TANCET 2011 Syllabus for Civil engineering and Geoinformatics

Tamil Nadu Common Entrance Test Syllabus

Civil engineering and Geoinformatics

Chapter I	Structural Engineering
A.	Mechanics
1	Composite Beams
2	Curved Beams
3	Elastic Constants. Beams & Bending
4	Flexural & Shear Stresses. Slope & Deflection of Beams. Thin & Thick Cylinders. Torsion. Theories of Failure
5	Principal stresses & Principal strain in two dimension & three dimension. Composite Bars
6	Shear Force & Bending Moment Diagrams
7	Stress-Strain Relationships
8	Theories of Columns. Combined Direct & Bending Stresses.
9	Unsymmetrical Bending
B.	Structural Analysis
1	Deflection of pin jointed plane frames
2	Energy Principles
3	Influence Line for Determinate & Indeterminate Structures. Plastic Analysis of Structures.
4	Matrix Method. Arches & Suspension Bridges
5	rigid frames. Classical Method of Analysis of indeterminate structures (Slope deflection & Moment Distribution)
6	Static & Kinematic Indeterminancy
C.	Building Materials
1	Brick Masonry
2	Cement - Concrete
3	Concreting Methods- Brick
4	properties of ingredients- Mix Design- Quality Control- Special Concrete
5	Steel
6	Stone
7	Timber
D.	Concrete Structures
1	Deflection
2	Design
3	Design Methods
4	Limit State Design for beams, slabs, columns & footings
5	Losses
6	Methods
7	Principles
8	retaining walls
9	Water Tanks. Prestressed Concrete
E.	Steel Structures
1	Beams,Column Bases
2	Connections
3	Design of Tension & Compression Members
4	Plate Girders & Trusses
5	Steel Sections
Chapter II	Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering
A.	Soil Mechanics
1	Effective stress principle; permeability
2	Mohr
3	Nature of soil
4	phase relationships
5	protection measures
6	seepage -  Stress distribution in soil
7	Soil classification; Soil water
8	static pressure
B.	Foundation Engineering
1	bearing capacity (Terzaghis Theory and BIS formula)
2	bearing capacity from field tests
3	capacity and settlement
4	Codal provisions
5	Codal provisions &  Design of foundations
6	depth and spacing of boreholes
7	drilling techniques
8	Earth pressure on retaining walls
9	Isolated, combined and raft foundation - Pile foundations
10	negative friction on piles - Earth pressure theories
11	penetration tests (SPT and SCPT)
12	Pile groups
13	pile load test
14	plate load test
15	sampling Techniques
16	scope and objectives
17	selection of foundation - Foundation types
18	settlement of foundation
19	shallow foundation
20	Site investigation
21	stability analysis of retaining wall.
22	static and dynamic pile driving formulae (Engineering News and Hiley method)
Chapter III	Transportation Engineering
A.	Highway Planning
1	Bituminous & concrete roads
2	Construction of Earth
3	Design of flexible & rigid pavements. Drainage of roads
4	Geometric Design of Highways
5	maintenance of roads.
6	Road Classification
7	WBM
B.	Railways, Airways, Docks & Harbour Planning
1	components of airport
2	components of harbour
3	components of permanent way
4	geometric design Airport planning
5	inland water transport.
6	planning for terminal building
7	Railway alignment
8	runways. Harbour planning
9	site selection
C.	Traffic Engineering
1	Road markings & signs
2	Traffic characteristics
3	Traffic Signals
4	Traffic surveys
Chapter IV	Water Resources Engineering
A.	Fluid Mechanics & Hydraulics
1	Basic concepts of fluid flow - kinematics & dynamics
2	Boundary layers
3	Concept of system & control volume application to continuity
4	Dimensional analysis & model studies
5	Fluid statics & relative equilibrium
6	Laminar & turbulent flow through pipes
7	momentum & energy equations
8	positive displacement pumps
9	Properties of fluids
10	Rapidly varied flows
11	Steady uniform & gradually varied flow in open channels
12	Turbines & pumps
B.	Hydrology & Ground Water
1	Abstractions
2	GEC norms
3	Ground water quality
4	Groundwater development
5	Hydrograph analysis
6	Hydrologic cycle
7	Hydrologic extremes floods & droughts
8	Hydrometeorology
9	Precipitation & its measurements
10	Properties of aquifer
11	Rainwater harvesting
12	Runoff estimation
13	Steady & unsteady flows
14	Unit Hydrograph
15	Well hydraulics
C.	Irrigation Engineering
1	Components of irrigation network
2	Crop water requirements
3	Design of lined & unlined channels
4	Design of weirs on permeable foundation
5	Duty, delta & base period.
6	Irrigation scheduling & methods
7	Irrigation system
8	Irrigation water management
9	Irrigation water quality
10	National water policy
11	Participatory approach
12	Soil water relations
13	Waterways, head works,gravity dams & spillways
Chapter V	Environmental Engineering
A.	Water and Waste water Engineering
1	basic unit processes & operations for water treatment
2	conveyance system
3	Development of water supply source
4	primary & secondary treatment of sewage
5	quality standards
6	sewage characteristics
7	sewage disposal
8	sewage treatment
9	sludge disposal
10	water demand
11	water distribution
12	Water requirements
B.	Air Pollution & Control
1	air pollution control
2	air pollution meteorology
3	air quality standards & limits
4	Types of pollutants,their sources & impacts
C.	Noise Pollution and Control:
1	control of noise pollution
2	Impacts of noise
3	measurement of noise
4	permissible limits of noise pollution
Chapter VI	Surveying & Remote Sensing
A.	Surveying
1	astronomical survey
2	base line
3	bearings
4	bench marks
5	Chain survey
6	classificationof errors
7	compasses
8	contouring and volumes
9	corrections
10	curve ranging
11	EDM
12	equation
13	errors
14	hydrographic survey
15	lay out
16	level nets
17	leveling
18	mine surveyingtecheometric survey
19	permanent adjustments reduction
20	photogrammetry
21	plane table
22	plotting
23	practical astronomy
24	river
25	setting out works
26	Sources
27	temporary
28	theodolites Gale’s table
29	traversing
30	triangulation
31	trigonometric leveling
B.	Remote Sensing:
1	accuracy assessment
2	classification
3	EMR interaction with each feature
4	filters
5	image characters
6	Image enhancement
7	interpretation keys
8	Satellite system
9	spectral signature
10	thematic maps
C.	GIS & Cartography
1	applications
2	Cartography
3	data analysis
4	data base types
5	data input
6	data output
7	data types
8	DEM & TIN
9	generalisation
10	map compilation
11	map design
12	map production
13	map projection
14	raster & vector
15	software & hardware GIS
16	topology