Civil Engineering :: UPSC Civil Service Exam Questions
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A rectangular channel of 2.5 m width and 2 m depth of water carries a flow of 10 m3/s. The specific energy for the flow is given by
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Which of the following pollutants is responsible for depletion of ozone layer ?
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If a composite bar of steel and copper is heated, then the copper bar will be subjected to
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Consider the following discharge measurement devices :
1. Cylindrical mouthpiece flowing full
2. Sharp-edged orifice
3. Convergent-divergent mouthpiece
4. Borda's re-entrant mouthpiece flowing free
The correct sequence of increasing order of their discharge coefficients is -
A square framework formed of uniform heavy rods of equal weight joined together is hung by one corner. A weight W is suspended from each of the three lower corners and the shape of the square is preserved .with the help of a light rod along the horizontal diagonal. The thrust of the light rod is
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The maximum bending moment at the left quarter point of a simple beam due to crossing of UDL of length shorter than the span in the direction left to right, would occur after the load had just crossed the section by
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The formulation for BOD assimilation in a stream should include
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A truss is shown in the given figure. The cross-sectional area of each member is 'A' and the modulus of elasticity of the material is E. The strain energy in the member XY is given by
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For the simply supported beam shown in the given figure, at what distance from the support A, is the shear force zero?
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The elements that are normally subjected to combined bending and axial forces are