TANSAT Engineering Mathematics Syllabus
TANSAT Engineering Mathematics Syllabus
PART – I
i) Determinants and Matrices : Solving system of equations – Rank of the Matrix –
Eigenvalues
and eigenvectors – Reduction of quadratic form to canonical form.
iii) Vector Calculus : Double and triple integrations and their applications – Gradient,
Divergence, Curl
and Laplacian – Green’s, Gauss divergence and Stroke’s theorem.
vi) Numerical Methods : Solution of linear system by direct and iterative methods –
Interpolation
and approximation – Numerical Differentiation and Integration – Solving Ordinary
Differential Equations.
vii) Applied Probability : Probability and Random variables – Standard Discrete and
Continuous
distribution – Moments – Moment generating function and their properties. Two-
Dimensional Random
Variables – Covariance – Correlation and Regression.
PART – II
BASIC ENGINEERING & SCIENCES (Common to all Candidates)
i) Applied Mechanics : Law of Mechanics – Lame’s theorem – Forces, Moments and
Couples -
Displacement, velocity and Acceleration – Friction – Moment of Inertia.
iii) Physics : Sound – Latices – Ultrasonic flaw detector – X-ray radiography – Interference
Fringes -
Planck’s quantum theory – Laser and Fibre Optics.
iv) Material Science : Fracture – Magnetic and Dielectric materials – Conductor and Semi
conductor
materials – Ceramic and Super conductor materials.
v) Civil Engineering : Fluid Statics and Dynamics – Boundary Layer – Pumps and Turbines
-
Environmental Pollution.
vi) Electrical Engineering : Ohm’s law – Kirchoff’s law – A.C. circuits – D.C. machines –
Transformers
PART – III
Concrete Structures: Design Methods – Limit State Design for beams, slabs, columns and
footings -
Design.
ii) Soil Mechanics And Foundation Engineering : Soil Mechanics: Nature of soil – phase
relationships – Soil classification; Soil water – static pressure – effective stress principle;
permeability -
seepage; Stress distribution in soil – Consolidation (Terzaghi’s one dimension consolidation
theory);
Compaction shear strength of soil – Mohr – Coulomb theory – determination of shear
strength by
different methods; Slope stability analysis – protection measures.
iv) Water Resources Engineering : Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics: Properties of fluids.
Fluid statics
and relative equilibrium. Basic concepts of fluid flow – kinematics and dynamics. Concept of
system and
control volume application to continuity, momentum and energy equations. Dimensional
analysis and
model studies. Laminar and turbulent flow through pipes. Boundary layers. Steady uniform
and gradually
varied flow in open channels. Rapidly varied flows. Turbines and pumps and positive
displacement
pumps.
Hydrology and Ground Water: Hydrometeorology. Hydrologic cycle. Precipitation and its
measurements. Abstractions. Runoff estimation. Hydrograph analysis. Unit Hydrograph.
Hydrologic extremes floods and droughts. Rainwater harvesting. Properties of aquifer.
Groundwater development. GEC norms. Well hydraulics. Steady and unsteady flows. Ground
water quality.
v) Environmental Engineering : Water and Waste water Engineering: Water requirements;
water
demand, quality standards; Development of water supply source, conveyance system; basic
unit
processes and operations for water treatment; water distribution; sewage characteristics;
sewage
treatment, primary and secondary treatment of sewage, sludge disposal, sewage disposal.
Air Pollution and Control: Types of pollutants, their sources and impacts, air pollution
meteorology, air pollution control, air quality standards and limits.
Noise Pollution and Control: Impacts of noise, permissible limits of noise pollution,
measurement of noise and control of noise pollution.
2. EARTH SCIENCES
i) Physical Geology and Geomorphology : Weathering process, kinds, products. Internal
structure
of the earth, fundamentals of plate tectonics. Landforms produced by River, winds, glacier
and sea.
Drainage pattern, Drainage Index , geomorphic features.
iii) Economic Geology, Ore Geology, Geochemistry : Origin, occurrence and distribution
of
Economic mineral deposits-Iron, manganese, gold, zinc, graphite, lead, coal and petroleum
deposits.
Ore-dressing, ore-reserves, estimation. Major elements, application in environmental studies
REE-its
implication in genesis/ provenance of rocks.
iv) Remote Sensing, Geophysics and Hydrogeology : Sensors & Platforms- Indian Remote
Sensing
- Spectral system characterizes of rocks & minerals – Photogeology – Photogrametry –
Hydrogeology -
Groundwater – occurrence, movement, Aquifer, field parameters & Lab methods of
estimations.
i) Mechanics : Statics of Particles, Equilibrium of Rigid Bodies, Properties of Surfaces and
Solids, Dynamics of
Particles, Friction and Elements of Rigid Body Dynamics – Basics of Mechanisms,
Kinematics of Linkage Mechanisms,
Kinematics of Cam Mechanisms, Gears and Gear Trains, Friction, Force Analysis, Balancing
and Vibration.
ii) Strength of Materials and Design : Stress, Strain and Deformation of Solids, Transverse
Loading on Beams
and Stresses in Beams, Deflection of Beams, Energy Principles, Thin cylinders and spherical
resells Torsion -
Fundamentals of Design for Strength and Stiffness of Machine Members, Design of Shafts
and Couplings, Design of
Fasteners and Welded Joints, Design of Springs and Engine Parts, Design of Engine parts,
Bearings and Flywheels,
Design of Transmission Systems for Flexible Elements, Spur Gears and Parallel Axis Helical
Gears, Bevel, Worm Gears
and Crossed Helical Gears, Design of Gear Boxes, Design of Cam, Clutches and Brakes.
iii) Material Science and Metallurgy : Constitution of Alloys and Phase Diagrams, Heat
Treatment, Ferrous and
Non ferrous Metals, Non-Metallic Materials, Mechanical Properties and Testing, Crystal
Defects and Strengthening of
Materials Conducting and Semiconducting Materials, Magnetic and Dielectric Materials,
Nuclear Physics,
Superconducting and New Engineering Materials.
iv) Thermodynamics : Basic Concepts and First Law, Second Law, Entropy and
Availability, Properties of Steam,
Psychrometry, Ideal and Real Gases and Thermodynamic Relations, Fuels and Combustion, –
Gas Power Cycles,
Stream Turbines, Internal Combustion Engines, Internal Combustion Engines Testing and
Performance, Gas
Turbines, – Steam Nozzle, Air Compressor, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning, Boilers,
Cogeneration and Waste Heat
Recovery.
v) Heat Transfer : Conduction, Phase Change Heat Transfer and Heat Exchangers,
Radiation, Mass Transfer-
Refrigeration Cycle, Refrigerants, System Components and Balancing, Psychrometry, Air
Conditioning Systems,
Unconventional Refrigeration Cycles.
vi) Production Technology : Foundry Technology, Hot & Cold Working, Forging, Advances
in Forming Process,
Principles and Applications of Joining Processes, Theory of Metal Cutting, Centre Lathe and
special Purpose Lathes,
Reciprocating Machines, Milling Machines and Gear Cutting, Abrasive Process, Broaching,
CNC Machine Tools and
Part Programming.
vii) Automotive Engines : Engine Construction and Operation, SI Engine Fuel System,
Cooling and Lubrication
System, Combustion and Combustion Chambers, Two Stroke Engines, Diesel Engine Basic
Theory, Fuel Injection
System, Air Motion, Combustion and Combustion Chambers, Supercharging and
Turbocharging, Diesel Engine
Testing and Performance.
viii) Automotive Transmission and Pollution : Clutch and Gear Box, Hydrodynamic Drive,
Planetary Gear
Boxes, Automatic Transmission Applications, Hydrostatic and Electric Drive – S.I. Engine
Combustion and Emissions,
CI Engine Combustion and Emissions, Control Techniques for Reduction of SI and CI
Engine Emission, Test
Procedure & Instrumentation for Emission Measurement and Emission Standards.
i) Electrical Circuits and Fields : KCL, KVL, Nodal & Mesh analysis, transient response of
D.C and A.C
ii) Electrical machines : Single phase transformer-equivalent circuit, phasor diagram, tests,
regulation
and efficiency; three phase transformer-connections; auto transformer; principles of energy
conversion,
windings of rotating machines: D.C generators and motors-characteristics, starting and speed
control,
armature reaction and commutation; three phase induction motors-performance
characteristics, starting
and speed control; single-phase induction motors; synchronous generators- performance,
regulation;
synchronous motors-starting characteristics, applications, synchronous condensers; fractional
horse
power motors; permanent magnet and stepper motors.
iii) Power Systems : Electric power generation – thermal, hydro, nuclear; transmission
line
parameters; steady-state performance of overhead transmission lines and cables and surge
propagation;
distribution system, insulators, bundle conductors, corona and radio interferences effects; per-
unit
quantities; bus admittance and impedence matrices; load flow; voltage control and power
factor
correction; economic operation; symmetrical components, analysis of symmetrical and
unsymmetrical
faults; principle of over current, differential and distance protections; concepts and solid state
relays and
digital protection; circuit breakers; principles of system stability-swing curves and equal area
criterion.
12 iv) Control systems : Principles of feedback; transfer function; block diagram; steady-
state errors;
stability-Routh and Nyquist criteria; Bode plots; compensation; root loci; elementary state
variable
formulation; state transition matrix and response for Linear time Invariant systems.
vii) Digital Signal Processing : Analog signals-sampling & Aliasing-Discrete time signals
& systems-
LTI systems- Convolution sum-Difference equation representation-Z Transform & its
Inverse-Discrete
Fourier series & Fourier transform-Radix 2 FFT – Decimation in me and frequency- Inverse
DFT using
FFT-Analog Butterworth & Chebyshev filter design-IIR & FIR filter design and Realization.
viii) Computer Control of Processes, Networks : State models and state equations-
controllability &
observability-pole assignment-discrete data system – state space representation-stability-data
hold, Z &
modified Z transform – Pulse transfer function-programmable logic controllers.
Data networks-switching OSI, Data link control, Media access protocol-BISYNC, SDLC,
HDLC, CSMA/CD, TCP/IPBridges, routers, gateways, Ethernet and Arcnet configuration.
I. Circuit Analysis: DC Circuit analysis, Thevenin’s and Norton’s equivalent circuits,
Sinusoidal
steady state analysis, Transient and resonance in RLC circuits.
Electronic Devices: Diodes, Bipolar Junction Transistors, FET, MOSFET, UJT, Thyristor.
Electronic Circuits: Small signal amplifiers using BJT and FET devices, Large signal
amplifiers, Power supplies, Feed back amplifiers, Oscillators, Pulse shaping circuits. Digital
Electronics: Logic gates, Combinational circuits, Sequential circuits. Linear Integrated
Circuits: Operational amplifiers and its applications, PLL, Voltage regulators, A/D and D/A
converters. Measurements and Instrumentation: Transducers, Digital Instruments, Display
and Recording systems. Microprocessor and its applications: Microprocessors-8085 and 8086
architectures and interfaces, Micro-controller and applications.
1. Electromagnetic Fields: Static Electric and Magnetic fields, Time varying Electric and
Magnetic fields, Maxwell equations. Transmission Lines and Networks: Transmission
line equations, impedance matching, Filters. EM waves and waveguides: Guided
waves, Rectangular and cylindrical waveguides. Antennas and Propagation: Aperture
antennas, arrays, Propagation of radio waves. Microwave Engineering: Microwave
tubes, semiconductor devices, Passive components, Microwave measurements.
2. Communication Theory and Systems: AM, FM and PM, Sampling and Quantization,
PCM, DM, ADM, Multiplexing. Digital Communication: Base band signaling, Band
pass signaling, Error control coding, Spread spectrum techniques. Computer
Communication Networks: Definition of layers, data link protocols, Network
interconnection. Message routing technologies, End-End protocols. Optical
Communication: Optical Fibers, optical transmitters and receivers.
3. Signals and Systems: Continuous time signals and systems-Fourier Transform,
Laplace transform, Discrete time signals and systems-DTFT, DFT, Z-Transform.
Digital Signal Processing: IIR and FIR filters, Realization and implementation,
Quantization effects. Control Systems: Transfer function, Time and frequency
response analysis, Stability analysis, state variable analysis
i) Basic Mechanisms and Elements of Design : Mechanisms, Friction, Gearing and
Cams,
Balancing, Vibration, Fundamentals of Design, Design of Basic Machine Elements, Design
of Mechanical
drives, Design of Automotive components, Recent Advances.
ii) Casting, metal forming and metal joining processes : Casting Processes, Welding
Processes,
Special Casting Processes, Testing of Castings & Weldments – Fundamentals of Metal
Forming, Forging
and Rolling, Extrusion and Drawing Processes, Sheet Metal Forming Processes, Recent
Advances,
Mechanisms, Friction, Gearing and Cams, Balancing, Vibration, Fundamentals of Design,
Design of Basic
Machine Elements, Design of Mechanical drives, Design of Automotive components, Recent
Advances.
iii) Tool Engineering, Machine tool operation, Metrology and Inspection : Mechanics of
Metal
Cutting, Tool Material, Tool Wear and Tool Life, Gear Manufacture, Concept &
Programming of CNC
machines, Advanced CNC programming & Tooling – General Concepts of measurements,
Linear and
Angular measurements, Measurement of Surface Finish Measuring Machines, Metrology of
Screw Thread
& Gears, Computer Aided Inspection and Laser Metrology – Strength and rigidity of machine
tool
structures, Slideways, Spindles and spindle supports, Machine Tool Dynamics.
v) Product and Process Design, Design of Jigs and Fixtures and Press Tools : Computer
Aided
Design, Computer Graphics Geometric Modelling, Product Design Concepts, Recent
Advances, Process
Planning, Estimating, Costing and Elements of Cost, Analysis of Overhead Expenses,
Estimation of Costs
for Forging, Casting and Welding, Estimation of Machining Time, Purpose Types and
Functions Of Jigs
and Fixtures, Jigs, Fixtures, Press working Terminologies and Elements of dies and Strip
Layout, Design
and Development of Dies.
viii) Quality Control Reliability and Maintenance : Quality Concepts, Statistical Process
Control,
Process Capability Analysis, Advanced Control Charts, Acceptance Sampling, Reliability
Concepts, Failure
Data Modeling, Reliability Prediction and Modeling, Reliability Management, Risk
Assessment,
Maintenance Concept, Maintenance Models, Maintenance Logistics, Total Production
Maintenance, Fault
Diagnosis.
ii) Discrete Mathematical Structures : Formal Language and Automata – Graph Theory.
iv) Operating Systems And System Software : Process Management, Storage Management,
I/O
Systems, Design and Implementation of LINUX OS, assemblers, Loaders, Linkers, Macro
Processors.
vi) Programming And Data Structures : Problem Solving Techniques, Trees, Hashing and
Priority
Queues, Sorting, Graph, Heap Search.
i) Fluid Mechanics and Particle Technology : Classification of fluids, flow patterns,
manometry,
continuity equation, Navier-Stokes’ equation, Bernoulli equation, Dimensional analysis, Flow
through
pipes, Boundary layer concepts, Flow through fixed and fluidized beds, pumps –
classification affinity
laws, performance curves. Characteristics of solids, size analysis, Screening, Storage,
Conveyance, Size
reduction, Classifier, Centrifuges, Cyclones. Filtration, Mixing and agitation.
ii) Chemical Technology and Process Calculations : Gas calculations, Material balance and
Energy
balance – Steady and unsteady state, Humidity and Saturation, Combustion, Thermo
chemistry,
Role of Chemical Engineers in process industry, Cement, glass and ceramic industries, paper
industry- Oil, soap, detergent industries, petroleum refining and petrochemicals- Polymer
industry, Fertilizers, Food industry and other important process industries.
iv) Heat and Mass transfer : Modes of Heat transfer. Heat conduction- steady and unsteady
state,
Natural and forced convection, Heat transfer to fluids with phase change, heat transfer
coefficients,
evaporation, heat exchangers – design and construction.
v) Process Control and Computer Applications in Chemical Engineering : Open loop
systems,
closed loop systems, Frequency response, Advanced control systems, Instrumentation.
Application of
spread sheet packages in Chemical engineering, Process flow sheeting, Development of
software for
design of equipments. Dynamic programming in Chemical engineering.
vi) Organic and Surface Chemistry : Carbohydrates, Oils, Fats, and Waxes,
Heterocyclic
compounds, proteins, dyes and dyeing, pharmaceutical chemistry. Adsorption – types,
adsorption of
gases over solids, isotherms, applications, ion exchange, adsorption chromatography,
Catalysis – types,
Equations.
vii) Electro, Polymer and Corrosion Chemistry : Factors influencing Corrosion, types of
corrosion,
corrosion control. Laws of migration of ions, conductometric titrations, advantages, galvanic
cells,
reversible and irreversible cells, Standard electrodes, electrode potentials, electrochemical
series, Nernst
equation. Polymeric materials, Teflon, polyamide, Nylon66, Kevlar, polyesters, polyethylene
teryphthalate,
poly butylene tetra phthalate, polycarbonates, bakelite, reinforcement, composites.
Introduction to
spectroscopic analysis, Molecular spectroscopy, IR, NMR, Mass Spectrometry.
viii) Environmental Pollution and Control : Various methods of reduction of pollution, types
of
pollution, Air pollution – sources and effects- control techniques, Water pollution – sources
and effects-
control techniques, Soil pollution – sources and effects- control techniques and Solid waste
disposal.
x) Cell and Molecular biology : Cells, Cell lines, Cell culture, Cell Organelles and its
functions, types
of Cell divisions, cell cycle and its regulation mechanism. Transport Mechanism (passive,
Active, ATPase
pumps and Na+ /K+ pumps), Receptors, Signal Transduction, Models of Signal
Amplification Secondary
messengers, Structure of Nucleic Acids, Replication, Transcription, Translation and DNA
repair mechanism
in Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes. Promoters, Enhancers and Transcription factors. Genetic
Codes and Lac &
trp operons.
xiii) Immunology : Immune system, immunity, lymphoid organs, antigens, adjutants, types of
immune
response. Activation and different ion of T-cells and B-Cells, Antibodies, Genes and
generation of
diversity, monoclonal antibodies. MHC APC, regulation of T-cell and B-cell responses.
Immunity to
viruses, Bacteria fungi and parasites, cytokines, complements, immunosuppression, allergy
and
hypersensitivity. Vaccines, Transplantation, Tumor Immunology, Autoimmunity and
Autoimmune
disorders.
xiv) Bioinformatics : Search engines and algorithms, data management, data technology,
biological
databases and their uses. Pair wise sequence alignment (local and global), multiple sequence
alignment,
dot matrix, dynamic programming and Bayesian methods. BLAST, FASTA, machine
learning and Hidden
Markov models. Phylogenetic tree analysis. Bimolecular and cellular computing, microarray
analysis and
system Biology.
xv) White wares, ceramic processing and fine ceramics : Quarrying of ceramic materials,
size
reduction, mechanical separation, mixing and conveying, powder characterization,
Classification of
whiteware products, heavy clayware, tests and quality control.
xvi) Glass, Cement, Refractory and Ceramic coatings : Formation and Structure of glass,
preparation of glass batch, glass melting process, Special glasses, annealing, different types
of
refractories, different types of cement, concrete, properties of cement and concrete.
9. TEXTILE TECHNOLOGY
i) Fibre Science and Technology : Cotton varieties and their properties; silk – pre and post
cocoon
operations; varieties of silk and their properties; varieties of wool and their properties;
properties of other
natural fibres.
Requirements of fibre forming polymers; structural principles of polymeric fibres; fluid flow
during spinning; technology of melt, wet, dry, dry jet wet, liquid crystal and gel spinning of
polymeric fibres. Production, properties and applications of PET polyester, nylon 6, nylon 66,
polyacrylonitrile and polypropylene.
Spin finishes; drawing; heat setting; crimping and texturisation; tow to top converters and
tow to staple converters.
ii) Yarn Engineering : Yarn numbering systems- direct, indirect and conversions.
Description and working of short staple spinning machinery – blow-room machinery, card,
comber preparatory machines, comber, draw-frame, speed-frame, ring-frame; calculation of
process parameters and process efficiencies; production calculations.
Methods of mixing and blending; two-folding of yarns; two for one twist principle; man-
made fibre processing.
Principle and details of yarn formation in condensed yarn spinning, rotor spinning, friction
spinning, air-jet spinning and other new spinning systems; structure of yarns produced from
different spinning systems. Control of waste, productivity and quality.
Yarns quality requirements and preparations for high speed weaving machines.
Principles and limitations of various shedding, picking mechanisms; power required for
picking; timing different mechanisms; automation and modern developments in weaving
machine; cloth formation; loom accessories; process control in weaving.
Cloth geometry; cover factor; concepts in fundamental and advanced woven fabric designs.
Quality and preparation of yarn required for knitting; basic weft knitted structures and their
production;
needle control in weft knitting machines; factors affecting the formation of loop; effect of
loop length and
Web forming techniques for dry method of web preparation; production of bonded fabrics by
mechanical,
chemical and thermal methods; productions of spun bonded and melt blown fabrics; end uses
of bonded
fabrics.
iv) Chemical Processing : Chemical structure and chemical properties of natural and man-
made
fibres; singeing; desizing; scouring; bio preparatory operations; Mercerization; bleaching;
heat setting;
processing machines.
Adsorption isotherms; dye-fibre interaction; properties and application of direct, azoic, vat,
sulphur, reactive, acid, mordant, metal-complex, disperse and basic dyes; dyeing of blends;
garment dyeing; assessment of colour fastness.
Methods and styles of printing; printing machines; printing paste; printing with direct,
reactive, acid and disperse dyes and pigments.
Calendering; crease proofing; anti-shrinking; softening; felting and non-felting of wool; bio-
polishing; assessment of finishes; assessment of eco-friendliness of textiles; finishing of
knits; garment washing.
v) Quality Evaluation : Textile quality parameters; online and off line testing methods.
Measurement of length and length uniformity, fineness, strength, maturity, trash content,
moisture content of fibres using conventional and modern testing methods; advanced fibre
information systems, high volume testing; measurement of lap, sliver and roving irregularity.
i) Pre Tanning Operations : Hides & Skins – Histological characteristics structure of hides
& skins
defects – curing & preservation methods – Animal by products – soaking, unhairing, liming,
deliming,
bating, pickling, depickling and degreasing- Their objectives & principles involved.
Biochemistry of
collagen and other substances – chemicals & auxiliaries used in pre-tanning operations –
General
pretanning processes for manufacture of different types of heavy and light leathers – Process
control in
pretanning – Ecofriendly pretanning operations – Physical and chemical testing – Standards
and quality
control measures in pretanning. By products of animal and tannery operations.
ii) Tanning Operations : Tanning materials – Vegetable, mineral and organic – their
classification -
chemistry & Technology of tanning materials & methods – characterization manufacture &
analysis of
various tanning materials. Theory & mechanism of vegetable, chrome, Aluminium,
Zirconium, Iron,
Titarium, Aldehyde, Oil and other organic tanning. Various unit operations involved in
tanning processes
their objectives & principles – cleaner processing options – Analysis & characterization of
various types of
leathers – Physical and chemical testing – Standards and quality control measures in tanning
operations.
iii) Post Tanning and Finishing Operations : Retanning, dyeing – fatliquoring and
finishing
operations – Their objectives & principles – chemicals used for the above unit operations –
Syntans,
fatliquors, dyes, dye-auxiliaries, pigments, acrylic and protein binders, wax emulsion, fillers,
topcoats, NC,
CAB lacquers and lacquer emulsions, feel modifiers, their nature & properties in finishing –
machinery &
methods for post tanning and finishing operations – upgradation methods – chemical and
physical
properties required for various finished leathers – physical & chemical testing of finished
leathers -
Tannery Effluent treatment -Effluent treatment plant – Liquid and solid waste management.
iv) Leathers & Leather Products : Various types of leathers – upper, sole, garment, leather
goods,
sports & specially leathers – their characteristics. Leather supplement and synthetics – Design
&
manufacture of footwear, leather goods & garments. Leather Economics and Industrial
Management -
Project feasibility reports – organization & management of leather sector – marketing &
export of leather
& products – Machines for leather products manufacture – mechanics & operation – IT
applications for
leather & product design. Professional Ethics and human values.
11. ARCHITECTURE
i) Building Materials, Construction and Technology : Lime, Brick, Stone, Clay products;
Timber,
Industrial timber; Paints and varnishes, Concrete, Special concrete and light weight concrete;
Ferrous
metals; non ferrous metals; Glass; Plastics; Eco friendly materials; Thermal insulation
materials and
acoustic materials. Construction techniques and practices using the above listed materials;
Damp and
water proofing; Pest control;; Construction systems and equipment; Pre- stressed concrete
and Tensile
Structures; Grids domes; folded plates; Flat Slabs. Low cost construction & appropriate
technologies.
ii) History of Architecture : Indian architecture- Hindu and Islamic; Indo Saracenic;
Secular
architecture of the princely states; Colonial and Post Independence Architecture; Works of
masters such
as Charles Correa; B V Doshi; Ananth Raje; Raj Rewal; Laurie Baker; Nari Gandhi;
Kanvinde.
Western architecture- Ancient Greek and Rome; Early Christian; Gothic and Renaissance;
Baroque; Neo
Classicism; Chicago School and development of skyscraper; Modern architecture: Art and
Crafts; Art
Noveau; Expressionism and Cubism; Bauhaus; International style; Post Modernism and De
constructivism; Critical Regionalism; Theories and projects of F L Wright; Le Corbusier;
Gaudi; Gropius; Aalto; Mies; Eisenmann; Zaha Hadid; Soleri; Hasan Fathy; Ando; Bawa;
Gehry; Libeskind; Toyo Ito; Louis Khan; Tschumi; Greg Lynn; Assymptote.
iii) Theory and principles of architecture : Elements and ordering principles; Organisation
of form
and space; Design methodology and Creative thinking; Pattern language; Contemporary
process:
Diagrams, Shape grammar, fractals, Digital hybrid, Liquid architecture.
iv) Building Services : Water supply and distribution systems; water and waste
management;
Sewerage system; Electrical systems; Illumination and lighting; Air conditioning; Fire Safety;
building
automation and IBMS.
v) Building Science : Climate responsive architecture; design of solar shading devices;
acoustics &
building design; Architecture & Energy- Active & passive solar architecture, Day lighting &
natural
ventilation, Landscape designs; Landscape & environment control.
vi) Housing; Urban Design and Town Planning : National Housing Policy; Indra Awas
Yogana;
Housing standards; housing projects in India; Urban morphology of early and contemporary
cities; Case
Studies on urban revitalization from developed and developed economies; Planning concepts-
Patrick
Geddes, Ebeneezer Howard, Le Corbusier, C A Perry; Urban planning, regional planning and
Urban
renewal in the Indian context.
12. PHYSICS AND MATERIAL SCIENCE
i) Mechanics, Heat and Sound : Vectors – equilibrium – moment of a force – Newton’s
laws of
motion – gravitation – work – energy – power – Impulse and momentum – collitions – recoil.
Thermometry of thermal expansion – calorimetry and specific heats – transfer for heat –
thermal process
of matter – Law and processes of thermodynamics – Applications. Travelling waves –
oscillations – spring
- simple pendulum – forced oscillations – resonance – sound waves -Acoustic Phenomena
and its
applications- Doppler effect.
ii) Light and Properties of matter : The nature and propagation of light – reflection of
refraction at
plane surfaces – interference – diffraction – polarization. Elasticity – Stress-strain diagram –
hydrostatics – Pressure in a fluid – Pumps – Archimede’s principle – Surface tension –
Contact angle -
Capillarity – hydrodynamics – Bernoulli’s equation – Applications and viscosity –
Poiseuille’s law -
Stokes law – Reynolds number.
iii) Electricity and Magnetism : Coloumb’s law – Gauss’s law – Applications – electrostatic
potential -
capacitors – dielectrics – current – resistance – emf – Kirchoff’s law – thermo electric effect
– applications.
Magnetism – magnetic effects of current – motion of charge particles in magnetic field –
cyclotron -
magnetic forces on current carrying conductor – Hall effect – electromagnetic induction
-Faraday’s law -
Lenz’s law – eddy current – Inductance – mutual and self inductance – magnetic properties of
matters -
diamagnetism – paramagnetism – ferromagnetism – domains- Hysteresis – alternating current
– circuits
containing resistance, inductance or capacitance – transformer.
iv) Modern physics : Emission and absorption of light – thermionic emission – photoelectric
effect -
atomic spectra – atom models – molecular spectra – dual nature of matter and radiation –
nuclear
structure – properties – natural radioactivity – nuclear stability – nuclear reactions – fission –
fusion -
fundamental particles – high energy physics.
v) Solid State Electronics : Structure and bonding in solids – properties of solids –
semiconductors -
intrinsic – extrinsic – PN junction – diode characteristics – Zenar diode – LED, laser diode –
Photodiode -
Transistor – action and characteristics – amplifier – oscillator – basic logic gates.
vi) Electron theory of solids: Classical free electron theory – density of states- electron in a
periodic
potential – origin of energy band gap – electrical conductivity – thermal conductivity –
Widemann-Franz
law
vii) Dielectric and magnetic materials: Different types of polarization – Internal field –
Clausius-
Mosotti equation- dielectric breakdown- applications of dielectric materials – Different types
of magnetic
materials – domain theory of ferromagnetism – hysteresis – hard and soft magnetic materials-
applications of magnetic materials.
13 – MATHEMATICS
(i) Algebra
(ii) Analysis
Real Analysis: Sequences and series of functions, uniform convergence, power series, Fourier
series, functions of several variables, maxima, minima, multiple integrals, line, surface and
volume integrals, theorems of Green, Strokes and Gauss; metric spaces, completeness,
Weierstrass approximation theorem, compactness.
Functional Analysis: Banach spaces, Hahn-Banach theorems, open mapping and closed graph
theorems, principle of uniform boundedness; Hilbert spaces, orthonormal sets, Riesz
representation theorem, self-adjoint, unitary and normal linear operators on Hilbert Spaces.
Partial Differential Equations: Linear and quasilinear first order partial differential equations,
method of characteristics; second order linear equations in two variables and their
classification; Cauchy, Dirichlet and Neumann problems, Green’s functions; solutions of
Laplace, wave and diffusion equations using Fourier series and transform methods.
Calculus of Variations and Integral Equations: Variational problems with fixed boundaries;
sufficient conditions for extremum, Linear integral equations of Fredholm and Volterra type,
their iterative solutions, Fredholm alternative.
Statistics: Testing of hypotheses: standard parametric tests based on normal, chisquare, t and
F-distributions.
Linear Programming: Linear programming problem and its formulation, graphical method,
basic feasible solution, simplex method, big-M and two phase methods. Dual problem and
duality theorems, dual simplex method. Balanced and unbalanced transportation problems,
unimodular property and u-v method for solving transportation problems. Hungarian method
for solving assignment problems.
ii) Sociology : Social institution, society, community, social roles, norms, status, values,
social structure
in India, social change and its relevance to economic development, urbanization as a way of
life, social
problems of developed and developing countries, impact of urbanization on society and rural
development, impact of IT industry on society and development.