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In a laminar flow through a circular pipe of diameter 20 cm., the maximum velocity is found to be 1m/sec. The velocity at a radial distance 5 cm from the axis of the pipe is
Loss of head due to velocity of water at the outlet of a pipe is
When the Mach number is more than 6 the flow of fluid is called
For a floating body, if the meta centre is above the centre of gravity, the equilibrium called :
Gunter's chain is having a length of
Reciprocal ranging is resorted to when the ends of the chain line are not invisible due to
The reduced bearing of a line is South 47° 26' West. Its whole circle bearing is
In a closed traverse, the sum of the South latitudes exceeds the sum of the North altitudes and the sum of the East departures exceeds the sum of the West departures. Then the closing line will lie in the
The combined correction for curvature, and refraction for a distance of 1400 m is
The imaginary line passing through the in tersection of the cross hairs and the optical centre the objective is known as
The bearing of lines OA and OB are 160°10'and 332° 18' respectively. The value of the included angle BOA is
Traps are used in the house hold drainage system to
Hardness of water is caused by the presence of the following in water
The following chemical is used for coagulation
The most significant gaseous air pollutant is
If the expected turbidity of water is more than 5000 ppm, the turbidimeter used for analysis is
In the treatment of water lime soda process is used for removing
The minimum velocity which will prevent the silting or deposition of particles of solid matter inside the sewers is
The permissible and excessive limits of fluoride in drinking water in India have been set up at
The process of grinding clay with water and making it plastic is known as
If "V" is the design speed in kmph, R, the radius of the curve in meters, the super elevation is given by
The distance travelled by a moving vehicle during perception time and brake reaction time is called
Transition curve is provided in horizontal alignment
For a design speed of 80 kmph, the minimum stopping sight distance for moving vehicles on road way is
A dam is built across a river in order to
The diameter of a rivet hole is called
If L is the actual length of a column and k its minimum radius of gyration, the Euler's formula is applicable to determine critical load for a column having both ends hinged, only if
If "n" is the number of members in a frame and "f" the number of joints, then a frame with n>(2j-3) is called
The property of the material by virtue of which the material regain its original dimensions after the withdrawal of the external load to which it is subjected is called
Pure bending is that bending where
For a solid circular shaft of radius V and permissible shear stress "fs", the maximum torque transmitted is given by:A.
The maximum deflection of a cantilever beam of span L subjected to a clockwise moment "M" at the free end is given by
The maximum positive bending moment of a fixed beam carrying uniformly distributed load is at
Muller Breslau's principle is used to draw the following diagram
The core of an eccentrically loaded column of rectangular section is
The ratio of equivalent length to the actual length of a column having both ends hinged is
In a closed coiled helical spring subjected to axial tensile force, the nature of stress setup in the wire is
A rectangular beam is to be cut out from a circular log of wood of diameter D. The ratio depth/breadth for the strongest section in bending shall be
Under torsion, brittle materials generally fail
Shear span is defined as the zone where
The material which can be drawn into fine wires is known as
If an element is subjected to pure shearing stress q, then the maximum principal stress equals
A steel cable 20mm diameter and 10 metre long is subjected to a tensile force of 5000 Newton. If the modulus of elasticity of the material of the wire is 2*10 N/mm² Then the elongation of the cable is
When a column is hinged at both ends, the corresponding Euler's critical load is :(Where L is the length of the column)
The maximum strain in concrete at the outermost compression fibre in the limit state method of design of a flexural member according to "IS 456" is.
Recommendations for an "international code of practice for reinforced concrete" published by European committee for concrete in 1963 is generally known as
Minimum area of compression reinforcement in a doubly reinforced concrete beam as per IS-456 is
Compaction factor test is carried out on concrete to determine
In reinforced concrete beam not subjected to torsion, side face reinforcement is required if its overall depth is more than
Of the four elastic constant namely modulus of elasticity, modulus or rigidity, bulk modulus and Poisson's ratio. It is enough to determine experimentally only the following number of constants in order to obtain the rest