jkpsc.nic.in Syllabus for AE Assistant Engineer : Jammu & Kashmir Public Service Commission
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Assistant Engineer Syllabus :
Electric :
Primary and secondary cells, Dry accumulators, Solar Cells, Steady state analysis of d.c. and a.c. network, network theorems; network functions, Laplace techniques, transient repsonse; frequency response; three- phase networks; inductively coupled circuits.
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Mathematical modelling of dynamic linear systems, transfer functions, block diagrams; stability of control systems. Electrostatic and magnetostatic field analysis; Maxwell’s equations. Wave equations and electromagnetic waves.
Basic methods of measurements, standards, error analysis; indicating instruments, cathode ray oscilloscope, measurement of voltage; current;
power resistance, inductance, capacitance, frequency, time and flux, electronic meters. Vaccum based and Semi conductor devices and analysis of electronic Circuits; single and multistage audio, and radio, small signal and large signal amplifiers: oscillators and feed back amplifiers;
wave shaping circuits and time base generators : multi-vibrators and digital circuits; modulation and demodulation circuits, Transmission line at audio, radio and U.H. Frequencies; Wire and Radio communication.
Generation of e.m.f. and torque in rotation machine; motor and generator characteristics of d.c. synchronous and induction machines, equivalent circuits; commutation starters; phaser diagram, losses, regulation, power transformers.
Modelling of transmission lines, steady, state and transient stability, surge phenomena and insulation coordination; protective devices and schemes for power system equipment.
Conversion of a.c. to d.c. and d.c. to a.c. controlled and uncontrolled power, speed control techniques for drives.
Civil :
Engineering Mechanics : Statics; unit and dimensions SI units, vectors, coplanar and noncoplanar force systems, equations of equilibrium, free body diagrams, static friction, virtual work, distributed force systems, first and second moments of area, mass moment of Inertia.
Kinematics and Dynamics : Velocity and acceleration in Cartesian and curvilinear coordinate systems, equations of motion and their integration, principles of conservation of energy and momentum, collision of elastic bodies, rotation of rigid bodies about fixed axis, simple harmonic motion.
Strength of Materials : elastic, isotropic and homogeneous materials, stress and strain, elastic constants, relation among elastic constants, axially loaded determinate and indeterminated members, shear force and bending moment diagrams, theory of simple bending, shear stress distribution, stitched beams.
Deflection of Beams : Macaulay method, Mohr theorems, Conjugate beam method, torsion, torsion of circular shafts, combined bending, torsion and axial thrust, close coiled helical springs Strain Energy, strain energy in direct stress, sheer stress, bending and torsion.
Thin and thick cylinders, columns and struts, Euler and Rankine loads, principal stresses and strains in two dimensions- Mohr circle-theories of elastic failure.
Structural Analysis; indeterminate beams, propped, fixed and continuous beams, shear force and bending moment diagrams, deflections, three hindged and two hindged arches, rib shortening, temperature effects, influence lines.
Trusses : Method of joints and method of sections, deflections of plane pin jointed trusses.
Rigid Frames : analysis of rigid frames and continuous beams by theorem of three moments, moments distribution method, slope deflection method, Kani method and column analogy method, matrix analysis; Rolling loads and influence lines for beams and pin-jointed girders.
Soil Mechanics : Classification and identification of soils, phase relationships; surface tension and apillary phenomena in soils, laboratory and field determination of co-efficient of permeability; seepage forces, flow nets, critical hydraulic gradient, permeability of stratified deposits;
Theory of compaction, compaction control, total and effective stresses, pore pressure coefficient, shear strength parameters in terms of total and effective stress, MohrCoulomb theory;
total and effective stress analysis of soil slopes: active and passive pressures, Rankine and Coulomb theories of earth pressure, pressure, distribution on trench sheeting, retaining walls, sheet pile walls; soil consolidation, Terzaghi one-dimensional theory of consolidation, primary and secondary settlement.
Foundation Engineering : Exploratory program for sub-surface investigations, common types of boring and sampling, field test and their interpretation, water level of observations;
Stress distribution beneath loaded areas by Boussinesq and Steinbrenner methods, use of influence charts, contact pressure distribution determination of ultimate bearing capacity by Terzaghi, Skempton and Hansen’s methods;
allowable bearing pressure beneath footings and rafts; settlement criteria, design aspects of footings and rafts; bearing capacity of piles and pile groups, pile load tests, underreamed piles for swelling soil;
Well foundations, conditions of statical equilibrium, vibration analysis of single degree freedom system, general considerations for design of machine foundations; earthquake effects on soil foundation systems, liquefaction.
Fluid Mechanics; Fluid properties, fluid statics, forces on plane and curved surfaces. Stability of floating and submerged bodies Kinematics: Velocity streamlines, continuity equation, accelerations, irrotational and rotational flow, velocity potential and stream functions, flow net, separation and stagnation.
Dynamics : Euler’s equation along stream line, energy and momentum equations, Bernoulli’s theorem, applications to pipe flow and free surface flows, free and forced vortices. Dimensional Analysis and similitude Buckingham’s Pi theorem, dimensionless, parameters, similarities, undistorted and distorted models. Boundary layer on a flat plate, drag and lift on bodies.
Laminar and Turbulent flows : Laminar flow through pipe and between parallel plates, transition to turbulent flow, turbulent flow through pipes, friction factor variation, energy loss in expansions, contraction and other non-uniformities, energy grade line and hydraulic grade line, pipe networks, water hammer.