Delhi Cantonment Board Assistant Engineer (Civil) Syllabus 2026 - Complete Section A Aptitude & Section B Engineering Topics | Official Notification

Delhi Cantonment Board – Assistant Engineer (Civil): Indicative Syllabus 2026

Reproduced from the official Delhi Cantonment Board indicative syllabus for the post of Assistant Engineer (Civil). Section A covers general aptitude; Section B lists the engineering subjects and topic headings exactly as published by the Board.

Section A – General Aptitude

SECTION-A General Intelligence and Reasoning: The questions shall be designed to test the candidate's ability to deal with abstract ideas and symbols and their relationships, arithmetical computations, and other analytical functions. The syllabus may include both verbal and non-verbal reasoning, such as analogies, similarities and differences, space visualization, problem-solving, analysis, judgment, decision-making, visual memory, discrimination, observation, relationship concepts, arithmetical reasoning, verbal and figure classification, coding-decoding, statement conclusion, syllogistic reasoning, etc.

General Awareness: Questions shall be aimed at testing the candidate's general awareness of the environment and its application to society. The test may include questions relating to History, Culture, Geography, Economic, Science, General Polity, Indian Constitution, Scientific Research, Environmental Issues, Sports, Important Days, Awards and Honours, and Current Affairs of National and International importance.

Arithmetical and Numerical Ability: Questions shall be designed to test the candidate's knowledge of number systems, computation of whole numbers, decimals and fractions, relationships between numbers, percentages, ratio and proportion, averages, interest, profit and loss, discount, time and distance, time and work, basic algebra, mensuration, data interpretation, and other arithmetical concepts involving real-life problem-solving.

English Comprehension: The test shall assess the candidate's ability to understand and use correct English. The syllabus may include vocabulary, grammar, sentence structure, synonyms and antonyms, spellings, error detection, sentence improvement, comprehension passages, and basic writing ability.

Section B – Technical / Professional Syllabus

ENGINEERING PHYSICS

• ❖
• PHYSICS OF MOTION
• ❖
• OPTICS
• ❖
• ELECTROMAGNETISM
• ❖
• QUANTUM IDEAS
• ❖
• PHYSICS OF MATERIALS
• ❖
• RELATIVITY
• ❖
• LASERS
• ❖
• QUANTUM THEORY
• ❖
• PHYSICS OF MATERIALS

ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY

• ❖
• CHEMICAL AND INSTRUMENT AL METHODS OF ANALYSIS
• ❖
• ELECTROCHEMISTRY AND SURFACTANTS
• ❖
• MOLECULAR STRUCTURE AND PHASE RULE
• ❖
• POLYMERS
• ❖
• NANOMATERIALS AND COMPOSITES

ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS

• ❖
• CURVE TRACING & APPLICATIONS OF DEFINITE INTEGRALS
• ❖
• TECHNIQUES OF ONE VARIABLE CALCULUS & PARTIAL DIFFERENTIATIONS
• ❖
• ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
• ❖
• PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
• ❖
• SOLID GEOMETRY & MULTIPLE INTEGRALS
• ❖
• ORDINARY & PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
• ❖
• COMPLEX ANALYSIS

BASICS OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

• ❖
• STRESSES & STRAINS INTRODUCTION
• ❖
• UNIAXIAL DEFORMATIONS
• ❖
• ANALYSIS OF STRESSES
• ❖
• ANALYSIS OF STRAINS
• ❖
• STRUCTURES AND THEIR FORMS

BASICS OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

• ❖
• THERMODYNAMICS
• SYSTEMS,
• PROPERTIES,
• THERMAL
• EQUILIBRIUM,
• ZEROTH LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS AND CONCEPT OF TEMPERATURE.
• WORK, DISPLACEMENT WORK IN VARIOUS QUASI-STATE SYSTEMS, FIRST
• LAW
• OF
• THERMODYNAMICS,
• APPLICATION
• TO
• CYCLIC
• PROCESS,
• INTERNAL ENERGY, ENTHALPY. PURE SUBSTANCE, CONTROL VOLUMES,
• APPLICATION OF FIRST LAW TO NON-CYCLIC PROCESS, STEADY FLOW
• ENERGY EQUATION.
• REVERSIBLE
• AND
• IRREVERSIBLE
• PROCESS,
• SECOND
• LAW
• OF
• THERMODYNAMICS, KELVIN-PLANCK AND CLAUSIUS STATEMENT AND
• THEIR EQUALITY. ENTROPY GENERATION, ENTROPY BALANCE EQUATION
• FOR CLOSED AND OPEN SYSTEMS.
• ❖ FIRST LAW AND SECOND LAWS EQUATIONS, MAXWELL'S RELATION,
• CARNOT
• CYCLE.
• DEFINITION
• AND
• PROPERTIES
• OF
• FLUIDS,
• CLASSIFICATION OF FLUIDS, NORMAL AND SHEAR STRESSES IN FLUIDS.
• ❖ KINEMATICS OF FLUID FLOW; TYPES OF FLOW, FLOW PATTERN, VELOCITY
• AND
• ROTATION,
• ACCELERATION
• OF
• FLUID
• PARTICLE,
• VELOCITY
• POTENTIAL FUNCTION, DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION OF CONSERVATION OF
• MASS.
• ❖ DYNAMICS OF IDEAL FLUIDS FLOW; EULER'S EQUATION OF MOTION,
• BERNOULLI'S EQUATION AND ITS APPLICATION, FLOW MEASURING
• DEVICE, VENTURE-METER, ORIFICE-METER AND NOZZLE METER. PILOT-
• STATIC TUBE, HYDRAULIC CO-EFFICIENT, FLOW THROUGH PIPES, MAJOR
• AND MINOR LOSSES IN PIPE FLOW.

BASICS OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

• ❖ FUNDAMENTALS OF ELECTRIC CIRCUITS, KIRCHHOFF'S LAWS, MESH
• ANALYSIS, NODE ANALYSIS, DEL TA-STAR AND STARDELTA CONVERSION,
• CLASSIFICATION
• OF NETWORK EL~MENTS, THEVENIN'$
• THEOREM,
• NORTAN'S
• THEOREM
• MAXIMUM
• POWER
• TRANSFER
• THEOREM,
• SUPERPOSITION THEOREM.
• ❖ SINGLE PHASE AC CIRCUITS, AVERAGE AND EFFECTIVE VALUES OF
• SINUSOIDS, SOLUTION OF R,L,C SERIES CIRCUITS, THE J OPERATOR,
• COMPLEX
• REPRESENTATION
• OF
• IMPEDANCES, PHASOR
• DIAGRAM,
• CONCEPT OF POWER FACTOR, POWER FACTOR IMPROVEMENT, POWER
• IN COMPLEX NOTATION, SOLUTION OF PARALLEL AND SERIES-PARALLEL
• CIRCUITS, RESONANCE. INTRODUCTION TO BALANCE THREE PHASE AC
• CIRCUITS.
• ❖ AMPERE'S CIRCUITAL LAW, B-H CURVE, SOLUTION OF MAGNETIC
• CIRCUITS, HYSTERESIS AND EDDY CURRENT LOSSES. RELAYS AS AN
• APPLICATION OF MAGNETIC FORCE. TRANSFORMERS- CONSTRUCTION,
• E.M.F. EQUATION, RATINGS, PHASOR DIAGRAM FOR NO LOAD AND FULL
• LOAD,
• EQUIVALENT
• CIRCUIT,
• REGULATION
• AND
• EFFICIENCY
• CALCULATIONS,
• OPEN
• CIRCUIT
• AND
• SHORT
• CIRCUIT
• TESTS,
• INTRODUCTION TO AUTO-TRANSFORMER.
• ❖ INTRODUCTION TO ELECTROMECHANICAL ENERGY CONVERSION, DC
• MOTORS-
• CONSTRUCTION,
• E.M.F.
• AND
• TORQUE
• EQUATIONS,
• CHARACTERISTICS OF DC GENERATORS AND MOTORS, SPEED CONTROL
• OF DC MOTORS. DC MOTOR STARTER- WORKING PRINCIPLE, RATINGS.
• INTRODUCTION TO THREE PHASE INDUCTION MOTOR, INTRODUCTION TO
• ALTERNATOR AND SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR AND THEIR APPLICATIONS.
• ❖ PMMC
• INSTRUMENTS, SHUNTS AND
• MULTIPLI ERS,
• MUL Tl-METERS,
• MOVING
• IRON
• AMMETERS
• AND . VOLTMETERS,
• DYNAMOMETER
• WATTMETER, AC WATT-HOUR METERS, EXTENSIOIN OF INSTRUMENT
• RANGES.

ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY& ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

• ❖ WATER TREATMENT
• ❖ ENERGY RESOURCES
• ❖ CORROSION AND ITS PROTECTION
• ❖ ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY
• ❖ ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

BASICS OF ELECTRONICS &COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

• ❖ SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES
• ❖ TRANSISTORS (BJT&JFET)
• ❖ OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER
• ❖ FEEDBACK AND ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTS
• ❖ COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
• FUNDAMENTAL OF COMPUTING
• ❖ BASICS OF COMPUTERS
• ❖ OPERATING SYSTEM
• ❖ NETWORKING & DBMS

ENGINEERING GRAPHICS

• ❖ ORTHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION
• ❖ ISOMETRIC PROJECTION
• ❖ SECTIONING
• ❖ BUILDING DRAWINGS
• SOLIDS MECHANICS
• ❖ THIN CYLINDRICAL SHELLS
• ❖ SHEAR FORCE AND BENDING MOMENT
• ❖ BENDING IN BEAMS
• ❖ DEFLECTION OF BEAMS
• ❖ COLUMNS AND STRUTS
• FLUID MECHANICS
• ❖ INTRODUCTION DIFFRENT TREAL AND IDEAL FLUIDS, CONCEPT OF
• CONTINUUM APPROXIMATION, PROPERTIES OF FLUIDS, EQUATION OF
• STATE,
• COEFFICIENT
• OF
• COMPRESSIBILITY,
• BULK
• MODULUS
• OF
• ELASTICITY,
• NEWTONIAN
• AND
• NON-
• NEWTONIAN
• FLUID, SURFACE
• TENSION,
• CAPILLARITY,
• CONCEPT
• OF
• VISCOSITY,
• EFFECT
• OF
• TEMPERATURE ON VISCOSITY.
• ❖ FLUID STATIC
• ❖ FLUID KINEMATICS
• ❖ FLUID ROTATION
• ❖ FLUID DYNAMICS
• CIVIL ENGINEERING MATERIALS
• ❖ CEMENT
• ❖ AG GREGA TES
• ❖ SPECIAL CONCRETES
• ❖ BRICKS & STONES
• ❖ OTHER MATERIALS
• SURVEYING
• ❖ CONCEPT OF PLANE AND GEODETIC SURVEYING, CLASSIFICATION OF
• SURVEYING,
• BASIC
• PRINCIPLES,
• MEASUREMENT
• OF
• HORIZONTAL
• DISTANCE
• BY
• CONVENTIONAL
• METHODS,
• SOURCES
• OF
• ERRORS:
• CONCEPT AND
• PRINCIPLE OF LEVELING, INSTRUMENTS FOR LEVELING,
• TYPES OF SPIRIT LEVELING, METHODS OF BOOKING AND REDUCTION OF
• LEVELS, ERRORS IN LEVELING.
• ❖ CONCEPT OF TRAVERSING, TYPES OF MERIDIANS AND BEARINGS;
• MEASUREMENT OF HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL ANGLES, TRAVERSE
• MEASUREMENT AND COMPUTATION, OMITTED MEASUREMENTS.
• ❖ FUNDAMENTALS OF PLANE TABLE SURVEYING, INSTRUMENTS EMPLOYED,
• WORKING
• OPERATION,
• METHODS,
• ERRORS;
• INTRODUCTION
• AND
• IMPORTANCE OF TACHEOMETRY, STADIA AND TANGENTIAL METHODS;
• IMPORTANCE
• OF
• TOPOGRAPHICAL
• SURVEY,
• CONCEPT
• AND
• CHARACTERISTICS OF CONTOURS, METHODS AND USES OF CONTOURS.
• ❖ COMPUTATION OF AREA BY DIFFERENT METHODS, ESTIMATION OF
• VOLUME OF EARTHWORK; SETTING OUT OF BUILDING AND TUNNEL;
• RECONNAISSANCE, PRELIMINARY AND DETAILED SURVEY FOR CANALS,
• HIGHWAYS, RAILWAYS, SEWER LINES.
• ❖ ELEMENTS AND GEOMETRY OF HORIZONTAL CURVE, SETTING OUT OF
• SIMPLE CURVE BY LINEAR AND ANGULAR METHODS, COMPOUND,
• REVERSE AND TRANSITION CURVES: BASICS OF VERTICAL CURVES,
• SETTING OUT OF VERTICAL CURVE.
• ENGINEERING GEOLOGY
• ❖ STUDY OF THE INTERNAL STRUCTURES SUCH AS CRUST, MANTLE AND
• CORE OF THE EARTH. MINERAL MATTER AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF
• THE ROCK FORMING MINERALS LIKE METALLIC AND NONMETALLIC
• MINERALS.
• SIGNIFICANCE
• OF
• MINERALS
• IN
• CIVIL
• ENGINEERING
• PRACTICES.
• ❖ STUDY OF ROCKS, MODE OF FORMATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF
• IGNEOUS ROCKS. PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING PROPERTIES OF IGNEOUS
• ROCKS. RELEVANCE
• OF
• IGNEOUS ROCKS
• IN CIVIL
• ENGINEERING
• PRACTICES.
• MODE
• OF
• FORMATION
• AND
• CLASSIFICATION
• OF
• SEDIMENTARY ROCKS. PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING PROPERTIES OF
• SEDIMENTARY ROCKS. RELEVANCE OF SEDIMENTARY ROCKS IN CIVIL
• ENGINEERING PRACTICES. MODE OF FORMATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF
• METAMORPHIC ROCKS. PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING PROPERTIES OF
• METAMORPHIC ROCKS. RELEVANCE OF METAMORPHIC ROCKS IN CIVIL
• ENGINEERING PRACTICES.
• ❖ STUDY OF TECTONIC ACTIVITY OF THE EARTH. EXPLANATION OF FOLD,
• FAULT, JOINT AND UNCONFORMITIES. TYPES OF FOLD, FAULT, JOINT AND
• UNCONFORMITIES.
• RELEVANCE
• OF
• FOLD,
• FAULT,
• JOINT
• AND
• UNCONFORMITIES IN CIVIL ENGINEERING PRACTICES.
• ❖ WEATHERING AND EROSION. NATURAL AGENCIES OF WEATHERING AND
• EROSION. TYPES OF WEATHERING. FORMATIONS OF VARIOUS TYPES OF
• LANDFORMS. GLACIAL LAND FORMS, WIND LANDFORMS AND FLUVIAL
• LANDFORMS.
• SIGNIFICANCE
• OF
• VARIOUS
• LANDFORMS
• IN
• CIVIL
• ENGINEERING PRACTICES. FORMATIONS OF VARIOUS TYPES OF SOILS.
• ❖ SITE INVESTIGATION TECHNIQUES. GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION FOR DAM
• SITE AND RESERVOIR, BRIDGES, TUNNELS AND BUILDING. LANDSLIDE AND
• LAND SUBSIDENCE. STUDY OF
• EARTHQUAKE, CLASSIFICATION
• OF
• EARTHQUAKE, EARTHQUAKE ZONING IN INDIA. ROCKS AS ENGINEERING
• MATERIAL. HYDROLOGIC CYCLE AND STUDY OF GROUND WATER.
• ENGINEERING MATHS
• ❖ VECTOR CALCULUS & HIGHER CALCULUS
• ❖ PROBABILITY & ST A TISTICS
• ❖ DIFFERENCE EQUATION & LINEAR PROGRAMMING
• STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS
• ❖ FORMS OF STRUCTURES
• ❖ DEFLECTION OF BEAMS
• ❖ ENERGY METHODS
• ❖ DEFLECTION OF PIN JOINTED PLANE TRUSSES
• ❖ UNSYMMETRICAL BENDING
• ❖ INDETERMINATE STRUCTURES
• ❖ COLUMN ANALOGY METHOD
• ❖ STIFFNESS/ DISPLACEMENT METHOD
• ❖ ILD AND ITS APPLICATION
• ❖ MOMENT DISTRIBUTION METHOD
• ❖ PLASTIC ANALYSIS
• ❖ STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS
• HYDRAULICS - -·----·· --·-· · - · ·-·-· - - - - - ·· ----···-
• ❖ DIMENSIONAL AND MODEL ANALYSIS: DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS AND ITS
• UTILITY; BUCKINGHAM'S Pl-THEOREM AND RALEIGH'S METHOD AND THEIR
• APPLICATION TO FLUID FLOW PROBLEMS; DIMENSIONLESS PARAMETER
• IN FLUID FLOW AND THEIR RELEVANCE; SIMILARITIES: APPLICATION OF
• DYNAMIC SIMILARITY TO MODEL INVESTIGATIONS, SCALE RATIO FOR
• DISTORTED MODEL.
• ❖ LAMINAR FLOW
• ❖ TURBULENT FLOW
• ❖ PIPE FLOW
• ❖ TURBINE
• ❖ PUMPS
• BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
• ❖ FOUNDATION
• ❖ MASONRY
• ❖ FLOORS AND ROOFS
• ❖ SLOPED ROOFS
• ❖ ST AIRS AND ESCALATORS
• ❖ DOORS AND WINDOWS
• ❖ LINTELS AND ARCHES
• ❖ BUILDING FINISHES
• ❖ DAMP PROOFING AND WATER PROOFING
• ESTIMATING AND COSTING
• ❖ INTRODUCTION
• ❖ BUILDING ESTIMATES
• ❖ ANALYSIS OF RATES
• ❖ ESTIMATE OF MULTISTORY BUILDING
• DESIGN OF STRUCTURE
• ❖ CHARACTERISTIC
• STRENGTH.
• STRESS-STRAIN
• RELATIONSHIP
• FOR
• CONCRETE AND STEEL, IS SPECIFICATIONS (IS 456, 875 & 1893),
• CHARACTERISTIC IMPOSED LOADS, DL, EL & WL. DESIGN PHILOSOPHIES -
• WORKING STRESS METHOD AND LIMIT STATE METHOD. STRENGTH AND
• SERVICEABILITY REQUIREMENTS, ANALYSIS AND DESIGN FOR FLEXURE
• OF SINGLY / DOUBLY RECTANGULAR AND FLANGED BEAM SECTIONS - BY
• WORKING STRESS METHOD.
• ❖ ANALYSIS AND DESIGN FOR FLEXURE OF SINGLY / DOUBLY RECTANGULAR
• AND
• FLANGED
• BEAM
• SECTIONS
• BY
• LIMIT
• ST ATE
• METHOD.
• SERVICEABILITY
• LIMIT
• STATES
• FOR
• DEFLECTION
• AND
• CRACKING,
• REQUIREMENTS
• FOR
• CURTAILMENTS
• AND
• DETAILING
• OF
• REINFORCEMENT, MINIMUM / MAXIMUM TENSION AND COMPRESSION
• REINFORCEMENT,
• MINIMUM&
• MAXIMUM
• SPACING
• OF
• BARS;
• INTRODUCTION AND USE OF DESIGN AID (SP-16), CALCULATION OF
• DEFLECTION.
• ❖ BOND STRESS: FLEXURAL & ANCHORAGE BOND STRESS, DESIGN BOND
• STRESS, DEVELOPMENT LENGTH, ANCHORAGE LENGTH; BEHAVIOUR OF
• BEAMS IN SHEAR, DESIGN FOR SHEAR & TORSION AS PER LIMIT STATE
• METHOD; REINFORCEMENT DETAILING.
• ❖ COMPLETE DESIGN OF A CANTILEVER AND SIMPLY SUPPORTED BEAM
• WITH AND WITHOUT OVERHANG; DESIGN OF CONTINUOUS BEAMS WITH
• RECTANGULAR,
• T
• &
• L
• SECTIONS;
• INTRODUCTION
• TO
• SLABS:
• RECTANGULAR SLAB, ONE WAY SIMPLY SUPPORTED & CONTINUOUS SLAB
• AND THEIR DESIGN; COMPARISON OF MANUAL DESIGN WITH THE
• SOFTWARE AVAILABLE.
• ..
• ❖ DESIGN OF CONNECTIONS
• ❖ DESIGN OF TENSION MEMBERS
• ❖ DESIGN OF COMPRESSION MEMBERS
• ❖ DESIGN OF BEAMS
• ❖ DESIGN OF SLABS AND STAIRS
• ❖ DESIGN OF COLUMNS
• ❖ PLATE GIRDER
• ❖ ROOF TRUSSES
• SOIL MECHANICS
• ❖ CLASSIFICATION AND PROPERTIES
• ❖ FLOW THROUGH SOILS
• ❖ STRESSES IN SOIL
• ❖ COMPACTION AND CONSOLIDATION
• ❖ SHEAR STRENGTH AND LATERAL EARTH PRESSURE
• ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
• ❖ WATER DEMAND
• ❖ INTAKES
• ❖ WATER QUALITY
• ❖ AERATION
• ❖ COAGULATION
• ❖ WATER SOFTENING
• ❖ WASTEWATER ENGINEERING
• ❖ WASTEWATER CHARACTERISTICS
• ❖ CLASSIFICATION OF TREATMENT PROCESS
• ❖ SECONDARY/ BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF SEWAGE
• ❖ AIR POLLUTION
• ❖ INTRODUCTION TO AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DEVICES
• ❖ SOLID WASTES
• ❖ NOISE POLLUTION
• TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
• ❖ INTRODUCTION
• ❖ HIGHWAY GEOMETRIC DESIGN
• ❖ TRAFFIC ENGINEERING
• ❖ HIGHWAY MATERIALS
• IRRIGATION ENGINEERING
• ❖ IRRIGATION IN INDIA
• ❖ DESIGN OF ALLUVIUM CHANNELS, SILT THEORIES
• ❖ WEIRS AND BARRAGES
• ❖ WATER LOGGING
• ❖ CANAL LINING
• FOUNDATION ENGINEERING
• ❖ EARTH RETAINING STRUCTURES-1
• ❖ EARTH RETAINING STRUCTURES-2
• ❖ SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS
• ❖ DEEP FOUNDATIONS
• ❖ SOIL DYNAMICS & MACHINE FOUNDATIONS
• EARTHQUAKE RESIST ANT DESIGN
• ❖ STRONG MOTIONS AND DYNAMICS OF STRUCTURE:STRONG MOTIONS.
• INTRODUCTION, TERMINOLOGY OF STRONG MOTION, NATURE OF GROUND
• MOTION: SOURCE EFFECT, PATH EFFECT, SITE EFFECT. AMPLITUDE. PEAK
• GROUND ACCELERATION, VERTICAL ACCELERATION, SEISMOMETER AND
• OTHER SEISMIC INSTRUMENTS.
• ❖ DYNAMICS OF STRUCTURE, MODELLING OF STRUCTURE, LUMPED MASS
• APPROACH, EQUATION OF MOTION, ¥ATHEMATICAL AND STRUCTURAL
• MODELLING, SYSTEM OF MULTIPLE DEGREES OF FREEDOM, RESPONSES
• SPECTRUM.
• ❖ EFFECTS AND BEHAVIOR OF STRUCTURES UNDER
• EARTHQUAKE:
• INTRODUCTION, NATURAL TIME PERIOD OF SITE AND STRUCTURE,
• LIQUEFACTION OF SOIL, RESTORING FORCE, DAMPING, EFFECTS OF
• STRUCTURAL
• IRREGULARITIES
• (VERTICAL,
• PLAN
• AND
• MASS).
• SEISMORESISTANT
• BUILDING
• ARCHITECTURE,
• BUILDING
• CHARACTERISTICS. INTRODUCTION OF IS 1893:2002, DESIGN PHILOSOPHY,
• USE OF IS 1893:2002 AND DETERMINATION OF DESIGN LATERAL FORCES:
• EQUIVALENT STATIC LATERAL FORCE METHOD.
• ❖ DETERMINATION
• OF
• LATERAL
• FORCES:
• USE
• OF
• IS
• 1893:2002,
• DETERMINATION OF DESIGN LATERAL FORCES: RESPONSE SPECTRUM
• METHOD, TIME HISTORY METHOD.(EIGEN VALUES AND EIGEN VECTORS,
• MODAL PARTICIPATION FACTORS, MODAL MASS, USE OF ABS, SRSS, CQC
• METHODS)
• ❖ DUCTILE DETAILING OF RCC STRUCTURES, EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT
• DESIGN
• OF
• MASONRY
• BUILDINGS · AND
• RETROFITTING:
• DUCTILITY
• CONSIDERATIONS: INTRODUCTION, ASSESSMENT OF DUCTILITY, FACTORS
• AFFECTING DUCTILITY, DUCTILITY FACTORS, DUCTILE DETAILING AS PER
• USE OF IS 13920: 1993, LOAD TRANSFER MECHANISM OF JOINTS
• ❖ EARTHQUAKE
• RESISTANT
• DESIGN
• OF
• MASONRY
• BUILDINGS
• AND
• RETROFITTING: BEHAVIOR OF MASONRY BUILDING UNDER EARTHQUAKE,
• LATERAL LOAD ANALYSIS OF MASONRY BUILDINGS. DESIGN OF BRICK
• MASONRY WALL UNDER VERTICAL AND LATERALS LOADS, CONCEPTS OF
• REPAIR, RESTORATION AND STRENGTHENING OF EXISTING BUILDINGS,
• METHODS OF RETROFITTING
• GROUND WATER ENGINEERING
• ❖ HYDROLOGIC CYCLE , CONCEPT OF GROUNDWATER IN HYDROLOGIC
• CYCLE, SUB SURFACE STRATA ANALYSIS
• AS AQUICLUDE, AQUITORD ,
• AQUIFUGE AND AQUIFERS EXPLANATION OF UNCONFINED, SEMI -
• CONFINED AND CONFINED AQUIFERS, P.ERCHED AQUIFERS. GEOPHYSICAL
• METHODS FOR GROUNDWATER EXPLORATION , RESISTIVITY SYSTEM,
• APPLICATION OF SCHLUMBERGER AND WENNER'S CONFIGURATIONS.
• ❖ GROUNDWATER BALANCE STUDY. CONCEPT OF GROSS RECHARGE,
• RECOVERABLE RECHARGE , DRAFT AND
• STATUS OF GROUNDWATER
• ANALYSIS USING NABARD'S NORMS AND
• LOCAL NORMS . NUMERICAL
• PROBLEMS ON GROUNDWATER BALANCE EQUATION AND STATUS OF
• GROUNDWATER STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT. ANALYSIS OF CATEGORIES OF
• GROUNDWATER AS WHITE CATEGORY.GREY AND BLACK CATEGORY.
• ❖ PRINCIPLE AND DEFINITION OF RAINWATER HARVESTING. CLASSIFICATION
• AND
• DETERMINATION
• OF
• RAINWATER
• HARVESTING.
• NUMERICAL
• PROBLEMS ON RAINWATER HARVESTING. FEASIBILITY AND DESIGN OF
• RAINWATER HARVESTING. CASE STUDY ON RAINWATER HARVESTING.
• ❖ INTRODUCTION OF DRILLING TECHNIQUES. DRILLING IN ALLUVIUM AND
• SOFT ROCK AREA, REVERSE ROTARY DRILLING AND DIRECT ROTARY
• DRILLING METHODS,CALAYX METHOD, DRIILING IN HARD ROCK AREA, DTH
• METHOD AND WOODEX METHOD, PERCUSSION DRILLING. GEOPHYSICAL
• LOGGING AND TUBE WELL DESIGN.
• CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGEMENT
• ❖ BASIC CONCEPTS OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT, PROJECT ORGANIZATION,
• CLIENTS ESTIMATION OF PROJECT COST, CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT.
• ❖ CONSTRUCTION PLANNING: LADDER NETWORK, PRECEDENCE NETWORK,
• THE LINE OF BALANCE. NETWORK TECHNIQUE ADVANTAGES, PROJECT
• SCHEDULING AND RESOURCE LEVELLING, NETWORK CRASHING AND
• COST-TIME TRADE-OFF. COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN SCHEDULING AND
• RESOURCE LEVELLING.
• ❖ CONTRACTOR'S
• ESTIMATION
• OF
• COST
• AND
• BIDDING
• STRATEGY,
• CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT, CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL
• MANAGEMENT.
• ❖ PROJECT COST AND VALUE MANAGEMENT, RISK IN CONSTRUCTION,
• PROJECT MONITORING AND CONTROL SYSTEM. COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
• IN
• MONITORING
• AND
• REPORTING,
• CONSTRUCTION
• QUALITY
• MANAGEMENT, CONSTRUCTION SAFETY MANAGEMENT.

Engineering subjects in this syllabus

Official Source

• Official syllabus notification (mirrored): dcb-syllabus-ae-civil-2026.pdf
• Delhi Cantonment Board official website: https://dcb.delhigovt.nic.in/

Content derived from the official Board notification linked above.