On an immersed body in a flowing fluid the lift force is :

The total active thrust on a vertical wallhigh retaining a horizontal sand backfill (unit weight γ_t =kN/m³, angle of shearing resistance φ' = 30°) when the water table is at the bottom of the wall, will be:

In a section, shear centre is a point through which, if the resultant load passes, the section will not be subjected to any

For the determination of earth pressure, Coulomb's wedge theory assumes that:

The two criteria for the determination of allowable bearing capacity of a foundation are

A point load ofkN is applied on the surface of thick layer of clay. Using Boussinesq's elastic analysis, the estimated vertical stress (σ_v) at a depth of 2 m and a radial distance of 1.0 m from the point of application of the load, is :

Which one of the following conditions, both elastic and plastic methods of analysis of indeterminate structures have to satisfy ?

The total length (in km) of the existing National Highways in India is in the range of

The time for a clay layer to achieveconsolidation isyears. The time required to achieveconsolidation; if the layer were twice as thick, 3 times forr permeable and 4 times more compressible would be :

Which one of the following set of values give the minimum clear cover (in mm) for the main reinforcements in the slab, beam, column and footing, respectively, according to IS : 456-?

The lateral ties in a reinforced concrete rectangular column uncle: axial compression are used to :

The liquid limit (LL), plastic limit (PL) and shrinkage limit (SL) of a cohesive soil satisfy the relation

A deep cut of 7 m has to be made in a clay with unit weightkN/m³ and a cohesion ofkN/m². What will be the factor of safety if one has to have a slope angle of? Stability number is given to be 0.(from Taylor's chart) for a depth factor of 3.

The problem of lateral buckling can arise only in those steel beams which have

A pre-tensioned concrete member of sectionmm xmm contains tendons of areamm² at centre of gravity of the section. The prestress in the tendons isN/mm². Assuming modular ratio asthe stress (N/mm²) in concrete is

Generally (fatigue life of welded steel structure/fatigue life of riveted steel structure) ratio is,

Alligator or map cracking is the common type of failure in

The dimensions for the flexural rigidity of a beam element in mass (M), length (L) and time (T) is given by

The plan of a survey plotted to a scale ofm to 1 cm is reduced in such a way that a line originallycm long now measures 9 cm. The area of the reduced plan is measured ascm². The actual (m²) of the survey is

A vertical rod PQ of length L is fixed at its top end P and has a flange fixed to the bottom end Q. A weight W is dropped vertically from a height h(< L) on to the flange. The axial stress in the rod can be reduced by

If soil is dried beyond its shrinkage limit, it will show :

Two flow patterns are represented by their stream functions ψ₁ and ψ₂ as given below:
ψ₁ = x² + y², ψ₂ = 2xy
If these two patterns are superimposed on one another, the resulting streamline pattern can be represented by one of the following :

The specific gravity of paving bitumen as per IS:73-lies between

In highway pavements emulsions are mainly used in :

The total thickness of pavement by CBR method depends on the CBR value of

An inverted siphon is a

Bituminous materials are used in highway construction primarily because of their :

A river 5 m deep consists of a sand bed with saturated unit weight ofkN/m³ . v_w = 9.kN/m³. The effective vertical stress at 5 m from the top of sand bed is

Delta (Δ) in cm. Duty (D) in hectare Cumec and Base period (B) in days are related as

Cohesion in soil