Civil Engineering - UPSC Civil Service Exam Questions

The slenderness ratio of lacing bars should not exceed :

A three-hinged semicircular arch of radius R carries a uniformly distributed load W per unit run over the whole span. The horizontal thrust is

The acceleration components of a fluid particle are denoted as
1. local tangential acceleration.
2. convective tangential acceleration.
3. local normal acceleration.
4. convective normal acceleration.
In a curved nozzle fitted to the end of straight pipeline carrying water under variable head, the acceleration component that are present would include

In the truss shown in the given figure, the forces in the members AB and BC will be respectively (plus denotes tension)

Consider the following statements :
In the beam shown in the given figure, for all positions of load W (except x = 0)
1. bending moment is maximum at B
2. bending moment is maximum under load
3. deflection is zero at A
4. deflection is zero at B
Of these statements :