APPSC ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE ENGINEER SYLLUBUS AND EXAM PATTERN

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• 1 APPSC AEE Syllabus 2016

• 1.1 AP Assistant Executive Engineer Exam Pattern
• 1.2 AP Syllabus for AEE
• 1.3 APPSC AEE Syllabus
• 1.4 Brief Info of APPSC Syllabus – APPSC AEE Exam Syllabus
• 1.5 APPSC AEE Civil Engineering Syllabus 2016
• 1.6 Download APPSC AEE Civil/Mechanical Syllabus

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APPSC AEE Syllabus 2016

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AP Assistant Executive Engineer Exam Pattern

The APPSC Asst Executive Engineer test pattern is tabulated here. The Exam Pattern may explain the details of test date, no of Questions, Marks allocated for each question and test duration, etc.

• It is an Objective Based Written exam.
• The Duration of the Test will 450 Minutes.
•  The Test will consist of Three papers.

S.No	Test Type	Paper	Subject Name	Total Marks	No of Questions	Duration
1.	Objective	Paper I	General Studies & Mental Ability	150	150	150
2.		Paper II	Concerned Subject Civil & Mechanical (Common) OR Agriculture	150	150	150
3.		Paper III	Civil OR Mechanical OR Agriculture	150	150	150

AP Syllabus for AEE

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APPSC AEE Civil Engineering Syllabus

• Building Materials.
• Structural Analysis.
• The Design of Steel structures.
• Design Of Concrete and Masonry Structures
• Construction Planning and Management.
• Hydrology and Water Resource Engineering.
• Environmental Engineering.
• Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering.
• Surveying and Transport Engineering.

APPSC Mechanical Engineering Syllabus for AEE Posts

• Engineering Materials.
• Heat-Transfer.
• Turbo-machinery.
• Machine Design.
• Refrigeration and air-conditioning.
• I.C. Engines.
• Mechanics of Materials.
• Production Planning and Control.
• Power Engineering.
• Vibrations.
• Metrology and Inspection.
• Computer Integrated Manufacturing.
• Fluid Mechanics.
• Theory of Machines.
• Thermodynamics.
• Operations Research.
• Machining and Machine Tool Operations.
• Casting, Forming and Joining Processes.
• Engineering Mechanics.
• Inventory Control etc.

APPSC AEE Agriculture Engineer Exam Syllabus

• Agricultural process Engineering.
• Process Engineering for agricultural produce.
• Process Engineering for Horticultural produce.
• Vegetable oil technology.
• Dairy and Food Engineering.
• Agro Industries and by-product utilisation.
• Biomass energy conversion.
• Solar and Wind Energy.
• Greenhouse Technology.
• Design and Costing of Farm Structures.
• Rural water supply, Sanitation and Environmental Engineering.
• Wells and Pumps with Special reference to Lift Irrigation.
• Irrigation Engineering.
• Soil and Water Engineering.
• Watershed Management.
• Drainage Engineering.
• Sprinkler and Drip Irrigation.
• Land Development Machinery.
• Farm power and Tractor Systems.
• Farm machinery and agricultural machine design.
• Design and Costing of Soil Conservation and Irrigation Structures.

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Brief Info of APPSC Syllabus – APPSC AEE Exam Syllabus

Organization Name: Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission.

Post Name: Assistant Executive Engineer.

No of Vacancies: 748.

Category Name: Syllabus.

Last Date: 21-09-2016.

Official Website: http://website.apspsc.gov.in/

APPSC AEE Civil Engineering Syllabus 2016

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SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SYLLUBUS (4-2)

DESIGN AND DRAWING OF IRRIGATION STRUCTURES SYLLABUS (4-2)

GEOENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SYLLABUS (4-2)

REHABILITATION AND RETROFITTING OF STRUCTURES SYLLABUS (4-2)

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SYLLABUS (4-2)

PRESTRESSED CONCRETE STRUCTURES SYLLABUS (4-2)

JNTUH WRE-2 SYLLABUS

CIVIL ENGINEERING 2013.14

JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

4-l Sem
(A70133) WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING-ll

UNIT-1

Storage Works-Reservoirs – Types of reservoirs, selection of site for reservoir,

Zones Of storage Of a reservoir. reservoir yield, estimation of capacity of Reservoir using mass curve- Reservoir Sedimentation – Life of Reservoir..

Types Of dams, factors affecting selection of type of dam, factors governing selection of site for a dam.

UNIT-ll

gravity dams: Forces acting on a gravity dam, causes of failure of a gravity

jam. elementary prohle and practical profile of a gravity dam, limiting height

gf a low gravity darn, Factors of Safety – Stability Analysis, Foundation for a

Gravity Dam, drainage and inspection galleries.

UNlT-lll

Earth dams: types of Earth dams, causes of failure of earth dam, criteria for

safe design of earth dam, seepage through earth dam-graphical method,

measures for control of seepage.

Spillways: types of spillways, Design principles of Ogee spillways – Spillway

gates. Energy Dissipaters and Stilling Basins Significance of Jump Height

Curve and Tail Water Rating Curve – USBR and Indian types of Stilling Basins.

UNIT-lV

Diversion Head works: Types of Diversion head works- weirs and barrages,

layout of diversion head work – components. Causes and failure of Weirs

and Barrages on permeable foundations-Silt Ejectors and Silt Excluders

VVeirs on Permeable Foundations – Creep Theories – Bligh’s, Lane’s and

Khosla’s theories, Determination of uplift pressure- Various Correction

Factors – Design principles of weirs on permeable foundations using Creep

theories – exit gradient, U/s and D/s Sheet Piles – Launching Apron

UNlT-V

Canal Falls -types of falls and their location, Design principles of Notch Fall

and Sarada type Fall.

Canal regulation workS. design Principles Of distributory and head regulators,

Cross Regulators -canal outlets. types of canal modules,

Cross Drainage works: typeS. Selection Of Site. Design principles of aqueduct,

siphon aqueduct and super Passage

2017 GATE SYLLABUS

 

Civil Engineering Section 1: Engineering Mathematics

Linear Algebra: Matrix algebra; Systems of linear equations; Eigen values and Eigen vectors.

Calculus: Functions of single variable; Limit, continuity and differentiability; Mean value theorems, local maxima and minima, Taylor and Maclaurin series; Evaluation of definite and indefinite integrals, application of definite integral to obtain area and volume; Partial derivatives; Total derivative; Gradient, Divergence and Curl, Vector identities, Directional derivatives, Line, Surface and Volume integrals, Stokes, Gauss and Green’s theorems.

Ordinary Differential Equation (ODE): First order (linear and non-linear) equations; higher order linear equations with constant coefficients; Euler-Cauchy equations; Laplace transform and its application in solving linear ODEs; initial and boundary value problems.

Partial Differential Equation (PDE): Fourier series; separation of variables; solutions of one- dimensional diffusion equation; first and second order one-dimensional wave equation and two-dimensional Laplace equation.

Probability and Statistics: Definitions of probability and sampling theorems; Conditional probability; Discrete Random variables: Poisson and Binomial distributions; Continuous random variables: normal and exponential distributions; Descriptive statistics – Mean, median, mode and standard deviation; Hypothesis testing.

Numerical Methods: Accuracy and precision; error analysis. Numerical solutions of linear and non-linear algebraic equations; Least square approximation, Newton’s and Lagrange polynomials, numerical differentiation, Integration by trapezoidal and Simpson’s rule, single and multi-step methods for first order differential equations.

 Civil Engineering Section 2: Structural Engineering

Engineering Mechanics: System of forces, free-body diagrams, equilibrium equations; Internal forces in structures; Friction and its applications; Kinematics of point mass and rigid body; Centre of mass; Euler’s equations of motion; Impulse-momentum; Energy methods; Principles of virtual work.

Solid Mechanics: Bending moment and shear force in statically determinate beams; Simple stress and strain relationships; Theories of failures; Simple bending theory, flexural and shear stresses, shear centre; Uniform torsion, buckling of column, combined and direct bending stresses.

Structural Analysis: Statically determinate and indeterminate structures by force/ energy methods; Method of superposition; Analysis of trusses, arches, beams, cables and frames; Displacement methods: Slope deflection and moment distribution methods; Influence lines; Stiffness and flexibility methods of structural analysis.

Construction Materials and Management:Construction Materials: Structural steel – composition, material properties and behaviour; Concrete – constituents, mix design, short-term and long-term properties; Bricks and mortar; Timber; Bitumen. Construction Management; Types of construction projects; Tendering and construction contracts; Rate analysis and standard specifications; Cost estimation; Project planning and network analysis – PERT and CPM.

Concrete Structures: Working stress, Limit state and ultimate load design concepts; Design of beams, slabs, columns; Bond and development length; Prestressed concrete; Analysis of beam sections at transfer and service loads.

Steel Structures: Working stress and Limit state design concepts; Design of tension and compression members, beams and beam- columns, column bases; Connections – simple and eccentric, beam-column connections, plate girders and trusses; Plastic analysis of beams and frames.

Civil Engineering Section 3: Geotechnical Engineering

Soil Mechanics: Origin of soils, soil structure and fabric; Three-phase system and phase relationships, index properties; Unified and Indian standard soil classification system; Permeability – one dimensional flow, Darcy’s law; Seepage through soils – two-dimensional flow, flow nets, uplift pressure, piping; Principle of effective stress, capillarity, seepage force and quicksand condition; Compaction in laboratory and field conditions; One-dimensional consolidation, time rate of consolidation; Mohr’s circle, stress paths, effective and total shear strength parameters, characteristics of clays and sand.

Foundation Engineering: Sub-surface investigations – scope, drilling bore holes, sampling, plate load test, standard penetration and cone penetration tests; Earth pressure theories – Rankine and Coulomb; Stability of slopes – finite and infinite slopes, method of slices and Bishop’s method; Stress distribution in soils – Boussinesq’s and Westergaard’s theories, pressure bulbs; Shallow foundations – Terzaghi’s and Meyerhoff’s bearing capacity theories, effect of water table; Combined footing and raft foundation; Contact pressure; Settlement analysis in sands and clays; Deep foundations – types of piles, dynamic and static formulae, load capacity of piles in sands and clays, pile load test, negative skin friction.

Civil Engineering Section 4: Water Resources Engineering

Fluid Mechanics: Properties of fluids, fluid statics; Continuity, momentum, energy and corresponding equations; Potential flow, applications of momentum and energy equations; Laminar and turbulent flow; Flow in pipes, pipe networks; Concept of boundary layer and its growth.

Hydraulics: Forces on immersed bodies; Flow measurement in channels and pipes; Dimensional analysis and hydraulic similitude; Kinematics of flow, velocity triangles; Basics of hydraulic machines, specific speed of pumps and turbines; Channel Hydraulics – Energy-depth relationships, specific energy, critical flow, slope profile, hydraulic jump, uniform flow and gradually varied flow

Hydrology: Hydrologic cycle, precipitation, evaporation, evapo-transpiration, watershed, infiltration, unit hydrographs, hydrograph analysis, flood estimation and routing, reservoir capacity, reservoir and channel routing, surface run-off models, ground water hydrology – steady state well hydraulics and aquifers; Application of Darcy’s law.

Irrigation: Duty, delta, estimation of evapo-transpiration; Crop water requirements; Design of lined and unlined canals, head works, gravity dams and spillways; Design of weirs on permeable foundation; Types of irrigation systems, irrigation methods; Water logging and drainage; Canal regulatory works, cross-drainage structures, outlets and escapes.

 

Civil Engineering Section 5: Environmental Engineering

Water and Waste Water: 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, 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.

Air Pollution: Types of pollutants, their sources and impacts, air pollution meteorology, air pollution control, air quality standards and limits.

Municipal Solid Wastes: Characteristics, generation, collection and transportation of solid wastes, engineered systems for solid waste management (reuse/ recycle, energy recovery, treatment and disposal).

Noise Pollution: Impacts of noise, permissible limits of noise pollution, measurement of noise and control of noise pollution.

Civil Engineering Section 6: Transportation Engineering

Transportation Infrastructure: Highway alignment and engineering surveys; Geometric design of highways – cross-sectional elements, sight distances, horizontal and vertical alignments; Geometric design of railway track; Airport runway length, taxiway and exit taxiway design.

Highway Pavements: Highway materials – desirable properties and quality control tests; Design of bituminous paving mixes; Design factors for flexible and rigid pavements; Design of flexible pavement using IRC: 37-2012; Design of rigid pavements using IRC: 58-2011; Distresses in concrete pavements.

Traffic Engineering: Traffic studies on flow, speed, travel time – delay and O-D study, PCU, peak hour factor, parking study, accident study and analysis, statistical analysis of traffic data; Microscopic and macroscopic parameters of traffic flow, fundamental relationships; Control devices, signal design by Webster’s method; Types of intersections and channelization; Highway capacity and level of service of rural highways and urban roads.

Civil Engineering Section 7: Geomatics Engineering

Principles of surveying; Errors and their adjustment; Maps – scale, coordinate system;

Distance and angle measurement – Levelling and trigonometric levelling; Traversing and triangulation survey; Total station; Horizontal and vertical curves. Photogrammetry – scale, flying height; Remote sensing – basics, platform and sensors, visual image interpretation; Basics of Geographical information system (GIS) and Geographical Positioning system (GPS).

Civil Engineering Exam Pattern for GATE 2017

Engineering Mathematics	Engineering Mathematics will have 13% of total marks weightage
General Aptitude	General Aptitude will have 15% of total marks weightage
Subject questions	Subject questions will have rest 72% of total marks weightage

General Aptitude (GA): 10 questions of 15 Marks

Engineering Mathematics: 15 Marks

Technical Questions (subject of the paper): 70 Marks

Types of Questions in GATE Civil Engineering 2017

• Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ): These questions will have 4 choices and would comprise of 1 or 2 marks. Candidate has to choose one answer that is correct and mark it.
• Numerical Answer Questions: For these Questions, the answer is a real number which is to be entered by the candidate using a virtual keypad. No choices will be shown for this answer. It will comprise of 1 or 2 marks.

SCHEME AND SYLLABUS FOR ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE ENGINEERING

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PART-A WRITTEN (OBJECTIVE TYPE) EXAMINATION
General Studies	150 Marks	150 Qns	150 Minutes
Optional Subject- PAPER-1	150 Marks	150 Qns	150 Minutes
Civil Engineering
Optional Subject- PAPER-2	150 Marks	150 Qns	150 Minutes
Civil Engineering
PART-B: INTERVIEW	50 Marks

SYLLABUS

GENERAL STUDIES

1. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY:

a)       General Science and Technology

b)       Role and impact of science and Technology on India’s development.

(Questions will cover general appreciation and understanding of matters of everyday observation and experience as may be expected of a well-educated person who has not made a special study of science and technology disciplines).

1. INDIAN HISTORY AND CULTURE:

a)       Modern Indian History from 19^th century to the present

b)       Nationalist Movement and Constitutional development

c)       Indian culture and Heritage including architecture, Fine Arts, dance forms, music, paintings, Folk arts and performing arts.

d)       History of Andhradesa Society, Culture, Geography and Economic development.

1. INDIAN POLITY:

General and broad understanding of the structural (institutions) and functional (processes) aspects of Indian Political system.

1. INDIAN ECONOMY AND GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA:

(a)      Structure of National economy

(b)      Economic development (including planning) since  independence

(c)      Economic Reforms

(d)      Physical, economic and social Geography of India.

1. CURRENT EVENTS:

Current Events of Regional, National and International importance.

1. GENERAL MENTAL ABILITY:   (Reasoning and analytical abilities)

OPTIONAL SUBJECTS

CIVIL ENGINEERING – PAPER-1

PART – A:

STRENGTH OF MATERIALS:-

Simple stresses and Strains: Types of stresses and strains – Hook’s Law, Stress-strain curve for mild steel working stress and factor of safety Posion ratio – State of simple shear, complementary – Shear Elastic constants and their relations – Compound bars – Thermal stress.

Compound stresses Mohr’s circle of stress  – Principal stresses and planes.

Shear force and bending moment diagrams: S.F.D. and B.M.D. for cantilevers, simply supported beams and over hanging beams subjected to point leads and uniformly distributed loads. Relations among load, shear force and bending moment.

Bending and shear stress: Basic equation; M/I = F/Y = E/R – Distribution of bending and shear stresses across various cross sections such as rectangular, circular, I and T sections, Torsion of Circular shafts – power transmission.

Columns and struts: Euler’s theory and Rankine’s Theory – Socant and Perry formulae for eccentrically loaded columns.

Deflections and slopes: Slopes and deflections in cantilevers simply supported beams; propped beams and fixed beams subjected to point leads and uniformly distributed loads.

PART – B:

FLUID MACHANICS AND HYDRAULIC MACHINERY:

Fluid statics: Hydrostatic force on a plane and curved area Centre of pressure and its applications to lockgates and dams Metacentric height.

Fluid Dynamics: Convective and local acceleration, Euler’s equation of motion and its intergration, Bernoulli’s equation motion and its application, flow in curved path. Free and forced vortex.

Flow measurements: Notches and weirs, venturimeters, pitot tube, nozzle meter, current meter.

Compressible   Flow:   Velocity   of   pressure   wave,   wave   velocity   for   adiabatic   and   isothermal

compression, Basic equations of one-dimensional   flow continuity, energy and momentum equations.

Laminar     and     turbulant  flow     through  pipes:    Reynolds     experiment  significance  of  Reynold’s

number, formulae for laminar flow through circular pipes, Turbulant flow-Darcy Weisbsch equation, friction factor and Mody’s diagram.

Turbines: Classification, specific speed velocity triangles Principles of design of reaction and impules Turbines, characteristic curves.

Pumps: Centrifugal pumps, velocity triangles, Work done and efficiency minimum starting speed, loss of head; specific speed and characteristic curves for centrifugal pumps.

CIVIL ENGINEERING PAPER – 2

1. BUILDING MATERIALS:

Timber: Different types and species of structural timber, density – moisture relationship, strength in different directions, defects, preservations, plywood.

Bricks: Types, Indian standard classification, absorption, saturation factor, strength in masonry, influence of mortar strength on masonry strength.

Cement: Compounds of different types, setting times, strength.

Cement mortar: Ingredients, proportions, water demand, mortars for plastering and masonry.

Concrete: Importance of w/c ratio, strength, ingredients including admixtures, workability, testing for strength, mix design methods, non-destructive testing.

2. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS:

Analysis of determinate structures – different methods. Analysis of indeterminate skeletal frames – Moment distribution, Slope deflection, Kani’s, Stiffness and force methods, Energy methods, Muller Breslan principle and application. Plastic analysis of indeterminate beams and simple portal frames – Shape factors.

3. DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURES:

Principles of working stress method. Design of connections, Simple members, Built-up sections and Frames, Design of industrial roofs. Principles of ultimate load design. Design of simple members.

4. DESIGN OF CONCRETE AND MASONRY STRUCTURES:

Limit state design for bending, Shear, Axial compression and combined forces. Codal provision for slabs, Beams, Columns and footings. Working stress method of design of R.C. members. Principles of pre-stressed concrete design, Materials, Methods of pre-stressing, losses. Design of simple members and determinate structures. Design of brick masonry as per IS codes.

5. CONSTRUCTION PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT:

Bar chart, Linked bar chart, Work break down structures, Activity – on – arrow diagrams. Critical path, Probabilistic activity durations, Event based networks. PERT network: Time-cost study, Crashing, Resource allocation.

6. HYDROLOGY AND WATER RESOURCE ENGINEERING:

Hydrological cycle, Precipitation and related data analysis, Unit hydrographs, Evaporation and transpiration. Floods and their management, Stream gauging, Routing of floods, Capacity of reservoirs. Multi purpose uses of water: Soil-plant – Water relationships, Irrigation systems. Water demand assessment: Storages and their yields. Ground water yield and well Hydraulics. Water logging and drainage design. Design of rigid boundary canals, Lacey’s and tractive force concepts in canal design, Lining of Canals, Sediment transport in canals, Non-overflow and overflow dams and their design, Energy dissipators, Design of head works, Distribution works, Falls, Cross-drainage works, Outlets, River training.

7.ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING:

1. Water Supplying Engineering: Sources of supply, Yields, Design of intakes and conductors, Estimation of demand. Water quality standards, Control of water borne diseases. Primary and secondary treatment. Conveyance and distribution systems of treated water, Leakages and control. Rural water supply. Institutional and industrial water supply.

1. Waste Water engineering: Urban rain water disposal, Systems of sewage collection and disposal. Design of sewers and sewerage systems, Pumping. Characteristics of sewage and its treatment. Disposal of products of sewage treatment. Plumbing systems. Rural and semi-urban sanitation.

1. Solid Waste Management: Sources and effects of air pollution, Monitoring of air pollution, Noise pollution, Standards, Ecological chain and balance. Environmental assessment.

8. SOIL MECHANICS AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING:

Properties and classification of soil, Compaction, Permeability and Seepage, Flow nets, Inverted filters, Compressibility and consolidation. Shearing resistance, Stresses and failure. Soil testing in laboratories and in-situ, Earth pressure theories, Stress distribution in soils, Soil exploration, Samplers, Load tests, Penetration tests. Types of foundations, Selection criteria, Bearing capacity, Settlement, Laboratory and field tests, Types of piles and their design and layout. Foundations on expansive soils, Swelling and its prevention, Foundation on swelling soils.

9. SURVEYING AND TRANSPORT ENGINEERING:

Classification of surveys, Scales, Accuracy, Measurement of distances, Direct and indirect methods, Optical and electronic devices, Measurement of directions, Prismatic compass, Local attraction, Theodlytes, Types, Measurement of elevations, Spirit and trigonometric leveling, Contours, Digital elevation modeling concept, Establishment of control by triangulations and traversing, Measurement and adjustment of observations, Computation of coordinates, Field astronomy, Concept of global positioning system, Map preparation by plane tabling and by photogrammetry, Remote sensing concepts, Map substitutes. Planning of Highway systems, Alignment and geometric design, Horizontal and vertical curves, Grade separation, Materials and construction methods for different surfaces and maintenance. Principles of pavement design, Drainage. Traffic surveys, Intersections, Signaling, Mass transit systems, Accessibility, Networking.