Concrete Technology and Design of Concrete Structures Select the incorrect statement... Pretensioning system has greater certainty about its durability. None of these The loss of prestress is more in pre-tensioning system than in post-tensioning system. For heavy loads and large spans in buildings or bridges, post-tensioning system is cheaper than pretensioning system Pretensioning system has greater certainty about its durability. None of these The loss of prestress is more in pre-tensioning system than in post-tensioning system. For heavy loads and large spans in buildings or bridges, post-tensioning system is cheaper than pretensioning system ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Concrete Technology and Design of Concrete Structures For concreting of heavily reinforced sections without vibration, the workability of concrete expressed as compacting factor should be 0.75 - 0.80 0.85 - 0.92 0.75 - 0.80 Above 0.92 0.75 - 0.80 0.85 - 0.92 0.75 - 0.80 Above 0.92 ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Concrete Technology and Design of Concrete Structures The centroid of compressive force, from the extreme compression fiber, in limit state design lies at a distance of (where xu is the depth of neutral axis at the limit state of collapse) 0.416 xu 0.446 xu 0.573 xu 0.367 xu 0.416 xu 0.446 xu 0.573 xu 0.367 xu ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Concrete Technology and Design of Concrete Structures To minimize the effect of differential settlement, the area of a footing should be designed for Dead load + live load Live load + fraction of dead load Dead load only Dead load + fraction of live load Dead load + live load Live load + fraction of dead load Dead load only Dead load + fraction of live load ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Concrete Technology and Design of Concrete Structures In a counterfort retaining wall, the main reinforcement is provided on the i) bottom face in front counterfort ii) inclined face in front counterfort iii) bottom face in back counterfort iv) inclined face in back counterEort The correct answer is (iii) and (iv) (ii) and (iii) (i) and (ii), (i) and (iv) (iii) and (iv) (ii) and (iii) (i) and (ii), (i) and (iv) ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Concrete Technology and Design of Concrete Structures If the depth of neutral axis for a singly reinforced rectangular section is represented by kd in working stress design, then the value of k for balanced section depends on both crst and acbc is independant of both ast and acbc where d is the effective depth, ast is per-missible stress in steel in tension and ocbc is permissible stress in concrete in bending compression. depends on as, only depends on aCbC only depends on both crst and acbc is independant of both ast and acbc where d is the effective depth, ast is per-missible stress in steel in tension and ocbc is permissible stress in concrete in bending compression. depends on as, only depends on aCbC only ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP