TNPSC Assistant Engineer ECE Syllabus

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The syllabus of Civil Assistant Engineer (AE) post exam in Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) is as follows:

Syllabus for Paper I
• Construction Materials.
• Construction Practice.
• Engineering Survey.
• Estimating And Costing.
• Strength Of Materials.
• Theory Of Structures.
• Soil Mechanics.
• Foundation Engineering.
• Water Supply & Treatment.
• Sewage Treatment & Pollution Control.

Syllabus for Paper II
• Concrete Technology.
• Design Of R.C. Elements.
• Miscellaneous Structures.
• Water Resources Engineering.
• Irrigation Engineering.
• Traffic Engineering.
• Highway Engineering.
• Railways Airports And Harbors.
• Project Management.
• Computer Applications.

TNPSC Assistant Engineer Civil Syllabus

PAPER-I

UNIT I
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS Engineering Properties uses and tests for stones and bricks lime -
sources, types and properties - cement - composition, tests, specifications, properties - types of
cements and admixtures. Miscelklaneous materials - Glass, Rubber Plastics and materials for
acoustics and insulation.


UNIT II
CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE Stone Masonry - Classification, construction details and supervision -
Brick Masonny - bonds - Damp proof courses - construction details of wails and arches. Shoring,
scaffolding, underpinning. Floor finishes and roof coverings. Stairs and stair cases - Layout - types -
suitability, Doors, Windows and ventilators Types - Selection, Fire resistant structure.


UNIT III
ENGINEERING SURVEY Levelling - Types - LS and CS contouring calculation of areas and volume
Theodoite survey - Traversing - Heights and Distances Techeemetry - Modern surveying
instruments. Selting out of curves Permanent adjustments of levels and theodelites.

UNIT IV
ESTIMATING AND COSTING Types of estimates - Writing technical specifications and tender
documents. Types of contracts - terms and conditions conflicts and arbitration - Rate Analysis -
schedule of rates Valuation and Rent fixation.

UNIT V
STRENGTH OF MATERIALS Stresses and strains - Elastic constants, - shear and tension
compound strees principal stresses and planes Theeries of failure. Theory of simple pending - shear
stress - distribution in beams Deflection of beams Strain energy in elastic deformation, impact
fatigue and creep.


UNIT VI
THEORY OF STRUCTURES Proposed cantilever and fixed beams Continueous beams - Theorem
of three moments - portal frames - moment distribution method - Colomns - short & long columns,
unsymmetrical sections. Euler`s theory - critical leads for different end conditions Analyusis of
arches - Eddy`s theorem - suspension bridges /moving leads - influence lines. Domes and Retaining
walls - stabilityh conditions - checking.


UNIT VII
SOIL MECHANICS Site Investigation and Soil sampling - classification of soil Engineering properties
of soil - SPT and its interpretation soil - Water interaction - permeability, seepage shear strength of
soils - Determination of C and V Stress distribution in soils - Boussinesq`s and Wester - gaard`s.
Theory of consolidation - consolidation test. compaction of soils - Meisture density relationship -
stability of slopes analysis.


UNIT VIII
FOUNDATION ENGINEERING Shallow Foundations Bearing capacity Theory - Settlement analysis
Methods of improving - bearing capacity and minimising settlement - Types of footings - Design
principles mat foundations. Deep foundations - Piles - Static and Dynamic formulac - Pile cap -
group of piles - pile lead test. Retaining walls - Earth pressure theories.


UNIT IX
WATER SUPPLY & TREATMENT Estimation of water resources - Ground water hydraulics for
ecasting demand hydraulics. Forecasting demand - Impurities of water - physical, chemical and
bacterielogical analysis - water bern diseases - pumping and gravity schemes - Water treatment
plants chlorination.


UNIT X
SEWAGE TREATMENT & POLLUTION CONTROL Disposal of sanitary sewage - sewer systems -
design flow for separate, sterm and combined systems - sewer design sewer Appurtenances -
Seweage pumping - Types of pumps. Sewage Treatment primary , secondry and tertiary levels
plants - Sludge treatment and disposal Industrial watches Rural sanitation - Air pollution - Solid
waste management.