and strains, Mohr's stress

circle, temperature stresses, compound bars, shear force and bending moment

diagrams for beams, bending and shear stresses in beams, strain energy principles,

torsion of circular shafts – Pure torsion and combined with bending and thrust,

deflections of simple beams, thin and thick cylinders, columns and struts, direct and

bending stresses, trusses, propped cantilevers and fixed beams, arches, cables and

suspension bridges; moving loads and influence lines; static and kinematic

indeterminacies, Continuous beams and portal frames-movement distribution, Kani's

and matrix methods. Unsymmetrical Bending and shear Centre.

2. Reinforced Concrete:

Materials – properties, grades and tests, workability and mix design of concrete

– basic concepts of working stress and limit state methods of design – Limit state

design of beams, slabs, columns, footings. Circular and flat slabs, water tanks, bridges

– IRC specifications and loadings, Slabs and T – beam bridges, retaining walls, Prestressed

concrete – basic concepts, losses and analysis and design of beams including

end block.

3. Steel structure:

Rivetted and welded joints, Connections – eccentric and framed, simple and

compound beams, tension and compression members, plate and gantry girders, roof

trusses, plate girder and truss bridges, water tanks, roof trusses, tubular sections and

design, transmission towers, column bases, plastic analysis, basic principles,

theorems, methods of analysis, analysis and design of determinate and indeterminate

beams and frames.

4. Geo-Technical Engineering:

Origin and classification of soils, three phase system, basic definitions and

relations, effective stress. Permeability, capillarity and seepage of soils, flownets, flow

through earthen dams, compressibility, consolidation and compaction of soils, shear

strength, stability of slopes, earth pressures and retaining walls, stress distribution in

soils, settlement analysis, subsurface exploration and site investigations, bearing

capacity of soils, shallow and deep foundations, pile foundations.

5. Other Topics:

Elements of surveying – Chain, plane table, compass and theodolite, leveling,

building materials and construction, formwork, CPM and PERT.

6. Fluid Mechanics and Machinery:

Properties of fluids, pressure measurement fluid statics, buoyancy and flotation,

fluid kinematics and fluid dynamics, orifices and mouthpieces, notches and weirs,

laminar and turbulent flows, flow through pipes, forces on immersed bodies, flow in

open channels, impact of jets, Hydraulic turbines and pumps, dams, power houses,

hydrology and hydro power plants.