Elements of Civil Engineering and Mechanics(18CIV 14/24)

ELEMENTS OF CIVIL ENGINEERING & MECHANICS (18CIV14/24)

QUESTION BANK

MODULE 1 : INTRODUCTION TO CIVIL ENGINEERING &

MECHANICS

1. What are infrastructure related projects?

2. Write a note on role of civil engineer in infrastructural development.
3. Write a note on impact of infrastructural development on the economy of
the country.
4. Explain how the infrastructure development will help the growth of
economy of the country.
5. Explain briefly the scope of civil engineering in:
(i) Water resources engineering (ii) Geotechnical engineering
6. A block weighing W = 10 kN is resting on an inclined plane as shown in
Figure. Determine its components normal to and parallel to the inclined
plane. The plane makes an angle of 20° with the horizontal.

7. Define force and state its characteristics.

8. A force of 200 N is acting on a block shown in Figure. Find the
components of forces along horizontal and vertical axes. Ignore the
friction between contact surfaces.

9. State and explain principle of transmissibility of a force.

10.Explain equivalent force–couple system.
11. Determine angle θ (0 ≤ θ ≤ 180°) for the force F = 200 N shown in
Figure, so that it produces (a) maximum moment about ‘A’ and (b)

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minimum moment about ‘A’. Determine maximum and minimum

moments.

12.State and explain basic idealization in mechanics

13. Define a couple. Mention its characteristics.
14.A 100 N verticle force is applied to the end of a lever which is attached to
a shaft as shown Figure determine
i. The moment of force about ‘O’.
ii. The horizontal force applied at ‘A’ which creates same moment about ‘O’.
iii. The smallest force applied at ‘A’ which creates same moment about ‘O’.

15.Resolve 400 N force acting on a block as shown in Figure into two

components asgiven below. (a) Horizontal and vertical components. (b)
Along the inclined plane and at right angles to the plane.

16. Determine the moment of force about “A” shown in Figure

17.State the law of transmissibility of force.

18.Classify the systems of forces and their characteristics with an illustration.

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19. What is the moment of a force: What are the various moments
encountered in practice? Explain them.

20. A force F1 = 1200 N is acting vertically on an incline . Find its

components along X and Y axes.

21. Find the moment of 500 N force about the points A, B, C, D as in Fig

22. Find moment of force about A and B for the 30 kN force shown in Fig

23. The moment of a certain force F is 180 kN-m clockwise about O and 90
kN-m counterclockwise about B. If its moment about A is zero, determine
the force F.

24. Define the following:

(i) Particle
(ii) Rigid body

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(iii) Continuum
(iv) Force
25 A body is subjected to the three forces as shown in Figure. If possible
determine the direction of the force “F” so that the resultant is in “x”
direction, when i) F=5000 N , ii) F=3000 N

26 Two forces acting on a body are 500 N and 1000 N as shown in the
figure. Determine the third force “F” such that the resultant of all the
three forces is 1000 N directed at 450 to ‘x’ axis.

27 Determine the resultant of the four forces acting on a body as shown in

figure with respect to point “O”.

28 Determine the magnitude and direction of the resultant for the system
of forces shown in figure.

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29 State and prove Varignon’s theorm of the moments

30 A nail is to be removed by applying 4 kN force and a force “F” as
shown in figure. Find the magnitude of force ‘F’ so that the nail is
pulled out vertically from the ground. Also, determine the resulting
pull along vertical axis.

31 Determine the resultant force acting on the structure at point ‘O’ both
in magnitude and direction for the system of forces shown in figure.

32 Determine the magnitude, direction and point of application of the

resultant force for the system of forces shown in figure with respect to
point ‘O’

33 The 26 kN force is the resultant of two forces, one of which is shown

in figure. Determine the other force.

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34 A rigid plate is subjected tom the forces as shown in the figure,

compute resultant of forces and position of resultant force with respect
to centroid point ‘O’ of the plate.

35 A vehicle is pulled by means of two ropes as shown in the figure. If

the resultant pull is 1500 N, find the angle θ and the force F.

36 The force 390 N, is shown in figure, is the resultant of four forces. Out
of them, 3 forces are shown in the figure. Find the magnitude and
direction of the force and its position with respect to point A.

37 A dam section is shown in figure, determine the magnitude, direction

and position of resultant with respect to ‘O’

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38 2 kN force is the resultant of system of forces acting up along y-axis

as shown in figure. Determine the value of F and θ

39 The sum of the two concurrent forces P and Q is 500 N and their
resultant is 400 N. if the resultant is perpendicular to ‘P’, find P, Q and
the angle between P and Q.
40 The forces acting on 1m length of a dam are shown in figure.
Determine the resultant force acting on the dam. Calculate the point of
intersection of the resultant with the base.

41 The four coplanar forces acting at a point are as shown in the figure.
One of the force is unknown and its magnitude is as shown by ‘F’, the
resultant is 500 N and is along x-axis. Determine the force ‘F’ and its
inclination θ with x-axis.

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42 Four forces act on a 700 mm X 375 mm plate as shown in the figure.

Find i) the resultant of these forces, ii) locate the point where the line
of action of the resultant intersects the edge AB of the plate.

43 The system of forces acting on a triangular plate is as shown in Figure.

Determine the magnitude, direction of the resultant and its position
with respect to ‘O’.

44 Three forces acting on a hook are as shown in Figure. Find the

direction of the fourth force of magnitude 100 N such that the hook is
pulled in X-direction only. Find the resultant force.

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45 Find magnitude and direction of the resultant force; also find X and Y
intercepts of resultant force with respect to point A

46 A truck is to be pulled along a straight road as shown in Fig

(i) If the force applied along rope A is 5 kN inclined at 30°, what

should be the force in the rope B, which is inclined at 20°, so that
vehicle moves along the road?
(ii) If force of 4 kN is applied in rope B at what angle rope B should
be inclined so that the vehicle is pulled along the road?

47 Determine the magnitude, direction and point of application of the

resultant force for the system of coplanar forces shown in Fig. Locate
position w.r.t O?

48 Determine the magnitude, direction of the resultant force for the force
system shown in Figure. Determine the X-intercept of the resultant
force with respect to the point O.

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49 Forces are transmitted by two members as shown in Figure. If the

resultant of these forces is 1400 N directed vertically up, determine the
values of angles α and β.

50 ABCD is a square whose sides are 2 m each. Along AB, BC, CD and
DA, the forces equal to 1, 2, 8 and 5 and along AC and DB forces
equal to 5 2 and 2 2 act respectively.Find the resultant of the force
system. All the forces are in kN.
51 Determine the force F and its inclination α required, so as to lift a
block of weight 500 N as shown in Figure

52 Determine the resultant of the force system acting on the plate as

shown in Figure with respect to AB and AD.

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53 Two cables which have known tensions T1 = 2 kN and T2 = 4 kN are

attached at the point B of a mast AB. A third cable BC is used as a guy
wire and is attached at B. Determine the required tension in cable BC,
so that the resultant of the forces exerted by the three cables will be
vertical. Also find the magnitude of the resultant. Refer Figure

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MODULE 2 : Equilibrium Of Co-Planar Concurrent force system & Friction

1. State and prove Lami’s theorem

2. What is equilibrium? What is an equilibrant?
3. The frictionless pulley ‘A’ shown in Figure Q5(c) is supplied by two bars
AB and AC which are hinged at ‘B’ and ‘C’ to a vertical wall. The flexible
cable DG hinged at ‘D’, goes over the pulley and suports a load of 20 kN at
‘G’. The angles between the various members are shown in the figure.
Determine the forces in the bars AB and AC. Neglect the size and weight of
the pulley.

4. Two spheres each of radius 100 mm and weight 5 kN is in a rectangular box

as shown in Figure . Calculate the reactions at the point of contacts.

5. Determine the reactions at the point of contact for the sphere shown in
Figure

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6. Determine the angle θ for the system of strings ABCD in equilibrium as

shown in Figure

7. An electric bulb weighing 150 N is suspended between wall and the roof by
two wires as shown in Figure. Determine the tension in the wires using
Lami’s theorem.

8. Find the reaction at the contact surfaces for two identical cylinders
weighing 1000 N each as shown in Figure

9. A cylinder of weight 600 N rests on smooth surfaces as shown in Figure .

Determine the reactions at contact points. The contact surfaces are
perpendicular to each other.

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10.In the Figure, determine the value ‘h’ if W = 80 N, P = 100 N and d = 20

cm.

11.Define free body diagram. Describe types of forces acting on a body.

Explain them briefly
12.Cylinder ‘A’ of diameter 200 mm and cylinder B of diameter 300 mm are
placed in a trough as shown in Figure. If the cylinder A weighs 800 N and
B weighs 1200 N, determine the reactions developed at contact surfaces P,
Q, R and S. Assume all contact surfaces are smooth.

13. Determine the forces in the wires shown in Figure

14.A sphere of weight 300 N rests on an incline as shown in Figure. Determine

the surface reactions.
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15.A 3 kN crate is to be supported by a rope and pulley arrangements shown in

Figure. Determine the magnitude and direction of the force ‘F’, which
should be exerted at the free end of the rope.

16.Determine the tension in cables AB and AC required to hold a 50 kg crate,

shown in Figure Take g = 9.81 m2/s.

17.A system of connected flexible cables shown in Figure, is supporting two

vertical forces 200 N and 250 N at points B and D. Determine the forces in
various segments of the cable.

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18.Find the tension in the string and reaction at the contact surface for the
cylinder of Wt = 1000 N placed as shown in Figure. Solve by Lami’s
theorem.

19.In the Figure shown, the portion BC is horizontal. Pulley is frictionless.

Find tension in each part of the string and also wind W1 and W2 using
equations of equilibrium only.

20. Investigate whether the given system of forces shown in Figure (i) and (ii)
are in equilibrium or not. If not state the type of motion that exist.

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21.Three cylinders weighing 500 N each 24 units in diameter are placed in

channel as shown in Figure. Determine reactions at all contact points. Take
cylinders are smooth.

22.Compute the tensions in the strings AB, BC and CD shown in Figure

23.In Figure the portion BC of the string is horizontal and pulley is frictionless.
Determine tension in different parts of the string. Also find W1 and W2.

24.Define: (i) Angle of friction; (ii) Coefficient of friction; (iii) Cone of

friction.
25.What is the value of ‘P’ in the system shown in Figure, to cause the motion
to impend to the right? Assume the pulley is smooth and coefficient of
friction between the other contact surfaces is 0.20.

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26.State the laws of static friction

27.A uniform ladder of length 15 m and weight 750 N rests against a vertical
wall making an angle of 60° with the horizontal. Co-efficient of friction
between the wall and the ladder is 0.3 and between the ground and the
ladder is 0.25. A man weighing 500 N ascends the ladder. How long will he
be able to go before the ladder slips?
28.A ladder weighing 200 N is supported as shown in Figure Q7(c). If a man
weighing 650 N climbs to the top of the ladder, determine the inclination of
the ladder with the floor at which the ladder is to be placed to prevent
slipping. Take μ = 0.25 for all contact surfaces.

29.A ladder 7 m long weighing 300 N is resting against a wall at an angle of

60° to the horizontal ground. A man weighing 700 N climbs the ladder, at
what position does he induce slipping. Take μ = 0.25 for all contact
surfaces.
30.A uniform ladder of 4 m length rests against a vertical wall with which it
makes an angle of 45° as shown in Figure. The coefficient of friction
between the ladder and the floor is 0.5 If the man whose weight is one-half
of that of ladder ascends it, how high will he be when the ladder slips?

31.A uniform ladder of weight 850 N and of length 6 m rests on a horizontal

ground and leans against a smooth vertical wall. The angle made by the
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ladder with the horizontal is 65°. When a man of weight 700 N stands on
the ladder at a distance of 4 m from the top of the ladder, the ladder is at the
point of sliding. Determine the coefficient of friction between the ladder
and the floor.
32.Determine the value of “θ” for impending motion of the blocks. Take
coefficient of friction µ for all contact surfaces as 0.25
33. The ladder shown in Figure, is 4 m long and is supported by a horizontal
floor and vertical wall. The coefficient of friction at the wall is 0.25 and at
the floor is 0.50. The weight of the ladder is 200 N, considered concentrated
at “G”. The ladder supports a vertical load of 1000 N at “C”. Determine the
reactions at A and B and compute the least value of “α” at which, the
ladder may be placed without slipping.

34. A 4 m ladder weighing 200 N is placed against a vertical wall is shown in

Figure. As a man weighing 800 N, reaches a point 2.7 m from A, the ladder
is about to slip. Assuming that the coefficient of friction between the ladder
and the wall is 0.2, determine the coefficient of friction between the ladder
and the floor

35.In the Figure, determine the minimum value of P, just required to lift 3000
N up. The angle of friction between block and the wall is 15° and for other
surfaces it is 18°

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36.A uniform bar AB 5 m long weighing 280 N is hinged at B, rest upon 400
N block at A as shown in Figure. If coefficient of friction is 0.4 for all
contact surfaces, find the horizontal force P required to move the 400 N
blocks.

37. A ladder 5 m in length is resting against a smooth vertical wall and a rough
horizontal floor. The ladder makes an angle of 60° with the horizontal.
When a man of weight 800 N is at the top of the rung, what is the
coefficient of friction required at the bottom of the ladder and the floor such
that the ladder does not slip? Take the weight of ladder as 200 N.
38. Determine the force P required to cause motion of blocks to impend. Take
the weight of A as 90 N and weight of B as 45 N. Take the coefficient of
friction for all contact surfaces as 0.25 as shown Figure, and consider the
pulley being frictionless.

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MODULE 4: Support Reactions and Analysis of Trusses

1. Define statically determinate beams

2. Distinguish between (i) Hinged support and (ii) roller support.
3. Explain different types of supports.
4. Define perfect and imperfect truss. Hence list the assumptions made in the
analysis of simple truss.
5. What are the types of loads and supports a beam may have?
6. Differentiate between resultant and equilibriant.
7. With sketch, explain different types of supports and mark reaction line.
8. The cantilever beam shown in Figure is fixed at ‘A’ and is free at ‘B’
9. Determine the reaction when it is loaded as shown.

10.Determine the reaction components for the loaded beam shown in Figure

11.Determine the support reactions for the beam shown in Figure

12. Two men A and B carry a stone block weighing 2 kN, suspending the stone
block on a horizontal beam and carrying it on their shoulders at each end.
The beam is 2 m long and is of weight 580 N/m. A can carry maximum
weight of 1.2 kN and B can carry a weight of 0.9 kN. Determine the
distance at which the stone block is suspended from the end carried by A.
13.Determine the reactions at the supports A and B, for the beam shown in
Figure

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14.Determine the reactions at the supports for the system shown in Figure

15.Find reactions for a cantilever beam, shown in Figure

16.A beam ABCDE has a flexible link BC as shown in Figure. Determine the
support reaction at A, D and E.

17.Determine the distance x such that the reactions RA and RB are equal, for
the beam shown in Figure

18. Determine the support reactions of the overhanging beam shown in Figure

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19. Determine the distance x of the load P from the support A, if the reaction
RA is twice as great as reaction RB. Take P = 2 kN, Q = 1 kN

20. A simply supported beam of length 10 m, carries the uniformly distributed

load and two point loads as shown in Figure. Calculate the reactions RA
and RB

21. Determine the position of a 10 N load on the beam such that the reactions
at the supports are equal for the beam loaded as shown in Figure

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MODULE 4: CENTROID & MOMENT OF INERTIA

1. Derive from first principles the position of centroid of rectangle.

2. Derive the position of centroid of a right angled triangle.
3. Derive the position of centroid of a triaingle.
4. Differentiate centroid and centre of gravity.
5. Derive the position of centroid of a semi-circular lamina of radius “R”.
6. Derive the position of centroid of a quadrant from first principles.
7. Calculate the position of the centroid of the shaded area as shown in the fig

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8. Write a short note on parallel axis theorem

9. Explain perpendicular axis theorem
10.Explain
a. Radius of gyration
b. Polar moment of inertia
11.Derive an expression for moment of inertia of a rectangle with respect to its
centroidal axis, base AB
12.Derive an expression for moment of inertia of a triangle with respect to its
base and also with respect to its centroidal axis.
13.Derive an expression for moment of inertia of a circle with respect to
horizontal centroidal axis
14.Derive an expression for moment of inertia of a semicircle with respect to
its diameter line and also w.r.t centroidal axis parallel to diameter line.
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15.Calculate the moment of inertia of the shaded area with respect to its
centroidal axes and also calculate radius of gyration.

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MODULE 5: Kinematics and Kinetics

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