Previous Year Question Paper RGPV - CBCS, CBGS

Objectives To introduce the student to the importance and objectives of surveying. The course would begin with the basic concepts of surveying and move on to discuss advancements such as GID and Remote Sensing. Syllabus UNIT 1: Basic Definitions of Surveying and Levelling , Principles , Classification of surveying ,Methods of Linear Measurement Ranging , Accessories for linear measurement ,Chain Surveying , Compass Surveying , Plane Table Surveying , Computation of Area and Volumes UNIT 2 : Digital levels and theodolites, Electronic Distance measurement (EDM), Total Station and Global Positioning Systems (GPS), Digital Planimeter. UNIT 3 : Providing frame work of control points, triangulation principle, co naissance, selection and marking of stations, angle measurements and corrections, baseline measurement and corrections, computation of sides, precise traversing UNIT 4 : Introduction & components of GPS, Space segment, control segment and user segment, Elements...

Objectives To understand the basic concepts of fluid mechanics for undergraduate students in Civil Engineering. The course will begin with the fundamental concepts of fluid flow and proceed to cover various flow phenomena and approaches to analyse the flow phenomena. Some important applications shall also be covered. Syllabus UNIT 1: Engineering units of measurement, mass, density, specific weight, specific volume, specific gravity, surface tension, capillarity, viscosity, bulk modulus of elasticity, pressure and vapour pressure. Fluid Statics: Pressure at a point, pressure variation in static fluid, Absolute and gauge pressure, manometers, Forces on plane and curved surfaces (Problems on Gravity Dams and Tainter Gates), buoyant force, stability of floating and submerged bodies, relative equilibrium. UNIT 2 : Introduction to basic lines - Streamlines, Streaklines, Pathlines. Various types of fluid flow. Velocity potential function, Stream function, Vorticity and Circulation, F...

Objectives To study geological science and apply the same in the field of civil engineering. The course begins with history of earth’s formation. It moves on to the different types of soil found on earth and finally describes the various applications of geological science in civil engineering. Also to make the students familiar with remote sensing and geographical information system. Syllabus UNIT 1: Introduction and Physical Geology- Objects and scope of geology. The crust and the interior of the earth, origin and age of the earth, sub-aerial land, sub-terrain weathering, denudation and deposition, wind, river, glacial and marine erosion, volcanoes, soil, formation of soil profile ,geological classification of soil and concept of earthquake, Plate- tectonics. UNIT 2 : Mineralogy and Crystallography- Fundamentals of mineralogy, study of common rock forming minerals, ores and minerals of economic importance to civil engineering. elements of crystallography and introduction to c...

Objectives To familiarize the student with the various stresses that may act on a material such as compressive stress, tensile stress, tangential stress, etc and the response of a material to each of these types. The course will define basic concepts and calculations that will come handy in long-term to civil engineering students. Syllabus UNIT 1: Simple Stress and Strains: Concept of Elastic body stress and Strain, Hooke’s law, Various types of stress and strains, Elastic constants, Stresses in compound bars, composite and tapering bars, Temperature stresses. Complex Stress and Strains- Two dimensional and three dimensional stress system. Normal and tangential stresses, Principal Planes, Principal Stresses and Strains, Mohr’s circle of stresses. UNIT 2 : Bending and Shearing Stresses: Theory of simple bending, Concept of pure bending and bending stress, Equation of bending, Neutral axis, Section-Modulus, Differential equation of the elastic curve, Determination of bending stres...