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đ Basic Civil Engineering (1â20)
Civil Engineering āĻā§?
đ āĻ
āĻŦāĻāĻžāĻ āĻžāĻŽā§ (āϰāĻžāϏā§āϤāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ, āĻŦāĻŋāϞā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ, āĻŦā§āϰāĻŋāĻ) āĻĄāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻāύ āĻ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāĨ¤
Cement āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻā§?
đ āĻā§āύāĻžāĻĒāĻžāĻĨāϰ (Limestone), āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋ, āϏāĻŋāϞāĻŋāĻāĻžāĨ¤
1 Bag Cement āĻāϰ āĻāĻāύ āĻāϤ?
đ ā§Ģā§Ļ āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤
M20 Concrete Mix Ratio āĻāϤ?
đ 1:1.5:3
Water Cement Ratio āĻā§?
đ āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āĻ āϏāĻŋāĻŽā§āύā§āĻā§āϰ āĻ
āύā§āĻĒāĻžāϤāĨ¤
Slump Test āĻā§āύ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšā§?
đ āĻāĻāĻā§āϰāĻŋāĻā§āϰ Workability āĻāĻžāύāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝāĨ¤
Curing āĻā§āύ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ?
đ āĻāĻāĻā§āϰāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝāĨ¤
Dead Load āĻā§?
đ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžā§ā§ āϞā§āĻĄ (Structure āĻāϰ āύāĻŋāĻāϏā§āĻŦ āĻāĻāύ)āĨ¤
Live Load āĻā§?
đ āĻāϞāĻŽāĻžāύ āϞā§āĻĄ (āĻŽāĻžāύā§āώ, āĻĢāĻžāϰā§āύāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰ)āĨ¤
Factor of Safety āĻā§?
đ āύāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻĒāϤā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻ
āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻā§āϤ āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϰā§āĻāĻŋāύāĨ¤
Beam āĻā§?
đ āϞā§āĻĄ āĻŦāĻšāύāĻāĻžāϰ⧠āĻ
āύā§āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻĻāϏā§āϝāĨ¤
Column āĻā§?
đ āĻāϞā§āϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ āϞā§āĻĄ āĻŦāĻšāύāĻāĻžāϰ⧠āϏāĻĻāϏā§āϝāĨ¤
Footing āĻā§?
đ āϞā§āĻĄ āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāϤāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
Plinth Level āĻā§?
đ āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻĢā§āϞā§āϰā§āϰ āĻāĻā§āĻāϤāĻžāĨ¤
Foundation āĻā§?
đ Structure āĻāϰ āĻāĻŋāϤā§āϤāĻŋāĨ¤
Shallow Foundation āĻā§?
đ āĻ
āϞā§āĻĒ āĻāĻā§āϰ āĻĢāĻžāĻāύā§āĻĄā§āĻļāύāĨ¤
Deep Foundation āĻā§?
đ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻāĻā§āϰ āĻĢāĻžāĻāύā§āĻĄā§āĻļāύāĨ¤
Pile Foundation āĻā§?
đ āĻāĻā§āϰ⧠āϞā§āĻĄ āĻā§āϰāĻžāύā§āϏāĻĢāĻžāϰ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
Reinforcement Cover āĻā§āύ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻž āĻšā§?
đ āϰāĻĄāĻā§ āĻŽāϰāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻĨā§āĻā§ āϰāĻā§āώāĻž āĻāϰāϤā§āĨ¤
Lintel Beam āĻā§āĻĨāĻžā§ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻšā§?
đ āĻĻāϰāĻāĻž-āĻāĻžāύāĻžāϞāĻžāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰā§āĨ¤
đ Concrete & Material (21â40)
Concrete āĻā§?
đ Cement + Sand + Aggregate + Water āĻŽāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻŖāĨ¤
PCC vs RCC?
đ PCC = Plain, RCC = Reinforced (Steel āϏāĻš)āĨ¤
Aggregate āĻā§?
đ āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻ āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāϰā§āϰ āĻŽāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻŖāĨ¤
Fine Aggregate āĻā§?
đ āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻŋāĨ¤
Coarse Aggregate āĻā§?
đ āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāϰ/āĻā§ā§āĻžāĨ¤
Brick Test āĻā§ āĻā§?
đ Crushing, Water absorption, DimensionāĨ¤
Compressive Strength āĻā§?
đ āĻāĻžāĻĒ āϏāĻšā§āϝ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻžāĨ¤
Cube Test āĻā§āύ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšā§?
đ āĻāĻāĻā§āϰāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āϝāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāϤā§āĨ¤
Workability āĻā§?
đ āĻāĻāĻā§āϰāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻšāĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻžāĨ¤
Setting Time āĻā§?
đ āϏāĻŋāĻŽā§āύā§āĻ āĻļāĻā§āϤ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĨ¤
Initial Setting Time āĻāϤ?
đ ~ā§Šā§Ļ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻāĨ¤
Final Setting Time āĻāϤ?
đ ~ā§§ā§Ļ āĻāύā§āĻāĻžāĨ¤
Cement Test āĻā§ āĻā§?
đ Fineness, Consistency, Setting timeāĨ¤
Sand Bulkage āĻā§?
đ āĻāϰā§āĻĻā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖā§ āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻŋāϰ āĻā§āϤāύ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋāĨ¤
Specific Gravity āĻā§?
đ āĻāύāϤā§āĻŦā§āϰ āĻ
āύā§āĻĒāĻžāϤāĨ¤
Unit Weight āĻā§?
đ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āĻāĻāύāĻŋāĻ āĻāϰā§āϰ āĻāĻāύāĨ¤
Honeycomb āĻā§āύ āĻšā§?
đ Proper compaction āύāĻž āĻšāϞā§āĨ¤
Bleeding āĻā§?
đ āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋ āĻāĻĒāϰ⧠āĻāĻ ā§ āĻāϏāĻžāĨ¤
Segregation āĻā§?
đ āĻāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻšā§ā§ āϝāĻžāĻā§āĻžāĨ¤
Admixture āĻā§?
đ āĻāĻāĻā§āϰāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āĻā§āĻŖ āĻŦāĻžā§āĻžāϤ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āϰāĻžāϏāĻžā§āύāĻŋāĻāĨ¤
đ Construction & Site Work (41â60)
Site Engineer āĻāϰ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻā§?
đ āĻāĻžāĻ āϤāĻĻāĻžāϰāĻāĻŋ āĻ āĻŽāĻžāύ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻžāĨ¤
BBS āĻā§?
đ āϰāĻĄ āĻāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻ āĻŦā§āύā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻāĻžāĨ¤
Center Line Method āĻā§?
đ āĻŽāĻžāĻĒ āύā§āĻā§āĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻŋāĨ¤
Layout āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšā§?
đ Drawing āĻ
āύā§āϝāĻžā§ā§ āĻŽāĻžāϰā§āĻāĻŋāĻāĨ¤
Levelling āĻā§?
đ āĻāĻā§āĻāϤāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĨ¤
Auto Level āĻā§?
đ āϞā§āĻā§āϞ āĻŽāĻžāĻĒāĻžāϰ āϝāύā§āϤā§āϰāĨ¤
Shuttering āĻā§?
đ āĻāĻāĻā§āϰāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĨ¤
Formwork āĻā§?
đ āĻāĻžāĻ /āϏā§āĻāĻŋāϞ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āϤā§āϰāĻŋ āĻŽā§āϞā§āĻĄāĨ¤
Tie Beam āĻā§āύ?
đ āĻāϞāĻžāĻŽ āϏāĻāϝā§āĻā§āϤ āϰāĻžāĻāϤā§āĨ¤
DPC āĻā§āύ?
đ āϏā§āϝāĻžāĻāϤāϏā§āϝāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āϰā§āϧ āĻāϰāϤā§āĨ¤
Brick Masonry Ratio āĻāϤ?
đ 1:6
Plaster Ratio āĻāϤ?
đ 1:4 āĻŦāĻž 1:6
Stair Size?
đ Riser 6â7", Tread 10â11"
Floor Height?
đ 10â12 ft
Slab Thickness?
đ 4â6 inch
Column Size?
đ 10"x10" āĻŦāĻž āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ
Beam Depth?
đ Span/12â15
Compaction āĻā§āύ?
đ āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻŽāĻžāϤā§āĨ¤
Soil Test āĻā§āύ?
đ āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋāϰ āĻā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž āĻāĻžāύāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝāĨ¤
Backfilling āĻā§?
đ āĻāύāύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻžāĨ¤
đ Structural & Design (61â80)
đ (āϏāĻāĻā§āώā§āĻĒā§ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖāĻā§āϞā§)
Bar Grade: Fe415, Fe500
Development Length: āϰāĻĄā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§ā§āĻāύā§ā§ āĻĻā§āϰā§āĻā§āϝ
Lap Length: āϰāĻĄ āĻā§ā§āĻž āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻžāϰ āĻĻā§āϰā§āĻā§āϝ
Effective Depth: Compression āĻĨā§āĻā§ tension āĻĒāϰā§āϝāύā§āϤ āĻĻā§āϰāϤā§āĻŦ
Neutral Axis: Stress zero line
Bending Moment: āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻŦāϞ
Shear Force: āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāϰ āĻŦāϞ
Torsion: āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻŦāϞ
One Way Slab: āĻāĻāĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āϞā§āĻĄ āϝāĻžā§
Two Way Slab: āĻĻā§āĻāĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āϞā§āĻĄ āϝāĻžā§
Cantilever: āĻāĻ āĻĒāĻžāĻļā§ āϏāĻžāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻ
Retaining Wall: āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋ āϧāϰ⧠āϰāĻžāĻā§
Shear Wall: āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻŽā§āĻĒ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϰā§āϧ āĻāϰā§
Expansion Joint: āϤāĻžāĻĒā§ā§ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤāύā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ
Settlement: āĻŦāϏ⧠āϝāĻžāĻā§āĻž
Differential Settlement: āĻ
āϏāĻŽ āĻŦāϏāĻž
Earthquake Load: āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰ āϞā§āĻĄ
Wind Load: āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏā§āϰ āϞā§āĻĄ
Load Combination: āĻāĻāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ āϞā§āĻĄ
Factor Load: āϏā§āĻĢāĻāĻŋ āĻĢā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āĻāϰāϏāĻš āϞā§āĻĄ
đ Practical & Field Knowledge (81â100)
1 CFT = 0.0283 CUM
1 CUM = 35.31 CFT
Brick Size: 9.5"x4.5"x2.75"
Cover (Slab): 20â25 mm
Cover (Beam): 25â40 mm
Cover (Column): 40 mm
Stirrup Spacing: 4"â6"
Vibration: Air void āĻāĻŽāĻžāϤā§
Construction Joint: āĻāĻžāĻ āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāϞā§
Cold Joint: āĻā§āϞ āĻāϝāĻŧā§āύā§āĻ
Curing: 7â28 āĻĻāĻŋāύ
Brick Soaking: bonding āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāϰāϤā§
Level Checking: Auto level āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§
Surveying: āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻĒāĻž
Bench Mark: āϏā§āĻĨāĻžā§ā§ āϰā§āĻĢāĻžāϰā§āύā§āϏ
TBM: āĻ
āϏā§āĻĨāĻžā§ā§ āϰā§āĻĢāĻžāϰā§āύā§āϏ
As Built Drawing: āĻļā§āώā§āϰ āĻĄā§āϰā§āĻŋāĻ