Exam Details

Subject Earthquake Resistant Design Of Structure
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 June, 2015
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

1. Write short notes on the following:

Design principle and design criteria of elevated water tank

Raleigh wave and Love wave

Hydrodynamic pressure in tanks

Design principles of retaining walls

2. Differentiate between magnitude and intensity of earthquake. What are primary and secondary waves?

3. Explain in detail the different methods of ductile detailing of flexural members as per IS: 13920 -1993 codal provisions.

4. Explain with suitable sketches the design principles of chimneys and water tanks.

Explain the design spectrum and dynamic analysis in building.

Explain the principle of seismic weights and modal analysis.

Explain the general features of IS 1893 -2002 in relation to earthquake resistant design of structures.

Explain the general principle in building equivalent static analysis.

7. A five-storeyed RCC office building is to be constructed in seismic zone III. The lumped mass at each floor is given in Figure 1. The building is without bracing or shear walls. Assume c 0.62, B 1.0, ao 0·04. Find the total base shear along the height of the building.

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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