Syllabus for JEEDEC

The Syllabus given below is from INFORMATION BROCHURE 2023 released by Jadavpur University for JEEDEC 2023. You can get references from it for your preparation.

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• The syllabus is different for different branches of engineering. 
• The detailed syllabus of different branches are given below: 

Electrical Engineering 

JEEDEC Syllabus: 5 Years Part-Time Degree Course (Evening) Electrical Engineering, JU. 

• Electrical Circuit & Network: Basic Concepts, Series and Parallel AC circuits, Series and Parallel resonance, AC and DC circuits analysis, Network Theorems, Transient in DC Circuit, Laplace Transform, Two port network 
• Electrical Machines: Mechanism of Electro-Mechanical energy conversion, DC Generator and Motor, Single phase Transformer, Three Phase Transformers, Autotransformer, Scott Connection, 
• Open Delta Connection, Three-Phase Induction Motor, Alternator, Synchronous Motor, Single phase motors, Special Motor. 
• Transmission and Distribution of Power: Basics of Power Transmission, Layout, Transmission Line Components, Transmission Line Parameters, Underground Cables, Performance of Transmission Line, Extra High Voltage Transmission, Components of Distribution System, Substations. 
• Switchgear and Protection: Necessity & functions, Circuit interrupting devices, Circuit breakers, Auto-reclosing, Protective Relaying, Over current relay, Directional Relay, Distance Protection Scheme, Differential Relay, Static over current relays, Generator protection, Transformer protection, Protection of Busbar& transmission line, Overvoltage Protection. 
• Electrical Measuring Instruments: Fundamentals and Basic Requirements, Measurement of single phase and three phase Current, Voltage, Power and Energy, Measurement of Resistance, Single phase and three phase Power Factor Meter, Digital Multimeter, Sychronoscope. Instrument Transformer: CT and PT. 
• Electrical Measurement & Control: Transducers: Types, Classification, Transducer for measurement of Temperature, Pressure, Velocity, Speed, displacement; Capacitive and Piezoelectric transducer, load cell, Tachometer, Electromagnetic and turbine flow meter; Signal conditioning: Concept, AC and DC signal conditioning, 
• Instrumentation Amplifier, Filters, Digital instruments and Display Devices; Pilot Devices: Push Button, Limit Switch, 
• Float Switch, Electromagnetic Relay, Pressure switch, Thermostats plugging switch, Proximity switch; Control System: Classification, Feedback control system, idea on stability, Control system components, Concept of transfer function, poles and zeroes, transfer function of first & second order system, time response characteristics of first and second order system to unit step excitation, Block diagram representation of control system, Stability concept, ON/OFF, P, PI, PD, PID controller. 
• Utilization, Traction, Heating and Drives: Illumination: Terms Used in Illumination, Laws of Illumination, Different types of lamps, Electric Heating, Resistance Heating, Arc Heating, Induction Heating, Dielectric Heating, Electric Welding, Electric Drives, Electric Traction, Traction Mechanics, Traction Motors, Economic Aspects of Utilising Electrical Energy 
• Power Plant Engineering: Basics of Power Generation, Thermal Power Stations, Nuclear Power Stations, Hydro Power Stations, Diesel Electric Power Stations, Gas Turbine Power Plants, Non-Conventional Energy Sources, Solar Energy, Wind Energy, Economics of Power Generation, Interconnected Power Systems. 
• Basic Electronics: Semiconductor Diode, Zener Diode, Rectifiers & Filters, Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT), Field effect transistor (JFET), Unijunction transistor (UJT), Biasing of BJT, Regulated Power Supply, Small Signal Amplifiers. 
• Power Electronics & Drives: Thyristor (SCR), Switching & Timer Circuits, AC to DC Converter, Inverter, DC Chopper, DC & AC Drives, Uninterrupted power supply. 
• Applied and Digital Electronics: Power Amplifiers, FET Amplifier, Operational Amplifier, Feedback Amplifiers & Oscillators, Boolean Algebra & Combinational Logic Circuits, Sequential Logic Circuits, Data Converters & Memory Devices. 
• Microprocessor and microcontroller: Microprocessor Basics, Microprocessor Programming, Application of Microprocessor, Microcontroller Basics, 8051 addressing modes and instructions, 8051 interrupts, Application. 

CIVIL ENGINEERING 

JEEDEC Syllabus: 5 Years Part-Time Degree Course (Evening) Civil Engineering, JU. 

Part A: Strength of Materials and Engineering Mechanics- 20 marks (10 questions) 

Part B: Civil Engineering Subjects (80 Marks, 40 questions) comprising Surveying, Planning and Construction, Sanitary Engineering, Soil Mechanics, Roads and Railways.

Part – A: Applied Mechanics: 

• Friction between solid bodies; equilibrium of rigid bodies; centre of mass and centre of gravity; work, power and energy; principle of virtual work. Direct and shear stresses, strain elasticity, Hooke’s law, Poisson’s ratio, Young’s modulus, modulus of rigidity and bulk modules, working stress, factor of safety. 
• Structural elements, BM and SF diagrams theory of simple bending. distribution of bending stresses and shear stresses, Principal stresses and principal planes, Mohr’s circle, Moment of internal section modulus, radius of gyrations, and torsion of circular shafts. 
• Use of simple column formula. 
• Solution of determinate trusses. 
• Fluid Mechanics – pressure at a point, Pascal’s law of pressure within a static fluid, buoyancy, stability of submerged and floating bodies; Steady and unsteady Row, uniform and nonuniform Row, laminar and turbulent Row. Reynolds number. 

Part – B: General Civil Engineering: 

• Surveying: 
  Surveying Correction for measured length by chain and tape. Field problems and their solutions, Compass Traversing. Closing error in com pass traverse and Its correction, Levelling. Cross – section Long section, measurement of areas, plane table surveying, Contouring. 
• Planning and Construction: 
  Brick bonding, types of ordinary foundations, shoring and timbering. D.P.C. Flooring. Plastering, Whitewashing. Skirting, Dado, Layout of water and sanitary lines In residential building. Water closets, intercepting chambers. 
  Connection of house drains to street sewers.  
• Irrigation: 
  Methods of Irrigation, the water requirement of crops, groundwater- well hydraulics, and Design of Irrigation canal systems. 
• Sanitary Engineering: 
  Sewers, sewer appurtenances, different systems of sewerage, sewage BOO of sewage, Aerobic and Anaerobic process fundamentals of septic tanks, activated sludge and trickling niters. Demand for water, potable water, source of water. development of groundwater sources, and impurities in natural waters. waterworks Intake, slow sand filter, rapid sand filters. disinfection of public water supplies, causes and removal of hardness. 
• Soil Mechanics: 
  Formation, identification and classification of soils. Three-phase system Water content, void ratio, degree of saturation, Bulk density etc. Limits of consistency. Total and effective stress. 
• Roads and Railways: 
  Roads and Railways Survey. Construction and maintenance, Road permanent way structures with formation, Road and Railway crossings road Intersections and Railway Track connections of various types of road signs, Railway signals, Railway yards, road metals and their specifications, and parts of Culverts. 

Mechanical Engineering 

JEEDEC Syllabus: 5 Years Part-Time Degree Course (Evening) Mechanical Engineering, JU. 

1. Applied Mechanics and Machine Design: 

2. Fluid Mechanics-Hydraulics and Heat Power: 

3. Production: