Geotechnical Engineering

1. Determination of void ratio, porosity, unit

weight, bulk unit weight, dry unit weight,
saturated unit weight, degree of saturation
(This relationship related math) – page 91 BM
DAS

2. Determination of total vertical stress, water

pressure, effective vertical stress
(Short math)

3. Determination of shearing stress, vertical

stress, cohesion, angle of internal friction

4. Determination of ultimate pressure, allowable

pressure, net pressure of a
square/circular/rectangular footing
(Footing capacity related math)

5. Determination of consolidation settlement

6. Determination of undrained shear strength,

undrained cohesion
7. Determination of allowable skin friction,
ultimate skin friction of pile considering both
single and group action

8. Determination of uniform coefficient

- Page 80 Bm Das

9. Determination of active earth pressure

coefficient, passive earth pressure coefficient

10. Determination of plasticity index, liquid limit,

plastic limit

11. Determination of active and passive earth

pressure of soil

12. Determination of hydraulic gradient

13. Determination of coefficient of permeability for

both horizontal and vertical condition
14. Determination of total rate of flow from flow net

15. Determination of relative density

16. Determination of coefficient of compressibility.

Structure

1. SFD, BMD, AFD

2. DRAW SFD,BMD of portal frame
3. Draw IL diagram (Reaction, shear,
Moment)

RCC
1. Determination of maximum bending
stress & maximum shear stress
2. Determination of allowable working
moment of a beam
3. Determination of ultimate moment
capacity of a beam
 4. Determination of ultimate load carrying
capacity of a column

Engineering Materials
1. Determination of FM
2. Determination of cement, sand, aggregate
amount (mix ratio)

Transportation
1. Determination of Space Mean Speed, Time
Mean speed
2. Determination of total green time
3. Determination of ESAL
4. Determination of super elevation
5. Determination of SSD, OSD
6. Determination of CBR, avg CBR, standard
deviation, 50%, 90% reliability
7. Determination of angularity number
8. Determination of flow modulus
9. Determination of DHV
10. Determination of tyre pressure
 Water
1. Problem of Artesian aquifer, Unconfined
aquifer
2. Determination of discharge and velocity by
Manning’s formula, Chezy’s formula
3. Head loss determination by bernoulli’s eqn
4. Problem related to Lacey’s silt factor, lacey’s
formula, scour depth
5. Determination of shear strees, total
pressure, effective pressure
6. Determination of Froude number , reynold’s
number and state of the flow
7. Determination of SAR
8. From grag book : Example 2.1, 2.3, 2.5,
2.15, 2.16
9. Determination of water horse power, base
horse power
10. Flood recurrence interval, probability math

Environment
1. Problems related to BOD, COD
2. Determination of 5 day BOD, ultimate BOD,
dilution Factor
3. Problems on sedimentation tank, overflow
rate, detention time
4. Design of sedimentation tank
5. Determination of pH, OH-, H+
concentration
6. Problems on bleaching powder requirement
7. Problems on carbonate alkalinity,
bicarbonate alkalinity, total hardness
8. Mixed BOD problem

Surveying
1. Determination of RB, WCB
2. Length correction
3. Determination of area, volume by simpson’s
method, Trapezoidal method,
4. Aerial photography math
5. Determination of HI

Important Diagram
1. Typical diagram of Flexible pavement and
Rigid pavement.
2. Typical diagram of marshall mix design (6
curve)
3. Typical diagram of access function vs
movement function
4. Typical diagram of transportation cycle
5. Typical diagram of railway section
6. Typical diagram of super elevation
7. Typical diagram of e vs log P curve
8. Typical diagram of essential elements of
water supply system
9. Breakpoint chlorination curve
10. Stress- stress diagram for concrete