Syllabus of Engineering Service Exam: Civil Engineering
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PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION - IES Exam
Engineering
Services Examination (ESE) Syllabi for Civil Engineering Branch
Civil
Engineering syllabus for both the
Papers together for Stage-I objective type and for Stage-II Conventional type
Paper-I and Paper – II
(New ESE Exam Syllabus will
be implemented from the year 2017 onwards.)
PAPER – I
1.
Building Materials:
Stone, Lime,
Glass, Plastics, Steel, FRP, Ceramics, Aluminum, Fly Ash, Basic Admixtures,
Timber, Bricks and Aggregates: Classification, properties and selection
criteria;
Cement:
Types, Composition, Properties, Uses, Specifications and various Tests; Lime
& Cement Mortars and Concrete: Properties and various Tests; Design of
Concrete Mixes: Proportioning of aggregates and methods of mix design.
2. Solid
Mechanics:
Elastic
constants, Stress, plane stress, Strains, plane strain, Mohr’s circle of stress
and strain, Elastic theories of failure, Principal Stresses, Bending, Shear and
Torsion.
3.
Structural Analysis:
Basics of
strength of materials, Types of stresses and strains, Bending moments and shear
force, concept of bending and shear stresses; Analysis of determinate and
indeterminate structures; Trusses, beams, plane frames; Rolling loads,
Influence Lines, Unit load method & other methods; Free and Forced
vibrations of single degree and multi degree freedom system; Suspended Cables;
Concepts and use of Computer Aided Design.
4. Design
of Steel Structures:
Principles
of Working Stress methods, Design of tension and compression members, Design of
beams and beam column connections, built-up sections, Girders, Industrial
roofs, Principles of Ultimate load design.
5. Design
of Concrete and Masonry structures: Limit state design for bending, shear,
axial compression and combined forces; Design of beams, Slabs, Lintels,
Foundations, Retaining walls,
Tanks,
Staircases; Principles of pre-stressed concrete design including materials and
methods; Earthquake resistant design of structures; Design of Masonry
Structure.
6.
Construction Practice, Planning and Management:
Construction
- Planning, Equipment, Site investigation and Management including Estimation
with latest project management tools and network analysis for different Types
of works; Analysis of Rates of various types of works; Tendering Process and
Contract Management, Quality Control, Productivity, Operation Cost; Land
acquisition; Labour safety and welfare.
PAPER –
II
1. Flow
of Fluids, Hydraulic Machines and Hydro Power:
(a) Fluid
Mechanics, Open Channel Flow, Pipe Flow: Fluid properties; Dimensional
Analysis and Modeling; Fluid dynamics including flow kinematics and
measurements; Flow net; Viscosity, Boundary layer and control, Drag,
Lift, Principles in open channel flow, Flow controls. Hydraulic jump;
Surges; Pipe networks.
(b)
Hydraulic Machines and Hydro power - Various pumps, Air vessels, Hydraulic
turbines – types, classifications & performance parameters; Power
house – classification and layout, storage, pondage, control of supply.
2.
Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering: Hydrological cycle, Ground water
hydrology, Well hydrology and related data analysis; Streams and their
gauging; River morphology; Flood, drought and their management; Capacity
of Reservoirs. Water Resources Engineering : Multipurpose uses of Water,
River basins and their potential; Irrigation systems, water demand assessment;
Resources - storages and their yields; Water logging, canal and drainage
design, Gravity dams, falls, weirs, Energy dissipaters, barrage
Distribution works, Cross drainage works and head-works and their
design; Concepts in canal design, construction & maintenance; River
training, measurement and analysis of rainfall.
3.
Environmental Engineering:
(a) Water
Supply Engineering: Sources, Estimation, quality standards and testing of
water and their treatment; Rural, Institutional and industrial water
supply; Physical, chemical and biological characteristics and sources of
water, Pollutants in water and its effects, Estimation of water demand;
Drinking water Standards, Water Treatment Plants, Water distribution networks.
(b) Waste
Water Engineering: Planning & design of domestic waste water, sewage
collection and disposal; Plumbing Systems. Components and layout of
sewerage system; Planning & design of Domestic Waste-water disposal system;
Sludge management including treatment, disposal and re-use of treated
effluents; Industrial waste waters and Effluent Treatment Plants including
institutional and industrial sewage management.
(c) Solid
Waste Management: Sources & classification of solid wastes along with
planning & design of its management system; Disposal system,
Beneficial aspects of wastes and Utilization by Civil Engineers.
(d) Air,
Noise pollution and Ecology: Concepts & general methodology.
4.
Geo-technical Engineering and Foundation Engineering:
(a)Geo-technical
Engineering: Soil exploration - planning & methods, Properties of soil,
classification, various tests and inter-relationships; Permeability &
Seepage, Compressibility, consolidation and Shearing resistance, Earth pressure
theories and stress distribution in soil; Properties and uses of
geo-synthetics.
(b)Foundation
Engineering: Types of foundations & selection criteria, bearing
capacity, settlement analysis, design and testing of shallow & deep
foundations; Slope stability analysis, Earthen embankments, Dams and Earth
retaining structures: types, analysis and design, Principles of ground
modifications.
5.
Surveying and Geology:
(b) Geology: Basic knowledge of Engineering geology & its application in projects.
6.
Transportation Engineering:
Highways
- Planning & construction methodology, Alignment and geometric design;
Traffic Surveys and Controls; Principles of Flexible and Rigid pavements
design.
Tunneling
- Alignment, methods of construction, disposal of muck, drainage, lighting
and ventilation.
Railways
Systems – Terminology, Planning, designs and maintenance practices; track
modernization.
Harbours
– Terminology, layouts and planning.
Airports
– Layout, planning & design.