MVN CEL101 Elements of Civil Engineering B.Tech Previous Year Question Paper

Name of the College : MVN University
Department : Civil Engineering
Subject Code/Name : CEL-101-Elements of Civil Engineering
Year : Dec.2012 – Jan.2013
Degree : B.Tech
Sem : I
Website : mvn.edu.in
Document Type : Previous Year Question Paper

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Elements of Civil Engineering Previous Question Paper

Time Allowed: 03 hours.
Maximum Marks: 100

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Instructions

Before answering the question paper the candidate should ensure that they have been supplied the correct question paper. Complaints in this regard, if any, shall not be entertained after the examination.
Note: Attempt any five questions and all questions carry equal marks.

January 2014

SECTION A :
1. a) What do Civil Engineers do? (4)
b) What is the difference between a Civil Engineer and an Architect? (4)
c) Write a short Note on: Civil Engineering History (6)
d) Name Basic components of any Building Structure. (6)
2. a) What is a set-back? (4)
b) Explain Light Plane. (6)
c) What is Floor Space Index? (4)
d) What is the importance of Bye-laws? (6)
3. a) How, presence of termites can be detected on a building site? (4)
b) A Residential Plot of area 600 m2 in a City Area with permissible F. S. I. of 2 is to be constructed.
i) What is the maximum built-up area which can be put up on the Plot? (3)
ii) How this built-up area can be consumed? (3)
c) Explain Composite Structure with the help of a neat Sketch (5+5)

SECTION B :
4. a) What is Topographical Surveying? (4)
b) Name Classifications based on Surveying Instruments used and Methods Employed. (6)
c) Explain with sketches the Principle of Surveying: To Fix or to Locate New Points or Stations by at least two independent measurements or processes. (10)
5. a) What are the uses of Surveying? (6)
b) Explain Plasticity. (4)
c) What is an Anisotropic Material? (2)
d) Explain assumptions made in Classic Theory of Elasticity for the purpose of Analysis of Structures. (4)
e) Why factor of safety is essential? (4)
6. a) Discuss Quality Control and Monitoring of Strength Criteria of materials in construction and fabrication works. (7)
b) Explain different types of beams with the help of neat sketches. (4)
c) In a tensile test of a mild steel bar specimen of diameter 20mm, yield point was observed at a load of 84.45 kN and the specimen attained a maximum load of 155.75 kN, but it failed at a load of 73.85 kN.
Determine:
i) The stress at the yield point (3)
ii) Ultimate Stress (3)
iii) Average stress at the rupture when diameter of the neck is 10.75 mm. (3)

June 2013

Subject – Theory of Elasticity and Plasticity
Subject Code – CEL-502
Time Allowed: 03 hours.
Maximum Marks: 100
Note :
Before answering the question paper the candidate should ensure that they have been supplied the correct question paper.
Complaints in this regard, if any, shall not be entertained after the examination.
Question No. 1 is Compulsory and attempt any two questions from each section. All questions carry equal marks.

1(a) Define surface force and body force.
(b)Define plane stress in (3-D) system.
(c) Define plane strain in (3-D) system.
(d)Define stress in (2-D) and (3-D) system (4 x 5)

Section A :
2(a)Prove that shear stress =,= and =.
(b)Derive a relationship between Bulk modulus (K) and modulus of elasticity (E).
(c)Define stress function ().
(d)Derive the differential equation of equilibrium of (3-D). (4 x 5)

3(a)Prove lame stress ellipsoid in three dimensional system.
(b)Show that plane strain case is reduce to plain stress case.
(c)Prove Hooks law in three dimension system.
(d)Derive a relationship between shear modulus (G) and modulus of elasticity (E). (4 x 5)

4. An elastic layer sandwitch between two perfectly rigid plate to which it is bounded. The layer is compressed between the plates in such a way at the attachments to the plates prevent lateral strain completely.find the apparent modulus of elasticity and apparent poisson’sratio.also prove that the apparent modulus of elasticity is many times of the actual modulus of elasticity.ifpoisson’s ratio is slightly less than 0.5. (20)

Section B :
5. Obtain the compatibility equation for plane strain case. (20)
6. The state of stress at a point for a given reference is given bellow as .if a new set of axes is formed by rotating xyz through about zaxis .Find the new stress tensor
7. For the given function (3d-2y) , determine the stress component. (20)