Major & minor subjects for GATE 10/Aug/2018

Major – Engg maths & aptitude, Soil mechanics, Fluid mechanics, Environmental Engg, Highway Engg,
{SOM, SA & RCC}

Minor – steel structures , CPM,PERT, Building materials, Surveying, Hydrology, Irrigation, Railway &
Airport Engg.

RCC – major & minor topics

Major - Basics of WSM & LSM, Flexure design, shear design, Bond & development length, column design,
Pre-stressed concrete.

Minor – Torsion design, footing design

Reference : Any good coaching centre material (IES Master/ made easy)

Text books : 1. RCC Design by Pillai, menon (Concept)

2. RCC by A. K Jain (Numericals)

SA – major & minor topics

Major – Determinacy ( both static & kinematic) , ILD , Different methods of analysis (Force & displacement
methods) , Truss analysis.

Minor - Arches, cables, matrix methods.

Reference : Any good coaching centre material (IES Master/ made easy)

Text books : 1. SA by Ramamrutham

SOM - major & minor topics

Major - properties of materials, stress-strain relationship, BMD & SFD, principal stress & strain, Bending
stress-strain, shear stress, deflection of beams, Torsion of shaft.

Minor – columns, shear centre, theories of failures

Reference : Any good coaching centre material (IES Master/ made easy)

Text books : 1. SOM by Ramamrutham (numerical)

Building materials- major & minor

Major – cement, concrete, timber

Minor – brick & mortar

Reference : Any good coaching centre material (IES Master/ made easy)

Text books : 1. Rangawala 2. S. K Duggal

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