JD COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING,Katol Road Nagpur.

Department of Civil Engineering

Subject-Advanced Concrete Structure
VIIthSemester Session 2019-2020
Question bank for viva-voce

Q.1 What are the conditions in which rectangular combined footing is to be provided?
Q.2 For short axially loaded coloumns,minimum eccentricity is given by----------------
Q.3 Development length is given by------------------------------
Q.4 What are the modes of failure of retaining wall?
Q.5 What are the advantages of moment redistribution?
Q.6 Bending Moment due to torsion is given by-----------------------
Q.7 When the back anchoring of retaining wall is done?
Q.8 What is the criteria for providing side face R/F for rectangular section and its value?
Q.9 Minimum diameter of longitudinal steel should be -------------.
Q.10 As per I.S.code modulus of elasticity of concrete is given by-------------------
Q.11 What is slenderness ratio?
Q.12 For backfill with sloping surface, the coefficient of active earth pressure is given by--------
Q.13 What is the difference between cantilever and counterfort retaining wall?
Q.14 Why curtailment is provided in retaining wall?
Q.15 The permissible shear stress in concrete is -------------
Q.16 The effective cover used for footing is -----------------
Q.17The Toe projection in retaining wall is given by ------------------
Q.18The maximum pressure at base slab of retaining wall is given by -----------------
Q.19The value of eccentricity for retaining wall is given by ----------------
Q.20The minimum steel reinforcement is given by ---------------
Q.21Transverse reinforcement is provided when --------------------
Q.22 As per IS 456:2000 The minimum grade of concrete shall not be less than ----------- in R/f
concrete work.
Q.23 The spacing of longitudinal bars measured along the periphery of column should not
exceed ------------------------
Q.24 What is the minimum percentage of steel allowed in RC column?
Q.25 What is meant by punching shear and how it is different from bending shear?
Q.26 Why it is necessary to have lateral ties in column?
Q.27 When will the effective length of column should be greater than its actual length?
Q.28 Why cracking occurs in concrete?
Q.29 What is Design bond stress for M20 grade of concrete in L.S.M. for plain bars in tension?
Q.30 Cantilever retaining walls can safely be used for a height not more than-----------------