Civil Engineering
GATE CE discipline:civil-and-environmental-engineering PYQs
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Question 41
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Consider the beam ABCD shown in the figure.
AB = BC = 4 m; CD = 10 m. For a moving concentrated load of 50 kN on the beam, the magnitude of the maximum bending moment (in kN-m) obtained at the support C will be equal to
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Two plates of 8 mm thickness each are connected by a fillet weld of 6 mm thickness as shown in the figure.
The permissible stresses in the plate and the weld are 150 MPa and 110 MPa, respectively. Assuming the length of the weld shown in the figure to be the effective length, the permissible load
(in kN) isLog in to check the answer
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Consider two axially loaded columns, namely, 1 and 2, made of a linear elastic material with Young’s modulus 2×10
MPa, square cross-section with side 10 mm, and length 1 m. For Column 1, one end is fixed and the other end is free. For Column 2, one end is fixed and the other end is pinned. Based on the Euler’s theory, the ratio (up to one decimal place) of the buckling load of Column 2 to the buckling load of Column 1 isLog in to check the answer
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Consider the portal frame shown in the figure and assume the modulus of elasticity,
MPa and the moment of inertia,
mm
for all the members of the frame. 
The rotation (in degrees, up to one decimal place) at the rigid joint Q would be
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A column is subjected to a load through a bracket as shown in the figure.
The resultant force (in kN, up to one decimal place) in the bolt 1 is
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A 2 m long, axially loaded mild steel rod of 8 mm diameter exhibits the load-displacement (
-
) behavior as shown in the figure. 
Assume the yield stress of steel as 250 MPa. The complementary strain energy (in N-mm) stored in the bar up to its linear elastic behavior will be
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A particle of mass 2 kg is travelling at a velocity of 1.5 m/s. A force
(in N) is applied to it in the direction of motion for a duration of 2 seconds, where
denotes time in seconds. The velocity (in m/s, up to one decimal place) of the particle immediately after the removal of the force isLog in to check the answer
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Consider a square-shaped area ABCD on the ground with its centre at M as shown in the figure. Four concentrated vertical loads of
kN are applied on this area, one at each corner. 
The vertical stress increment (in kPa, up to one decimal place) due to these loads according to the Boussinesq’s equation, at a point 5 m right below M, is
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The activity details of a project are given below:
Activity | Depends on | Duration (in days) |
|---|---|---|
P | -- | 6 |
Q | P | 15 |
R | Q, T | 12 |
S | R | 16 |
T | P | 10 |
U | Q, T | 14 |
V | U | 16 |
The estimated minimum time (in days) for the completion of the project will be
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The figure shows a U-tube having a 5 mm × 5 mm square cross-section filled with mercury (specific gravity = 13.6) up to a height of 20 cm in each limb (open to the atmosphere).
If 5 cm
of water is added to the right limb, the new height (in cm, up to two decimal places) of mercury in the LEFT limb will beLog in to check the answer
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