Civil Engineering
2026 · Paper 1
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Questions 19–21 of 65. Imported answers require review unless explicitly marked reviewed.
Question 19
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Corrections are applied to the basic length of the runway strip considering:
(i) The elevation H (in m) of the airport above Mean Sea Level (MSL)
(ii) Corrected air temperature T (in °C) with respect to the standard temperature at elevation H
(iii) The effective gradient G (in %) along the length of the runway
Respective correction applied to the basic length of the runway is:
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The Whole Circle Bearing (WCB) of line AB is 150°. The length of AB is 100 m. The latitude and departure values, respectively, for this line are:
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A rapid sand filter bed of depth 0.8 m has 40 % porosity during service cycle. It is recommended that during backwash operation, the expanded filter bed should have 70 % porosity. The uniform expanded depth (in m) of the filter bed during backwash is
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