Fluid Mechanics:

• Properties of fluids, fluid statics
• Continuity, momentum and energy equations and their applications
• Potential flow, Laminar and turbulent flow
• Flow in pipes, pipe networks
• Concept of boundary layer and its growth
• Concept of lift and drag

Hydraulics:

• Forces on immersed bodies
• Flow measurement in channels and pipes
• Dimensional analysis and hydraulic similitude
• Channel Hydraulics - Energy-depth relationships, specific energy, critical flow, hydraulic jump, uniform flow, gradually varied flow and water surface profiles

Hydrology:

• Hydrologic cycle, precipitation, evaporation, evapo-transpiration, watershed, infiltration
• Unit hydrographs, hydrograph analysis, reservoir capacity, flood estimation and routing
• Surface run-off models, ground water hydrology - steady state well hydraulics and aquifers
• Application of Darcy’s Law

Irrigation:

• Types of irrigation systems and methods
• Crop water requirements - Duty, delta, evapo-transpiration
• Gravity Dams and Spillways
• Lined and unlined canals
• Design of weirs on permeable foundation
• Cross drainage structures

• Basics of water quality standards – Physical, chemical and biological parameters
• Water quality index
• Unit processes and operations
• Water requirement
• Water distribution system
• Drinking water treatment

Sewerage system design:

• Quantity of domestic wastewater
• Primary and secondary treatment
• Effluent discharge standards
• Sludge disposal
• Reuse of treated sewage for different applications

Air Pollution:

• Types of pollutants, their sources and impacts
• Air pollution control
• Air quality standards
• Air quality Index 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)

Transportation Engineering

Transportation Infrastructure:

• Geometric design of highways
  • Cross-sectional elements
  • Sight distances
  • Horizontal and vertical alignments
• Geometric design of railway track
  • Speed
  • Cant
• Concept of airport runway length, calculations and corrections
• Taxiway and exit taxiway design

Highway Pavements:

• Highway materials - desirable properties and tests
• Desirable properties of bituminous paving mixes
• Design factors for flexible and rigid pavements
• Design of flexible and rigid pavement using IRC codes

Traffic Engineering:

• Traffic studies on flow and speed
• Peak hour factor
• Accident study
• Statistical analysis of traffic data
• Microscopic and macroscopic parameters of traffic flow, fundamental relationships
• Traffic signs
• Signal design by Webster’s method
• Types of intersections
• Highway capacity

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 and Remote Sensing:

• Scale, flying height
• Basics of remote sensing and GIS