GATE Exam

A multistory building with a basement is to be constructed. The top 4 m consists of loose silt, below which dense sand layer is present up to a great depth. Ground water table is at the surface. The foundation consists of the basement slab of 6 m width which will rest on the top ...

A propped cantilever made of a prismatic steel beam is subjected to a concentrated load P at mid span as shown. Q1. If load P= 80 kN,find the reaction R(in kN) (correct to 1-decimal place)using elastic analysis.

Two different soil types (Soil 1 and Soil 2) are used as backfill behind a retaining wall as shown in the figure, where γt is total unit weight, and c' and φ' are effective cohesion and effective angle of shearing resistance

The soil profile above the rock surface for a 25o infinite slope is shown in the figure, where su is the undrained shear strength and γt is total unit weight. The slip will occur at a depth of

The soil profile below a lake with water level at elevation = 0 m and lake bottom at elevation = -10 m is shown in the figure, where k is the permeability coefficient. A piezometer (stand pipe) installed in the sand layer shows a reading of +10 m elevation.

Beam PQRS has internal hinges in spans PQ and RS as shown. The beammay be subjected to a moving distributed vertical load of maximum intensity 4 kN/m of any length anywhere on the beam. The maximum absolute value of the shear force...

A uniform beam weighing 1800 N is supported at E and F by cable ABCD. Determine the tension ( in N) in segment AB of this cable ( correct to 1-decimal place).

A uniform beam (EI=constant) PQ in the form of a quarter-circle of radius R is fixed at end P and free at the end Q, where a load W is applied as shown. The vertical downward displacement, δp, at the

The pin-jointed 2-D truss is loaded with a horizontal force of 15 kN at joint S and another 15 kN vertical force at joint U, as shown.Find the force in member RS (in kN ) ...