APSC PHE Department Assistant Engineer Civil Syllabus

APSC PHE Department Assistant Engineer Civil Syllabus

General Studies
Multiple choice objective questions for 100 marks consist of following topics
(1) Current Events of National & International Importance
(2) History of India & History of Assam
(3) World Geography including India & Assam
(4) Indian Economy, Indian National Movement
(5) Mental Ability
(6) Role and Impact of Science and Technology of India
(7) Indian Polity, Political System in India
(8) Indian Culture

Civil Engineering (Degree Level) –
Multiple choice objective questions for 100 marks consist of following topics
Statics – Co Planer and multi planer system, free body diagrams, centroid second moment of plane figure force and funicular polygons, principle of virtual work suspension systems and centenary.
Dyanmics – Units and Dimension, Gravitational and absolute system, MKS & S.I. Unit.
Kinematics – Rectilinear and Curvilinear motion, Relative motion, Instantaneous centre.
Kinetics – Mass moment of inertia, simple hormonic motion, momentum and impulse equations of motion of rigid body rotating about a fixed axis.
Strength of Material – Homoenous and isotropic media, stress and strain elastic constants, tension and compression in one direction riveted and welded joints. Compound Stresses – Principal stresses and principal strains, simple thoeries of failure. Bending moments and shear forced diagrams. Theory of bending shear stresses distribution in cross section of beams. Deflection of beams. Analysis of laminated beams and non-prismatic structures. Theories of columns, middle-third and middle-fourth rules. Three pinned arch analysis of simple frames. Torsion of shafts combined bending direct and torisonal stresses in shafts. Strain energy in elastic deformation, impact fatigue and creep.
Soil Mechanics – Origin of soils, Classification void ratio, moisutre content permeability, compaction. Seepage – Constructuion of flow nets, Determination of shear strength paramaters for different drainage and stress conditions – Tri-axial, unconfined and direct shear test. Earth pressure theories – Rankine’s and Coulomb’s analytical and graphical methods, stability of slopes. Soil consolidation – Terzaghi’s theory for one diemensional consolidation, rate of settlement and ultimate settlement, effective stress pressure distribution in soils, soil stabilization, Foundations – Bearing capacity of footings, Piles, Wells, Sheets piles.
Fluid Mechanics – Properties of fluids. Fluid Statics – Pressure at a points force on plane and curved surface, buoyancy stability of floating and submerged boidies, dyanmics of fluid flow, Laminar and turbulent flow, equation of continuity energy and momentum equation, Beroulli’s theorem, cavitations, velocity, potential and steam functions, rotational, irrotational flow vortices. Flow net, Fluid flow measurement. Dimentional Analysis – Units & dimensions – non-dimentional numbers, Buck-inggham’s pi-theorm, principles of similitude and application. Viscous flow – Flow between static plate and circular tubes, boundary layer concepts; drag and lift. Incompressible Flow thorugh pipe – Laminar and turbulent flow, critical velocity, Frictin losses, loss due to sudden enlargement and contractin energy grade lines. Open Channel Flow – Uniform and non-uniform flows, specific energy and critical depth, gradually varied flow surface profiles, standing wave flume, surges and waves.
Surveying – General principles, sign convention surveying instruments and their adjustment, recording of survey observations, plotting of maps and sections, errors and their adjustments. Measurement of distances, directions and heights, correction to measure length and barring, correction for local attractions, measurement of horizontal and vertical angles, leveling operations, refraction and curvature corrections, Chain and compass survey, theodolite and techeometric traversing, traverse computation, plane table survey, solution of two and three points problems, contour surveying, setting out direction and grades & type of curves, setting our of curves and excavation lines for building foundations.