List of top Civil Engineering Questions

The pore water pressure in the capillary zone is
A plate used for connecting two or more steel members is called
Textural classifications are merely based on
High strength/high grade concrete is preferred for pre-stressed concrete for controlling
Which one of the following is categorized as a long-term loss of pre-stress in a pre-stressed concrete member?
The diameter of the lateral ties in a column shall in no case be less than
Which section is good from ductility point of view?
The maximum spacing of longitudinal bars measured along the periphery of a column is
What is the minimum grade of concrete recommended in coastal areas according to IS 456:2000?
As per IS 456:2000, the maximum spacing of vertical stirrups is to be limited to
To avoid the limit state of collapse, the safety of RC structures is checked for appropriate combinations of dead load (DL), live load (LL), wind load (WL) and earthquake load (EQ). Which of the following combinations is not considered?
Rotation contribution at the fixed end of a member is
The flexibility matrix method is also known as
In the case of stiffness method of structural analysis, the quantity taken as redundant is
Redundant frames may be analysed by using
The ratio of the maximum shear stress and the average shear stress in a circular section is
The bending moment diagram for a cantilever beam subjected to a couple at the free end would be a
When a thin cylindrical shell is subjected to internal fluid pressure, the stresses developed in its wall are
A bolt of diameter \(16\,\mathrm{mm}\) carries a shear force of \(40.2\,\mathrm{kN}\) in single shear. Shear stress in the bolt is
The effective length of a column of length \(L\) fixed against rotation and translation at one end and free at the other end is
A simply supported beam of span \(6\,\mathrm{m}\) carries a central point load. If the plastic moment capacity is \(90\,\mathrm{kN\!-\!m}\), the collapse load is
The diameter of the kernel of a circular section of diameter \(d\) is
A hollow circular shaft has an outer diameter of \(100\,\mathrm{mm}\) and a wall thickness of \(25\,\mathrm{mm}\). Allowable shear stress in the shaft is \(125\,\mathrm{MPa}\). The maximum torque the shaft can transmit is
A prestressing force of \(300\,\mathrm{kN}\) is applied to a concrete member of cross-sectional area \(15000\,\mathrm{mm^2}\). Due to losses, \(20\%\) of the prestress is lost. The effective compressive stress in concrete is
A steel column with pinned ends has a length of \(2\,\mathrm{m}\). The modulus of elasticity \(E=2\times10^5\,\mathrm{MPa}\) and moment of inertia \(I=8\times10^6\,\mathrm{mm^4}\). The Euler critical load is