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ESE CONVENTIONAL TEST 2
Time Allowed: 90 Min Maximum Marks: 100

INSTRUCTIONS
Please read each of the following instructions carefully before attempting
questions:
Candidates should attempt FIVE questions in all.
Question No.1 is compulsory. Out of the remaining SIX questions attempt
any FOUR.
All questions carry equal marks. The number of marks carried by a part of
a question is indicated against it.

Unless otherwise mentioned, symbols and notations have their usual

standard meanings.
Assume suitable data, if necessary and indicate the same clearly.

Neat sketches may be drawn, wherever required.

All parts and sub-parts of a question are to be attempted together in the
answer book.
Attempt of questions shall be counted in chronological order. Unless struck
off, attempt of a question shall be counted even if attempted partly.
Any page or portion of the page left blank in the answer book must be
clearly struck off.
Answers must be written in English only.

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01.
(a) 215 litres of gasoline (specific gravity 0.82) flow per
second upwards in an inclined venturimeter fitted to a
300 mm diameter pipe. The venturimeter is inclined at 60
to the vertical and its 150 mm diameter throat is 1.2 m
from the entrance along its length. Pressure gauges
inserted to entrance and throat show pressures of 0.141
N/mm2 and 0.077 N/mm2 respectively. Calculate the
discharge coefficient of venturimeter.
(4 M)

(b) Briefly explain the terms kinetic energy correction factor

and momentum correction factor. What are the least
possible values for these factors and when it is possible
(4 M)

(c) Describe differential free swell test of soil.

(4 M)

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(d) A rectangular footing 8 m by 4 m size carries a total load

of 600 kN. Newmarks solution for stresses below corner
of uniformly loaded rectangular areas may be used to
find the vertical stress below the footing. The following
table may be used to find influence coefficient (I) In this
Newmarks method.
With usual notations, m = (L/Z) ;
n = (B/ Z).
m n I
0.8 0.4 0.0931
0.4 0.2 0.0327
1.6 0.8 0.1774

The vertical stress at a depth of 5 m below the centre of

footing will be
(4M)

e) A tank 1.5 m high stands on a trolley and is full of water.

It has an orifice of diameter 0.1 m at 0.3 m from the
bottom of the tank. If the orifice is suddenly opened, what
will be the propelling force on the trolley? Coefficient of
discharge of the orifice is 0.60.
(4M)

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02.
(a) A 15 kW pump with 80% efficiency is discharging oil of
specific gravity 0.85 to the overhead tank as shown in
figure. If losses in the whole system are 1.75 m of flowing
fluid, find the discharge.
25.0 m 2

Air Pressure
41.7 kN/m2

5.0 m
1
Pump

(5M)

(b) Velocity distribution for laminar flow of real fluid in a

pipe is given as v = Vmax [1 (r2/R2)], where Vmax is
velocity at the centre of the pipe, R is pipe radius, and v is
velocity at radius r from the centre of the pipe. Determine
the momentum correction factor.
(7 M)

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(c) A rectangular foundation 3 1.5 m carries a uniform load

of 40 kN/m2. Determine the vertical stress at P which is 3
m below the ground surface. Use equivalent point load
method (in kN/m2). (Divide the footing into nine equal
parts). (8 M)

3m

0.5 m
1.5 m P

1m

2m

03.
(a) To what change in pressure a liquid of specific gravity
1.2 should be subjected to cause reduction in volume by
one percent? The velocity of sound in the liquid is
1500 m/s.
(4 M)

(b) Water rises to level M in the pipe attached to the tank

ABCD shown in fig. Compute and locate the total pressure
acting on the area AB which is 2.5 m wide. (ii) Compute
the total pressure on the bottom of the tank having area 6.5

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m 2.5 m, Neglect the weight of the tank and the riser

pipe. (8 M)
O M
2
Area0.01m
4m

A D

2m
X
X
B C

(c) A trial slip circle is shown in the figure. The total area of
the wedge ABCDA is 156 m2 and the average unit weight
of the two layers is 18 kN/m3 clay the radius of the slip
circle is 21.6 m and the total Weight of the wedge W is
acting at a distance of 10.5 m from the vertical drawn
through the centre of rotation as shown.
What is the factor of safety for the trial rotational failure?
(8 M)

16o C
o D
84 Medium stiff

c1 = 50 kPa
B
Stiff clay
10.5m
c2 = 100 kPa
A W
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04.
(a) What is the maximum value of H/d for floating cylinder
in water with stable equilibrium where H = height of the
cylinder d = diameter of cylinder.
(4M)

(b) Water flows through a 0.8 m diameter pipe at the end of

which there is a reducer connecting to a 0.55 m diameter
pipe. If the gauge pressure at the entrance to the reducer is
400 kN/m2 and the velocity is 2 m/s, determine the
resultant thrust on the reducer, assuming that the frictional
loss of head in the reducer is 1 m.

(8M)
(c) Determine the active pressure on the retaining wall as
shown in figure. Take w = 10 kN/m3 and draw active
pressure diagram.

A
=35o
= 17 kN/m3 2.5 m

B
=38o
sat = 18 kN/m3 2.5 m

C
(8 M)
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05.
(a) An elevated structure with a total weight of 6,000 kN is
supported on a tower with 4 legs. The legs rest on piers
located at the corners of a square 4 m on a side. What is
the vertical stress increment due to this loading at a point
7 m beneath the centre of the structure?
(6M)

(b) A canal of 6 m depth having side slopes at 450 is proposed

to be constructed using a soil with u = 150, Cu = 18 kN/m2,
e = 1, G = 2.65. The w of water may be taken as
9.80 kN/m3. Taylors stability number method may be
used to analyse the slope. The stability numbers against
the mobilised friction angles are shown below.
For m = 150 ; Sn = 0.08
For m = 100 ; Sn = 0.113
For m = 70 ; Sn = 0.126
When there is a sudden drawdown of water in the canal,
the factor of safety against failure of bank slopes, is
(6M)

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(c) A square footing located at a depth of 2 m from the

ground level carries a column load of 200 kN. The soil is
submerged having an effective unit weight of 10 kN/m3
and angle of shearing resistance of 30o. Find the size of
the footing using Terzaghis theorem if Fs = 3; for
= 30o; Nq = 10; N = 6.0
(8 M)

06.
(a) The sub soil at a building site consists of medium sand
with = 18 kN/m3, C = 0, = 30o and water table at
the ground surface. A 3 m square footing is to be placed
at 2 m below the ground surface. Compute the safe
bearing capacity of footing. What will be the safe bearing
capacity if the water table goes down to 3.5 m below the
ground surface? For = 30o, N = 19.7, Nq = 20.3
FOS = 3, w = 10 kN/m3 (10 M)

(b) Explain about over burden correction, Dilatancy

correction and importance of N-value of SPT test in
soil exploration.
(4M)

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(c) In a two-dimensional incompressible flow, the fluid

velocity component are given by
u = x 4y and v = y 4x
Show that velocity potential exists and determine its form.
Also determine the related stream function.
(6M)

07.
(a) A group of nine piles, 14 m long and 300 mm in diameter,
is to be arranged in a square form in a clay soil with an
average unconfined compressive strength of 60 kN/m2.
Work out the centre to centre spacing of the piles for a
group efficiency factor of 1 and Adhesion factor is 0.90.
Neglecting bearing at the tip of the piles.
(7M)

(b) 250 mm diameter, 8 m long piles are used as foundations

for a column in a uniform deposit of medium clay { qu =
100 kN/m2 }.
The spacing between the piles is 450 mm. There are 9
piles in the ground arranged in a square pattern. Calculate
the ultimate pile load capacity of the group. Adhesion
factor is 0.90.
(7M)

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(c) A vertical jet of water 8 cm in diameter leaving the nozzle,

with a 10 m/s velocity strikes a horizontal and movable
disc weighing 200 N. The jet is then deflected horizontally.
Determine the vertical distance y above the nozzle tip at
which the disc will be held in equilibrium.

(6M)

SPACE FOR ROUGH WORK

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SPACE FOR ROUGH WORK

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SPACE FOR ROUGH WORK

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