KPSC AE Civil study plan

Derive and apply stress-strain relations, elastic constants and their interrelations, and solve composite-bar and thermal-stress problems without notes

Compute shear force and bending moment for determinate beams and draw the diagrams for at least four standard loading cases

Locate centroid, moment of inertia and section modulus for L, T and I sections and use them in bending and shear stress checks

State the IS 456 limit-state design philosophy for flexure and shear and identify the relevant partial safety factors for loads and materials

Analyse torsion in circular shafts, compute power transmitted, and solve combined bending-and-torsion problems using principal stress theory

Determine slope and deflection of determinate beams using Macaulay's method and check one case by the moment-area method

Design a singly reinforced rectangular beam in limit state for flexure and shear, including development length and curtailment rules under IS 456

Explain buckling of columns using Euler and Rankine formulae and apply the slenderness limits of IS 456

Compute degree of static and kinematic indeterminacy for beams, trusses and frames and choose an appropriate analysis method for each

Analyse fixed and continuous beams by the slope-deflection and moment-distribution methods, including sway-free frames

Draw influence lines for shear and moment in simply supported and cantilever girders and apply rolling-load positioning

Design a bolted and a welded steel connection and check a laterally supported steel beam in bending and shear to IS 800

Apply Bernoulli's equation, continuity and momentum principles to pipe flow, venturimeters, orifices and nozzles

Compute friction and minor losses in series and parallel pipe networks and solve a Darcy-Weisbach numerical with Moody's chart reasoning

Classify soils by IS grain-size and plasticity criteria, determine coefficient of permeability in the laboratory and field, and compute seepage using flow nets

Compute effective stress, total stress and pore pressure profiles and evaluate quick-sand and piping conditions

Determine shear strength parameters from direct shear and triaxial test data and compute bearing capacity using Terzaghi and IS 6403 methods

Design a shallow footing for a given column load and safe bearing capacity, and check one-way shear, punching shear and settlement limits

Classify highway pavements and compute flexible pavement thickness by the CBR method and IRC 37 guidelines

Design the geometric elements of a hill or plain road: superelevation, extra widening, transition length and vertical curve length per IRC

Compute catchment average rainfall by arithmetic, Thiessen and isohyetal methods and estimate runoff by the rational method and SCS curve number

Derive a unit hydrograph from a storm hydrograph and use it to route a flood hydrograph through a reservoir by the elementary method

Reduce a level book, compute RLs by height of instrument and rise-and-fall methods, and perform a traverse adjustment by Bowditch's rule

Design a conventional water treatment train: coagulant dose, flocculation basin, settling velocity in a clarifier and rapid sand filter area

Design a septic tank and a single-stage trickling filter or activated sludge aeration tank for given flow and BOD loading

Prepare a detailed rate analysis for at least five items (concrete, brickwork, plastering, steel reinforcement, earthwork) using current Karnataka PWD schedule-of-rates logic

Compute quantities from a given dimensioned sketch by the centre-line and long-wall/short-wall methods and prepare a bar-bending schedule

Draft a CPM network for a 12-activity project, compute floats, identify the critical path and draw the resource-levelled version

Summarise Karnataka's geography, districts, rivers, irrigation projects, major dams and key state institutions, and note the last 12 months of state and national current affairs relevant to civil engineering

Attempt two full-length mock tests under timed conditions and score at least 60 percent in each

Re-solve every question missed in the mock tests until each is correct without reference, and close the gaps recorded in the week 4 error log

Recite from memory the key IS code clauses, constants and standard values used across all domains

Revise the formula sheets, design reports and fact sheets from weeks 1 to 7 in a single consolidated pass