INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, KHARAGPUR Date : 24/11/2008 (AAN) End Autumn Semester Examination, 2008 Sub, No. : C£20101 Sub. Name : Introduction to Civil Engineering and Materials Ti hours . Full Marks : 50 No. of Studeitts : 47 Second Yeur B.Tech(H) Department of Civil Engineering Answer ALL questions. 1. ¢, fi) What is meant by hot-rolled steet section? 8) What ave distempers? vil Winal are varnishes? G9) What are primers? 4 What materials would you use for painting wooden doors and windows? (vif What is meant by grade C-43 cement? » ga ‘What is meant by frog in a brick? ~ (9 (if) Sketch a relieving arch. « {ix} Provide a suitable length and width of a rectangalar footing for 2 calumny rintyisp an Joad of 1000KN on a soil with bearing capacity of 120kF Vis" {8) What is meant by municipal solid waste? (9x1 10) 2. @) What are the different hot-rolled steel sections available in the market? (pi What is the difference between glazed ‘aud vitrified floor construction? 's used in building 11, YO) Sketch and desrie briefly the English bond. 1a) What are the different types of paints used in building construction? ished A(¢) Explain the term “bulking of sand”, Af) Enumerate the important ingredients used in modem concrete. 2.(g) Name different tests for fresh concrete used in building construction. * (a) What are plinth béams and grade beams? (8x2=16) 10. Inal State along with a sketch the requirements in the tension test for steel reinforcement bars used in eeinforeed concrete, - @) Qe ih Give three examples of builtup sections made from commonly available ste! sections, @) yen X Give a short account of the available types of ceramic floor tiles. @) S Compare the manufacture of sheet glass, plate glass and float glass. B) u% Briefly describe the areas where civil engineering study is required to water related issues. (3) 4 Sketch aad mark the various parts of a truss bridge. . @) : & Sue -O" metits of y a sultable uninterrupted highway interchange for the crossing shown in Fig, 1. State our proposed interchange, (2+1=3) UCalewine area, second moment of area (Ixx and Iyy), radius of gyration (rxx and ryy) and section modulus (Zxx and Zyy) for the buildup section shown in Fig, 2(a). The horizontal and vertical plates are of length, 600 mm and thickness, 15mm. The orientation of four angles sections are schematically shown in Fig, 2(@). The properties of actual angle section shown in Fig, 2(b) are : d = bw=100mum, t* 10mm, xb = yb=28.4 mm, C/S Area = 1903 mnt, Ix ly = 1 em’, . QB) Fig. m Fig. 2(b)