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0 votes	1613 views	2 answers	A mild steel flat subjected to a tensile force of 84 tonnes is connected to a gusset plate using rivets. If the forces required to shear a single rivet, to crush the rivet and to tear the plate per pitch length are 5000 kg, 8000 kg and 6000 kg respectively, then the number of rivets required is updated 9 years ago by Civil Engineer
0 votes	3951 views	2 answers	Which one of the following is the appropriate triaxial test to assess the immediate stability of an unloading problem, such as an excavation of a clay slope ? updated 9 years ago by Civil Engineer
0 votes	4387 views	2 answers	The discharge per metre width at the foot of a spillway is 10 m3/s at a velocity of 20 m/s. A perfect free hydraulic jump will occur at the foot of the spillway when the tail water depth is approximately equal to updated 9 years ago by Civil Engineer
0 votes	2271 views	3 answers	The upstream slope of an earth dam under steady seepage condition is updated 9 years ago by Civil Engineer
0 votes	1349 views	2 answers	Surface tension of water when in contact with air is 0.0737 N/m. The difference of pressure between the inside and outside of a droplet of rain water 1 mm in diameter is nearly equal to updated 9 years ago by Civil Engineer
0 votes	1501 views	3 answers	While driving a large number of piles in loose sand : updated 9 years ago by Civil Engineer
0 votes	2258 views	1 answer	A 3000 m long line lying at an elevation of 450 m measures 10 cm on a vertical photograph. The focal length of the camera is 21 cm. The scale of the photograph for the area having an elevation of 1000 m will be updated 9 years ago by Civil Engineer
0 votes	1155 views	2 answers	In a gusseted base, when the end of the column is machined smooth for complete bearing, the axial load is transferred to base slab : updated 9 years ago by Civil Engineer
0 votes	1447 views	3 answers	The base width of a soil gravity dam is 25 m. The material of the dam has a specific gravity of 2.56 and the dam is designed as an elementary profile ignoring uplift. What is the approximate allowable height of the dam ? updated 9 years ago by Civil Engineer
0 votes	1959 views	5 answers	A soil has a bulk density of 1.80 g/cm3 at water content of 5%. If the void ratio remains constant, then its bulk density for a water content of 10% will be updated 9 years ago by Civil Engineer