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Civil Engineering Lecturer Syllabus

The document outlines the syllabus for a Lecturer in Civil Engineering at Government Polytechnics, detailing key subjects such as Structural Analysis, Surveying, Building Technology, Fluid Mechanics, and Environmental Engineering. Each subject includes specific topics and methodologies relevant to civil engineering practices and principles. The syllabus emphasizes both theoretical knowledge and practical applications in various areas of civil engineering.

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Civil Engineering Lecturer Syllabus

The document outlines the syllabus for a Lecturer in Civil Engineering at Government Polytechnics, detailing key subjects such as Structural Analysis, Surveying, Building Technology, Fluid Mechanics, and Environmental Engineering. Each subject includes specific topics and methodologies relevant to civil engineering practices and principles. The syllabus emphasizes both theoretical knowledge and practical applications in various areas of civil engineering.

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SYLLABUS FOR LECTURER, CIVIL ENGINEERING
GOVERNMENT POLYTECHNICS
1. Structural Analysis:
Slopes and deflections in determinate beams using conjugate beam method and moment area
method; Maxwell’s reciprocal, Betti’s and Castigliano’s theorems. Strain Energy method and
unit load method for statically determinate beams, frames and trusses. Area moment theorem
and its application. Types of Arches, suspension bridges and their design.
2. Surveying and Estimation.
Basic principles of surveying, Measurement of distance and directions, Theodolite, Total station,
temporary and permanent adjustment. Measurement using GPS. Levelling, Contouring,
Traversing, Adjustment of survey data, Plane table survey, Curves. Application of Remote
Sensing and GIS in Civil Engineering. Estimation of quantities for various types of construction;
Building construction, Road construction. Analysis of rates, Preparation of tender, specifications
and contract documents. Building layout and Shuttering plans.
3. Building Technology & Construction Management:
Building materials: Stone, Brick, Tiles, Cement, Mortar, Concrete, Steel and Wood. Introduction
to Glass, Paint, Plastic, Aluminium, Reinforced & Fiber reinforced cement concrete; Ferro
cement, Fiber-Reinforced Polymer, Environment friendly materials.
Brick and stone masonry: Brick bonds and type of walls; Lintels and Arches, Flat and Pitched
roofs, Plastering, Pointing, Flooring, Damp proofing, Water proofing, Sound proofing and Fire
proofing. Expansion and construction joints, Centering and shuttering, Stairs and Lifts, Doors &
Windows. Load bearing and framed structure construction. Building bye laws. Aspects in
modern building planning. Eco-friendly and green buildings. Anti-corrosive treatment. Wood
varieties and uses.
Bar charts, Milestone charts. Preparation of construction schedules, CPM & PERT, Project Cost
Management, National Building Code provisions.
4. Strength of Material:
Simple stresses and strains, stress-strain curve for ductile and brittle materials. Elastic constants,
stress, plane stress, Mohr’s circle of stress, Strain, Plain strain, Mohr’s circle of strain,
Combined stress. Shear force and Bending moment diagrams. Elastic theories of failure;
Bending of beams, shear and bending stresses. Torsions of circular and rectangular sections and
simple members, columns. Buckling and stability, slenderness ratio.
5. Fluid Mechanics.
Properties of fluids; Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids; Principles of fluid statics, Kinematics
of flow; Equations and motion; Energy and momentum application; Uniform and non-uniform
flow. Bernoulli’s equation, Flow measurement in pipes and open channels. Dimensional
analysis and similitude. Introduction to boundary layer theory, Laminar and turbulent flow
through pipes, Strokes’ law, Performance parameters of pumps and turbines

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6. Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering.
Soil and soil mass constituents; weight-volume relationship, index properties, recognition and
classification of soils, soil structure and clay minerals. Capillary, permeability and seepage
through soil, piping phenomenon. Determination of liquid, plastic and shrinkage limits. Shearing
strength of soil, Determination of parameters by direct shear box, tri-axial and unconfined
compression test, vane shear test. Typical stress- strain curves for soil. Determination of pore
pressure coefficients, liquefaction of soil, soil compaction, laboratory tests and field control.
Ground improvement techniques, mechanical stabilisation, cement line and bitumen
stabilisation. Field tests of soils and compaction methods.
Types of foundations, selection criteria, bearing capacity, settlement, laboratory and field tests.
Types of piles, their design and layout. Foundation on expansive soils, swelling and its
prevention. Design of earth retaining structures and tunnels.
7. Transportation Engineering:
Classification of Roads, Highway Material & Testing: Properties of subgrade soil, stone
aggregates and bituminous material. Significance, methods and application of various tests on
soil, stone aggregate and bitumen. Design elements, cross-sectional elements, horizontal and
vertical alignment, sight distance, super elevation, types of road crossings, round abouts, grade-
separated intersection. Traffic studies on flow, speed and travel time. Improvement based on
accident study, traffic capacity, density, extra widening, transitional curves and geometric
improvement of intersection. Traffic signs, traffic control and parking.
Design of highway pavements and pavement materials using California Bearing Ratio (C.B.R.)
and Group Index (G.I) method; Westergaard’s analysis of wheel load stresses in rigid pavement;
IRC design method for concrete pavement. Methods of constructing different types of roads;
Mega Highways, National Highways, State highways, district and village roads. Specifications
of MORTH & IRC, safety codes for roads, highway drainage and highway maintenance.
Railway Engineering: Gauges; right of way, gradient and super-elevation, Resistance to traction
and stresses in track. Track components their functions and requirements, track geometrics,
turnouts and crossings, signalling and interlocking, rail joints. Stations and yards and centralised
train control system.
Airport site selection, classification, layout, zoning laws, runway/ taxiway orientation and
design, traffic control and runway lighting.
8. Environmental Engineering:
Water supply: Demand; forecasting of water demand, sources, Quality standards; Water
treatment; Coagulation, flocculation, settling, filtration, Water softening; Iron Manganese,
Fluoride and Nitrate removal; Electro-dialysis, R.O and Iron exchange process and Desalination.
Water distribution system design, tanks and reservoirs, pumping station.
Sewerage system: Layout and design. Characteristics of municipal waste water and its treatment;
Activated sludge process, trickling filters, Rotating Biological Contactor (RBC), Up flow
anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB), Stabilisation ponds and lagoons; Septic tanks; Sludge
handling and disposal.
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Basics of noise pollution; Standards, Measurement and its abatement. Air Quality; standards,
Air pollution, ill effects on human being, control of air pollution. International, National and
State pollution control bye laws.
9. Design of Concrete Structure
Material for cement concrete, properties and testing of cement, water, fine and coarse
aggregates. Introduction to admixtures, IS Concrete mix design procedure, properties and testing
of fresh and hardened concrete, durability of concrete. Introduction to self-compacting concrete.
Limit State design as per IS; 456 for bending, shear, axial compression and combined forces.
Design of slabs, beams, columns, walls, footing as per IS codes. Working stress method of
design of Reinforced Concrete members. Design of cantilever and counterfort Retaining walls.
Principles of pre-stresses concrete design, materials, methods of prestressing and losses. Design
of simple members and determinate structures as per provisions of IS: 1343.
10. Design of Steel Structures:
Mild and high tensile steel, working stresses, factor of safety, imposed loads on various types of
floors and roofs; Introduction to IS: 875 with respect to Dead Loads, Imposed Loads and Wind
Loads. Design of riveted, welded and bolted joints. Plastic analysis. Types of cross sections.
Design of steel structure as per latest version of IS: 800. Design of tension members,
compression members, axially and eccentrically loaded columns; built up columns; Design of
connections, Plate girders, roof trusses, floor system, column bases, column footing, grillage
foundation. Lateral Loads: Determination of wind and earthquake effect as per IS Codes.
11. Water Resource Engineering.
Need for harnessing water resources; Irrigation practices, Irrigation – its importance and impact
on environment, assessment of water requirement for crops; irrigation system major and minor;
Method of irrigation; Drip and sprinkle methods their importance; canal and well irrigation;
design principles of irrigation canal, estimation of design discharge and storage capacity; energy
dissipation; salient features of diversion head works; falls; regulators and cross drainage
structures, Different types of Reservoir, flood routing through reservoir, basic principles for
design of dams and spillways, General features and component of Hydropower station.
Hydrological cycle and hydrologic budget; Precipitation, its measurement and analysis; Stream
flow; Rainfall – runoff relationship, frequency analysis; Flood Routing and flood discharge
calculation. Major rivers, Dams and hydropower plants of India and specially Uttarakhand.

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