Civil Engineering
2026 · Paper 2
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Questions 55–57 of 65. Imported answers require review unless explicitly marked reviewed.
Question 55
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The flow depth for a discharge of 10 m³/s in a wide rectangular channel is 2.0 m. Assume that the flow is uniform.
If the discharge is doubled, the flow depth (in m) in this channel is ______ (rounded off to two decimal places).
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For a clayey soil stratum, the time required for degree of consolidation from 25 % to 50 % is 30 days.
The total time (in days) required for 90 % degree of consolidation of the same soil stratum is _____ (rounded off to the nearest integer).
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The ultimate bearing capacity of a 1 m wide strip footing is 532.8 kPa, when it is embedded at 1 m depth in dry cohesionless soil. The soil has a unit weight of 18 kN/m³. The ultimate bearing capacity is 864 kPa when the depth of embedment becomes 2 m.
Neglecting the effect of the depth factor, the bearing capacity factor N_q is ______ (rounded off to one decimal place).
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