Civil Engineering
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Questions 601–610 of 724. Imported answers require independent review unless marked reviewed.
Question 7
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The deformation in concrete due to sustained loading is
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A vertical load of 10 kN acts on a hinge located at a distance of L/4 from the roller support Q of a beam of length L (see figure).
The vertical reaction at support Q is
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A solid circular beam with radius of 0.25 m and length of 2 m is subjected to a twisting moment of 20 kNm about the z-axis at the free end, which is the only load acting as shown in the figure. The shear stress component
at Point ‘M’ in the cross-section of the beam at a distance of 1 m from the fixed end is 
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A flownet below a dam consists of 24 equipetial drops and 7 flow channels. The difference between the upstream and downstream water levels is 6 m. The length of the flow line adjacent to the toe of the dam at exit is 1 m. The specific gravity and void ratio of the soil below the dam are 2.70 and 0.70, respectively. The factor of safety against piping is
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Two rectangular under-reinforced concrete beam sections X and Y are similar in all aspects except that the longitudinal compression reinforcement in section Y is 10% more. Which one of the following is the correct statement?
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The contact pressure and settlement distribution for a footing are shown in the figure.
The figure corresponds to a
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The percent reduction in the bearing capacity of a strip footing resting on and under flooding condition (water level at the base of the footing) when compared to the situation where the water level is at a depth much greater than the width of footing, is approximately
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Which one of the following statements is NOT correct?
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The width of a square footing and the diameter of a circular footing are equal. If both the footings are placed on the surface of sandy soil, the ratio of the ultimate bearing capacity of circular footing to that of square footing will be
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The clay mineral, whose structural units are held together by potassium bond is
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