1. a) If you were a consulting engineer and were submitting Turnkey tender on behalf of a Turnkey Contractor, would you consider a conflict of interest between the role of a consulting engineer and contractor? Enlarge on the ethics of this subject. b) It is clear to you that an Engineer engaged in a particular project (implement at the taxpayer’s account) is not maintaining professional standards, i.e. professional competence and integrity are lacking. What would be your reaction? Will you report the above incident to the Board of Engineers, Malaysia or bring this to the attention of the client, or will you maintain silence and watch substandard work being completed? c) “Professional Engineer should be allowed to practice as consultants and as a contractor at the same time”. Do you agree with this statement? If so, give your reason objectively for supporting it; if not also give reasons for appeasing it.

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Using the AASHTO 1993 Flexible Pavement Design Procedure, design a pavement cross section that will provide 10 years service. The initial PSI is 4.2 and the final PSI is determined to be 2.5. The subgrade has a soil resilient modulus of 18,000 psi. Reliability is 95% with an overall standard deviation of 0.4. For design, the daily truck traffic consists of 400 passes of trucks with two single axles and 350 passes of semitrailer truck with tandem axles. The axle weights are:

Single-Unit truck                    =          8000-lb steering, single axle

                                                =          22,000-lb drive, single axle

Semiunit truck                        =          10,000-lb steering, single axle

                                                =          16,000-lb drive, tandem axle

                                                =          34,000-lbs trailer, tandem axle

M₂ and M₃ are equal to 1.0 for the materials in the pavement structure.

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Explain the difference between fully plastic and elastic design

A 3.0% grade passing at station 19+85.00 at an elevation of 99.10 m meets a -2.0% grade passing at station 20+35.00 at an elevation of 99.60 m. Please note that these two elevations and stations DO NOT correspond to BVC and EVC.

Determine the station and elevation of the point of intersection of the two grades./

If the highest point on the curve must lie at station 20+40.00, find the elevation of this point and the
length of the curve that meets these conditions./

Calculate the station and elevation of the beginning of the vertical curve (BVC), and its end (EVC).

Layout this curve at 100 m stations.

what is compression test and why is it important when testing materials for civil engineers?

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What is the difference between free vibration and forced vibration? Derive the necessary equations and draw necessary pictures.

7–44 Reconsider Prob. 7–43. Using appropriate software, investigate the effects of the source temperature and final pressure on the total entropy change for the process. Let the source temperature vary from 30 to 210°C, and let the final pressure vary from 250 to 500 kPa. Plot the total entropy change for the process as a function of the source temperature for final pressures of 250 kPa, 400 kPa, and 500 kPa, and discuss the results.

Apply the discrete particle settling theory to calculate the terminal settling velocity of a sand particle in the water at 25°C having a particle diameter of 300 µm and a density of 2,450 kg/m3. Show the calculations and logic for at least two of your iterations.

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A concrete for a weave breaker is to be designed at a w/c ratio of 0.45.
A maximum size of aggregate of 25 mm was used hence a water content of 200 kg/m3 (with 2% air) was required to achieve satisfactory workability.
Both the coarse and fine aggregate conform to the grading requirements of ASTM C33.
The fine aggregate having a fineness modulus of 2.4, and an absorption of 2%, a BSG (SSD) of 2.6, whereas the coarse aggregate have a bulk density of 1500 kg/m3; an absorption of 3% and a BSG (SSD) of 2.50.
The moisture content for both aggregate is 2%. Compute mixture proportions (in kg/m^3) before and after moisture corrections following ACI procedure.

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A concrete mix is required for reinforced concrete wave breaker at seashore where frequent mild freezing and thawing is dominant. A specified compressive strength of 25 MPa is required at the age of 28 days, and the size of the section and reinforcement dictate using a maximum aggregate size of 19 mm. The company had no history of testing concrete used. The coarse aggregate meets the ASTM grading requirements. It has absorption of 2%, a BSG (D) of 2.70 and a unit weight of 1550 kg/m3. The fine aggregates have absorption of 1%, a BSG (D) of 2.7 and a fineness modulus of 2.7. Both coarse and fine aggregates are used while dry. For each bag of cement (50 kg); calculate the number of containers of coarse and fine aggregate equivalent to required mass quantities. The volume of each container is 20 liters; and the loose density of the coarse and fine aggregates are 1250 and 1200 kg/m3, respectively.

A corridor connecting a suburban region to the Central Business District (CBD) is experiencing significant congestion during morning peak periods. The primary purpose of travel during the peak period is “work”, and the corridor has two main modes-drive alone (single occupant vehicle= SOV), and carpool. The city transportation engineer is considering converting a lane in each direction of travel into a high occupancy vehicle (HOV) only lane. The city officials want 2 to know what impact this proposed measure would have on current mode split in the corridor. A multinomial logit model is to be used for the analysis. The utility functions for the model are:

VSOV = 2.0 - 0.05( TTSOV) - -0.2 (TC SOV) Vcarpool = - 0.05(TTCarpool) - 0.2(TC Carpool)

TTi=travel time by mode i, minutes TCi=travel cost by mode i, dollars

Carpool =2-person carpool

Assume 2-person carpool cost is half cost for single occupant vehicle in the base condition only

The current count of vehicles in the corridor based on vehicle occupancy is:

Number of single occupant vehicles=3268

Number of 2-person carpool vehicles=532

The expected system attribute values if the HOV lane were to be implemented are:

TTauto = 20 minutes TTcarpool = 12 minutes TCauto = $7.75 TCcarpool = $3.75

i. Determine what the current mode split is in the corridor

ii. Determine what the current average car occupancy is in the corridor.

iii. Determine what the expected mode split would be after implementation of the HOV lane.

iv. Determine what the expected average car occupancy in the corridor would be after implementation of the HOV lane.

QUESTION 5
A consolidated drained triaxial test was conducted on a normally consolidated clay.
Following are the results of the test:
• Cell or Chamber pressure = 130 kN/m2
• Deviator stress at failure = 230 kN/m2
a) Determine the consolidated drained friction angle
b) What is the pore water pressure developed in the clay specimen at failure?
c) What is the angle θ that the failure plane makes with minor principal stress?
d) Determine the normal stress and shear stress on the failure plane