GATE CE 2017 Paper 1 — page 6

Questions 16–18 of 65. Imported answers require review unless explicitly marked reviewed.

A super-elevation

is provided on a circular horizontal curve such that a vehicle can be stopped on the curve without slide. Assuming a design speed

and maximum coefficient of side friction

, which one of the following criteria should be satisfied?

Your answerChoose one option.

no limit on

can be set

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A runway is being constructed in a new airport as per the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) recommendations. The elevation and the airport reference temperature of this airport are 535 m above the mean sea level and 22.65°C, respectively. Consider the effective gradient of runway as 1%. The length of runway required for a design-aircraft under the standard conditions is 2000 m. Within the framework of applying sequential corrections as per the ICAO recommendations, the length of runway corrected for the temperature is

Your answerChoose one option.

2223 m

2250 m

2500 m

2750 m

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The accuracy of an Electronic Distance Measuring Instrument (EDMI) is specified as

. Which one of the following statements is correct?

Your answerChoose one option.

Both

and

remain constant, irrespective of the distance being measured.

remains constant and

varies in proportion to the distance being measured.

varies in proportion to the distance being measured and

remains constant.

Both

and

vary in proportion to the distance being measured.

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2017 · Paper 1

Question 16

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