2. Civil engineering is a wide discipline which includes
several specialized sub-disciplines, viz..
Building
Construc
tion
Civil
Enviro
nment
al
Geotec
hnical
Struct
ural
Water
Resource
Surve
ying
Transpo
rtation
3. Types of buildings: Residential, commercial, Industrial, etc.
Components of a building: from foundation to roof level
Materials: properties and functions of various materials
used for construction -viz., bricks, stone, cement, sand, aggregate,
steel, glass, etc.
Building planning and bye-laws: understanding and
application
Methods of construction
4. Water Supply engineering: treatment of drinking water, design
of water distribution network
Sanitary engineering: treatment of sewage and its safe disposal,
solid waste management
Pollution control: controlling air and water pollution
5. Soil Mechanics: behavior of various types of soil, determination of
bearing capacity and engineering properties of soil
Foundation of structures: design of foundation as per soil types
6. Structural analysis: of all types of structures like buildings,
bridges, water tanks, retaining walls, dams, offshore structures
Loads: estimation of load will act on structure such as Dead, Live,
Earthquake, Wind, etc.
Stresses: calculation of stresses that may develop due to above loads
in structure
Structural Design: any component must be able to withstand
cracking, failure or excessive deflection
7. Surveying: determining the relative positions of points on, above or
below the earth surface, by measuring horizontal distances and angles
Levelling: measurement in vertical plane i.e. determination of
elevations of points
Objective: to prepare plan or map which is used in further planning
of structures like building, roads, bridges etc.
8. Objective: safe, rapid, comfortable, economical and convenient
movement of people and goods from one place to another
Land transportation: Roads and Railways transportation,
highways, rail gauges etc,
Water transportation: ports, harbours
Air transportation: airports, runways
9. Collection, management, utilization: of water from natural
sources: viz. river, lakes, etc.
Study of hydrology, irrigation, open channel
hydraulics, water power etc.
Hydraulic structures: design of hydraulic structures like dam,
reservoir, canal, etc.
