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Civil Engineering
FLT-2 Paper-1 (Test - 13)
04th October 2020
Time Allowed : Three Hours Maximum Marks : 300
QUESTION PAPER SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS
Please read each of the following instructions carefully before attempting questions :
Answer must be written in ENGLISH only.
There are EIGHT questions divided in TWO sections.
Condidate has to attempt FIVE questions in all.
Questions no. 1 and 5 are compulsory and out of the remaining THREE are to be attempted
choosing at least ONE question from each section.
The number of marks carried by a question / part is indicated against it.
Answers must be written in the medium authorized in the Admission Certificate which must be stated
clearly on the cover of this Question-cum-Answer (QCA) Booklet in the space provided. No marks
will be given for answers written in a medium other than the authorized one.
Wherever any assumptions are made for answering a question, they must be clearly indicated.
Diagrams / figures, wherever required, shall be drawn in the space provided for answering the
question itself.
Unless otherwise mentioned, symbols and notations carry their usual standard meanings. Attempt of
questions shall be counted in sequential order. Unless struck off, attempt of a question shall be
counted even if attempted partly. Any page or portion of the page left blank in the Question-cum-
Answer Booklet must be clearly struck off.
(2) [CE], ESE Conventional FLT-2 |Paper-1||Test-13| 04th Oct 2020
Section-A
1. (a) Discuss the agencies responsible for deterioration of stones.
[12 Marks]
1. (b) A 2.5 m long and 30 mm thick tie bar is of tapered section. The longitudinal section
tapers from a depth of 60 mm to 180 mm at the ends as shown in figure. A load
of 54 kN acts through the centroid of the smaller end parallel to the top edge.
Determine the position and the magnitude of the maximum tensile stress.
30 mm
2.5 m
54 kN 54 kN
180mm
60 mm
[12 Marks]
1. (c) (i) A bar, 12 mm in diameter, is acted upon by an axial load of 20 kN. The
change in diameter is measured as 0.003 mm. Determine
(i) the Poisson’s ratio
(ii) the modulus of elasticity and the bulk modulus
The value of the modulus of rigidity is 80 GPa.
[4 Marks]
1. (c) (ii) A floor carries a load of 8 kN/m2 and is supported by joists that are 120 mm
wide and 240 mm deep over a span of 6 m. Determine the spacing (centre to
centre) of the joists if the maximum allowable bending stress is 10 MPa.
Floorboard
s
6m
1m
240 mm
Joist
s
120 mm
[8 Marks]
1. (d) A vibrating system is characterised by the following parameters:
Mass = (m) = 6 kg
Stiffness of spring = (k) = 200 N/m
Damping coefficient of the dashpot = (c) = 6 N-s/m
Determine:
(i) the damping factor
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(ii) the natural frequency of damped vibration

(iii) the number of cycles after which the original amplitude is reduced to 20
percent.
[12 Marks]
1. (e) Discuss briefly the various effects of adding flyash to cement concrete.
[12 Marks]
2. (a) (i) Three equidistant vertical rods, each of 20 mm diameter, support a load of 25
kN in the same plane as shown below. Initially, all the rods are adjusted to
share the load equally. Neglecting any chance of buckling, and taking Es =
205 GPa and Ec = 100 GPa, determine the final stresses when a further load
of 20 kN is added.
25 kN
COPPER
STEEL
STEEL
2.8 m
3.6 m
a a
[12 Marks]
2. (a) (ii) What are the constituents of glass? Give functions of each of them.
[8 Marks]
2. (b) (i) A simply supported beam of I-section as shown below shows central deflection
of 12 mm when subjected to a uniformly distributed load of 50 kN/m length.
Determine the safe load if the beam is used as a column with both ends fixed.
Use Euler’s formula with a factor of safety 5. E = 205 GPa.
y
40 mm
880 mm
x x
20 mm
40 mm
y
240 mm
[12 Marks]
2. (b) (ii) The resultant stress on a plane at a point in a material under stress is 80
MPa at inclined at 30° to angle to the first plane is 60 MPa. Determine
(i) the resultant stress on the second plane
(ii) the principal stresses and their planes
(iii) the maximum shear stresses and their planes
60 MPa
A B
80 MPa
30°
C
[8 Marks]
2. (c) (i) Consider the frame shown in figure below. Construct the influence line
diagram for shear and moment at a point midway in column BD as the unit
load moves from A to C across the horizontal member.
1
x
B C
A
4m
F
4
2m
3
E
D
2m 6m 3m
[10 Marks]
2. (c) (ii) A steel cable of 10 mm diameter is stretched across two poles 75 m apart. If
the central dip is 1 m at a temperature of 15°C calculate the stress intensity
in the cable. Also calculate the fall in temperature necessary to raise the
stress to 70 N/mm2. Take unit weight of steel  s = 78 kN/m3 and  = 12 ×
10–6/°C.
[10 Marks]
3. (a) Using compatibility method compute the support reactions and hence draw the
bending moment diagram. EI = constant. Also draw SFD.
10 kN
2 kN/m
B C D
A E
5m 10 m 10 m 2m
[20 Marks]
3. (b) Analyse the continuous beam ABCD shown in figure. The beam has an internal
hinge at B.
120 kN
A B C D
6m 6m 6m
[20 Marks]
3. (c) A square steel bar of dimension 50 mm × 50 mm × 150 mm is subjected to an axial
load of 250 kN. Determine the decrease in length of the bar if
(i) the lateral strain is fully prevented by applying external uniform pressure
on the rectangular surfaces
(ii) only one-third of the lateral strain is prevented by the external pressure
E = 250 GPa and  = 0.3
[20 Marks]
4. (a) (i) Discuss briefly the following:
(a) Effect of moisture on mechanical properties of wood.
(b) Effect of temperature on strength of wood.
(c) Fire resistance of timber.
[12 Marks]
4. (a) (ii) Calculate the gel space ratio and theoretical strength of a sample of concrete
made with 500 g of cement with w/c ratio as 0.55
1. On full hydration
2. On 75% hydration
[8 Marks]
4. (b) (i) Write a short note on refractory bricks including its properties, uses and
different varities.
[8 Marks]
4. (b) (ii) Determine the forces in the members DE, GH and GE of frame shown in
figure by method sections.
C D E
24 kN
5m
A B
F G H
3m 3m 3m 3m
20 kN 40 kN
[12 Marks]
4. (c) Analyse the frame shown in figure by slope deflection method and draw BMD and
deflected shape. Analyse the frame shown in figure for moments at the ends of
members. EI is constant for all members.
40 kN
20 kN/m 2m
2 3
1
4m 4m
2m
20 kN
2m
4
[20 Marks]
Section-B
5. (a) A project has seven activities, each with totally deterministic completion time and
involved cost. These activities with other related data are as given in the table
below.
Immediate Normal Normal cost Crash Time Crash cost

Activity
Predecessor Time (days) (Rs. in lakhs) (days) (Rs. in lakhs)
A - 9 70 6 100
B A 6 60 4 80
C A 7 80 4 89
D A 5 30 4 32
E B, C 4 70 3 85
F C, D 6 35 5 43
G E, F 7 40 4 85
Each day of early completion of the project yields saving in administrative cost of
Rs. 2 lakhs and an additional profit of Rs. 5 lakhs.
Find out the most economical completion time for the project assuming that crashing
cost increases linearly with the decrease in activity duration.
[12 Marks]
5. (b) Design a bearing plate for the beam consisting of a hot rolled section ISLB400@56.9
kg/m of structural steel of grade Fe410 resting on a pedestal of M20 concrete
placed over a 340 mm thick masonry wall. The factored reaction at the support is
300 kN. Assume that the bearing stiffeners are not to be used.
The relevant properties ISLB400 section:
bf = 165.0 mm, tf = 12.5 mm, tw = 8.0 mm, R1 = 16 mm
[12 Marks]
5. (c) A beam fixed at both the ends is subjected to total uniformly distributed load W
on its right half portion as shown in figure. Determine the collapse load if the beam
has uniform cross section.
W
B
A C
L/2
L
[12 Marks]
5. (d) What is lateral-torsional buckling of a beam? Under what conditions can lateral
buckling occur? List the factors affecting lateral-torsional buckling strength of a
beam.
[12 Marks]
5. (e) Calculate the amount of steel required in a T-beam to develop a moment of resistance
of 300 kNm at working loads. The dimensions of the beam section are given figure.
Use M20 mix and Fe415 grade steel.
50 mm
100 mm
400 mm
70 mm
Stress sc in compression reinforcement

Grade of steel
2 d/d
y N/mm
0.05 0.10 0.15 0.20
250 217 217 217 217
415 355 353 342 329
500 424 412 395 370
[12 Marks]
6. (a) Design a two-way slab for a room 5.5 m × 4.0 m clear in size if the superimposed
load is 5 kN/m2. Use M25 mix and Fe415 grade steel.
Assume edges are simply supported and corners are not held down
Also assume, the shape factor for shear k = 1.3
Design shear strength of concrete of M25 grade
100 A st / bd  c  MPa 
0.20 0.325
0.25 0.36
0.50 0.049
0.75 0.57
1.0 0.64
The bending moment coefficient for two-way slabs simply supported on four sides
is given below:
y / x 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.75 2.0

x 0.062 0.074 0.084 0.093 0.099 0.104 0.113 0.118
y 0.062 0.061 0.059 0.055 0.051 0.046 0.037 0.029
[20 Marks]
6. (b) For a column section built up of shape shown in figure, determine the axial load
capacity in compression for the data indicated against the figure.
Y
30 mm
20 mm
Z Z
500 mm
30 mm
300 mm
Y
fy = 250 MPa ; L = 6.0 m ; tw = 20 mm ; tf = 30 mm
End conditions: Both ends restrained in direction and position
 mf = 1.50
The design compressive stress (fcd in MPa) for buckling curves is given in the table
Curve b Curve c
kL / r
fcd fcd
50 194 183
60 181 168
70 166 182
For tf  40 mm
y
tf
tw
z z
h
b
y
Buckling about axis Buckling curve

ZZ b
YY c
[20 Marks]
6. (c) The wall of a water tank is subjected to a direct pull of 30 kN and a bending
moment of 7.5 kNm in the horizontal plane as shown in figure. Find the maximum
stresses in concrete and steel. Use M30 concrete.
C/L
30 30
mm mm
1000 mm
10@
100C/C
EACH FACE
150 mm
[20 Marks]
7. (a) (i) A beam of rectangular cross-section b × d is subjected to a bending moment
of 0.9 Mp. Determine the depth of the elastic core.
[10 Marks]
7. (a) (ii) What do you mean by scheduling of a Civil engineering project? What are
the advantages of scheduling? Discuss the classification of scheduling.
[10 Marks]
7. (b) Figure shows the general arrangement of stair case for an office building. The
tread is 300 mm and rise is 150 mm. The stair is built-in the side wall along the
flights for a distance of 120 mm. Design the stair case for a live load of 3000 N/
mm2, taking the span in the direction of the flight. Use M20 concrete and F415
steel.
B C
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
1.4 m
10
9 1.5 m 1.4 m
8
7
6 5.5 m
3m
5
4
3
2
1A
1.4 m 1.1 m
4.3 m
[20 Marks]
7. (c) A single unequal angle 100 × 75 × 6 is connected to a 10 mm thick gusset plate

at the ends with six 16 mm diameter bolts to transfer tension as shown in figure.
Determine the design tensile strength of the angle assuming that the yield and
the ultimate stress of steel used are 250 MPa and 410 MPa:
(i if the gusset is connected to the 100 mm leg of the angle
(ii) if the gusset is connected to the 75 mm leg
10mm
40 5×40 40
ISA100×75×6
(A=1010mm2)
T
g
16bolt
g = 40 mm if 75 mm leg is connected
= 60 mm if 100 mm leg is connected
[20 Marks]
8. (a) (i) Discuss about the constraints related to the use of Total Quality Management
(TQM) in the construction process.
[10 Marks]
8. (a) (ii) What is the total capitalized cost of a structure that will require construction
cost of Rs 100,000 immediately and Rs 10,000 each year for the first 4 years
and annual year end maintenance costs of Rs 5,000, plus the expenditure of
Rs 25,000 at the end of each 10 year period for replacement purposes? Assume
an 8% interest rate.
[10 Marks]
8. (b) Figure shows the midspan cross-section of a prestressed post-tensioned beam of 24
m span. There are 6 cables each of 12 wires of 5 mm diameter, and are stressed
with initial prestress of 1150 N/mm2. Assuming an affective prestress of 1000 N/
mm2 after all losses have taken place, compute the extreme fibre stresse in concrete.
The profile of cable is parabolic with zero eccentricity at the ends. The beam carries
a live load of 9 kN/m in addition to its own weight. Take unit weight of concrete
as 24 kN/m3.
1000 mm
150
y1 = 583 mm
750 mm
150
e = 517 mm
y2 = 717 mm
400 mm
200 mm
400 mm
[20 Marks]
8. (c) Design an I-section purlin for a workshop provided with pitched roof spported over
trusses of effective span of 14.5 m at spacing of 3.6 m. The pitch of the roof is 30°
and purlins over the trusses are paced 1.5 m centre to centre. The weight of roofing
material consisting of galvanised corrugated iron sheets along with fixtures is
0.175 kN/m2. The intensity of wind pressure in region may be, taken as 1.4 kN/m2.
The grade of structural steel for the purlin section is Fe410.
For selecting the sections, the options are:
ISLB 100@8 kg/m
A = 1021 mm2, h = 100.0 mm, b = 50.0 mm, tf = 6.4 mm, tw = 4.0 mm,
R1 = 7 mm, Iz = 168.0 × 104 mm4, Iy = 12.7 × 104 mm4,
Zp = 38.89 × 104 mm4, Ze = 33.6 × 103 mm3, ry = 11.2 mm,
ILSB 200 @ 19.8 kg/m
A = 2527 mm2, h = 200 mm, b = 50 mm, t = 7.3 mm
tw = 5.4 mm, R1 = 9.5 mm, Iz = 1696.6 × 104 mm4
Iy = 115.4 × 104 mm4, Zp = 184.34 × 103 mm3,
Ze = 169.7 × 103 mm3, ry = 21.3 mm
Take kb = 5
[20 Marks]

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Time Allowed : Three Hours Maximum Marks : 300

QUESTION PAPER SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS

Answer must be written in ENGLISH only.

There are EIGHT questions divided in TWO sections.

Condidate has to attempt FIVE questions in all.

The number of marks carried by a question / part is indicated against it.

(ii) the natural frequency of damped vibration

Immediate Normal Normal cost Crash Time Crash cost

Stress sc in compression reinforcement

y / x 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.75 2.0

Buckling about axis Buckling curve

7. (c) A single unequal angle 100 × 75 × 6 is connected to a 10 mm thick gusset plate

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