Civil Engineering

1. chapter 1 · ACiE01 · 10 questions · 10 marks

   Basic Civil Engineering

   1. ACiE0101
      Engineering materials

      Properties (physical, chemical, mechanical and thermal); types, characteristics, composition, selection, and usage/function of engineering materials (stones, bricks, tiles, cement, lime, timber, metals/alloys, paints/varnishes, and asphalt/bitumen/tar).

   2. ACiE0102
      Standards (NS & IS) and tests for civil engineering materials

      tests of brick (water absorption and compressive tests), tests of cement (consistency, setting time, soundness, and compressive strength); test of aggregate (bulking of sand); test of rebar (tensile test).

   3. ACiE0103
      Building technology

      Building construction technology (brick and stone masonry, carpentry, painting, plastering, concrete roofing, flooring, damp proof course); Building by laws.

   4. ACiE0104
      Geometric properties of sections

      Axes of symmetry; centre of gravity of different sections (e.g., built-up plane figures, standard steel sections); moment of inertia; radius of gyration.

   5. ACiE0105
      Surveying and levelling

      Fundamentals of surveying; measurements (linear distance, vertical distance, and angle and directions); levelling; topographic survey (principles and applications); Simple circular curves, principles and applications of GPS/GIS.

   6. ACiE0106
      Estimating, costing, and valuation

      types of estimate; methods of estimating; rate analysis; specifications (purpose, importance and types), valuation.

2. chapter 2 · ACiE02 · 10 questions · 10 marks

   Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering

   1. ACiE0201
      Soil properties and laboratory tests

      tests for strength, permeability, compressibility, phase relationships; determination of index and engineering properties of soils; soil classification (descriptive, textural, ISI, MIT, USCS); boring log interpretation; sieve analysis and interpretation of results; determination of Atterberg limits of soils.

   2. ACiE0202
      Stresses on soil and seepage

      effective stress (factors affecting effective stress, capillary rise, and quick sand conditions); seepage analysis [Seepage pressure, flow nets and their applications]; soil compressibility (including various indices) and compaction (definition, affecting factors).

   3. ACiE0203
      Shear strength of soil and stability of slopes

      Concept of shear strength, principal planes and principal stresses; Mohr-Coulomb theory of shear strength; calculation of normal and shear stresses at different planes; relation of principle stress at failure condition; types of shear tests; stability of slopes.

   4. ACiE0204
      Soil exploration, earth pressure and retaining structures

      soil exploration (methods, planning, soil sampling and samplers, field tests, site investigation reports); earth pressure theories; stability analysis of retaining walls; techniques to increase stability of retaining walls.

   5. ACiE0205
      Fundamentals of foundation

      Definition, Types (Shallow and Deep), functions, factor affecting, site investigation of foundation, concept of spread and mat foundation.

   6. ACiE0206
      Bearing capacity and foundation settlements

      bearing capacity (types, effects of various factors); modes of foundation failure; Terzaghi’s general bearing capacity theory; ultimate bearing capacity of cohesion-less and cohesive soils; consolidation (concept, types and tests); settlement (types, nature, effects and calculations).

3. chapter 3 · ACiE03 · 10 questions · 10 marks

   Basic Water Resources Engineering

   1. ACiE0301
      Fluids and their properties

      types of fluids; fluid properties (mass density, specific weight, specific gravity, specific volume, viscosity, compressibility, capillarity, surface tension, cavitation and vapour pressure.

   2. ACiE0302
      Hydrostatics

      pressure and head; Pascal’s law; pressure-depth relationship; manometers; pressure force and centre of pressure on submerged bodies (plane and curved surfaces, practical applications); pressure diagrams; buoyancy; stability of floating/submerged bodies.

   3. ACiE0303
      Hydro-kinematics and hydro-dynamics

      classification of fluid flow; conservation of mass (continuity equation) and momentum equations and their applications; Bernoulli’s equation and its application; flow measurement.

   4. ACiE0304
      Pipe flow

      types, governing equations, major and minor head losses; HGL and TEL lines; design; pipe network problems; unsteady flow in pipes and relief devices.

   5. ACiE0305
      Open channel flow

      geometrical properties; various types of flows; energy and momentum principles (Specific Energy and Specific Force); Types of gradually varied flow profiles; hydraulic jump (types, theory for horizontal and rectangular) flow in mobile boundary channel (design principles/approaches; inception motion condition; Shield diagram).

   6. ACiE0306
      Hydrology

      hydrologic cycle and water balance components; flow measurement and rating curves; hydrographs analysis and synthetic unit hydrographs; rainfall-runoff analysis; flood hydrology (flood frequency analysis and design flood); groundwater hydrology.

4. chapter 4 · ACiE04 · 10 questions · 10 marks

   Structural Mechanics

   1. ACiE0401
      Shear forces and bending moments

      Axial forces, shear forces, and bending moments; loads and load superposition; relationship and diagram Interpretation (AF, SF, BM).

   2. ACiE0402
      Stress and strain analysis

      normal and shear stresses; principal stresses and principal planes; maximum shear stress and corresponding plane; stress-strain curves; torsion.

   3. ACiE0403
      Theory of flexure and columns

      co-planar and pure bending; elastic curve; angle of rotation; radius of curvature and flexural stiffness; deflection; bending stress; Euler’s formula for long column.

   4. ACiE0404
      Determinate structures-1

      Degree of determinacy, Energy Methods, Virtual Work Method, Deflection of beams and portal frame.

   5. ACiE0405
      Determinate structures-2

      Influence Lines for Simple Structures with point loads and UDL; analysis of two hinged arches.

   6. ACiE0406
      Indeterminate structures

      Flexibility Method, Two-Hinged Parabolic Arches, Slope Deflection Method, Moment Distribution Method, Stiffness method, Influence Lines for Continuous Beams, Elementary Plastic analysis.

5. chapter 5 · ACiE05 · 10 questions · 10 marks

   Design of Structures

   1. ACiE0501
      Loads and load combinations

      Dead Load, Imposed Load, Wind Load, Snow Load, Earthquake Load.

   2. ACiE0502
      Concrete technology

      concrete technology (materials, properties, mix design, testing, quality control, and codes (IS and NS)).

   3. ACiE0503
      RCC structures-1

      working stress and limit state methods; design of beams and slabs; analysis of RC beams and slabs in bending, shear, deflection, bond and end anchorage; RCC; NS & IS codes.

   4. ACiE0504
      RCC structures-2

      design of columns and isolated/combined footings; pre-stressed concrete; NS & IS codes.

   5. ACiE0505
      Steel structures

      standard and built-up sections; design of bolted and welded connections; design of simple elements such as ties, struts, axially loaded columns, and column bases; NS and IS codes.

   6. ACiE0506
      Timber and masonry structures

      design principles of timber beams and columns; Design of masonry structures (Mandatory rules of thumb, Nepal Building Code (NBC), properties), Failure modes of masonry structure, mud mortar, lime mortar and cement mortar and its properties.

6. chapter 6 · ACiE06 · 10 questions · 10 marks

   Water Supply, Sanitation and Environment

   1. ACiE0601
      Water sources, water quality and water demand

      sources of water (surface and groundwater) and their selection; impurities in water (suspended, colloidal, dissolved); hardness and alkalinity; living organisms in water; water-related diseases and prevention measures; drinking water quality standards; water demand estimation.

   2. ACiE0602
      Intake and distribution systems

      Types of intakes, factor affecting while selection of location of intake; types and purposes of pipe materials, joints, valves and fittings; break pressure tanks; service reservoirs and their capacity determination; design of branch and looped water distribution systems.

   3. ACiE0603
      Water treatment process and technologies

      various treatment process and their purposes; screening; plain sedimentation; sedimentation with coagulation; flocculation; filtration; disinfection; softening; and miscellaneous treatments (aeration, removal of iron and manganese, removal of color /odour / taste).

   4. ACiE0604
      Design and construction of sewers

      estimation of quantity of waste water; sewerage system and types; design criteria of sewers; shapes of sewers; sewer materials; design of sewers for separate and combined systems; construction of sewers and sewer appurtenances.

   5. ACiE0605
      Treatment and disposal of wastewater

      characteristics and examination of sewage; decomposition of wastewater; BOD and COD; primary treatment processes and design of grit chamber; secondary or biological treatment process; sewage filtration; activated sludge process; oxidation ponds; waste water disposal by dilution (oxygen sag curve; Streeter Phelp’s equation); waste water disposal by land treatment; sludge and solid waste disposal methods; latrine and septic tank.

   6. ACiE0606
      Concept of environmental assessment

      BES; IEE; EIA; government’s act, rules/regulations/ procedures for BES/IEE/EIA; Types of disaster and its mitigation.

7. chapter 7 · ACiE07 · 10 questions · 10 marks

   Irrigation and Drainage

   1. ACiE0701
      Water demand estimation

      crop water and irrigation water requirements; water availability for irrigation; command areas; irrigation intensity; duty, delta and their relationship; water losses and irrigation efficiencies; effective rainfall; soil-moisture-irrigation relationship; depth and frequency of irrigation; design discharge for canals.

   2. ACiE0702
      Design of canals

      canal types, network and alignment; tractive force approach of canal design; design of stable canals, alluvial canals (Kennedy’s and Lacey’s theory), and lined canals.

   3. ACiE0703
      Diversion headworks

      components of headwork; seepage theories and their applications (Bligh’s, Lane’s, Khosla’s); design of silt control structures (excluder, ejector and settling basins); design of weir/barrage (crest, length and thickness of impervious floor); design of energy dissipaters.

   4. ACiE0704
      River training works

      river stages and need of river training; design of river training works (guide bund and launching aprons, levees and spurs); watershed management.

   5. ACiE0705
      Regulating and cross-drainage structures

      functions of various types of regulators, design of regulators and escapes (crest, length and thickness of impervious floor); design of pipe outlet (free and submerged); design of vertical drop (crest, length, and thickness of impervious floor); design of cross-drainage structures.

   6. ACiE0706
      Water logging and drainage

      causes, effects and preventive measures; design of surface and sub- surface drainage systems;.

8. chapter 8 · ACiE08 · 10 questions · 10 marks

   Hydropower

   1. ACiE0801
      Planning of hydropower projects

      power potential (gross, technical, economic) of Nepal and the world; stages of hydropower development, hydropower development in Nepal (history, policy, acts & regulation.).

   2. ACiE0802
      Power and energy potential study

      power and energy potentials; methods of fixing installed capacity of a plant; types of hydropower plants on various basis; components of different types of hydropower projects; reservoirs and their regulation.

   3. ACiE0803
      Headworks of storage plants

      components of a typical storage plant; dams (types, functions, selection, design, failure modes and remedies); stability analysis of gravity dam, seepage control and foundation treatment in dams; design of intake, spillway and energy dissipaters; gates (types and locations).

   4. ACiE0804
      Headworks of run-of-river (ROR) plants

      components of a typical ROR plant; design of intake; methods of bed and suspended load handling; design of settling basin (practice and concentration approach), estimation of sediment volume in settling basin, flushing of deposited sediment, estimation of flushing frequency for sediments.

   5. ACiE0805
      Water conveyance structures

      hydraulic tunnels, x-sections, and hydraulic design (velocity and sizing); tunnel lining; design of forebay and surge tanks; design of penstocks and pressure shaft; hydraulic transients (water hammer).

   6. ACiE0806
      Hydro-electric machines and powerhouse

      hydro-mechanical equipment and their functions; types of turbines and performance characteristics; selection of turbine and their specific speed; preliminary design of Francis and Pelton turbines; scroll case and draft tubes; generators (types, rating); governs; pumps and their performance characteristics; powerhouse (types, general arrangements, dimensions).

9. chapter 9 · ACiE09 · 10 questions · 10 marks

   Transportation

   1. ACiE0901
      Highway planning and survey

      Modes of transport, history of road development in Nepal; classification of roads; road survey; highway alignment and controlling factors; evaluating alternate alignments; Road Standards of Nepal.

   2. ACiE0902
      Geometric design of highway

      basic design control and criteria; elements of highway cross- section; highway curves; super elevation; average and ruling gradients; stopping sight distance; design considerations for horizontal and vertical alignments, extra widening, and set back distance; design of road drainage structures; design considerations for hill roads.

   3. ACiE0903
      Highway materials

      types of aggregates and tests on their gradation, strength, durability; binding materials and their tests; design of asphalt mixes; evaluation of subgrade soil.

   4. ACiE0904
      Traffic engineering and safety

      impact of human and vehicular characteristics on traffic planning; traffic operations and regulations; traffic control devices; traffic studies (volume, speed, O&D, traffic capacity, traffic flow characteristics, parking, accident, flow); road intersections (types, configurations, design); traffic lights; factors influencing night visibility, road safety measures.

   5. ACiE0905
      Road pavement

      different types of pavement; design methods for flexible and rigid pavements (DOR Guidelines); loads and other factors controlling pavement design; stress due to load, temperature.

   6. ACiE0906
      Road construction & maintenance

      activities, techniques, tools, equipment and plants used in road construction; preparation of road subgrade; field compaction control and soil stabilization; construction of asphalt concrete layers; construction procedure for penetration macadam, bituminous bound macadam and plain cement concrete pavements; road maintenance, repair and rehabilitation.

10. chapter 10 · AALL10 · 10 questions · 10 marks

    Project Planning, Design and Implementation

    1. AALL1001
       Engineering drawings and its concepts

       Fundamentals of standard drawing sheets, dimensions, scale, line diagram, orthographic projection, isometric projection/view, pictorial views, and sectional drawing.

    2. AALL1002
       Engineering Economics

       understanding of project cash flow; discount rate, interest and time value of money; basic methodologies for engineering economics analysis (Discounted Payback Period, NPV, IRR & MARR); comparison of alternatives, depreciation system and taxation system in Nepal.

    3. AALL1003
       Project planning and scheduling

       project classifications; project life cycle phases; project planning process; project scheduling (bar chart, CPM, PERT); resources levelling and smoothing; monitoring/evaluation/controlling.

    4. AALL1004
       Project management

       Information system; project risk analysis and management; project financing, tender and its process, and contract management.

    5. AALL1005
       Engineering professional practice

       Environment and society; professional ethics; regulatory environment; contemporary issues/problems in engineering; occupational health and safety; roles/responsibilities of Nepal Engineers Association (NEA).

    6. AALL1006
       Engineering Regulatory Body

       Nepal Engineering Council (Acts & Regulations). (AALL1006) Full Course Available on PANA ACADEMY 9851420233 / 9851342670 / 9808100083 panaacademy.com.

always check the latest syllabus on the official Nepal Engineering Council website (nec.gov.np).