SYLLABUS – FIRST SEMESTER

Gautam Gupta
1. Mathematical Preliminary: Vector Differentiation, Scalar and Vector Fields,
Directional Derivatives, Vector Differential Operator, Gradient, Divergence,
Curl, Line, Surface & Volume integrals and their applications, Green’s theorem.

2. Electromagnetics: Gauss’s Theorem of Electrostatics, Ampere’s law,

Magnetostatics and laws of Electromagnetic Induction, Self and Mutual
induction, Concept of Displacement Current, Difference between Conduction
Current and Displacement Current, Eddy Current, Maxwell’s Equations,
Propagation of Electromagnetic Waves in Free Space, Solution of propagation
of Plane Electromagnetic Wave in free space and medium, Eddy Current,
Concept of Field Energy (Poynting Vector)

3. Interference: Coherence (temporal and spatial), Fresnel’s Bi-prism,

Conditions for interference, Techniques of obtaining interference: Interference
of Light due to division of wave front, Interference of Light due to division of
amplitude; Newton’s Ring, colour of thin film.

4. Polarization: Polarization, types of polarized light, polarizer and analyzer,

Effect of polarizer on natural light, Effect of analyzer on plane polarized light-
Malus Law, Nicol’s Prism; Polaroid, Anisotropic crystal; Birefringence, calcite
crystal; Huygens’ explanation of double refraction; Huygens’ construction of
wave fronts; experimental determination of principal refractive indices; phase
difference between o – ray and e – ray; superposition of waves linearly
polarized at right angles; Conditions for obtaining linearly polarized light,
circularly polarized light and elliptically polarized light, retarders or wave
plates; Babinet Compensator.

5. Diffraction: Types of Diffraction; Fresnel and Fraunhofer, Difference

between Interference and Diffraction, Zone plate; positive and Negative Zone
plates, action of zone plate as a convex lens, Fraunhofer Diffraction at a Single
Slit and Double slit, Plane transmission diffraction grating spectra, Comparison
between Prism and Grating Spectra, Resolving Power and limit of resolution,
Rayleigh’s criterion, Resolving Power of Microscope, Telescope and prism.

6. Oscillations & Waves: Plane progressive wave, Energy of waves,

Reverberation, Sabine’s law(derivation), Damped Vibration:-differential
equation and solution, critical damping, logarithmic decrement, analogy with
electrical circuit, Forced damped Vibration, Amplitude and Velocity Resonance,
sharpness of resonance and quality factor, applications of oscillatory motions.

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 ENGINEERING CHMEMISTRY
Unit-1: Chemical Bonding Ionic and covalent bonds; valence bond theory (VBT) of covalency-
atomic orbitals and their overlap, hybridization of orbitals-definition, types, associated
geometries, VSEPR theory, shapes of simple molecules like H2O, CO2, NH3, CH4, C2H6,
C2H2 BF3, PCl5, SF6, inter-halogen and noble gas compounds in the light of the
hybridization state of the central atom and VSEPR effects; molecular orbital theory (MOT) -
concept of molecular orbitals, molecular orbital energy level diagrams; homonuclear
diatomic molecules (like He2, O2, N2) and their molecular ions; bond order, bond length and
magnetic properties; non-covalent interactions: van der Waals and hydrogen bonding and
their effect over physical properties.

Unit-2: Fuels Definition and classification of fuels; characteristics of good fuel; comparison
among solid, liquid and gaseous fuels; calorific value of fuels-definition, units, higher and
lower calorific values, determination of the calorific value of a solid fuel by bomb
calorimeter; solid fuel: coal- origin, types; proximate and ultimate analysis; liquid fuel:
petroleum- origin, refining of crude oil, cracking; isomerization; catalytic hydrogenation;
desulfurization; synthetic petrol; synthesis of gasoline: Fischer-Tropsch and Bergius methods
knocking; octane number; cetane number. Numerical problems.

Unit-3: Water Introduction; hardness of water: causes, types, units, disadvantages of using
hard water for domestic and industrial purposes (e.g., scale and sludge formation in boilers,
caustic embrittlement, boiler corrosion, etc.); softening of hard water (lime-soda, permutit
and ion exchange processes); chemical analysis of water- estimation of free chlorine, total
alkalinity, hardness and dissolved oxygen. Numericals on hardness.

Unit-4: Pollution and its Control Pollution-introduction, air pollutants, particulates, smog,
photochemical smog, acid rain, green house effects; ozone layer depletion; analysis of
gaseous effluents-oxides of nitrogen, oxides of sulphur and H2S; chemical analysis of
effluent liquid streams; BOD, COD; control of air pollution particulate emission, gaseous
pollutants.

Unit-5: Electrochemistry Arrhenius theory of electrolytic dissociation; electrolytes,

classification; degree of dissociation; dissociation constant of weak acids; conductance of
solutions-specific, molar and equivalent conductance, variation of molar conductance with
dilution for strong and weak electrolytes; Kohlrausch’s law of independent migration of
ions; Ostwald’s dilution law; Nernst equation for single electrode and electrochemical cells;
concept of pH and pOH; buffer solutions; solubility product; common ion effect; indicators
and theory of acid-base indicators; Photoelectric effect and solar cells. Numericals.

Unit-6: Polymer Chemistry Introduction; types of polymerization; classification of polymers

based on chain characteristics, source, method of synthesis and molecular forces involved;
mechanism of polymerization reaction; glass transition and crystalline melting point
temperatures; factors influencing glass transition and crystalline melting point
temperatures; preparation, properties and uses of the following-polyethylene, PVC,
polystyrene, PAN, teflon, nylon-6:6, polyester, rubber-monomer, structure, compounding of
rubber, vulcanization, synthetic rubbers-Buna-S, Buna-N, neoprene, butyl rubber and
polyurethanes, weight average and number average molecular weight (expression and
numerical problems), PDI.

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 ENGINEERING
MATHEMATICS
Unit -1 Ordinary Differential Equation: Linear equations and
Bernoulli’s equation, Ordinary linear differential equation of nth
order, Solution of homogeneous and non-homogeneous equations,
Variation of parameters, Solution of simple simultaneous ordinary
differential equation.

Unit -2 Laplace Transform: Transforms of elementary functions,

Inverse transforms, properties of Laplace transform. Convolutions.
Transforms of periodic functions, unit step functions, shifting
theorems. Solutions of ODE’s using transforms.

Unit-3 Calculus of function of one variable: Successive

differentiation, Leibnitz’s theorem, Mean Value theorem and Taylor’s
theorem, expansion of functions into Taylor’s and Maclaurin’s series,
Indeterminate forms.

Unit -4 Function of several Variables: Partial Derivatives, Chain Rule,

Differentiation of Implicit functions, Exact Differentials, Euler’s
theorem on homogeneous function and its converse. Maxima,
Minima and Saddle points, Simple problems in extrema of functions
with constraints. Method of Lagrangian Multipliers.

Unit-5 Infinite series: Convergence of Sequence, Bounded Sequence,

Monotonic Sequence, Convergent Divergent and Oscillatory Series,
Geometric Series, Positive term series, pseries, Comparison Test,
D’Alembert’s Ratio tests, Raabe’s Test, Gauss’s Test, Cauchy’s
Integral Test, Cauchy’s Root test, Logarithmic Test.

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 BASIC ELECTRONICS
Module 1 Basics of conductor, semiconductor and insulator,
formation of energy band, elemental and compound semiconductor,
Intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductor, p-type and n-type
semiconductor, Direct and indirect band gap Semiconductor, Fermi
function and its characteristics.

Module 2 Introduction to p-n junction, Depletion layer, V-I

characteristics of p-n diode, diode rating (average current, PIV),
Avalanche breakdown and Zener breakdown, V-I characteristics of
Zener diode and its application as voltage regulator.

Module 3 PN junction diode as half wave rectifier, center tap full

wave rectifier, full wave bridge rectifier. Positive and negative
unbiased and biased Clipper, positive and negative clamper.

Module 4 Basic construction and working principle of BJT, Common

Emitter (CE), Common Base (CB) and Common Collector
configuration of BJT, Input and output characteristics of BJT in CB
and CE mode. Biasing of BJT, DC Load line and operating point, BJT as
amplifier and switch, FET, Basic construction and operation of JFET,
Drain characteristics of JFET, Fixed and self-biasing of JFET amplifier

Module 5 Operation and ideal characteristics of OP-AMP,

Application of OP-AMP as inverting and non inverting, Adder and
subtractor, Differentiator and Integrator. Introduction to IC-555,
Operation of Monostable, Astable and Bistable multivibrators using
BJT. Optoelectronic devices –LED, LCD, Photo diode, LDR, photo
transistor, seven segment display, optoisolator

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 BASIC ELECTRICAL

Unit- 1 Basic circuit analysis methods: Kirchhoff’s

laws, mesh and nodal analysis.

Unit 2 Network Theorems: Superposition

theorem, Thevenin-Norton theorem, maximum
power-transfer theorem, star-delta
transformation.

Unit – 3 AC circuit analysis: AC fundamentals,

phasor diagrams, Power in ac circuits, Series AC
circuit and parallel AC circuit, Resonance, Network
analysis methods, Poly-phase circuit.

Unit – 4 Basics principle of generator and

motor,emf induced in a coil,concept of rotating
magnetic field,introduction to transformer.

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 INTRODUCTION TO
PROGRAMMING

BASICS OF COMPUTERS: Computer fundamentals: Bits and Bytes,

CPU, Memory, Input and output devices, I/O devices, Operating
systems, Application software’s. Number system – Decimal, Binary,
Octal, Hexadecimal. Need for high level languages, Program design
using flow charts C LANGUAGE PRELIMINARIES: C character set,
Identifiers and keywords, Data types, Declarations, Expressions,
statements and symbolic constants. Pre-processor commands:
#include, #define, #ifdef Input-Output: getchar, putchar, scanf,
printf, gets, puts. Operators and expressions: Arithmetic, unary,
assignment, logical, conditional, and bit-wise operators. Control
statements: if else, for, while, do-while, switch, break, continue;
nested loops Storage types: Automatic, external, register and static
variables. Functions: Defining and accessing, passing arguments,
Function prototypes, Recursion, Library functions, Static
functions.Makes students gain a broad perspective about the uses of
computers in engineering industry Arrays: Defining and processing,
Passing arrays to a function, Multi-dimensional arrays. Pointers: Basic
concepts, malloc, pointers and arrays, simple singly linked list
examples.

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 MECHANICS
UNIT I: FORCE SYSTEMS AND EQUILIBRIUM Force moment and
couple principle of transmissibility, Varignon’s theorem. Resultant of
force system- concurrent and non-concurrent coplanar forces, free
body diagram, equilibrium equations and their uses in solving
elementary engineering problems.

UNIT II : PROPERTIES OF SURFACE & SOLIDS Centroid & Centre of

Mass-Centroid of lines and areas using Standard formulas. Theorem
of Pappus. Area moment of Inertia of plane figures. Hollow section
by using Standard formulaParallel axis theorem and Perpendicular
axis theorem-Principle axes of inertia -Mass moment of Inertia for
prismatic cylindrical and spherical solids from first principle-Relation
to area moments of Inertia.

UNIT III: PLANE TRUSSES Analysis of plane trusses and plane frames
(Analytical Method), Method of joints, Method of sections.

UNIT IV: DYNAMICS OF PARTICLES Displacement, Velocity and

acceleration, their relationship -Relative motion -Curvilinear motion-
Newton’s Law of motion-Work Energy Equation-Impulse and
Momentum -Impact of elastic bodies, Simple stress strain for
deformable body, Hooke’s Law.

UNIT V: FRICTION AND ELEMENTS OF RIGID BODY DYNAMICS Friction

force- Laws of friction- equilibrium analysis of simple systems with
sliding friction,translation and rotation of rigid bodies -velocity of
acceleration-general plane motion of simple rigid bodies such as
cylinder ,disc/wheel and sphere.

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 DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Unit1 Elements of Engineering Seismology,
Earthquake occurrence in the world, Causes of
Earthquake, Plate tectonics, Earthquake
mechanism, Seismic zoning map of India and its
use.

Unit2 Earthquake phenomenon, Focus, Epicenter,

Seismic waves, Magnitude, Intensity scale its co
relation assessment, Do’s, and Don’ts for
protection of life and property during disaster.

Unit3 Landslides, Geo-technical aspects of

landslides and control of landslide hazard.

Unit4 Flood, Flood control as a measure of

disaster management and mitigation

Unit5 Cyclone and Fire, Cyclone Disaster

Mitigation and ensuring wind and fire hazard
safety during disaster.