Civil Engineering
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Question 6
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The Le Chatelier apparatus is used to determine
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A structural member subjected to compression, has both translation and rotation restrained at one end, while only translation is restrained at the other end. As per IS 456 : 2000, the effective length factor recomended for design is
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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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