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DSS-ASSIGNMENT

Design of Steel Structures

Assignment I

       1.       Write a short note on

a.       Advantages & Disadvantages of steel as a structural material

b.      Making of Steel

c.       Concept of limit state

         2.       Design a lap joint to connect two plates 300mm wide and 16 mm thick using 20 mm diameter bolts of grade 4.6. the applied service load of 375 kN.

         3.       Design a fillet weld to join a tension member consisting of 2 ISA 100mmx75mmx8mm to  12 mm thick gusset plate. The factored tensile load is 400 kN.

         4.       Design a tension member to carry a pull of 800 kN. The member is 3.2 m between c/c of   intersections. Design the member using channel section.

     

       5. Compression member problem - the problem discussed in the class.

GTE-II Assignment

MAHATMA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Gandipet, Hyderabad 500 075

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

Geotechnical Engineering - II

Assignment – I

Date of Issue: 5^th Feb, 2013

Last Date for Submission: 12^th Feb 2013

1.    Explain any two methods of conducting Boring in Soil Exploration.

2.    Explain the method of conducting Standard Penetration Test.

3.    Derive an expression for factor of safety of an infinite slope of slope angle α, height H and saturated unit weight γ_sat carrying seepage over the entire depth.

4.    Compute the corrected N value at the mid depth of each layer of the subsoil strata shown in below. 

 

5.    Explain the method of slices to compute the factor of safety of an infinite slope for a c-φ soil.

6.    Calculate the factor of safety of the slope given below. Take C_u = 25kN/m³ and Φ = 0⁰ and angle of the slope is 45⁰

 

7.    Explain the Culmann’s Graphical Method to determine the active earth pressure for a Cohesionless soil.

8.    Determine the magnitude and location of resultant active earth pressure for the soil deposit show below. 

9.    Explain different types of Retaining walls with neat sketches.

10. Explain the method of arriving at the factor of safety against overturning for a gravity type retaining wall.