GATE CE 2018 Paper 2 — page 18

Questions 52–54 of 65. Imported answers require review unless explicitly marked reviewed.

A cable PQ of length 25 m is supported at two ends at the same level as shown in the figure. The horizontal distance between the supports is 20 m. A point load of 150 kN is applied at point R which divides it into equal parts.

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Neglecting the self-weight of the cable, the tension (in kN, in integer value) in the cable due to the applied load will be ______

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The compression curve (void ratio, e vs. effective stress, σ′v) for a certain clayey soil is a straight line in a semi-logarithmic plot and it passes through the points (e = 1.2; σ′v = 50 kPa) and (e = 0.6; σ′v = 800 kPa). The compression index (up to two decimal places) of the soil is ______

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The total horizontal and vertical stresses at a point X in a saturated sandy medium are 170 kPa and 300 kPa, respectively. The static pore-water pressure is 30 kPa. At failure, the excess pore-water pressure is measured to be 94.50 kPa, and the shear stresses on the vertical and horizontal planes passing through the point X are zero. Effective cohesion is 0 kPa and effective angle of internal friction is 36°. The shear strength (in kPa, up to two decimal places) at point X is ______

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