Structural Design and Drawing (RCC-II) (CE-702 (D)) - Important Questions

Discuss various factors to be considered for determination of the general dimension of the rectangular shear walls.

Determine lateral forces on an inner frame due to wind load and earthquake loads for a multi-storey three-bay building at Delhi.

Explain what is understood by sway and non-sway buildings.

Design a full cantilever retaining wall for given height, soil properties and SBC

Discuss design considerations of earth pressure for retaining walls

Explain functions of retaining wall and components of counterfort type retaining wall

Design a counterfort retaining wall for given height, soil properties and counterfort spacing

Calculate the earth pressure acting on a cantilever retaining wall of given height

Design the stem of a cantilever retaining wall to retain earth with horizontal top

Explain what retaining walls are, why they are provided, and cantilever retaining wall

Design a circular water tank with rigid/integral wall-base joint (resting on ground), including wall thickness and reinforcement detailing.

Design a rectangular water tank resting on ground with walls rigidly joined at vertical edges and base and free at top.

Design top dome, top ring beam and cylindrical wall of an intze tank of capacity $1000 \text{ kL}$ litres. Use M30 grade of concrete and steel of grade Fe 415.

Design a circular steel silo side wall for given height, diameter and stored material properties.

Explain why cylindrical shapes are preferred for silos.

Explain the difference between silo and bunker and discuss design of hopper bottom.

Calculate the loss of prestress in a pretensioned concrete beam due to elastic shortening, shrinkage, creep and relaxation.

Design a reinforced concrete solid slab bridge for IRC loading given effective/clear span, carriageway width, wearing coat, and material grades.

Determine the flexural reinforcement at midspan of a continuous T-beam for a given factored moment, span, cross-section and materials.

Write short note on types of prestressing with other topics such as sway buildings, retaining walls, silos and bridge girder.

Discuss the IRC loading standards for highway bridge design.

Write short notes on pre and post tensioning system, losses in prestressing and methods/types of prestressing with other topics.

Explain pre-stressing and discuss its advantages and disadvantages.