Exam Details
| Subject | Elements Of Soil Dynamics And Machine Foundation | |
| Paper | ||
| Exam / Course | Diploma In Civil Engineering (DCLEVI) / Advanced Level Certificate In Civil Engineering (ACCLEVI) | |
| Department | School of Engineering & Technology (SOET) | |
| Organization | indira gandhi national open university | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | December, 2015 | |
| City, State | new delhi, |
Question Paper
1. Explain the following in detail:
Viscous damping and Coulomb damping
Hysteretic damping and Aerodynamic drag-induced damping
2. What is free and forced vibration in case of undamped and damped for single degree of freedom system? Explain.
3. Describe the following in mathematical expressions
Critically damped motion
Overdamped system
Underdamped system
4. Define the free field, far field and near field motion. Describe the importance of dynamic soil-structure interaction studies for earthquake resistant design of foundation.
5. Give the historical review of impact of earthquakes on the India Sub-continent. Describe the seismic zones of various important cities of India.
6. Describe briefly the state of art of seismic design of foundations. Write briefly the seismic design philosophy.
7. How are general shear failure, punching shear failure and local shear failure theories relevant for obtaining the bearing resistance to earthquake excitation? Discuss.
8. Describe the recent trends in estimating seismic bearing capacity of soil. Discuss the bearing capacity factors in static and seismic conditions.
Viscous damping and Coulomb damping
Hysteretic damping and Aerodynamic drag-induced damping
2. What is free and forced vibration in case of undamped and damped for single degree of freedom system? Explain.
3. Describe the following in mathematical expressions
Critically damped motion
Overdamped system
Underdamped system
4. Define the free field, far field and near field motion. Describe the importance of dynamic soil-structure interaction studies for earthquake resistant design of foundation.
5. Give the historical review of impact of earthquakes on the India Sub-continent. Describe the seismic zones of various important cities of India.
6. Describe briefly the state of art of seismic design of foundations. Write briefly the seismic design philosophy.
7. How are general shear failure, punching shear failure and local shear failure theories relevant for obtaining the bearing resistance to earthquake excitation? Discuss.
8. Describe the recent trends in estimating seismic bearing capacity of soil. Discuss the bearing capacity factors in static and seismic conditions.
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Subjects
- Advanced Steel Design
- Air Quality Monitoring And Control
- Analysis And Design Of Bridges
- Construction Supervision And Building Maintenance
- Earthquake Engineering
- Earthquake Resistant Design Of Structure
- Elements Of Soil Dynamics And Machine Foundation
- Environment Impact Analysis Of Civil Engineering Projects
- Irrigation Engineering
- Prestressed Concrete
- Remote Sensing In Civil Engineering
- Solid And Hazardous Waste Management
- Structural Optimization
- Water Power Engineering