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Q: What is the Split-tension test? How it is different from the Flexure Strength Test?

A: Split tension test : 1. It is a method determining the tensile strength of concrete using a cylinder…

Q: How to calculate stresses distribution under triangular strip load ?

A: Following is a triangular strip load:

Q: What are the characteristics of  local shear failure ?

A: The soil beneath the foundation of the structure fails by the following failures General shear…

Q: Below are the testing methods please explain 1) Torsion testing method 2) shear testing method 3)…

A: 1) Torsion testing method: Torsion tests involve twisting a material or test element to a…

Q: Define Effective Stress Analyses

A: The principle of effective stress states that the effective stress is the total stress minus the…

Q: Define Total Stress Method.

A: The total vertical stress method is defined as method which is used for determining the stress…

Q: Describe some Basic Methods for Stability Analysis.

A: Slope stability is defined as a condition to hold out against the undergo moment. The caused of…

Q: How do you detect subsurface crack

A: Subsurface cracks are difficult to detect since they are not visible from the surface. Subsurface…

Q: Where does the total stress method is used?

A: Total Stress method or total stress analysis is used in estimating the undrained shear strength of…

Q: How an eccentric straight prestressing tendon can supress tensile stresses and prevent cracking in a…

A: Pre-stressing is the technique to stress the concrete artificially so that it develop the resistant…

Q: What data from a standard creep plot does an isochronous diagram extract? An isometric diagram?

A: The increase of strain in concrete with time under stable stress is termed as a creep. Deformation…

Q: What are tension-controlled and tension failure? clarify their difference.

A: TENSION CONTROLLED - Tension controlled sections are the sections in which the NTS, εt, is equal to…

Q: Tension specimens (diameter d0 0.500 in., gage length L0 2.00 in.) made of structural materials A…

A: Given, Do = 0.5 in Lo = 2 in

Q: Explain the Vertical Stress Due to a Line Load ?

A: The Vertical Stress Due to a Line Load:

Q: What are the strengths and weaknesses of the Colley method?

A: Strengths: - Colley Method gives bias free results as they are generated only from the win loss…

Q: Define the Unconfined Compression Test ? Where it can be applied ?

A: Solution: The Unconfined Compression test is basically laboratory test. It is used to determine the…

Q: Define Stress characteristics solution ?

A: Stress is the amount of loading which gets sheared in the beam or any structural element by the…

Q: Define the Vertical Stress Caused by a Line Load ?

A: Answer:- Vertical stress due to line load:- For this two dimensional problem, the vertical stress at…

Q: What is the axial stress at failure in an unconfined compression test?

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Q: Air flow over flat plate; velocity (u) and boundary layer thickness (6) can be expressed as: u 3 y…

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Q: 7. Consider a stress state where p = 15 and q 12. The relevant soil properties are o = 35° and c= 3.…

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Q: What is the Variation in Shear Stress and Factor of Safety? Describe about it?

A: Shear stress variation for different section are : 1- Rectangular section, Triangular section,…

Q: When can the flexure formula be applied?

A: Flexure refers to the action of curving or bending or the condition of being curved or bent. Due to…

Q: Provide your reasons why the shape of the shear strength function is not similar to that of…

A: Shear strength function and permeability function is not similar. The shape of these two function is…

Q: 100 kPa 25 kPa B. 25 kPa 75 kPa

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Q: What a hardness test can show. What kind of test can hardness test replace

A: Hardness test:- A material's qualities, including strength, ductility, and wear resistance, can be…

Q: What are the types of stress controlled test?

A: Pressure is a different quantity than the amount of difficulty in the system and the stiffness of…

Q: Base 300 mm Effective Depth Distance from center of bottom steel to tension 50 mm 450 mm concrete…

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Q: Define Total Stress Analyses

A: The total stress analysis is one of the analyses that make use of the soil's undrained shear…