The moist unit weight of soil from the excavation site is 16.
52 kN/m3 with an in-situ moisture content of
18%. It has a sp.gr. of 2.75. This soil is to be used for a construction of a new highway for use in
compacted fill. The soil needed is to be compacted to a dry unit weight of 16.1 kN/m3. Determine how
many cubic meters of soil from the excavation site are needed to produce 850 cu.m. of compacted fill.
948.3
93.3
977.5
980.8
For a constant head laboratory permeability test on a fine sand, the following are given: Length of
specimen = 250 mm, Diameter of specimen = 62.5 mm, Head difference = 450 mm, Water collected in 2
min. = 484 mm3, Determine the discharge velocity in mm/sec.
0.001174
0.001315
93.74
0.002148
A river is 2 m deep. The river bed consists of a depth of sand of saturated unit weight 20
kN/m3 . Determine what is the effective vertical stress (kPa) 5 m below the top of the
sand.
47
49
51
54
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The following are results of a field unit weight determinate test using sand cone method: Vol. of hole =
0.0014 m3 , Mass of moist soil from hole = 3 kg, Water content = 12%, Max. dry unit weight from a
laboratory compaction test is 19 kN/m3. Determine the relative compaction (%) in the field.
2.6
93.2 (x)
96.4
98.8
The in-situ dry density of a sand is 1.72 Mg/m3 . The maximum and minimum dry densities, determined
by standard laboratory tests, are 1.81 and 1.54 Mg/m3 , respectively. Determine the density index of the
sand.
0.6
0.5
0.8
0.7
A flow net flow around a single row of sheet piles in a permeable soil layer is shown in the figure 9, k= 5 x
10-5 m/sec. Determine how high above the ground surface (meters) will the water rise if piezometer is
placed at point A .
5.2
5.5
65.33
4.6
Determine what type of soil having fraction passing No. 10 (2 mm) U.S. sieve and retained on the No. 200
(0.075 mm) sieve under AASHTO Classification System
Sand
Gravel
Gravel
Silt
A clay has the following Atterbergs limit as follows: Liquid limit = 60%, Plastic limit = 40%. From a
hydrometer analysis to determine the particle sizes, it is found that 45% of the sample consists of
particles smaller than 0.002 mm. From this information, determine the activity classification of clay.
0.61
A-7-5
0.37
0.44
Soil has been compacted in an embankment at a bulk density of 2.15 Mg/m3 and a water content of 12%.
The value of Gs is 2.65. Calculate the dry density, void ratio, degree of saturation and air content.
Determine the compacted dry density (Mg/m3) of the above soil at a water content of 13.5%.
1.95
1.85
1.75
2.05
Hydraulics
As shown in the figure 5, water is flowing in pipe A and oil (sp. gr. = 0.82) is flowing in
pipe B. If mercury is used as the manometer liquid, determine the pressure difference
between A and B in psi. Figure 5
a. 8.25
b. 7.85
c. 4.15
d. 6.85
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Given a beam, b = 300mm, d = 390mm, fc' = 27.6MPa, fy = 275MPa, As = 1395mm2, Determine
permissible ultimate moment capacity of a rectangular beam reinforced for tension only
Precast joists with typical section as shown in figure 6 are cast using a concrete strength, fc' =27.5MPa.
The resulting tensile strength, ft = 2.75MPa. The joists are to be simply supported on a span of 6m. Unit
weight of concrete = 23.5KN/m3. Given data: a = 200mm, c = 200mm, b = 500mm, d = 150mm. Find the
cracking moment.
Using figure 5, the following are the dimensions of a concrete T beam section: Width of flange, bf =
600mm, Thickness of flange, tf = 80mm, Width of web, bw = 300mm, Effective depth, d = 500mm, The
beam is reinforced with 3 32mm diameter bars in tension and is carrying a moment of 100kNm. Use n =
9. Determine the value of kd.
Using figure 5, the following are the dimensions of a concrete T beam section: Width of flange, bf =
600mm, Thickness of flange, tf = 80mm, Width of web, bw = 300mm, Effective depth, d = 500mm, The
beam is reinforced with 3 32mm diameter bars in tension and is carrying a moment of 100kNm. Use n =
9. Determine the compressive force on the concrete
A simply supported beam having a span of 12m carries a uniform dead load of 7.3kN/m and a live load of
7.3kN/m in addition to a concentrated dead load of 22kN at midspan. The beam has a width of 350mm
and an effective depth of 525mm. Total depth of the beam is 625mm. Take As = 3040mm2, fc' = 27.6MPa.
Determine the effective moment of inertia in x10^6
For the column shown: fc' = 28MPa, fy = 420MPa, Effective steel cover = 66mm. If it is reinforced with
32mm bars arranged as shown in figure 4. Which of the following gives the plastic centroid of the column
from the left side?
