RPSC AEn Syllabus of papers for the Assistant Engineer
Combined Competitive Examination, 2024
Main Examination
CIVIL ENGINEERING SYLLABUS PAPER - I
Maximum Marks: 200
1. STRENGTH OF MATERIALS:
Behaviour of engineering materials in tension, compression and shear, elastic limit, yield stress, proof stress, nominal stress, actual stress and ultimate stress, factor of safety, load factor and elastic constants. Principal stresses and strains, Strain energy, theories of elastic failure.
Bending moment and shear force in statically determinate beams, stress due to bending moment and shear force, design of section, section modulus, elementary theory of torsion, combined bending and torsion. Forces in statically determinate plane trusses.
Slope and deflection of statically determinate beams and frames, Buckling of columns. Euler's, Rankine's and secant formulae. Combined, direct and bending stresses for short columns. Thin cylindrical and spherical shells.
2. SOIL AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING:
Soil Exploration: Methods of site exploration, boring, sampling, standard penetration test.
Preliminary definitions and relationship: Water content unit weight, specific gravity, void ratio, porosity and degree of saturation, density index, phase relationship.
Index Properties: Specific gravity, particle size distribution, consistency of soils. Classifications of soils, field identification.
Laboratory Test: Particle size analysis, liquid limit, plastic limit, proctor density, field density, permeability, shear box and unconfined.
Soil water: Inter-granular and pore water pressure, Quick sand phenomenon, permeability, Flow net and its uses.
Vertical pressure distribution: Boussinesq's equations, Circular load, pressure bulb and its significance, Newmark's chart. Contact pressure distribution.
Consolidation: Concept of one-dimensional consolidation. Laboratory consolidation test, over-consolidated and normally consolidated soils, settlement analysis.
Shear Strength: Basic concept, Mohr-Coulomb Failure theory and measurement of shear strength.
Earth Pressure: Lateral earth pressures (Active and Passive), Rankine's and Coulomb's theory.
Stability of slopes: Methods of slices, friction circle method, Taylor's method.
Bearing Capacity: Definitions, Terzaghi's method, general shear and local shear failures, plate load test.
Compaction: Field Compaction method, water content, field compaction control and factors affecting compaction.
Pile Foundation: Types of piles, driving of piles, load carrying capacity of piles, pile load testing, under-reamed pile foundation, bored compaction piles.
Well Foundations: Caissons, shapes of wells and component parts depth of well foundation and bearing capacity, forces acting on a well foundation. Well sinking.
3. THEORY OF STRUCTURES:
Statically Indeterminate Structures: Static and kinematic indeterminacy, Energy theorems, Stiffness and flexibility methods for analysis of structures, methods of consistent deformation, slope deflection and moment distribution. Analysis of beams (including continuous) and portal frames, Influence lines for statically determinate and indeterminate beams and planar trusses. Muller-Breslau Principle. Rolling loads on beams- shear force and bending moment due to concentrated loads, uniformly distributed loads- shorter and longer than span. Approximate methods for analysis of frames- Portal method, Cantilever method.
4. STRUCTURAL DESIGN-I:
Reinforce cement concrete: Limit state theory, Provisions of latest IS: 456, resistance to bending, shear, torsion, deflection. Design of singly and doubly reinforced beams, one way, two way and flat slabs, columns with axial load and uniaxial moment loading, footing, cantilever and counterfort retaining walls, ground supported, underground and elevated reservoirs- provisions of latest IS: 3370, Design of cantilever sheds, rectangular portal frames, spherical domes, dog legged staircase.
Pre-stressed Concrete: Properties of high strength concrete and high tensile steel, Analysis of prestressed members for axial load, flexure and shear, Pre-tensioning and post tensioning losses in pre-stress. Design of beams and slab, Provisions of latest IS: 1343.
5. STRUCTURAL DESIGN-II:
Steel structures: Limit state design, Provisions of latest IS: 800, Design of bolted and welded connections, Design of axially and eccentrically loaded tension and compression members, single and built-up sections, lacings and battens, connections and splices, plastic theory of analysis, design of beams, roof trusses, beam column connections, Column bases- Gusseted and slab base. Plate and gantry girders, through and deck type plate girder bridges and with lateral bracings.
6. STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS:
Analysis of Single degree of freedom systems- free and forced vibrations, undamped and damped vibrations.
CIVIL ENGINEERING SYLLABUS PAPER - II
Maximum Marks: 200
1. FLUID MECHANICS:
Fluid properties, types of flow, Fluid statics, forces on fully and partially submerged bodies, stability of floating bodies. Fluid kinematics, acceleration of fluid particle, velocity potential and stream function, irrotational flows, ideal fluid flow, Bernoulli's, Navier Stokes, Reynold's equations, application. Flow measuring devices.
Momentum and angular momentum principles as applied to fluid in a control volume, applications to jets. Introduction of viscous flow, concept of drag. Flow through pipes, Laminar and turbulent. Equations for boundary layer thickness and boundary shear over flat plates. Channel Flows (GVF and RVF), surges. Dimensional analysis and similitude techniques.
Mathematical modeling: tools and techniques, advanced modeling applications to water resources and environmental engineering problems.
2. SURVEYING:
Distance Measurements: Measurement of base line, errors in base line measurements, reduction to mean sea level, specifications for base line measurements, optical measurements of distances, use of subtense bars.
Angle Measurements: Principles of theodolite and compass, traverse adjustments.
Vertical Measurements: Use of leveling instruments of level, level tubes, estimation of sensitivity, optics, care and maintenance, parameters to define quality of telescope, leveling instruments and theodolites, methods of records and reducing, stadia reductions, use of level rods, contouring, drainage and watershed lines.
Methods of filling in details: Plane table and traverse surveys. Principles and adjustments of closed traverse, determination of missing data, solution of two point and three point problems.
Other Surveys: Curve ranging using linear and angular measurements, simple compound and spiral curves.
Measurements of area and volumes: Use of planimeter, measurements of areas and volumes including prismoidal, trapezoidal and Simpson's method.
Advance surveying: Use of Total station, concepts of Global Positioning System, Geographical Information System and Remote Sensing,
3. CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS:
Building Materials: building stones, building bricks, steel (Plain, Tor, High-tensile and Structural), Timber, lime, cement, sand, surkhi, cinder, stone slabs and lintels, aggregates for cement concrete, paints, distempers, use of pozzolana manufacturing of lime concrete, cement concrete for plain, reinforced and pre- stressed concrete work, use of construction and demolition waste.
Road Materials: Coarse aggregate, screenings and binding materials for WBM. Bricks for soling. coarse and fine aggregate for bituminous roads, IRC standard size aggregates, Tars and Bitumen, Bituminous concrete, Bituminous emulsions, Bitumen Mastic and Minerals fillers.
Constructions Stone Masonry: Ashlar, course rubble, random rubble, stone pillar, dry stone and arch masonry.
Bricks Masonry: Types and their uses, hollow and reinforced brick work. Wood work: doors and windows.
Steel works: Structural steel work, metal doors and windows.
Roofing: Stone slab roofing, G.I. Steel sheet roofing, Asbestos cement sheet roofing, jack arch roofing, tile and thatch roofing, false ceiling.
Flooring: Cement concrete flooring, flag stone flooring, terrazzo mosaic flooring, Terrazzo tile flooring, Marble flooring, Brick on edge flooring, Timber Granolithic floor finish, linoleum and other floorings.
Plastering: Lime plaster, cement sand plaster, composite plaster, rough coat plaster, Araish plastering with Gypsum, Plaster of Paris, painting.
Miscellaneous: Damp proof course, anti-termite treatment, sill, coping and corbelling.
Centering and Shuttering: Centering form work, shuttering and moulds, timber trestles and false work, scaffolding and shoring, under pinning.
Construction Management: Management of construction, plants and equipment. Planning for construction using network analysis C.P.M. and PERT techniques.
4. HYDROLOGY AND WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING:
Engineering Hydrology: Hydrologic cycle, precipitation, evaporation, evapo- transpiration and infiltration. Estimation of dependable runoff factors effecting runoff. Rainfall runoff relationship, flood/drought estimation using frequency analysis and unit hydrograph methods. Groundwater hydrology, aquifers, steady flow towards fully penetrating wells confined and unconfined aquifers.
Crop water requirements: consumptive use of water. Water depth and frequency of irrigation. Soil moisture and its variation in the root zone. Wilting point. Field capacity. Different methods of irrigation and irrigation efficiency. Cropping patterns. Intensity of irrigation, Irrigation drainage and its related problems.
Diversion Head Works: Principles of design of weirs on non-permeable and permeable foundations. Khosla's theory, designs for uplift and exit gradient.
Canals: Design of lined and unlined canals, Silt theories, Tractive force approach, Canal transition.
Ground water: Ground water availability in unconfined aquifers, Safe yield formulae, construction and maintenance of wells, Relative merits of lift irrigation and flow irrigation.
Storage Works: Elementary concepts of gravity and earthen dams. Forces acting on gravity dams. Structural behaviour, stability considerations and stress variation in gravity dams. Phreatic line and control of seepage in earthen dam.
Multi-purpose Projects: Compatibility of Multi-purpose uses. Data needed in planning of multi-purpose water resources projects. Reservoir planning, Environmental consequences of irrigation, issues related to large dams, rehabilitation and resettlement problems of irrigation projects. River linking projects, inter-state river water disputes and acts. Water logging, problems of alkalinity and salinity, Farm drainage and command area development works.
5. HIGHWAY ENGINEERING AND BRIDGES:
Survey, investigation and preparation of road project. Highway standard classification, land width, building line center line, formation width, terrain classification, pavement width.
Geometric Design: Camber, longitudinal gradients, sight distance, horizontal curve, super elevation, vertical curve, lateral and vertical clearances.
Design of Pavement: Flexible pavements, Rigid pavements.
Pavement Construction: Sub-base, base course and shoulder stone/kankar brick soling, WBM courses, shoulders. Granular sub-base, stabilized soil roads, cement/lime stabilized sub-base, sand bitumen base course, crushed cement concrete base/sub-base course, Bituminous Course: Prime and tack coats.
Traffic Engineering : Traffic characteristics, road user characteristics, vehicular characteristics, volume, speed and delay studies origin and destination study, traffic flow characteristics, traffic capacity and parking studies, traffic regulation, traffic control devices, Intersection control. System approach in traffic management.
Bridge Engineering: Components of bridges, classification of bridges, requirements of an ideal bridge, selection of bridge site, Bridge alignment, site investigation and collection of data, waterway of bridges. Economic span scour depth of foundation, Afflux, clearance, free board. Type of bridge superstructures and methods of erection, bridge bearings, joints in bridge, wearing coat, Railing, parapet and approach slab.
Type of bridge foundation, bridge pier, abutment and wing walls. Training work for bridges and protection works. Low cost bridges, causeway, timber bridges, suspension bridges. Provisions of latest IRC:5, IRC:6, IRC:21. Design of slab culverts and pipe culverts.
6. WATER SUPPLY AND SANITARY ENGINEERING:
Water Supply Engineering: Quantitative requirements of water supply for urban and rural areas. Variation in demand. Forecast of population. Different sources of water supply, lakes, rivers and ground water. Intake arrangements. Drinking water standard for water. Bacteriological test. Pumping of raw water. Design of rising mains. Water treatment, flow diagram, sedimentation coagulation, filtration and disinfection, water softening and aeration of water. Water distribution system and their design and analysis. Clear water reservoirs. Rural water supply and sanitation. Problems of low cost potable water for rural population. Tube wells for water supply. Safe yield from tube wells.
Sanitary Engineering: sewerage, separate sewers and combined sewers. Hydraulic and structural design considerations. Different types of pipe material and different shapes of build up sewers. Superimposed load n sewers. House plumbing, various accessories and arrangement. Sewage pumping station.
Characterization of Sewage : Physical, chemical and biological analysis, Industrial waste water and its problems, natural purification process through soil mass and through water bodies self purification of streams. Sewage treatment, Physical treatment, screening, skimming tanks, Grit chamber, Settling tanks. Secondary (biological) treatment, trickling filters and high rate bio filters. Activated sludge and accelerated aeration plants. Secondary, settling tanks, sludge digesters and sludge drying. Final disposal, Low cost waste water treatment oxidation ponds, oxidation ditches, aerated lagoons, septic tank, anaerobic lagoons. Dry refuse disposal. Basic concepts of Urban and Rural sanitation.
Solid Waste Management: Classification and Treatment methods, Sanitary landfill, Medical waste management and disposal methods.