Agricultural Engineering Surveying and Levelling SyllabusIntroduction to Agricultural Engineering Surveying:
- Definition and scope of agricultural engineering surveying
- Importance of surveying in agriculture
- Role of agricultural engineers in surveying
- Overview of surveying methods and techniques
Classification and Basic Principles of Linear Measurement:
- Classification of linear measurement techniques
- Basic principles of linear measurement
- Instruments used for linear measurement in agricultural engineering surveying
Chain Surveying:
- Introduction to chain surveying
- Types of chains used in agricultural engineering surveying
- Procedures and techniques for conducting chain surveying
- Field work exercises for chain surveying
Compass Traversing:
- Introduction to compass traversing
- Principles and procedures of compass traversing
- Calculation and adjustment of bearings in compass traversing
- Field work exercises for compass traversing
Errors in Chain Surveying:
- Types of errors in chain surveying
- Causes and effects of errors in chain surveying
- Methods for minimizing and correcting errors in chain surveying
Plane Table Surveying:
- Introduction to plane table surveying
- Equipment and instruments used in plane table surveying
- Techniques and procedures for conducting plane table surveying
- Field work exercises for plane table surveying
Radiation, Intersection, and Traversing:
- Principles and procedures of radiation surveying
- Principles and procedures of intersection surveying
- Principles and procedures of traversing
- Field work exercises for radiation, intersection, and traversing
Levelling:
- Description of level instruments used in agricultural engineering surveying
- Techniques and procedures for conducting simple levelling
- Techniques and procedures for conducting fly levelling
- Field work exercises for levelling
Contours:
- Introduction to contours in agricultural engineering surveying
- Methods for representing contours on maps
- Techniques for contouring in agricultural engineering surveying
- Field work exercises for contouring
Computation of Area and Volume:
- Methods for calculating area of land in agricultural engineering surveying
- Methods for calculating volume of soil in agricultural engineering surveying
- Field work exercises for computation of area and volume
Theodolite:
- Introduction to theodolite and its components
- Principles and procedures of theodolite surveying
- Field work exercises for theodolite surveying
Introduction to Setting of Curves:
- Importance and applications of setting curves in agricultural engineering surveying
- Methods for setting curves in agricultural engineering surveying
- Field work exercises for setting curves in agricultural engineering surveying
This course is helpful for the following exams: Agricultural Engineering