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  • Question
  • The repeating variables in dimensional analysis should :


  • Options
  • A. include the dependent variable
  • B. have amongst themselves all the basic dimensions
  • C. be derivable from one another
  • D. exclude one of the basic dimensions

  • Correct Answer
  • include the dependent variable 


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    • 1. Both Reynolds and Froude numbers assume significance in one of following examples :

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    • A. Motion of submarine at large depths
    • B. Motion of ship in deep seas
    • C. Cruising of a missile in air
    • D. Flow over spillways
    • Discuss
    • 2. A direct shear test was conducted on a cohesionless soil (c = 0) specimen under a normal stress of 200 kN/m2. The specimen failed at a shear stress of 100 kN/m2. The angle of internal friction of the soil (degrees) is

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    • A. 26.6
    • B. 29.5
    • C. 30.0
    • D. 32.6
    • Discuss
    • 3. At a rated capacity of 44 Cumecs, a centrifugal pump develops 36 m of head when operating at 1450 rpm. Its specific speed is :

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    • A. 654
    • B. 509
    • C. 700
    • D. 90
    • Discuss
    • 4. The basic assumption of plane sections normal to the neutral axis before bending, remaining plane and normal to the neutral axis after bending, leads to :

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    • A. uniform strain over the beam cross section
    • B. uniform stress over the cross section
    • C. linearly varying strain over the cross section
    • D. stresses which are proportional to strains at all cross sections
    • Discuss
    • 5. Negative skin friction occurs when :

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    • A. an upward drag exists in the pile
    • B. the surrounding soil settles more than the pile
    • C. the pile passes continuously through a firm soil
    • D. the driving operation begins
    • Discuss
    • 6. A-2-hour unit hydrograph can be approximated as trapezoidal as shown in the below figure. The unit hydrograph refers to catchment of area

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    • A. 138.24 km2
    • B. 0.0384 km2
    • C. 384 m2
    • D. 3840 m2
    • Discuss
    • 7. A body moving through still water at 6 m/sec produces a water velocity of 4 m/sec at a point 1 m ahead. The difference in pressure between the nose and the point 1 m ahead would be

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    • A. 2, 000 N/m2
    • B. 10, 000 N/m2
    • C. 19, 620 N/m2
    • D. 98, 100 N/m2
    • Discuss
    • 8. In deriving the equation for the hydraulic jump in a rectangular channel in terms of the conjugate depths and the initial Froude number.

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    • A. continuity equation and energy equation are used
    • B. continuity equation and momentum equation are used
    • C. equations of continuity, mementum and energy are used
    • D. gradually varied flow equation is used
    • Discuss
    • 9. The particle size distribution curves are extremely useful for the classification of

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    • A. fine grained soils
    • B. coarse grained soils
    • C. both coarse grained and fine grained soils
    • D. silts and clays
    • Discuss
    • 10. Stopping sight distance is the minimum distance available on a highway which is the

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    • A. distance of sufficient length to stop the vehicle wihtout collision.
    • B. distance visible to a driver during night driving.
    • C. height of the object above the road surface.
    • D. distance equal to the height of the driver's eye above the road surface.
    • Discuss


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