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GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

BE - SEMESTER-III (OLD) EXAMINATION - WINTER 2018

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Subject Code: 131304 Date: 10/12/2018

Subject Name: Basics Of Structural Engineering

Time: 10:30 AM TO 01:00 PM Total Marks: 70

Instructions:

1. Attempt all questions.

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2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
4. Draw neat sketch, wherever necessary.

1. (a) Determine the slope and deflection at the mid span of simply supported beam subjected to point load 20 kN’ at the centre of beam. The beam has a span of 4.5 m. Use any method. [07]
2. (b) Determine the slope at supports and deflection at the tip of cantilever beam of span 3 m, subjected to UDL 10 kN/m throughout, using double integration method. [07]

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3. (a) Explain the factors affecting for the selection of type of curing. Explain any one curing method. [07]
4. (b) Explain middle third rule for rectangular section. [07]

   OR

   Explain the alkali aggregate reaction. Explain the factors affecting on it.
5. (a) What is workability of concrete? Explain Compacting Factor Test. [07]
6. (b) Determine the expression for the maximum and'minimum stresses at the base of an unsymmetrical column which is subjected to eccentric load. [07]

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   Explain the term “Soundness of cement”. How this property has to be determined?
7. (a) Elaborate the types of admixtures with its uses. [07]
8. (b) Elaborate the term ‘Compaction of Soil’. Write the factors affecting on it. [07]
9. (a) Establish basic slope curvature relation for bending element. [07]
10. (b) What are the methods of sub-surface investigation? Discuss any one in detail. [07]

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    Elaborate the term Fineness Modulus. State its importance also.
11. (a) Explain the consistency limits. [07]
12. (b) Explain the shear failure of soil. [07]

    OR

    How the shear parameters ‘c’ and ‘e’ are to be determined? Explain any one method.
13. Explain the permeability of concrete. [07]

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