SYLLABUS FOR PhD ADMISSION ELIGIBILITY TEST

(CIVIL ENGINEERING STREAM)

Linear Algebra: Matrix algebra, Systems of linear equations, Eigen values and eigenvectors.

Probability and Statistics: Definitions of probability, Conditional probability, Mean, median, mode and
standard deviation, Random variables, Poisson, Normal and Binomial distributions.

Numerical Methods: Numerical solutions of linear and non-linear algebraic equations Integration by
trapezoidal and Simpson's rule

Soil Mechanics: Origin of soils, soil classification, three-phase system, fundamental definitions,
relationship and interrelationships, permeability & seepage, effective stress principle, consolidation,
compaction, shear strength.

Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics: Properties of fluids, principle of conservation of mass, momentum,
energy and corresponding equations, potential flow, applications of momentum and Bernoulli's equation,
laminar and turbulent flow, flow in pipes, pipe networks. Concept of boundary layer and its growth.
Uniform flow, critical flow and gradually varied flow in channels, specific energy concept, hydraulic jump.
Forces on immersed bodies, flow measurements in channels, tanks and pipes. Dimensional analysis and
hydraulic modeling. Kinematics of flow, velocity triangles and specific speed of pumps and turbines.

Hydrology: Hydrologic cycle, rainfall, evaporation, infiltration, stage discharge relationships, unit
hydrographs, flood estimation, reservoir capacity, reservoir and channel routing. Well hydraulics-steady and
unsteady.

Irrigation: Duty, delta, estimation of evapo-transpiration. Crop water requirements. Design of: lined and
unlined canals, waterways, head works, gravity dams and spillways. Design of weirs on permeable
foundation. Types of irrigation system, irrigation methods. Water logging and drainage, sodic soils.

Environmental hydraulics: Quality standards, basic unit processes and operations for water treatment.
Drinking water standards, water requirements, basic unit operations and unit processes for surface water
treatment, distribution of water, piping systems, network analysis. Sewage and sewerage treatment, quantity
and characteristics of wastewater. Waste water movement in streams: dispersion and diffusion

Surveying: Importance of surveying, principles and classifications, mapping concepts, coordinate system,
map projections, measurements of distance and directions, leveling, theodolite traversing, total station
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(MECHANICAL ENGINEERING STREAM)

MATHEMATICS AND RESEARCH APTITUDE

Calculus: Functions of single variable, Limit, continuity and differentiability, Mean value theorems,
Evaluation of definite and improper integrals, Partial derivatives, Total derivative, Maxima and minima,
Gradient, Divergence and Curl, Vector identities, Directional derivatives, Differential Equations and
Solutions
Probability and Statistics: Definitions of probability and sampling theorems, Conditional probability,
Mean, median, mode and standard deviation, Random variables, Poisson,Normal and Binomial distributions.
Research Concepts . Types of research ,Literature Review Importance & Methods Sources,
Mathematical modelling and simulation, Research proposal preparation and Report Preparation

MACHINE DESIGN

Strength of Material: Mechanical Properties and Testing, Deflection of Beams, Torsion of Shafts, Columns
& Struts, Strain Energy, Composite Materials, Advanced Mechanics of Solids
Theory of Machines: Mechanisms and Machines, Gear and Gear Trains, Cams, Engine Dynamics,
Governors, Balancing, Gyroscope
Design of Machine Elements: Design for Production, Belt, Rope and Chain Drives, Design of Shafts,
Bearings, Springs, Tribology
Mechanical Vibrations: Fundamentals of Vibration, Vibration of Single Degree of Freedom
Systems, Vibration of Multi Degree of Freedom Systems, Vibration of Continuous Systems, Static and
Dynamic Testing of Machine Tools

THERMAL ENGINEERING

Thermodynamics : Laws, Availability & Irreversibility, Pure Substances, Air Standard Cycles.
Fluid Mechanics: Statics and Dynamics, Computational methods
Internal Combustion Engines: Combustion in S.I. & C.I. Engines, Lubrication & Cooling Systems, Engine
Testing and Performance, Supercharging, Gas Turbines and Jet Propulsion, Power Plant Engineering,
Automobile Engineering
Heat and Mass Transfer: Basic Laws, Conduction, Extended Surface Conduction, Convection, Thermal
Radiation, Heat Exchangers, Mass Transfer
Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning: Air Refrigeration System, Vapour Compression Refrigeration
System, Vapour Absorption Systems and Refrigerants, Psychrometry, Air Conditioning

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING
Engineering Materials: Structure and properties of engineering materials and their applications; effect of
strain, strain rate and temperature on mechanical properties of metals and alloys; heat treatment of metals
and alloys, its influence on mechanical properties.
Manufacturing Technology: Workshop Practices, Fundamental Machine Tool Operations, Ferrous
Materials, Non-Ferrous Metals and Alloys, Ceramics, Plastics and Other Materials, Casting, Welding, Bulk
Metal Forming Processes, Forging, Extrusion, Rolling, Non- Conventional Manufacturing Processes
Machine Tool Engineering: Fundamental of Metal Cutting, Machine Tool Design, Machine
Tool Structures, Gear Box Design, Machine Tool Testing, Vibration in Machine Tools, NC, CNC and DNC
Machine Tools, Automation in Manufacturing, FMS, CIMS, CAD/CAM, Robotics & AGVs
Industrial Management: Production and Productivity, Work Study and Ergonomics, Product Design and
Development, Facilities Location, Plant Layout and Material Handling, Production Planning and Control,
Inventory Control, Computer Aided Process Planning, Group Technology, Concurrent Engineering, Reverse
Engineering, Statistical Quality Control, Total Quality Management, Operation Research methods, MIS.
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(ELECTRICAL&ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING STREAM)

Electric Circuits: Current and Voltage sources ,Network theory- Kirchoffs laws, graphs, cutsets, loops,
Network Theorems- Superposition, Reciprocity, Thevenins and Norton. current and voltage
sources ,Transient response of dc and ac networks; sinusoidal steady-state analysis, Filter concepts, two-port
networks, three phase circuits;.

Electromagnetism: Inductor and Inductance- Solenoids, Toroids, Inductance of transmission lines, Mutual
Inductance, Energy stored in magnetic field, Maxwells equation, Plane waves, Poynting vector and
Poyntings theorem, Travelling waves in transmission circuits, Plane electromagnetic waves- solution for
free space condition, uniform plane wave, wave equation for conducting medium

Signals and Systems: Representation of continuous and discrete-time signals; Basic operations on signals,
Characteristics of systems; LTI systems; Sampling theorem; Fourier, Laplace and Z transforms. Different
types of digital filters, Design of filters; Structures for FIR and IIR systems.

Electrical Machines: Single phase transformer equivalent circuit, phasor diagram, regulation and
efficiency; three phase transformers; auto-transformer; DC machines- generator characteristics, Starting and
speed control of motors; Three phase induction motors performance characteristics, Single phase induction
motors; Synchronous machines performance, regulation and parallel operation of generators, Servo and
Stepper motors.

Power Systems: Transmission line models and performance; Cable performance, Insulation; Corona and
radio interference; Distribution systems; Per-unit quantities; Bus impedance and admittance matrices; Load
flow; Voltage control; Power factor correction; Symmetrical components; Fault analysis; Principles of over-
current, differential and distance protection; Solid state relays and digital protection; Circuit breakers;
System stability concepts, Swing curves and equal area criterion; HVDC transmission and FACTS concepts.

Control Systems: Principles of feedback circuits, transfer function, block diagrams, signal flow
graphs ,Masons gain formula, steady-state errors; Impulse and step response of second order systems,
performance, steady state response , concepts of stability, Routh Hurwitz criteria, Frequency domain
analysis- Frequency response, Bode plot, Polar plot, Closed loop frequency response, stability in frequency
domain- Nyquist criteria, lag, lead and lead-lag compensation; state space model; state transition matrix,
controllability and observability.

Analog and Digital Electronics: Amplifiers - Equivalent circuit and frequency response; Oscillators and
feedback amplifiers; Operational amplifiers characteristics and applications; Simple active filters; VCOs
and timers; Combinational and sequential logic circuits; Multiplexer; Schmitt trigger; Multi-vibrators;
Sample and hold circuits; A/D and D/A converters;

Microprocessor and Microcontrollers: 8086 Microprocessor -, architecture, and programming, Interfacing

with- Programmable Peripheral Interface (8255), Programmable Communication Interface (8251),
Programmable Interrrupt controller (8259), DMA controller (8257),8051 Microcontroller architecture,
programming and applications

Power Electronics and Drives: Semiconductor power diodes, Thyristors, Triacs, GTOs, MOSFETs and
IGBTs static characteristics and principles of operation; Triggering circuits; Phase control rectifiers;
Bridge converters fully controlled and half controlled; Principles of choppers and inverters; Basic concepts
of adjustable speed dc and ac drives, DC DC Converters., Cycloconvertes.
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(CHEMICAL ENGINEERING STREAM)

Process Calculations and Thermodynamics: Laws of conservation of mass and energy; use of tie components;
recycle, bypass and purge calculations; First and Second laws of thermodynamics. First law application to close and
open systems. Second law and Entropy Thermodynamic properties of pure substances: equation of state and
departure function, properties of mixtures: partial molar properties, fugacity, excess properties and activity
coefficients; phase equilibria: predicting VLE of systems; chemical reaction equilibria.

Fluid Mechanics and Mechanical Operations: Fluid statics, Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids, Bernoulli
equation, Macroscopic friction factors, energy balance, dimensional analysis, shell balances, flow through pipeline
systems, flow meters, pumps and compressors, packed and fluidized beds, elementary boundary layer theory, size
reduction and size separation; free and hindered settling; centrifuge and cyclones; thickening and classification,
filtration, mixing and agitation; conveying of solids.

Heat Transfer: Conduction, convection and radiation, heat transfer coefficients, steady and unsteady heat
conduction, boiling, condensation and evaporation; types of heat exchangers and evaporators and their design.

Mass Transfer: Ficks laws, molecular diffusion in fluids, mass transfer coefficients, film, penetration and surface
renewal theories; momentum, heat and mass transfer analogies; stagewise and continuous contacting and stage
efficiencies; HTU & NTU concepts design and operation of equipment for distillation, absorption, leaching, liquid-
liquid extraction, drying, humidification, dehumidification and adsorption.

Chemical Reaction Engineering: Theories of reaction rates; kinetics of homogeneous reactions, interpretation
of kinetic data, single and multiple reactions in ideal reactors, non-ideal reactors; residence time distribution, single
parameter model; non-isothermal reactors; kinetics of heterogeneous catalytic reactions; diffusion effects in
catalysis.

Instrumentation and Process Control: Measurement of process variables; sensors, transducers and their
dynamics, transfer functions and dynamic responses of simple systems, process reaction curve, controller modes (P,
PI, and PID); control valves; analysis of closed loop systems including stability, frequency response and controller
tuning, cascade, feed forward control.

Plant Design and Economics: Process design and sizing of chemical engineering equipment such as compressors,
heat exchangers, multistage contactors; principles of process economics and cost estimation including total
annualized cost, cost indexes, rate of return, payback period, discounted cash flow, optimization in design.
Chemical Technology: Inorganic chemical industries; sulfuric acid, NaOH, fertilizers, natural products industries
(Pulp and Paper, Sugar, Oil, and Fats); petroleum refining and petrochemicals; polymerization industries;
polyethylene, polypropylene, PVC and polyester synthetic fibers.

Pattern of Question paper (for all steams)

Maximum Marks: 100

Part A: 50 marks (25 Objective type Questions of two marks each with no negative mark)
Part B: 40 marks (Descriptive type questions, 8 out of 16 questions of 5 marks each)
Part C: 10 marks (Descriptive type with1 out of three questions on recent research topics in
the respective discipline)