ASSISTANT ENGINEER FULL SYLLABUS

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ASSISTANT ENGINEER (CIVIL)
KERALA TOURISM DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION  LTD
(CATEGORY NO. 199/2010)

1. STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
Static friction, mass moment of inertia, collision of elastic bodies, conservation of energy and
momentum, simple harmonic motion, elastic constants. Rotational motion. Bending moment and shear
force  in  statically  determinate  beams.  Simple  stress  and  strain  relationship:  Stress  and  strain  in  two
dimensions, principal stresses, Mohr’s circle. Strain energy, torsion and axial stress, close coiled helical
springs, columns and struts, Euler and Rankine loads, deflections, arches, influence lines. Simple bending
theory, flexural and shear stresses, unsymmetrical bending, shear centre. Cylinders, thin walled pressure
vessels, uniform torsion, buckling of column, combined and direct bending stresses. Flitched beams, slope
deflection, trusses, concrete structures, balanced and unbalanced reinforcement, prestressed concrete, steel
structures, rivets and joints.


2. GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
Origin of soils, soil classification, three-phase system, fundamental definitions, relationship and
interrelationships. Seepage forces, critical hydraulic gradient, permeability and compressibility of soils.
Effective stress principle, liquefaction of soil, consolidation, compaction, shear strength. Mohr- Coulomb
theory, active and passive earth pressures, settlement components.
  
3.  FOUNDATION ENGINEERING
Sub-surface investigations- scope, drilling bore holes, sampling, penetration test, pile load test and
plate load test. Earth pressure theories, effect of water table, layered soils. Stability of slopes-infinite
slopes, finite slopes. Foundation types-foundation design requirements. Contact pressure distribution of
ultimate bearing capacity of Terzaghi, design aspects of footings and rails. Shallow foundations-bearing
capacity, effect of shape, water table and other factors, stress distribution, settlement analysis in sands &
clays. Deep foundations pile types, dynamic & static formulae, load capacity of piles in sands & clays,
bearing capacity of piles and pile groups, negative skin friction. Under —reamed piles, well foundation,
machine foundation, modes of vibration, natural frequency, vibration isolation.

4. FLUID MECHANICS AND IRRIGATION ENGINEERING
Properties of fluids, principle of conservation of mass, momentum, energy and corresponding equations.
Buoyancy, stability of floating and submerged bodies, streamlines, velocity potential and stream function.
Applications of momentum and Bernoulli’s equation, laminar and turbulent flow through pipes, friction
factor, pipe networks. Energy loss, critical depth in open channel flow, hydraulic jump and its applications,
flow net, equation of continuity. Concept of boundary layer and its growth, drag and lift on bodies.
Uniform flow, critical flow and gradually varied flow in channels, specific energy concept, hydraulic jump.
Orifices and mouthpieces, notches and weirs. Dimensional analysis and hydraulic modeling, undistorted
and distorted models. Hydrograph, unit hydrograph, specific yield, aquifers, storage capacity of reservoirs,
reservoir losses, duty and delta, kharif and rabi crops, most efficient section of channels, types of dams,
spillway, canal lining, hydraulic structures.

5. ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
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, sludge disposal, 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.  Principles  of  coagulation,  flocculation  and
sedimentation, distribution systems, sewerage  systems, sewage  treatment, sanitation, filtration, B.O.D,
C.O.D., DO, self purification of streams.

6. TRANSPORTAION ENGINEERING
Geometric  design  of  highways,  classification  of  roads,  transition  curves,  super  elevation,  testing  and
specifications of paving materials, design of flexible and rigid pavements. Railways, permanent way,
ballast,  sleeper,  fastenings,  points  and  crossings,  different  types  of  turn-outs,  cross-over.  Traffic
characteristics, theory of traffic flow, intersection design, traffic signs and signal design, highway capacity.
Signs, signals and markings.
7.  SURVEYING
Importance  of  surveying,  principles  and  classifications,  mapping  concepts,  coordinate  system,  map
projections, measurements of distance and directions. Chain surveying, theodolite traversing, tacheometry.
Plane table surveying, two-point problem, three-point problem. Compass surveying, bearing. Errors and
adjustments, horizontal and vertical curves. Astronomical surveying, aerial photogrammetry, hydrographic
surveying. Leveling, refraction and curvature corrections.

NOTE: - It may be noted that apart from the topics detailed above,
questions  from  other  topics  prescribed  for  the  educational
qualification  of  the  post  may  also  appear  in  the  question  paper.
There is no undertaking that all the topics above may be covered in
the question paper


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