PAVEMENT DESIGN - Viva Voce Questions

PAVEMENT DESIGN

Viva Voce Questions

1.    Desirable characteristics of Pavement?

2.    Types of Pavements?

3.    Explain Flexible Pavements?

4.    Explain Rigid Pavements?

5.    Explain Composite Pavements?

6.    Materials used in Flexible Pavements?

7.    Materials used in Rigid Pavements?

8.    Failure Criteria for Rigid Pavements?

9.    What is sub grade soil?

10.  Tests on sub grade soils?

11.  What is Soil Stabilization?

12.  Types of Soil Stabilization Techniques?

13.  Explain use of Geo-synthetics?

14.  Desirable Properties of Aggregates?

15.  List of Aggregate Tests?

16.  IS Code used for Flexible Pavement Design?

17.  IS Code used for Rigid Pavement Design?

Flexible Pavements:

18.  Desirable Properties of Bitumen?

19.  List of Bitumen Tests?

20.  Factors affecting Flexible Pavement Design?

21.  Methods of Flexible Pavement Design?

22.  Typical Layers of Flexible Pavements?

23.  Failures of Flexible Pavements?

24.  Aim of Bituminous Mix Design?

Rigid Pavements:

25.  Factors affecting design of Rigid Pavements?

26.  Typical Layers of Rigid Pavements?

27.  Methods of Rigid Pavement Design?

28.  Failures of Rigid Pavements?

29.  Types of Rigid Pavements?

30.  Explain various types of joints in Rigid Pavement?

Pavement Design - Notes

Pavement Design

Pavement Design Notes (NPTEL)

• Introduction to pavement design
• Factors affecting pavement design
• Pavement materials: Soil
• Pavement materials: Aggregates
• Pavement materials: Bitumen
• Flexible pavement design
• IRC method of design of flexible pavements
• Rigid pavement design

Estimating & Costing - Viva Voce Questions

Estimating & Costing - Viva Voce Questions

Date: 04-Nov-2013
Marks: 15

1. What is Estimate?
2. Units of measurements for various items of building construction
3. List out various Items of building Construction?
4. List out types of Approximate Estimate?
5. What is detailed estimate?
6. Data required for Detailed Estimate?
7. What is abstract estimate?
8. Methods of Detailed Estimate?
9. What is Analysis of Rates?
10. What is Preliminary Estimate?
11. Estimate the quantities of brickwork for a wall of 4m long, 3m high and 30cm thick.
12. Define Quantity Surveyor?
13. Duties of Quantity Surveyor?
14. What is Lead & Lift?
15. The actual expenditure incurred in the construction of a school building which have a total length of main walls 140m is Rs.4.97lakhs.Estimate the approximate cost of a similar school building which will have 180m length of main walls.
16. Write various formulas used to calculate Volume of Earthwork?
17. What is Floor Area?
18. What is Carpet Area?
19. What is Plinth Area?
20. What is Tender?
21. What is Contract?
22. Types of Contract?
23. What is Specification?
24. What is Arbitration?
25. Explain EMD?
26. What is SSR?
27. Factors influencing Value of building?
28. Purpose of Valuation?
29. Scrap Value vs Salvage Value?
30. Define Sinking Fund?
31. Methods of Valuation?
32. What is depreciation?
33. Various methods of depreciation?
34. What is M. Book?
35. What is BBS?
36. Weight of 16mm dia. Steel bar of 1m long?
37. Density of Steel and Cement?
38. Table Format of Detailed Estimate?
39. Table Format of Abstract Estimate?
40. Table Format of BBS?

DRCS - Model Questions

Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures

Model Questions

Unit 5:

1.     Design an isolated Rectangular footing for the column of 300mm x 400mm size carrying capacity of 800KN taking safe bearing capacity of the soil as 200KN/m². Use M20 concrete and Fe 415 steel

2.     Design an isolated Square footing for the column of 300mm x 300mm size carrying capacity of 800KN taking safe bearing capacity of the soil as 200KN/m². Use M20 concrete and Fe 415 steel.

3.     Design an isolated Square footing for the column of 300mm dia. carrying capacity of 800KN taking safe bearing capacity of the soil as 200KN/m². Use M20 concrete and Fe 415 steel

4.     Design a combined Rectangular footing for column of 300mm x 300mm size carrying capacity of 500KN and 800KN. Spacing between Columns is 3m. Safe bearing capacity of the soil as 200KN/m². Width is limited to 1.5m. Use M20 concrete and Fe 415 steel

Unit 6:

1.     Design a Square column 300mm x 300mm size to carry a factored axial load of 800 KN and 80KN-M moment. Use M20 concrete and Fe-415 steel. Show the details of reinforcement.

2.     Design a Circular column to carry a factored axial load of 800 KN. Use M20 concrete and Fe-415 steel. Show the details of reinforcement

3.     Design a Square column 300mmx300mm size to carry a factored axial load of 800 KN. Use M20 concrete and Fe-415 steel. Show the details of reinforcement.

4.     Design a Rectangular column of 300mm x 450mm to carry a factored axial load of 800 KN. Use M20 concrete and Fe-415 steel. Show the details of reinforcement.

Unit 7:

1.     A rectangular simply supported beam of 300mm x 450mm size of 5m span is provided with 4 Nos of 20mm dia. Steel Bars. Check for Deflection. Use M20 & Fe415

2.     Explain deflection limits in Beams and Slabs as per IS: 456-2000

3.     A rectangular Cantilever beam of 300mm x 300mm size of 2m span is provided with 3 Nos of 20mm dia. Steel Bars. Check for Deflection. Use M20 & Fe415.

4.     Explain Cracking in structural concrete members?

Unit 8:

1.  Design Doglegged Staircase for a room of height 3.60m. Width of stairs is 1.50m. Take live load 4 KN/m2. Assume suitable Thread and Rise. Use M20 & Fe415.

2.     Design one flight of dog legged stair case supported on beams of 300m wide. No. of steps are 12. Tread is 300mm. Rise is 150mm. Live load 5 KN/m2. Use M20 & Fe415.

3.     Explain various types of staircases with plan and sections along with steel reinforcement details

4.     Design a Cantilever Portico of span 5m and 6m long. Use M20 & Fe415

GWD & Pavement Design - Question Bank

GWD&M

1.    Explain how could you locate fresh water and sea water interface?

2.    What are the methods of geophysical logging?

3.    Explain with a neat sketch the control of sea water with a pressure ridge?

4.    What are the applications of GIS and remote sensing in artificial recharge of ground water?

5.    What are the different methods of well construction?

6.    What are the different methods of artificial recharge of ground water?

7.    Explain electrical resistivity method with a neat sketch?

8.    What are the merits of sea water intrusion?

9.    Explain the difference between gamma-gamma logging and natural gamma logging?

10. Explain the basic concept of artificial recharge?

11. What is meant by shape of interface? Explain?

12. Describe ghyben - Herzberg relation with a neat sketch?

13. Discuss different methods of well development in vogue?

14. Explain seismic- refraction method with a neat sketch?

15. Explain the occurrence of saline water intrusion?

16. What is the necessity of ground water recharge?

17. What is meant by ground water basin management? Explain? 

18. Explain well development?

19. Explain the methods of resistivity logging?

20. What is meant by fluid logging? Explain?

21. What is meant by bore log? What are the different types of bore log methods?

22. Explain the radioactive logging method with a neat sketch?

23. What is meant by interception of log data? Explain?

24. What are the methods of drilling?

25. What are the surface methods of exploration?

PAVEMENT DESIGN

1.    What is the need of soil stabilization? Explain?

2.    What are the basic principles involved with different methods of soil-stabilisation?

3.    State the use of plate load test. Write the standard specifications of the test?

4.    Explain CBR method with a neat sketch?

5.    Discuss the factors responsible for flexible pavement design?

6.    Explain the rigid pavement design procedure by AASHTO method?

7.    Distinguish between PSR and PSI?

8.    What are the salient features of the thickness design of asphalt pavement as per the Asphlat Institute Method?

9.    What is ADT? Explain?

10. What are the desirable properties of bitumen mix?

11. Write a short note on IRC method of flexible pavement?

12. Write a short note on a) material characteristics b) traffic factors c) environmental effects on flexible pavement design?

13. List out the design parameters of rigid pavement?

14. What are the different types of rural road pavement?

15. Write a short note on design of reinforcement to control cracking concrete pavement?

16. What are the advantages of geo-synthetics?

17. Explain AASHTO method of flexible pavement, with equation?

18. Difference between AASHTO method and IRC method of rigid pavement design?

19. Write a short note on low volume road?

20. Write a short note on seasonal variation in sub grade moisture content. Draw a typical sketch?

21. Write a short note on resilient modulus?

22. State the assumptions made by the design guidelines of CC pavement for rural roads according to the guidelines of IRC:SP:62-2004?

23. Explain PSI, δPSI, P_i and P_t relation between them with a diagram?

24. Write a short note on serviceability?

25. What are the different layers of pavement? What are their functions?

Estimating and Costing - Model Questions

Estimating and Costing

Model Questions

Unit 5

1.    A Simply Supported Beam 230mm x 300mm  size of 4m clear span is reinforced with 3 bars of 20mm dia. Stirrups with 8mm dia. are provided at 200mm c/c. Calculate quantity of steel. Draw the sketch showing details of steel reinforcement. Assume missing data.

2.    A Cantilever Beam of 230mm x 450mm  size of 2m clear span is reinforced with 4 bars of 16mm dia. Stirrups with 8mm dia. are provided at 200mm c/c. Calculate quantity of steel. Draw the sketch showing details of steel reinforcement. Assume missing data.

3.    A One-way slab for a room of 3m x 7m size is provided with 120mm thick slab. Main Steel Reinforcement is 8mm dia. at 150mm c/c. Find Steel Required. Assume Missing Data.

4.    A RCC Square Column of 300mm x 450mm size of 3m height above plinth beam is reinforced with 4 bars of 20mm dia. Lateral ties with 8mm dia. are provided at 200mm c/c. Calculate quantity of steel? Assume depth of foundation below Plinth beam is 2m. Draw the sketch showing details of steel reinforcement

Unit 6

1.    Explain: a) Security Deposit   b) Arbitration

2.    Explain various types of Tenders?

3.    Explain various types of Contracts?

4.    Explain about Tender Notice?

Unit 7

1.    Explain various methods of Valuation of Buildings?

2.    Explain necessity of Valuation?

3.    Explain various methods of calculation of depreciation?

4.    Explain factors affecting Valuation of Property?

Unit 8

1.    Give the detailed specifications of the following items of works.

a.       (a) Painting            (b) Flooring

2.    Give the detailed specifications of the following items of works.

a.    (a) PCC (1:4:8)            (b) Brickwork with 1st Class Bricks

3.    List and explain standard specifications of a first class building?

4.    Give the detailed specifications of the following items of works.

a.    (a) RR Masonry            (b) Plastering

External Lab - Time Table

BHARAT INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

LAB EXTERNAL EXAM TIME TABLE

YEAR / SEC	MORNING	AFTERNOON	DATE
	1st Batch	2nd Batch
II-A	Survey Lab		06-11-2013
II-B	Survey Lab		07-11-2013
II-A	Strength of Materials Lab		08-11-2013
II-B	Strength of Materials Lab		09-11-2013
III-A	Engineering Geology Lab		06-11-2013
III-B	Engineering Geology Lab		07-11-2013
IV	Environmental Engineering Lab		04-11-2013
IV	Concrete Technology and Highway Materials Lab		07-11-2013

Marks: 50

Theory: 20

Experiment: 15 + 5*

Viva-Voce: 10

* Discipline including Formal Dress, Shoe, ID Card, and Lab Record