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Tuesday, 21 April 2015 Followers
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Concrete Questions
Following questions are taken from Concrete Book by Mehta and Monterio

1. Compared to steel , what are the engineering benefits of using concrete

for structures?
2. Describe in brief High Strength Concrete and High Performance
Concrete
3. What is the difference between strength and toughness? Why is the 28 ‐
Days compressive strength of concrete generally specified?
4. Discuss the significance of drying shrinkage, thermal shrinkage and
creep in concrete
5. which is common test performed for Durability of Concrete? Follow
6. explain how water cement ratio influence the strength of the cement
paste matrix and the interfacial zone in concrete
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7. In general, how are the compressive and tensile strength of concrete
related? which tests are used to find tensile strength of concrete? ▼  2015 (12)
8. Draw a typical stress‐strain curve for concrete. What is relationship ▼  September (2)
between young's modulus of concrete and cube strength of concrete?
9. which factors affect creep of concrete only and why? BURJ KHALIFA DESIGN BRIEF
10. Describe five different type of Portland Cement and blended Portland UBC97 and IBC/ASCE
cement based on BS EN 197
Seismic Load Comparision
11. briefly describe the measures that should be considered for
the control of corrosion of embedded steel in concrete.
12. What is the alkali­aggregate reaction? List some of the rock ►  May (2)
types that are vulnerable to attack by alkaline solutions.
Discuss the effect of aggregate size on the phenomenon. ►  April (4)
13. what is minimum grade of concrete for water retaining
►  March (1)
structure based on BS 8007?
►  February (1)
Engineer Hemant Gor, GorHemant@GMail.com
Posted by Hemant Gor at 11:40 No comments:  ►  January (2)

Labels: concrete technology, interview questions structural engineering
►  2014 (3)

►  2013 (4)
Thursday, 26 March 2015 ►  2010 (1)
Interview Questions ­ Prestressed Concrete and
Bridge Engineering ►  2009 (6)

1. Describe through sketch/figure hyperstatic stresses in case of
Prestressed concrete strcutres. About Me
2. Explain Kern Distances and procedure to compute for given
cross section HE M A N T  GO R   
3. Describe Pre stress losses and procedure to compute these Following 242
losses
4. Draw influence line diagram for Reaction at Support A, I am structural
Bending Moment at Support B and Shear force at Support C
engineer with
for continuous three span girder shown below
 expertise in area of Oil & Gas,
prestressed concrete, structural
dynamics and optimization in
Three Span Continuous Girder, Draw Influence Line Diagram  structural design. I have done my
Master's in structural engineering
5. For Single cell box girder prestressed simply supported box
from IIT Bombay. I have designed
girder shown below for Highway bridge, Provide approximate
range for Span/D, dimension l1/dimension l2 and Angle of Web large capcacity service
with horizontal reservoirs, power plant
structures, bridge, industrial
structures and buildings. I am
very good at concept design of
structres using different form and
materials. 
View my complete profile

Box Girder, Half symmetric cross section

6. Describe load path for following Bowstring Girder bridge

Bow String Girder Bridge

7. Describe various construction technology for large span
bridge superstructure with sketches

8.  Describe two structural design criteria for Cables in cable
stayed bridge shown below

9. Describe critical Imposed Load ( Uniformly distributed Load)
position for Cable marked "A" and "B" below

Two span symmetrical cable stayed bridge 

10. Describe structural design criteria for Cables in Extradosed
bridge shown below
Engineer Hemant Gor, GorHemant@GMail.com

Posted by Hemant Gor at 21:40 No comments: 

Friday, 13 February 2015
Structural Engineering Interview Question
1. For following two cases ( A and B) Shear Force Diagram and
Bending Moment Diagram will remain same ( True/False) 

2. Calculate approximate member forces for members marked "A"
and "B" in following truss, P = 100kN and L=50m, Depth of trusss
5m
3. Calculate approximate member forces for members marked "A"
and "B" in following cantilever truss

4. For following Vierendeel girder find out bending moment in
Member marked A, P = 100kN

5. Calculate torsional stress in square hollow section of
200mmx200mmx10mm (thickness) under torsional moment of
100kNm.

Posted by Hemant Gor at 10:01 No comments: 
Labels: questions, Structural interview

Friday, 23 January 2015
Structural Engineer Interview Questions
(Reinforced Concrete, Prestressed Concerete,
Steel and Seismic)

1. Why permissible shear stress in Steel is 0.4fy while bending tensile

stress is 0.67fy in ASD( Allowable Strength Design)?
2. Describe any three material failure criteria. Which failure criteria is
used in Steel design?
3. List and Describe tests performed on fresh and hardened concrete.
4. List and describe non‐destructive tests performed on welded connections
5. Draw simple shear connection and moment connections
6. Describe different lateral load resisting systems for tall buildings
7. Describe design criteria for serviceability in tall buildings
8. Describe principle of Tuned mass Dampers in tall buildings
9. Describe application/principle of seismic base isolation
10. Define Centre of rigidity in Building and Negative Torsional Shear
11. Define Hyperstatic stresses in prestressed concrete members
 12. Define creep of Concrete and measures to reduce creep deformation
13. Describe different irregularities in building with respect to Seismic
actions
14. Describe ductility and how it is achieved in reinforced concrete stuctures
15. Describe Method A and Method B to compute time period of Buildings in
UBC 97
16. What is relation between elastic and inelastic deformation of building
for earthquake action?
17. Describe principle of capacity based design
18. Describe reinforcement design in shear wall
19. How cracked section property of beam and column is accounted in 3D
computer analysis of Buildings?
20. Explain parameters affecting long term deflection of concrete beams
21. Which are possible substitute materials for cement in concrete?
22. Describe High Performance Concrete and how it is different from High
Strength Concrete?
23. Describe principle of concrete design in water retaining structures

Posted by Hemant Gor at 06:19 No comments: 

Monday, 5 January 2015
Structural Design (Interview Question for Design
RCC / Steel Building)
3C for Durable Concrete : Cover, Compaction and Curing 

4S for Structural Design : Strength, Serviceability, Stability and
Simplicity (Shortest Load Path) 

Cover for Reinforcement ­ Fire Protection, Durability 

Floor Systems in Reinforced Concrete cast­in situ 

1. One Way slab with downstand beam
2. Two way slab with downstand beam
3. Flat Slab ; with/without Column Head; with/without Drop Panel
4. One way ribbed slab
5. Waffle slabs

Floor Systems in Precast Concrete 

1. Hollow core slab and cast­in situ topping 
2. Semi Precast slab ( Filigree slab)
3. T Girder and cast­in situ topping
4. Hourdi Blocks ­ Ribbed slab

Floor Systems in Composite ( Steel and Concrete)

1. Metal Deck sheet and cast­in situ concrete (CF60/CF80 etc.)
2. Deep metal deck and cast­in situ concrete ( Slimflor /
Slimdek)

Shoring work options (provide support to the sides of deep
excavations)

1. Soldier system (single type)
2. Soldier system ( Double type)
3. Contiguous piles
 4. Secant piles
5. Diaphragm wall
6. Sheet pile
7. Open excavation with (sloping and benching system)

Options in Steel Building Floors

1. Composite steel beam
2. Asymmetric steel beam (ASB) (Bottom half from UC and top
half from UB)(Slimdek)
3. Slimflor ( UC section with Bottom steel plate welded)
4. Castellated Beams 
5. Cellular Beams
6. Trussed Girder
7. Haunched Plate girder

Posted by Hemant Gor at 11:42 No comments: 

Monday, 25 August 2014
Drawing Bending Moment Diagram for Continuous
Beams
We will see , How quickly Bending Moment Diagram can be drawn
for continuous beams.

Bending Moment Diagram for Fixed Beam and Propped
Cantilever Beams

Based on Above Basic Bending Moment Diagrams, Bending moment
for continuous beams can be drawn
Problem 2

Problem 3

Basic Bending Moment Diagrams
Engr. Hemant Gor (GorHemant@GMail.com)

Posted by Hemant Gor at 11:11 No comments: 

Friday, 1 August 2014
BS 8110 Reinforced Concrete Design ­ Flexure
 Posted by Hemant Gor at 23:57 No comments: 
Labels: BS8110 flexural member reinforced concrete interview

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