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SYLLABUS FOR THE POST OF ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE ENGINEERS
C.No: 283/SS/06
SCHEME AND SYLLABUS FOR THE POST OF ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE ENGINEERS IN
ROADS & BUILDINGS SERVICE
SCHEME
PART-A WRITTEN (OBJECTIVE TYPE) EXAMINATION
PAPER-1 General Studies & Mental Ability 150 Marks 150 Qns 150 Minutes
PAPER-2 Concerned Subject: Civil OR Electrical Engineering - 300 Marks 150 Qns 150 Minutes
PART-B: INTERVIEW 50 Marks
SYLLABUS
GENERAL STUDIES & MENTAL ABILITY
1. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY:
a) General Science and Technology
b) Role and impact of science and Technology on India’s development.
(Questions will cover general appreciation and understanding of matters of everyday
observation and experience as may be expected of a well-educated person who has not
made a special study of science and technology disciplines).
2. INDIAN HISTORY AND CULTURE:
a) Modern Indian History from 19th century to the present
b) Nationalist Movement and Constitutional development
c) Indian culture and Heritage including architecture, Fine Arts, dance forms, music,
paintings, Folk arts and performing arts.
d) History of Andhradesa Society, Culture, Geography and Economic development.
3. INDIAN POLITY:
General and broad understanding of the structural (institutions) and functional (processes)
aspects of Indian Political system.
4. INDIAN ECONOMY AND GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA:
(a) Structure of National economy
(b) Economic development (including planning) since independence
(c) Economic Reforms
(d) Physical, economic and social Geography of India.
5. CURRENT EVENTS:
Current Events of Regional, National and International importance.
6. GENERAL MENTAL ABILITY: (Reasoning and analytical abilities)
2
CONCERNED SUBJECT (CIVIL ENGINEERING)
STRENGTH OF MATERIALS:-
Simple stresses and Strains: Types of stresses and strains - Hook's Law, Stress-strain curve
for mild steel working stress and factor of safety Posion ratio - State of simple shear, complementary
- Shear Elastic constants and their relations - Compound bars - Thermal stress.
Compound stresses Mohr’s circle of stress - Principal stresses and planes.
Shear force and bending moment diagrams: S.F.D. and B.M.D. for cantilevers, simply
supported beams and over hanging beams subjected to point leads and uniformly distributed loads.
Relations among load, shear force and bending moment.
Bending and shear stress: Basic equation; M/I = F/Y = E/R - Distribution of bending and
shear stresses across various cross sections such as rectangular, circular, I and T sections, Torsion
of Circular shafts - power transmission.
Columns and struts: Euler's theory and Rankine's Theory - Socant and Perry formulae for
eccentrically loaded columns.
Deflections and slopes: Slopes and deflections in cantilevers simply supported beams;
propped beams and fixed beams subjected to point leads and uniformly distributed loads.
FLUID MECHANICS AND HYDRAULIC MACHINERY:
Fluid statics: Hydrostatic force on a plane and curved area Centre of pressure and its
applications to lockgates and dams Metacentric height.
Fluid Dynamics: Convective and local acceleration, Euler's equation of motion and its
intergration, Bernoulli's equation motion and its application, flow in curved path. Free and forced
vortex.
Flow measurements: Notches and weirs, venturimeters, pitot tube, nozzle meter, current
meter.
Compressible Flow: Velocity of pressure wave, wave velocity for adiabatic and isothermal
compression, Basic equations of one-dimensional flow continuity, energy and momentum
equations.
Laminar and turbulant flow through pipes: Reynolds experiment significance of
Reynold's number, formulae for laminar flow through circular pipes, Turbulant flow-Darcy Weisbsch
equation, friction factor and Mody's diagram.
Turbines: Classification, specific speed velocity triangles Principles of design of reaction and
impules Turbines, characteristic curves.
Pumps: Centrifugal pumps, velocity triangles, Work done and efficiency minimum starting
speed, loss of head; specific speed and characteristic curves for centrifugal pumps.
BUILDING MATERIALS:
Timber: Different types and species of structural timber, density – moisture relationship, strength in
different directions, defects, preservations, plywood.
Bricks: Types, Indian standard classification, absorption, saturation factor, strength in masonry,
influence of mortar strength on masonry strength.
Cement: Compounds of different types, setting times, strength.
Cement mortar: Ingredients, proportions, water demand, mortars for plastering and masonry.
Concrete: Importance of w/c ratio, strength, ingredients including admixtures, workability, testing for
strength, mix design methods, non-destructive testing.
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS:
Analysis of determinate structures – different methods. Analysis of indeterminate skeletal frames –
Moment distribution, Slope deflection, Kani’s, Stiffness and force methods, Energy methods, Muller
Breslan principle and application. Plastic analysis of indeterminate beams and simple portal frames
– Shape factors.
3
DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURES:
Principles of working stress method. Design of connections, Simple members, Built-up sections and
Frames, Design of industrial roofs. Principles of ultimate load design. Design of simple members.
DESIGN OF CONCRETE AND MASONRY STRUCTURES:
Limit state design for bending, Shear, Axial compression and combined forces. Codal provision for
slabs, Beams, Columns and footings. Working stress method of design of R.C. members. Principles
of pre-stressed concrete design, Materials, Methods of pre-stressing, losses. Design of simple
members and determinate structures. Design of brick masonry as per IS codes.
CONSTRUCTION PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT:
Bar chart, Linked bar chart, Work break down structures, Activity – on – arrow diagrams. Critical
path, Probabilistic activity durations, Event based networks. PERT network: Time-cost study,
Crashing, Resource allocation.
HYDROLOGY AND WATER RESOURCE ENGINEERING:
Hydrological cycle, Precipitation and related data analysis, Unit hydrographs, Evaporation and
transpiration. Floods and their management, Stream gauging, Routing of floods, Capacity of
reservoirs. Multi purpose uses of water: Soil-plant – Water relationships, Irrigation systems. Water
demand assessment: Storages and their yields. Ground water yield and well Hydraulics. Water
logging and drainage design. Design of rigid boundary canals, Lacey’s and tractive force concepts in
canal design, Lining of Canals, Sediment transport in canals, Non-overflow and overflow dams and
their design, Energy dissipators, Design of head works, Distribution works, Falls, Cross-drainage
works, Outlets, River training.
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING:
a. Water Supplying Engineering: Sources of supply, Yields, Design of intakes and conductors,
Estimation of demand. Water quality standards, Control of water borne diseases. Primary
and secondary treatment. Conveyance and distribution systems of treated water, Leakages
and control. Rural water supply. Institutional and industrial water supply.
b. Waste Water engineering: Urban rain water disposal, Systems of sewage collection and
disposal. Design of sewers and sewerage systems, Pumping. Characteristics of sewage and
its treatment. Disposal of products of sewage treatment. Plumbing systems. Rural and
semi-urban sanitation.
c. Solid Waste Management: Sources and effects of air pollution, Monitoring of air pollution,
Noise pollution, Standards, Ecological chain and balance. Environmental assessment.
SOIL MECHANICS AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING:
Properties and classification of soil, Compaction, Permeability and Seepage, Flow nets, Inverted
filters, Compressibility and consolidation. Shearing resistance, Stresses and failure. Soil testing in
laboratories and in-situ, Earth pressure theories, Stress distribution in soils, Soil exploration,
Samplers, Load tests, Penetration tests. Types of foundations, Selection criteria, Bearing capacity,
Settlement, Laboratory and field tests, Types of piles and their design and layout. Foundations on
expansive soils, Swelling and its prevention, Foundation on swelling soils.
SURVEYING AND TRANSPORT ENGINEERING:
Classification of surveys, Scales, Accuracy, Measurement of distances, Direct and indirect methods,
Optical and electronic devices, Measurement of directions, Prismatic compass, Local attraction,
Theodlytes, Types, Measurement of elevations, Spirit and trigonometric leveling, Contours, Digital
elevation modeling concept, Establishment of control by triangulations and traversing, Measurement
and adjustment of observations, Computation of coordinates, Field astronomy, Concept of global
positioning system, Map preparation by plane tabling and by photogrammetry, Remote sensing
concepts, Map substitutes. Planning of Highway systems, Alignment and geometric design,
Horizontal and vertical curves, Grade separation, Materials and construction methods for different
surfaces and maintenance. Principles of pavement design, Drainage. Traffic surveys, Intersections,
Signaling, Mass transit systems, Accessibility, Networking.
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CONCERNED SUBJECT (ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING)
ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS:
Basic electrical laws, Analysis of DC networks, transient response of RLC networks excited
by impulse, step, ramp and sinusoidal excitations. Transform methods, transfer functions, poles and
zeros steady state AC networks, frequency domain analysis, resonance, coupled circuits, two port
networks, three phase networks, power in a.c. networks, power measurement in 3-phase networks.
E.M. THEORY:
Electro static and electro magnetic fields, vector methods, Fields in dielectric, conducting and
magnetic materials, Laplace and Poisson’s equation. Time varying fields, Maxwell’s equation,
Poynting Theory, properties of transmission lines.
ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENT AND INSTRUMENTS:
Electrical standards, Error analysis, Measurement of current, voltage, power, energy, power
factor, resistance, inductance capacitance frequency and loss angle. Indicating instruments,
extension of range of instruments, DC and AC bridges. Electronic measuring instruments. Electronic
multimeter, CRO, frequency counter, digital voltmeter, transducers, Thermocouples, Thermistor,
LVDT, strain gauges, Piezo electric crystal, Measurement of non-electrical quantities like, pressure,
velocity, temperature, flow rate, displacement acceleration and strain.
CONTROL SYSTEMS
Open and closed loop control systems, Mathematical modeling, block diagram, signal flow
graphs, time response and frequency response of linerar systems, error constants and series
Rootlocus technique, Bodeplot, polar plot, M-circles, N-circles, Nichol’s charts, stability, Routh
Hurwitz criteria. Nyquist stability criteria, compensators, design in frequency domain. Control system
components. Servo motors, synchros, tacho generator, error detector. State variable approach,
modeling, state transition matrix, transfer function, response.
ELECTRONICS:
Solid state devices and circuits. Small and large signal-amplifiers with and without feedback
at audio and radio frequency, multistage amplifiers. Operational amplifiers and applications.
Integrated circuits oscillators, RC, LC and crystal oscillators wave form generators, multi-vibrators –
Digital circuits, Logic gates, Boolean algebra combinational and sequential circuits. A to D and D to
A converters Micro processors (8085) instruction set, memories, interfacing programmable peripheral
devices – Number system flow charts – expressions and statements in C – language – simple
programs for engineering application.
D.C. ELECTRICAL MACHINES:
Fundamentals of electro mechanical energy conversion, constructional features of D.C.
Machines, emf equation types and characteristics of generators application, Torque in DC motor,
types of DC motors, applications. Testing of D.C. motors, efficiency, and starting and speed control.
TRANSFORMERS:
Construction – Principle of operation of 1-phase transformers – Vector diagram on No Load
and – Load – Parallel operation – Regulation – efficiency – Equivalent circuit 3 phase transformer
connections – Scott connection.
INDUCTION MOTORS:
Production of rotating magnetic field, production of torque types of motors equivalent circuits,
Circle diagram, torque slip characteristics, starting and maximum torque, speed control, principle of
single phase induction motors, Applications.
SYNCHRONOUS MACHINES:
Generation of emf in 3 phase AC Generator, Armature reaction, regulation by Synchronous
inpedance and Ampere turn methods, parallel operation, transient and sub-transiat reactances,
theory of salient pole machines.
Synchronous Motor: Torque production, performance characteristics, methods of starting, VCurves,
synchronous condenser.
Special Machines: Stepper motor, Methods of operation, Amplidyne and metadyneapplications.
5
ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION:
General layout – Types of power stations, economics of different types, base load and peak
load stations, load factor and its effects, pumped storage schemes.
POWER TRANSMISSION:
Calculation of line parameters, concepts of short, medium and long transmission lines, ABCD
parameters, insulators, Corona, P.U. quantities, fault calculations, symmetrical components load flow
analysis using Gauss Seidal, New-ton Raphson, methods, economic operation, stability, steady state
and transient stability, equal area criterion, ALFC and AVR control for real time operation of
interconnected systems.
POWER SYSTEM PROTECTION:
Principles of arc quenching, circuit breaker classification, Recovery and restriking voltages,
relaying principles over current, directional over current relays-generator and transformer protection
using differential relays-line protection using distance relays Surgeo phenomena in transmission lines
– Travelling wave theory, protection against surges.
UTILISATION :
Industrial Drives – Motors for various drives – Braking methods – Speed control of motors –
Economics of rail traction – Mechanics of train movement – Estimation of power and energy
requirements – Illumination – Laws Factory lighting – Street lighting – Induction and dielectric
heating.
C.No: 283/SS/06
SCHEME AND SYLLABUS FOR THE POST OF ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE ENGINEERS IN
ROADS & BUILDINGS SERVICE
SCHEME
PART-A WRITTEN (OBJECTIVE TYPE) EXAMINATION
PAPER-1 General Studies & Mental Ability 150 Marks 150 Qns 150 Minutes
PAPER-2 Concerned Subject: Civil OR Electrical Engineering - 300 Marks 150 Qns 150 Minutes
PART-B: INTERVIEW 50 Marks
SYLLABUS
GENERAL STUDIES & MENTAL ABILITY
1. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY:
a) General Science and Technology
b) Role and impact of science and Technology on India’s development.
(Questions will cover general appreciation and understanding of matters of everyday
observation and experience as may be expected of a well-educated person who has not
made a special study of science and technology disciplines).
2. INDIAN HISTORY AND CULTURE:
a) Modern Indian History from 19th century to the present
b) Nationalist Movement and Constitutional development
c) Indian culture and Heritage including architecture, Fine Arts, dance forms, music,
paintings, Folk arts and performing arts.
d) History of Andhradesa Society, Culture, Geography and Economic development.
3. INDIAN POLITY:
General and broad understanding of the structural (institutions) and functional (processes)
aspects of Indian Political system.
4. INDIAN ECONOMY AND GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA:
(a) Structure of National economy
(b) Economic development (including planning) since independence
(c) Economic Reforms
(d) Physical, economic and social Geography of India.
5. CURRENT EVENTS:
Current Events of Regional, National and International importance.
6. GENERAL MENTAL ABILITY: (Reasoning and analytical abilities)
2
CONCERNED SUBJECT (CIVIL ENGINEERING)
STRENGTH OF MATERIALS:-
Simple stresses and Strains: Types of stresses and strains - Hook's Law, Stress-strain curve
for mild steel working stress and factor of safety Posion ratio - State of simple shear, complementary
- Shear Elastic constants and their relations - Compound bars - Thermal stress.
Compound stresses Mohr’s circle of stress - Principal stresses and planes.
Shear force and bending moment diagrams: S.F.D. and B.M.D. for cantilevers, simply
supported beams and over hanging beams subjected to point leads and uniformly distributed loads.
Relations among load, shear force and bending moment.
Bending and shear stress: Basic equation; M/I = F/Y = E/R - Distribution of bending and
shear stresses across various cross sections such as rectangular, circular, I and T sections, Torsion
of Circular shafts - power transmission.
Columns and struts: Euler's theory and Rankine's Theory - Socant and Perry formulae for
eccentrically loaded columns.
Deflections and slopes: Slopes and deflections in cantilevers simply supported beams;
propped beams and fixed beams subjected to point leads and uniformly distributed loads.
FLUID MECHANICS AND HYDRAULIC MACHINERY:
Fluid statics: Hydrostatic force on a plane and curved area Centre of pressure and its
applications to lockgates and dams Metacentric height.
Fluid Dynamics: Convective and local acceleration, Euler's equation of motion and its
intergration, Bernoulli's equation motion and its application, flow in curved path. Free and forced
vortex.
Flow measurements: Notches and weirs, venturimeters, pitot tube, nozzle meter, current
meter.
Compressible Flow: Velocity of pressure wave, wave velocity for adiabatic and isothermal
compression, Basic equations of one-dimensional flow continuity, energy and momentum
equations.
Laminar and turbulant flow through pipes: Reynolds experiment significance of
Reynold's number, formulae for laminar flow through circular pipes, Turbulant flow-Darcy Weisbsch
equation, friction factor and Mody's diagram.
Turbines: Classification, specific speed velocity triangles Principles of design of reaction and
impules Turbines, characteristic curves.
Pumps: Centrifugal pumps, velocity triangles, Work done and efficiency minimum starting
speed, loss of head; specific speed and characteristic curves for centrifugal pumps.
BUILDING MATERIALS:
Timber: Different types and species of structural timber, density – moisture relationship, strength in
different directions, defects, preservations, plywood.
Bricks: Types, Indian standard classification, absorption, saturation factor, strength in masonry,
influence of mortar strength on masonry strength.
Cement: Compounds of different types, setting times, strength.
Cement mortar: Ingredients, proportions, water demand, mortars for plastering and masonry.
Concrete: Importance of w/c ratio, strength, ingredients including admixtures, workability, testing for
strength, mix design methods, non-destructive testing.
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS:
Analysis of determinate structures – different methods. Analysis of indeterminate skeletal frames –
Moment distribution, Slope deflection, Kani’s, Stiffness and force methods, Energy methods, Muller
Breslan principle and application. Plastic analysis of indeterminate beams and simple portal frames
– Shape factors.
3
DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURES:
Principles of working stress method. Design of connections, Simple members, Built-up sections and
Frames, Design of industrial roofs. Principles of ultimate load design. Design of simple members.
DESIGN OF CONCRETE AND MASONRY STRUCTURES:
Limit state design for bending, Shear, Axial compression and combined forces. Codal provision for
slabs, Beams, Columns and footings. Working stress method of design of R.C. members. Principles
of pre-stressed concrete design, Materials, Methods of pre-stressing, losses. Design of simple
members and determinate structures. Design of brick masonry as per IS codes.
CONSTRUCTION PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT:
Bar chart, Linked bar chart, Work break down structures, Activity – on – arrow diagrams. Critical
path, Probabilistic activity durations, Event based networks. PERT network: Time-cost study,
Crashing, Resource allocation.
HYDROLOGY AND WATER RESOURCE ENGINEERING:
Hydrological cycle, Precipitation and related data analysis, Unit hydrographs, Evaporation and
transpiration. Floods and their management, Stream gauging, Routing of floods, Capacity of
reservoirs. Multi purpose uses of water: Soil-plant – Water relationships, Irrigation systems. Water
demand assessment: Storages and their yields. Ground water yield and well Hydraulics. Water
logging and drainage design. Design of rigid boundary canals, Lacey’s and tractive force concepts in
canal design, Lining of Canals, Sediment transport in canals, Non-overflow and overflow dams and
their design, Energy dissipators, Design of head works, Distribution works, Falls, Cross-drainage
works, Outlets, River training.
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING:
a. Water Supplying Engineering: Sources of supply, Yields, Design of intakes and conductors,
Estimation of demand. Water quality standards, Control of water borne diseases. Primary
and secondary treatment. Conveyance and distribution systems of treated water, Leakages
and control. Rural water supply. Institutional and industrial water supply.
b. Waste Water engineering: Urban rain water disposal, Systems of sewage collection and
disposal. Design of sewers and sewerage systems, Pumping. Characteristics of sewage and
its treatment. Disposal of products of sewage treatment. Plumbing systems. Rural and
semi-urban sanitation.
c. Solid Waste Management: Sources and effects of air pollution, Monitoring of air pollution,
Noise pollution, Standards, Ecological chain and balance. Environmental assessment.
SOIL MECHANICS AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING:
Properties and classification of soil, Compaction, Permeability and Seepage, Flow nets, Inverted
filters, Compressibility and consolidation. Shearing resistance, Stresses and failure. Soil testing in
laboratories and in-situ, Earth pressure theories, Stress distribution in soils, Soil exploration,
Samplers, Load tests, Penetration tests. Types of foundations, Selection criteria, Bearing capacity,
Settlement, Laboratory and field tests, Types of piles and their design and layout. Foundations on
expansive soils, Swelling and its prevention, Foundation on swelling soils.
SURVEYING AND TRANSPORT ENGINEERING:
Classification of surveys, Scales, Accuracy, Measurement of distances, Direct and indirect methods,
Optical and electronic devices, Measurement of directions, Prismatic compass, Local attraction,
Theodlytes, Types, Measurement of elevations, Spirit and trigonometric leveling, Contours, Digital
elevation modeling concept, Establishment of control by triangulations and traversing, Measurement
and adjustment of observations, Computation of coordinates, Field astronomy, Concept of global
positioning system, Map preparation by plane tabling and by photogrammetry, Remote sensing
concepts, Map substitutes. Planning of Highway systems, Alignment and geometric design,
Horizontal and vertical curves, Grade separation, Materials and construction methods for different
surfaces and maintenance. Principles of pavement design, Drainage. Traffic surveys, Intersections,
Signaling, Mass transit systems, Accessibility, Networking.
4
CONCERNED SUBJECT (ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING)
ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS:
Basic electrical laws, Analysis of DC networks, transient response of RLC networks excited
by impulse, step, ramp and sinusoidal excitations. Transform methods, transfer functions, poles and
zeros steady state AC networks, frequency domain analysis, resonance, coupled circuits, two port
networks, three phase networks, power in a.c. networks, power measurement in 3-phase networks.
E.M. THEORY:
Electro static and electro magnetic fields, vector methods, Fields in dielectric, conducting and
magnetic materials, Laplace and Poisson’s equation. Time varying fields, Maxwell’s equation,
Poynting Theory, properties of transmission lines.
ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENT AND INSTRUMENTS:
Electrical standards, Error analysis, Measurement of current, voltage, power, energy, power
factor, resistance, inductance capacitance frequency and loss angle. Indicating instruments,
extension of range of instruments, DC and AC bridges. Electronic measuring instruments. Electronic
multimeter, CRO, frequency counter, digital voltmeter, transducers, Thermocouples, Thermistor,
LVDT, strain gauges, Piezo electric crystal, Measurement of non-electrical quantities like, pressure,
velocity, temperature, flow rate, displacement acceleration and strain.
CONTROL SYSTEMS
Open and closed loop control systems, Mathematical modeling, block diagram, signal flow
graphs, time response and frequency response of linerar systems, error constants and series
Rootlocus technique, Bodeplot, polar plot, M-circles, N-circles, Nichol’s charts, stability, Routh
Hurwitz criteria. Nyquist stability criteria, compensators, design in frequency domain. Control system
components. Servo motors, synchros, tacho generator, error detector. State variable approach,
modeling, state transition matrix, transfer function, response.
ELECTRONICS:
Solid state devices and circuits. Small and large signal-amplifiers with and without feedback
at audio and radio frequency, multistage amplifiers. Operational amplifiers and applications.
Integrated circuits oscillators, RC, LC and crystal oscillators wave form generators, multi-vibrators –
Digital circuits, Logic gates, Boolean algebra combinational and sequential circuits. A to D and D to
A converters Micro processors (8085) instruction set, memories, interfacing programmable peripheral
devices – Number system flow charts – expressions and statements in C – language – simple
programs for engineering application.
D.C. ELECTRICAL MACHINES:
Fundamentals of electro mechanical energy conversion, constructional features of D.C.
Machines, emf equation types and characteristics of generators application, Torque in DC motor,
types of DC motors, applications. Testing of D.C. motors, efficiency, and starting and speed control.
TRANSFORMERS:
Construction – Principle of operation of 1-phase transformers – Vector diagram on No Load
and – Load – Parallel operation – Regulation – efficiency – Equivalent circuit 3 phase transformer
connections – Scott connection.
INDUCTION MOTORS:
Production of rotating magnetic field, production of torque types of motors equivalent circuits,
Circle diagram, torque slip characteristics, starting and maximum torque, speed control, principle of
single phase induction motors, Applications.
SYNCHRONOUS MACHINES:
Generation of emf in 3 phase AC Generator, Armature reaction, regulation by Synchronous
inpedance and Ampere turn methods, parallel operation, transient and sub-transiat reactances,
theory of salient pole machines.
Synchronous Motor: Torque production, performance characteristics, methods of starting, VCurves,
synchronous condenser.
Special Machines: Stepper motor, Methods of operation, Amplidyne and metadyneapplications.
5
ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION:
General layout – Types of power stations, economics of different types, base load and peak
load stations, load factor and its effects, pumped storage schemes.
POWER TRANSMISSION:
Calculation of line parameters, concepts of short, medium and long transmission lines, ABCD
parameters, insulators, Corona, P.U. quantities, fault calculations, symmetrical components load flow
analysis using Gauss Seidal, New-ton Raphson, methods, economic operation, stability, steady state
and transient stability, equal area criterion, ALFC and AVR control for real time operation of
interconnected systems.
POWER SYSTEM PROTECTION:
Principles of arc quenching, circuit breaker classification, Recovery and restriking voltages,
relaying principles over current, directional over current relays-generator and transformer protection
using differential relays-line protection using distance relays Surgeo phenomena in transmission lines
– Travelling wave theory, protection against surges.
UTILISATION :
Industrial Drives – Motors for various drives – Braking methods – Speed control of motors –
Economics of rail traction – Mechanics of train movement – Estimation of power and energy
requirements – Illumination – Laws Factory lighting – Street lighting – Induction and dielectric
heating.
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