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SYLLABUS- JUNIOR ENGINEER (CIVIL)

Building Materials, Estimating, Costing and Valuation, Surveying, Soil Mechanics,


Hydraulics, Irrigation Engineering, Transportation Engineering, Environmental
Engineering, Concrete Technology, RCC Design, Steel Design.

Building Materials : Physical and Chemical properties, classification, standard tests, uses
and manufacture/quarrying of materials e.g. building stones, silicate based materials,
cement (Portland),asbestos products, timber and wood based products, laminates,
bituminous materials, paints, varnishes.

Estimating, Costing and Valuation: estimate, glossary of technical terms, analysis of


rates, methods and unit of measurement, Items of work – earthwork, Brick work
(Modular & Traditional bricks), RCC work, Shuttering, Timber work, Painting, Flooring,
Plastering. Boundary wall, Brick building, Water Tank, Septic tank, Bar bending schedule,
Centre line method, Mid-section formula, Trapezodial formula, Simpson’s rule. Cost
estimate of Septic tank, flexible pavements, Tube well, isolates and combined footings,
Steel Truss, Piles and pile-caps. Valuation – Value and cost, scrap value, salvage value,
assessed value, sinking fund, depreciation and obsolescence, methods of valuation.

Surveying: Principles of surveying, measurement of distance, chain surveying, working


of prismatic compass, compass traversing, bearings, local attraction, plane table
surveying, theodolite traversing, adjustment of theodolite, Levelling, Definition of terms
used in levelling, contouring, curvature and refraction corrections, temporary and
permanent adjustments of dumpy level, methods of contouring, uses of contour map,
tachometric survey, curve setting, earth work calculation, advanced surveying
equipment.

Soil Mechanics: Origin of soil, phase diagram, Definitions-void ratio, porosity, degree of
saturation, water content, specific gravity of soil grains, unit weights, density index and
interrelationship of different parameters, Grain size distribution curves and their uses.
Index properties of soils, Atterberg’s limits, ISI soil classification and plasticity chart.
Permeability of soil, coefficient of permeability, determination of coefficient of
permeability, Unconfined and confined aquifers, effective stress, quick sand,
consolidation of soils, Principles of consolidation, degree of consolidation, pre-
consolidation pressure, normally consolidated soil, e-log p curve, computation of
ultimate settlement. Shear strength of soils, direct shear test, Vane shear test, Triaxial
test. Soil compaction, Laboratory compaction test, Maximum dry density and optimum
moisture content, earth pressure theories, active and passive earth pressures, Bearing
capacity of soils, plate load test, standard penetration test.

Hydraulics : Fluid properties, hydrostatics, measurements of flow, Bernoulli’s theorem


and its application, flow through pipes, flow in open channels, weirs, flumes, spillways,
pumps and turbines.

Irrigation Engineering: Definition, necessity, benefits, 2II effects of irrigation, types and
methods of irrigation, Hydrology – Measurement of rainfall, run off coefficient, rain
gauge, losses from precipitation – evaporation, infiltration, etc. Water requirement of
crops, duty, delta and base period, Kharif and Rabi Crops, Command area, Time factor,
Crop ratio, Overlap allowance, Irrigation efficiencies. Different type of canals, types of
canal irrigation, loss of water in canals. Canal lining – types and advantages. Shallow
and deep to wells, yield from a well. Weir and barrage, Failure of weirs and permeable
foundation, Slit and Scour, Kennedy’s theory of critical velocity. Lacey’s theory of
uniform flow. Definition of flood, causes and effects, methods of flood control, water
logging, preventive measure. Land reclamation, Characteristics of affecting fertility of
soils, purposes, methods, description of land and reclamation processes. Major irrigation
projects in India.

Transportation Engineering: Highway Engineering – cross sectional elements, geometric


design, types of pavements, pavement materials – aggregates and bitumen, different
tests, Design of flexible and rigid pavements – Water Bound Macadam (WBM) and Wet
Mix Macadam (WMM), Gravel Road, Bituminous construction, Rigid pavement joint,
pavement maintenance, Highway drainage, Railway Engineering- Components of
permanent way – sleepers, ballast, fixtures and fastening, track geometry, points and
crossings, track junction, stations and yards. Traffic Engineering – Different traffic
survey, speed-flow-density and their interrelationships, intersections and interchanges,
traffic signals, traffic operation, traffic signs and markings, road safety.

Environmental Engineering: Quality of water, source of water supply, purification of


water, distribution of water, need of sanitation, sewerage systems, circular sewer, oval
sewer, sewer appurtenances, sewage treatments. Surface water drainage. Solid waste
management – types, effects, engineered management system. Air pollution –
pollutants, causes, effects, control. Noise pollution – cause, health effects, control.

Concrete Technology: Properties, Advantages and uses of concrete, cement aggregates,


importance of water quality, water cement ratio, workability, mix design, storage,
batching, mixing, placement, compaction, finishing and curing of concrete, quality
control of concrete, hot weather and cold weather concreting, repair and maintenance of
concrete structures.

RCC Design: RCC beams-flexural strength, shear strength, bond strength, design of
singly reinforced and double reinforced beams, cantilever beams. T-beams, lintels. One
way and two way slabs, isolated footings. Reinforced brick works, columns, staircases,
retaining wall, water tanks (RCC design questions may be based on both Limit State and
Working Stress methods).

Steel Design: Steel design and construction of steel columns, beams roof trusses plate
girders.

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