Hydropower Engineering License Exam Preparation (AHyE)
Prepare for the NEC Hydropower Engineering (AHyE) license exam: Hydropower Fundamentals, Electro-Mechanical Equipment, Power System Apparatus and GIS, and Road and Tunnel Engineering, chapter by chapter. Free on LicenseNepal.
Hydropower Engineering syllabus (AHyE)
Basic Civil Engineering
- Engineering materials
- Standards (NS & IS) and tests for civil engineering materials
- Building technology
- Geometric properties of sections
- Surveying and levelling
- Estimating, costing, and valuation
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering
- Soil properties and laboratory tests
- Stresses on soil and seepage
- Shear strength of soil and stability of slopes
- Soil exploration, earth pressure and retaining structures
- Fundamentals of foundation
- Bearing capacity and foundation settlements
Basic Water Resources Engineering
- Fluids and their properties
- Hydrostatics
- Hydro-kinematics and hydro-dynamics
- Pipe flow
- Open channel flow
- Hydrology
Structural Mechanics
- Shear forces and bending moments
- Stress and strain analysis
- Theory of flexure and columns
- Determinate structures-1
- Determinate structures-2
- Indeterminate structures
Design of Structures
- Loads and load combinations
- Concrete technology
- RCC structures-1
- RCC structures-2
- Steel structures
- Timber and masonry structures
Fundamental of Hydropower Engineering
- Planning of hydropower projects
- Power potential and sediment study
- Headworks of storage plants
- Headworks of run-of-river (ROR) plants
- Water conveyance structures
- Operation and regulation of hydropower projects
Electro-Mechanical Equipment in Hydropower
- DC generators
- Three-phase synchronous generator
- Three-phase induction motors and generators
- Basic introduction and transfer of energy in pumps and turbines
- Basic design of turbines
- Performance, cavitation and erosion of pumps and turbines
Power System Apparatus, Geographical Information System, and Remote Sensing
- Measurement of electrical quantities and control of hydro generating system
- Power system protection
- Earthing system and substation equipment
- Basics of GIS application
- Data base management and spatial analysis
- River network analysis and remote sensing
Road and Tunnel Engineering
- Highway planning and survey
- Geometric design of highway
- Highway materials
- Road pavement
- Road construction technology
- Road and tunnel-related hazards
Project Planning, Design and Implementation
- Engineering drawings and its concepts
- Engineering Economics
- Project planning and scheduling
- Project management
- Engineering professional practice
- Engineering Regulatory Body