Civil Engineering :: GATE Exam Questions
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A prestressed concrete rectangular beam of size 300 mm x 900 mm is prestressed with an initial prestressing force of 700 kN at an eccentricity of 350 mm at midspan. Stress at top of the beam due to prestress alone, in N/mm2 is
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In the plate bearing test, if the load applied is in the form of an inflated type of wheel, then this mechanism corresponds to :
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Water table drops by 3 m in an irrigable land of 50 hectare. If porosity and specific retention are 0.30 and 0.10 respectively, the change in storage in hectare-meter is :
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Horizontal stiffness coefficient, K11 of bar ab is given by :
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The downstream end of a long prismatic channel of mild slope, ends in a pool created by a dam. The resulting non-uniform water surface profile can be described as one of the following :
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The function of ballast in railaway tracks is to
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A soil formation through which only seepage is possible, being partly permeable and capable of giving insignificant yield, is classified as
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The return period for the annual maximum flood of a given magnitude is 8 years. The probability that this flood magnitude will be exceeded once during the next 5 years is
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A foundation is considered as shallow if its depth is :
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The type of surveying in which the curvature of the earth is taken into account is called