Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission

Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission

Combined State Engineering Service Special Recruitment Examination - 2007 and Combined State Engineering Service General Recruitment Examination – 2007

Conventional Civil Engineering

PAPER-I

Note : Answer any five questions, atleast two from each part.

PART-A

(a) Theory of Structures: principles of superposition; reciprocal theorem, unsymmetrical bending. Determinate and indeterminate structures, simple and space frames; degrees of freedom; virtual work; energy theorem; deflection of trusses; redundant frames, three-moment equation; slope deflection and moment distribution methods; column analogy; energy methods; approximate and numerical methods. Moving loads-shearing force and bending moment diagrams; influence lines for simple and continuous beams. Analysis of determinate and indeterminate arches. Matrix methods of analysis, stiffness and flexibility matrice.

(b) Steel Design: Factors of safety end load factor; design of tension; compression and flexural members; built up beams and plate girders, semi-rigid and rigid connections, design of stanchions, slab and gusseted bases; cranes and gantry girders; roof trusses; industrial and multistoreyed buildings, plastic design of frames and portals.

(c) R.C Design: design of slabs, simple and continuous beams, columns, footing-single and combined, raft foundations; elevated water tanks, encased beams and column, ultinate load design. Methods and systems of prostressing anchorages, losses in prestress.

PART-B

(a) Fluid Mechanics: Dynamics of fluid flow-equations of continuity; energy and momentum. Bernoulli's theorem; captation velocity potential and steam function; rotational and irrotational flow, free and forced vertices; flow net-dimentional analysts and its application to practical problems. Viscous flow-Flow between static and moving parellel plates, flow through circular tubes; film lubrication. Velocity distribution in laminar and turbulent flow boundary layer, incompressible flow through pipes lamina and turbulent flow critical velocity; losses stamption and Moody's diagram. Hydraulic and energy grade lines; siphons; pipe network. Forces on pipe bends. Compressible flow-adia-batic and isenthropic flow, subsonic and supersonic velocity; Machnumber, Shockwave, water Hammer, Surge Tanks.

(b) Hydraulic Engineering: Open channel flow-uniform and non-uniform flow, best hydraulic cross-section. Specific energy and critical depth, gradually varied flow; classification of surface profiles, control sections; standing wave flume; surges and waves. Hydraulic jump, Design of canals-unlined channels in alluvium the critical tractive stress, principles of sediment transport regime theories, lined channel hydraulic design and cost analysis; drainage behind lining.

Canal Structures: Designs of regulation work; cross drainage and communication workscross regulators, head regulator, canal falls, aqueduct metering flumes, etc. canal outlets. Diversion Headworks: Principles of design of different parts on impermeable and permeable foundations; Khosla's theory; energy disscipati sediment exclusion. Dams-Design of rigid dams, earth dams; forces acting on dams; stability analysis. Design of spill ways. Wells and Tube-wells.

(c) Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering: Soil Mechanic Origin and Classification of soils; atterburg limits void ratio; moisture contents permeability laboratory and field tests, seepage and flow nets, flow under hydraulic structures uplic and quick sand condition. Unconfined and direct shear tests; triaxial tests; heat pressure theories, stability of slopes; theories of soil consolidation; rate of settlement. Total and effective stress analysis pressure distribution in soils; boussinesque and westerguard theories. Soil exploration. Foundation Engineering; bearing capacity of footings; piles and wells; design of retaining walls; sheet piles and caissons. Principles of design of block foundation for machines.

PAPER-II

Note: Answer any five questions, atleast two from each part.

PART-A

Building Construction: Building materials and constructions timber, stone, brick, sand, surkhi, mortar, concrete, paints and varnishes, plastics, etc. Detailing of walls, floors roofs, ceilings, stair cases, doors and windows.

Finishing of Building: Plastering, pointing, painting, etc. Use of building codes. Ventilation, air conditioning, lighting and acoustics. Building estimates and specifications, construction scheduling PERT and CPM methods.

Railways and Highways Engineering: Railways-permanent way ballast sleeper; chairs and fastenings; points and crossings different types of turn outs cross over setting out of points Maintenance of track super elevation creep of rail ruling gradients; track resistance, tractive effect curve resistance statior yards station buildings platform sidings: turn tables. Signals and interlocking; level crossings.

Road and Runways: Classification of roads, planning geomatric design. Design of flexible and rigid pavements; sub-bases and wearing surfaces. Traffic engineering and traffic surveys; inter sections road signs; signals and markings. Surveying: plane table surveying; equipment & methods; solution of 3 & 2 point problems. Errors and precautions, triangulation; crades, baseline and its measurement, satellite station; intervisibility of stations; errors and least squares; general methods of least squares estimation with interdisciplinary approach, adjustment of level nets and trangulation nets. Matrix notation solutions. Layout of curves; simple, compound, reverse, transition and vertical curves. Project surveys and layout of civil engineering works such as buildings bridges, tunnels, and hydrelectric projects.

PART-B

Water Resources Engineering: Hydrology Hydrologic cycle; precipitation; evaporation-transpiration and infiltration hydrographs, units hydrograph; flood estimation and frequency, planning for water resources-ground and surface water resources; surface flows. Single and multi purpose projects storage capacity, reservoir losses reservoir silting flood routing. Benefit cost ratio; General principles of optimisations water requirements for crops-quality of irrigation water consumptive use of water, water depth and frequency of irrigation; duty of water; irrigation methods and efficiencies.

Distribution System for Canal Irrigation: Determination of required channel capacity; channel losses, alignment of main and distributory channels water logging its causes to control design of drainage system soil salinity. River training principles and methods. Store work types of dams (including earth dams). and the characteristics principles of design, criteria for stability. Foundation treatment; joints and galleries control of seepages. Spill ways-Different types and their suitability, energy dissipation. Spillway crest gates. Sanitation and water supply; sanitation-site and orientation of buildings; ventilation and damp proof course; house drainage; conservancy and waterborne system of waste disposal sar.:tary appliances; latrine and urinals.

Environmental Engineering: Elementary principles of ecology and eco-systems and their interaction with environment. Engineering activity and environmental pollution, environment and its effects on human heal and activity. Air environment; major pollutants and their adverse effects, types of air cleaning device, water quality; parameters, adverse effects, monitor salt purification of streams. Solid wastes; collect systems and disposal methods, their selection and operation. Typical features of water distribution systems; demand, available need, network analysis, storage, corrosion.

Typical Features of Sewerage Systems: Permissible velocities, paratial flow in circular sewers, non-circular sections, corrosion, in sewers, construction and maintenance, sewer upputrenances, pumping of sewage plumbing; standards & systems. Environmental Management.