Important topics to be

covered for GATE &

ESE 2018

CIVIL ENGINEERING
By-
Akhil Prabhu Soni
GATE 2017 AIR 8
 Major & Minor Subjects
Major Minor
Strength of materials Steel Structures
Structural Analysis CPM & PERT
Reinforced Concrete Building Materials
Soil Mechanics Surveying
Fluid Mechanics Hydrology & Irrigation
Environmental Engg. Railway Engg.
Highway Engg. Airport, Dock, Harbor, Tunnel
Engg. Mathematics
Aptitude and English
 Major
Subjects
 Strength of materials
(Ramamrutham & Timoshenko)

Major Minor
Properties of materials Pressure vessels**
Stress & strain Shear Centre
Shear Force & Bending Moment Columns
Principal stress & strain Springs**
Bending & Shear stress Theory of failures
Deflection of beams
Torsion
 Structural Analysis
(Ramamrutham)

Major Minor
Determinacy & Indeterminacy Arches
Influence Line Diagram Matrix
Methods of structural Analysis
Truss
 Reinforced Cement Concrete
(A.K.Jain & Pillai-Menon)

Major Minor
Basics of WSM & LSM Torsion Design
Flexure design Footing design
Shear Design
Bond Design
Column Design
Pre-stressed Concrete
 Soil Mechanics
(S.K.Garg & Gopal-ranjan)

Major Minor
Soil Properties Compaction of soil
Classification of soil Stress distribution
Effective Stress & Permeability Soil stabilization
Consolidation of soil Soil exploration
Seepage analysis
Shear Strength of soil
Retaining walls
Stability of slopes
Shallow and deep foundation
 Fluid Mechanics
(Modi-seth & A.k.jain)

Major Minor
Fluid Properties Buoyancy & Floatation
Fluid statics Fluid machines
Fluid Kinematics Turbulent flow
Fluid dynamics Boundary layers
Pipe flow
Laminar Flow
Dimensional Analysis
Impact of jets
Open Channel Flow
 Environmental Engg.
(S.k.garg & K.R.Arora)

Major Minor
Quality control of water Water demand
Water Treatment Sewer Design
Well Hydraulics Sewage disposal
Sewage properties
Treatment of sewage
Air & sound pollution
 Highway Engg.
(Khanna-justo)

Major Minor
Geometric Design Highway Maintenance
Traffic Engineering
Pavement Design
Highway Material
 Engg. Mathematics
(Notes, Coaching Books)

Major Minor
Matrices Laplace transform
Calculus Fourier Series
Probability
Numerical methods
 Aptitude & English

Aptitude English
Coaching books Coaching books
R. S. Agrawal Harimohan Prasad
 Minor
Subjects
 Steel Structures
(S. K. Duggal)

Major Minor
Connections Beams
Tension Members Plate girders
Compression members Industrial Buildings
Plastic Analysis
 CPM & PERT
(U. K. Shrivastava)

Major Minor
CPM & PERT Networks Updating
Crashing
Engineering Equipments
 Building Materials
(Rangwala & Duggal)

Major Minor
Cement Mortar
Concrete Lime
Timber Brick
 Surveying
(Punmia & Duggal)

Major Minor
Chain Survey Plane table
Compass Survey Remote Sensing
Traverse Survey Field Astronomy (X)
Leveling Area Volume (X)
Tachometry Theory of errors
Curves
Photogrammetry
 Hydrology & Irrigation
(S.K.Garg)

Major Minor
Precipitation Evaporation
Infiltration, Runoff, Hydrograph Flood
Water Crop Relationship Canal Design
Dams Seepage Theories
 Other Subjects
Railways Airport etc.
Geometric Design Runway design
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