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TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT

ET 102
MATHEMATICS-III



Note : All questions are compulsory and carry equal marks. This assignment is based on all
Blocks of Mathematics-III.
Maximum Marks : 100
Weightage : 30%
Course Code : ET-102
Last Date of Submission : July 31, 2012
BTCM/BTWRE

Q.1 (a) Test the convergence or divergence of the series
2
1
( 1)
n
n n

=

+


.
(b) For a function f (x) defined by ( ) , f x x x = < < , obtain a fourier series.
Q.2 (a) Prove that
2
2
2
1
cos
4 ( 1) ,
3
n
n
n x
x x
n

= + .
Hence, show that
2
2
1
6
n

.
(b) If
1
2 cos x
x
= + and
1
2 cos y
y
= + show that one of the values of
1
m n
m n
x y
x y
+
is 2 cos ( ) m n + .
Q.3 (a) If tan log ( ) x iy a ib + = + , where
2 2
1 a b + , show that

2 2
2 2
2
tan log ( )
1
a
x y
a b
+ =

.
(b) Show that the polar form of Cauchy-Riemann equations are
1 u v
r r

=

,
1 v u
r r

Deduce that
2 2
2 2 2
1 1
0
u u u
r r
r r

+ + =

.
Q.4 (a) Find the bilinear transformation which maps the points z = 1, i, 1 into the points
w = 2, i, 2 respectively.
(b) Expand
1
( )
( 1) ( 2)
f z
z z
=

in the region | z | > 2.
Q.5 (a) Determine the poles of the following functions and the residue at each pole :
2
2
1
2
z
z z
+

.
(b) The number N of bacteria in a culture grew at a rate proportional to N. The value of N
was initially 100 and increased to 332 in one hour. What would be the value of N after
1
1
2
hours?
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Q.6 (a) Solve
2
tan tan cos cos
dy
y x y x
dx
+ = .
(b) Solve ( ) ( ) mz ny p nx lz q ly mx + = .
Q.7 (a) Solve
2 2 2
2 2
3 2
z z z
x y
x y
x y

+ + = +


.
(b) Find the solution of
2
2
2
u u
h
t
x

=

for which (0, ) ( , ) 0 u t u l t = = , ( , 0) sin

x
u x
l

= by
method of variables separation.
Q.8 (a) Test the series
3 3
( 1 ) n n for its convergence or divergence.
(b) Find the Fourier series to represent
2
( ) , f x x x x = < < .
Hence, show that
2
2 2 2 2
1 1 1 1
. . .
12
1 2 3 4

+ + = .
Q.9 (a) Find the bilinear transformation which maps the points z = 0, 1, into the points
w = 1, 2 i, i.
(b) Find the general solution of the partial differential equation
2 2 2
( ) ( ) ( ) x y z p y z x q z x y + =
Q.10 (a) If
1
2 cos x
x
= + and
1
2 cos y
y
= + , show that one of the values of
m n
n m
x y
y x
+ is
2 cos ( ) m n .
(b) Test for convergence of the series
2 3 1
2 6 14 2 2
1 . . . . . .
5 9 17
2 1
n
n
n
x x x x

+ + + + + +
+
,
(for x > 0).








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TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT
ET 201 (Part A)
MECHANICS OF FLUIDS



Note : All questions are compulsory and carry equal marks. This assignment is based on all
Blocks of Mechanics of fluids.
Maximum Marks : 100
Weightage : 30%
Course Code : ET-201A
Last Date of Submission : July 31, 2012
BTCM

Q.1 (a) If the equation of a velocity distribution over a plate is given by v = 2y y
2
, in which v is
the velocity in m/s at a distance y, measured in meters above the plate, what is the
velocity gradient at the boundary and at 7.5 cm and 15 cm from it? Also determine the
stress at these points if absolute viscosity = 8.60 poise.
(b) An iceberg weighing 8976 N/m
3
floats in the ocean with a volume of 600 m
3
above the
surface. Determine the total volume of the iceberg if specific weight of ocean water is
10 055 N/m
3
.
Q.2 (a) The Velocity components in the x- and y-directions are given as
3
2
2
3
xy
u x y

=


and
3
2
2
3
yx
v xy

=


. Indicate whether the given velocity distribution is a possible field of
flow or not.
(b) If the expression for the stream function is described by
3 2
3 x xy = , indicate whether
the flow is rotational or irrotational. If the flow is irrotational determine the value of the
velocity potential.
Q.3 (a) If the volume of a liquid decreases by 0.2 per cent for an increase of pressure from
6.867 MN/m
2
to 15.696 MN/m
2
, what is the value of the bulk modulus of the liquid?
(b) Oil of specific gravity 0.90 flows in a pipe 300 mm diameter at the rate of 120 litres per
second and the pressure at a point A is 24.525 kPa (gage). If the point A is 5.2 m above
the datum line, calculate the total energy at point A in terms of metres of oil.
Q.4 (a) A circular orifice of area 6.45 10
4
m
2
is provided in the vertical side of a large tank.
The tank is suspended from a knife edge 1.53 m above the level of the orifice. When the
head of water is 1.22 m, the discharge is 1161.5 N/min and a turning moment of
14.421 N-m has to be applied to the knife edges to keep the tank vertical. Determine
C
v
, C
d
and C
c
of the orifice.
(b) Water under a constant head of 3 m discharge through an external cylindrical
mouthpiece 50 mm diameter, for which C
v
= 0.82, determine (i) the discharge in cumec
and (ii) absolute pressure at vena-contracta; and the maximum head for the mouthpiece
to flow full.
Q.5 (a) Derive an expression for mean velocity for laminar flow (i) through a pipe and
(ii) between parallel plates.
(b) What do you understand by hydro dynamically smooth and rough pipes.
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Q.6 (a) The population of a city is 800 000 and it is to be supplied with water from a reservoir
6.4 km away. Water is to be supplied at the rate of 140 liters per head per day and half
the supply is to be delivered in 8 hours. The full supply level of the reservoir is
R. L. 180.00 and its lower water level is R. L. 105.00. The delivery end of the main at
R. L. 22.50 and the head required there is 12 m. Find the diameter of the pipe.
Take f = 0.04.
(b) A compound piping system consist of 1800 m of 0.50 m, 1200 m of 0.40 m and 600 m of
0.30 m new cast iron pipes connected in series. Convert the system to (i) an equivalent
length of 0.40 m pipe and (ii) and equivalent size pipe 3600 m long.
Q.7 (a) The velocity distribution in the boundary layer is given as
2
3 1
2 2
v
V
= in which
y
=


compute
*


and



.
(b) Given that a laminar boundary layer at zero pressure gradient over a flat plate is
described by the velocity profile
0
sin
2
y
V

=


.
Determine the momentum correction coefficient (or factor) and the energy correction
coefficient (or factor).
Also show that boundary layer thickness , wall shear stress
0
and coefficient of drag C
D

are given by
2
0
0
0.328 4.795 1.312
; ;
Re Re Re
D
x x x
V x
C

= = =
, where symbols have their usual
meaning.
Q.8 (a) Find the ratio of skin friction drag on the front two-third and rear one-third of a flat plate
kept in a uniform stream at zero incidence. Assume the boundary layer to be turbulent
over the entire plate.
(b) For laminar flow of an oil having dynamic viscosity = 1.766 Pa.s in a 0.3 m diameter
pipe, the velocity distribution is parabolic with a maximum point velocity of 3 m/s at the
centre of the pipe. Calculate the shearing stresses at the pipe wall and within the fluid
50 mm from the pipe wall.
Q.9 (a) Show by method of dimensional analysis that the resistance R to the motion of a sphere
of diameter D moving with uniform velocity V through a fluid having density and
viscosity may be expressed as :

2
( ) R D V
v D

=



Also show that the above expression reduces to R = k VD when the motion is through
viscous fluid at low velocity, where k is a dimensionless constant.
(b) Find the viscosity in poise of a liquid through with a steel ball of diameter 1 mm falls, with
a uniform velocity of 20 mm/s. The specific gravity of the liquid is 0.91 and that of the
steel is 7.8. Given that k = 3.
(b) Assuming that rate of discharge Q of a centrifugal pump is dependent upon the mass
density of fluid, pump speed N (rpm), the diameter of impeller D, the pressure p and
the viscosity of fluid , show using the Buckinghams -theorem that it can be
represented by

3
2 2 2
( ) ,
gH
Q ND
N D ND


=






where H = head and = kinematic viscosity of the fluid.
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Q.10 (a) An oil having viscosity of 1.43 poise and specific gravity 0.9 flows through a pipe 25 mm
diameter and 300 m long at 1/10 of the critical velocity for which Reynolds number is
2500. Find (i) the velocity of flow through the pipe; (ii) the head in metres of oil across
the pipe length required to maintain the flow and (iii) the power of the flow.
(b) Two parallel plates kept 75 mm apart have laminar flow of glycerine between them with
a maximum velocity of 1 m/s. Calculate the discharge per metre width, the shear stress
at the plates, the difference in pressure in pascals (or N/m
2
) between two points 25 m
apart, the velocity gradients at the plates and velocity at 15 mm from the plate. Take
viscosity of glycerine as 8.35 poise.









































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Q.1 (a) A fish freezing plant of 100 tonnes capacity is to be maintained at 50
o
C when the
outside atmosphere temperature is 40
o
C. The actual C.O.P. of the refrigeration system
used is 1/5 of the theoretical Carnot refrigerator working between the same temperature
limits. Calculate the power required to run the plant.
(b) A reversible engine is supplied with heat from two constant sources at 900 K and 600 K
and rejects heat to a constant temperature sink at 300 K. If the engine executes of
complete cycles while developing 100 kW, and rejecting 3600 kJ of heat per min.
Determine the heat supplied by each source per minute and efficiency of the engine.
Q.2 (a) A heat pump working on the Carnot cycle takes in heat from a reservoir 5
o
C and delivers
heat to a reservoir 60
o
C. The heat pump is driven by a reversible heat engine which
takes heat from a reservoir at 840
o
C and rejects heat at 60
o
C. The reversible heat
engine also drives a machine that absorbs 36 kW. If the heat pump extracts 17 kJ/sec
from 5
o
C reservoir, determine,
(i) The rate of heat supply from 840
o
C source.
(ii) The rate of heat rejection to 60
o
C sink.
(b) Threee Carnot engines R
1
, R
2,
R
3
operate in series between two heat reservoirs which
are at temperatures of 1000 K and 300 K.
Calculate intermediate temperautres if amount of work produced by these engines is in
the, peoportions of 5 : 4 : 3.
Q.3 (a) A reversible engine works between three thermal reservoirs A, B and C. The engine
absorbs an equal amount of heat from the thermal reservoirs A and B kept at
temperatures T
A
and T
B
respectively, and rejects heat to the thermal reservoir C kept at
temperature T
C
. The efficiency of the engine is times the efficiency of the reversible
engine, which works between the two reservoirs A and C. Prove that
( ) ( ) 2 1 2 1
A A
B C
T T
T T
= +
(b) A heat pump is used to maintain an auditorium hall at 24
o
C when the atmospheric
temperature is 10
o
C. The heat lost from the hall is 1500 kJ/min. Calculate the power
required to run the heat pump if its COP is 30 percent of Carnot machine, working
between the same temperature limits.





TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT
ET 201 (Part B)
ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS



Note : All questions are compulsory and carry equal marks. This assignment is based on all
Blocks of Engineering Thermodynamics.
Maximum Marks : 100
Weightage : 30%

Course Code : ET 201 B
Last Date of Submission : July 31, 2012
BTCM
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Q.4 (a) A piston and cylinder machine contains 1 kg of air, initially v = 0.8 m
3
/kg and T = 290 K.
The air is then compressed in a slow frictionless process to a specific volume 0.2 m
3
/kg
and a temperature 580 K. The law for compression is PV
1.5
= 0.75 with P in bar and v in
m
3
/kg. Determine work done and heat transferred during the process. Assume for air
C
p
= 1.00 kJ/kg-K and C
v
= 0.743 kJ/kg-K and R = 0.287 kJ/kg-K.
(b) 3 kg of air at a pressure of 150 kPa and temperature 360 K is compressed polytropically
to 750 kPa according to law PV
1.2
= constant. The air is then cooled to initial temperature
at constant pressure. The air is then brought to state (1) by following PV = C. Draw the
cycle on PV-diagram and determine net work done and heat.
Q.5 (a) 1 m
3
of gas is filled in a closed tank. The initial condition of the gas is 3 bar and 50
o
C.
The gas is heated until the pressure becomes 5 bar. Find the change in internal energy,
work done, heat supplied, change in entropy.
Take R = 0.287 kJ/kg-K and C
v
= 0.743 kJ/kg-K.
(b) Find the work done, in kilojoules by an ideal gas in going from state A to state C along
the path shown in the PV diagram as shown in Figure 1.








Figure 1
Q.6 (a) A cylinder contains 0.12 m
3
of air at 1 bar and 100
o
C. the air is compressed to 0.03 m
3
.
The final pressure is 6 bar.
Determine :
(i) The value of index n
(ii) Mass of air in the cylinder
(iii) Increase in internal energy
Take = 1.4, R = 0.287 kJ/kg-K and C
v
= 0.72 kJ/kg-K.
(b) Determine pressure of 1 kg of oxygen at 100
o
C if the specific column is 0.2. m
3
/kg using.
(i) Van der Waals equation and (ii) Ideal gas laws.
Take for O
2
, a = 13.93 10
4
N.m
4
(kg mole)
2
; b = 0.0314 m
3
/kg mole, and R = 8314 J/kg
mole K.
Q.7 (a) Steam at 20 bar and 360
o
C expands in a steam turbine to 0.08 bar. It is then condensed
in a condenser to saturated water. The pump feeds back the water to the boiler. Assume
ideal Rankine cycle and determine.
(i) The net work done/kg of steam
(ii) Efficiency of the Rankine cycle
(b) Steam at 20 bar and 360
o
C is expanded in a steam turbine to 0.08 bar. It then enters a
condenser where it is condensed to saturated liquid. It is then fed back to the boiler.
Determine :
(i) Net work (shaft work) per kg of steam.
(ii) Dryness fraction of steam entering the condenser.
T = Constant
A
0
1 2 3
100
k P
a

P
V, m
3

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Q.8 (a) A single stage, single acting reciprocating air compressor has a bore of 200 mm and a
stroke of 300 mm. It runs at a speed of 500 rpm. The clearance volume is 5% of swept
volume and polytropic index is 1.3 throughout. Intake pressure and temperature are
97 kPa, 20
o
C and the compression pressure is 550 kPa. Determine :
(i) FAD in m
3
/min
(ii) Air deliver temperature
(iii) Cycle power
(iv)
iso
Neglecting clearance volume
(b) Calculate the volumetric efficiency of the compressor having a cylinder diameter
410 mm and stroke 610 mm. Compressor makes 420 rpm and delivers 30 kg/min of air
at 1.01325 bar and 15
o
C.
Q.9 (a) In an air standard Diesel cycle, compression begins at 103 KPa and 300

K. After
compression heat addition is of 545 kJ/kg of air, the peak pressure reached in the cycle
is 4.7 MPa. Calculate :
(i) Fuel cut-off ratio
(ii) Compression ratio
(iii) Maximum temperature in the cycle
(iv) Air standard efficiency
Take = 1.4, and C
p
= 1.004 kJ/kg-K.
(b) A vapour absorption cycle has generator temperature 120
o
C, evaporator temperature
10
o
C and the ambient temperature 30
o
C. Estimate the maximum possible COP. The
actual COP is 0.5 of the maximum COP. If the capacity of the plant is 100 TR, calculate
the fuel consumption of the plant. The calorific value of the fuel is 40 MJ/kg.
Q.10 (a) A dense air machine operates on reverse Brayton cycle and is required for a capacity of
10 TR. The cooler pressure is 4.2 bar and refrigerator pressure is 1.4 bar. The air is
cooled in the cooler at a temperature of 50
o
C and temperature of air at inlet to
compressor is 20
o
C. Determine for the ideal cycle :
(i) C.O.P.
(ii) Mass of air circulated per min.
(iii) Theoretical piston displacement of compressor and expander.
(iv) Net power per tonne of refrigeration.
(b) 28 tonnes of ice from and at 0
o
C is produced per day in an ammonia refrigeration plant.
The temperature range in the compressor is from 25
o
C to 15
o
C. The refrigerator is dry
and saturated at the end of compression. If actual COP is 60% of the theoretical COP,
calculate the power supplied or required to drive the compressor. Assume latent heat of
ice = 335 kJ/kg. Use properties of refrigerant given below :
Temperature
o
C h
f
kJ/kg H
g
kJ/kg s
f
kJ/kg-K S
g
kJ/kg-K
25 100.04 1319.22 0.3473 4.4852
15 54.56 1304.99 2.1338 5.0585





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Q.1 (a) Two forces of 10 kg and 15 kg act simultaneously at a point. Find the resultant force,
if the angle between the two forces be (i) 30
o
, (ii) 45
o
, (iii) 60
o
, (iv) 90
o
, and (v) 180
o
.
Draw the force diagram for each situation.
(b) Find the angle between two equal force P, when their resultant is equal to (i) P, (ii) P/2,
(iii) 2 P, (iv) 3 P, and (v) 2 P. Draw the force diagram for each case.
Q.2 (a) A particle is acted upon by three forces equal to 5 kg, 10 kg and 13 kg, along the sides
of an equilateral triangle taken in order. Find graphically the magnitude and direction of
the resultant force. Find the magnitude and direction of the resultant force if forces are
acting along the sides of right angle triangle when one of the angle is 45
o
.
(b) Four forces of 2, 2.5, 1, and 3 kg are acting simultaneously along straight lines OA, OB,
OC and OD, such that OAB = 40
o
, BOC = 100
o
and COD = 125
o
. Find graphically
the magnitude and direction of the resultant force.
Q.3 A body weighing 10 kg, is suspended by two strings AC and BC at the point C. The lengths of
the strings AC and BC are 3 metres and 4 metres respectively and the horizontal distance BC
is also 4 metres. Find the tensions in the strings AC and BC.
Q.4 (a) A fly wheel of weight 200 N and diameter 20 cm is made to rotate at 10 rotation per
second. Determine the K.E. of the wheel. If the frictional couple at its bearing is 10 Nm,
determine the number of revolution it will make before coming to rest. If the frictional
couple at bearing is double, determine the numbers of revolutions it will make before
coming to rest.
(b) A mass of 4 kg moving with a velocity of 10 m/sec along x direction follows another
mass of 10 kg moving with 5 m/sec in the same direction. Determine the final velocities
of the two masses (i) if e = 0.6, (ii) if the impact is fully plastic, determine also the loss in
KE, and (iii) the impact is perfectly elastic, determine the final velocities of the two
bodies.
Q.5 A metal rod A of 25 cm length expands by 0.05 cm when its temperature is raised from 0
o
C to
100
o
C. Another rod B of a different metal of length 40 cm expands by 0.04 cm for the same
rise in temperature. A third rod C of 50 cm length, made up of pieces of rod A and B placed
end to end, expands by 0.03 cm on heating from 0
o
C to 50
o
C. Find the lengths of each portion
of the composite rod C.
Q.6 A shell of weight 7 kN is fired horizontally from a gun weighing 400 kN, with a velocity 450
m/sec. With what velocity will the gun recoil? What will be the average force of resistance to
bring it to rest in a distance of 2 meters.




TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT
ET 202 (Part A)
ENGINEERING MECHANICS



Note : All questions are compulsory and carry equal marks. This assignment is based on all
Blocks of Engineering Mechanics.
Maximum Marks : 100
Weightage : 30%
Course Code : ET-202A
Last Date of Submission : July 30, 2012
BTWRE
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Q.7 (a) Consider a simply supported beam subjected to a uniformly distributed load on the left
half of the span as shown in Figure 1.



Figure 1
Determine SF and BM diagrams for the beam and find the location of the magnitude of
maximum BM.
(b) Find the forces in all the members of the truss shown in Figure 2.











Figure 2
Q.8 A boy throws a ball so that it may just clean a wall 3.6 m high. The boy is at a distance of
4.8 m from the wall. The ball was found to hit the ground at a distance of 3.6 m on the other
side of the wall as shown in Figure 3. Find the least velocity with which the ball can be thrown.






Figure 3
Q.9 Locate the centroid for plane section shown in Figure 4 and determine the moment of inertia
about AB.












Figure 4
4 m 4 m
A B
3 m
3 m
A
B
C
D
E
150 kN
6 m 6 m
A
O
X
B

V

4.8 m 3.6 m
3.6 m
C
A B
12 cm
4
cm
4 cm 4 cm
2 cm
Hole
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Q.10 Calculate the force required, P, to cause a block of weight W
1
to slide under the another block
of weight W
2
. What will be the tension in the string AB. W
1
= 2000 N, W
2
= 1000 N, = 0.3.










Figure 5




















W1

W2
P
A
30
o

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TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT
ET 202 (Part B)
PRINCIPLES OF ELECTRICAL SCIENCES



Note : All questions are compulsory and carry equal marks. This assignment is based on all
Blocks of Principles of Electrical Sciences.
Maximum Marks : 100
Weightage : 30%
Course Code : ET-202B
Last Date of Submission : July 31, 2012
BTWRE

Q.1 (a) Define the terms electrical energy and electrical power. Give their symbols and units for
measurement.
(b) Explain the following terms :
(i) Linearity
(ii) Active circuit
(iii) Depended energy sources
(c) Find the resistance at 20
o
C of 5 km of copper wire of cross-sectional area 0.5 cm
2
, if the
specific resistance of copper at this temperature is 17.3 10
9
-m. What would be its
resistance at 40
o
C if = 0.0043 per
o
C?
Q.2 (a) State and explain Thevenins Theorem. What is the Thevenin equivalent of an ideal DC
voltage source?
(b) State and explain the following :
(i) Superposition theorems
(ii) Maximum power transfer theorems
(c) Explain the working of :
(i) PMMC instrument
(ii) Induction type energy meter.
Q.3 (a) Explain the phenomenon of resonance in series RLC circuit and derive the expression
for resonant frequency.:
(b) Explain the terms power factor. What is the need for power factor correction?
(c) An inductive load draws 1000 W from a 200 V, 50 Hz single phase source. A capacitor
of 25.3 F connected in parallel with the impedance raises the overall p. f. of the
combination to unity. What is the p. f. of the inductive load?
Q.4 (a) Give advantages of negative feedback over positive feedback.
(b) Derive unit step response of a second order system and find its time constants.
(c) Why is the B-wave in a synchronous machine nearly sinusoidal? How is this achieved in
a salient pole machine?
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Q.5 (a) Explain the following with reference to 3- systems :
(i) Meaning of phase sequence, and
(ii) Function of ground wire in the supply system.
(b) Explain the following test in a transformer :
(i) Open circuit (O. C.), and
(ii) Short circuit (S. C.) tests.
(c) The following data were obtained on a 20 kVA, 50 Hz, 2000/200 V distribution
transformer
Voltage Current Power
(V) (I) (P)
OC test with HV open circuited 200 4 120
SC test with LV short circuited 60 10 300
Draw the approximate equivalent circuits of the transformer referred to HV and LV sides,
respectively.
Q.6 (a) Explain the construction and working of a CRO. What are its applications?
(b) How is power measured in a 3-phase circuit using 2-watt meter method?
(c) A balanced 3-phase capacitive load of power factor 0.9 draws 10 A from a 400V,
3-phase supply. Find the readings of the two watt meters.
Q.7 (a) What is the effect of reversing the polarity of supply voltage on the direction of rotation in
the case of shunt, series and compound d. c. motors? Comment.
(b) Explain the torque-armature characteristics of :
(i) A d. c. series motor
(ii) A d. c. shunt motor
(c) A 250 V d. c. shunt motor has R
f
= 150 and R
a
= 0.6 . The motor operates on
no-load with a full field flux at its base speed of 1000 rpm with I
a
= 5 A. If the machine
drives a load requiring a torque of 100 N-m, calculate armature current and speed of
motor. If the motor is required to develop 10 kW at 1200 rpm, what is the required value
of external series resistance in the field circuit? Neglect saturation and armature reaction
Q.8 (a) Explain construction and working principle of full wave rectifier.
(b) Give an account of numerous applications of semiconductor diodes.
(c) Explain the characteristic of ideal OP-AMP? Is the assumption of virtual ground valid in
practical op-amps? Explain the concept of CMRR.
Q.9 (a) What are different kinds of gate and flip-flop? Explain their operation.
(b) What are registers, counters and memories?
(c) Explain the working of an ADC and a DAC.
Q.10 (a) What is bus and bus interface unit?
(b) Classify the various 8085 instructions microprocessor.
(c) How stack is used in 8085 microprocessor?
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TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT
ET 302 (Part A)
COMPUTER PROGRAMMING AND NUMERICAL METHODS



Note : All questions are compulsory and carry equal marks. This assignment is based on all
Blocks of Computer Programming and Numerical Methods.
Maximum Marks : 100
Weightage : 30%
Course Code : ET302A
Last Date of Submission : July 31, 2012
BTCM/BTWRE

Q.1 (a) Explain the terms : Truncation and rounding errors, Flow chart, Counters and floating
point arithmetic principles.
(b) Two sides b and c and the included angle A in a triangle ABC are given. Prepare a flow
chart and computer pgoramme to compute the third side, the sum of the three sides and
the area of the triangle.
(3 + 5 = 8)
Q.2 (a) Prepare a flow chart and Fortran programme to compute and print out the value of cos x
by use of series expansion, when x assumes the values from 20
o
to 80
o
in steps of 10
o
.
Computational work is to be continued lift the values converge upto four places of
decimal.
(b) Use logical IF-statement to write and print the values of f (x) given by :

+
< +
=

5 . 10 5 . 7 for log 3 cos

5 . 7 5 . 2 for 3
) (
2
x x x
x x e
x f
x

The values of x varying from 3.2 to 10.2 in steps of 0.5.
(5 + 6 = 11)
Q.3 A rocket is functioned from the ground. Its acceleration u (t) measured every 5 seconds is
tabulated below. The velocity and the position of the rocket at t = 40 seconds. Use trapezoidal
as well as the Simpsons rules. Compare also the answers.
t 0 3 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
U (t)
(cm/sec
2
)
40.0 45.25 48.50 51.25 54.35 59.48 61.50 64.30 68.70
(5)
Q.4 Prepare a program to solve the differential equation :
32 . 2 ) 1 ( ; sin
2 2
= + =

y xy x e
dx
dy
xy

The program should compute and print the values of y from x = 1.0 to x = 4.6 in steps of 0.2.
Use Runge-Kutta method of order 4.
(6)
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Q.5 Two one-dimensional arrays C and D have 25 elements each. Write a computer program to
compute and print this quantities :
2
) ( ; ) (
25
1
25
1
= + =
= = i i
i i i i
d C B d C A
=
=
30
1 i
i i
d c P
(5)
Q.6 The value of is to be calculated form the formula :

) tan 2 1 (
) sin 1 ( log
3
2
x x
x
e
x
+
+
=


for x = 2.0 (0.1) 5 .0
Use Do loop, to compute and print for each value of x in the given range.
(6)
Q.7 The resisting force on a body is given by :
) 1 (
) 1 (
) (
2
2
v f
v f
v f
l
mv
F
+

+ =
where m = 20.45 and l = 0.83 and

> +
+ +
=
6 . 0 , 1
6 . 0 , 1
) (
3
3
x x x
x x x
x f
Using function sub-program for f (x), compute F for v = 0.1 (0.1) 1.0.
(7)
Q.8 (a) Use Eulers-Maclaurin formula to evaluate the integral :
dx x sin
2
0

By taking
8
and
2

= h . Compare the approximate value with the exact value.
(5)
Q.9 Apply Newton-Raphson formula to prove that the recurrence formula for finding the p
th
root c
is :

1
1
) 1 (

+
+
=
p
n
p
n
n
x p
c x p
x
Hence, find the value of
3
10 . Show also that Newtons method has quadratic convergence.
(8)
Q.10 (a) Use Mullers method to find the root of the equation cos x = e
x
which lies between 0
and 1.
(b) Using Horners method, find the largest real root of 0 2 4
3
= + x x correct to three
decimal places.
(5 + 5 = 10)
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Q.11 A is a square matrix defined by
|
|
|

\
|
=
2 1 1
0 1 0
1 1 2
A . Find all its eigen value and the corresponding
eigen vectors. With the supposition that A satisfies its own, characteristic equation, reduce the
polynomial I A A A A A A A A + + + + 2 8 5 3 7 5
3 4 5 6 7 8
into a quadratic matrix
expression. Hence express the entire expression in terms of a single matrix.
(9)
Q.12 (a) Using Newtons divided difference formula, evaluate f (x) for x = 8 and x = 15 given :
x 4 5 7 10 11 13
f (x) 48 100 294 900 1210 2028
(b) Employ Bessels formula to find the value of F at x = 1.95 given that
x 1.7 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3
F 3.144 3.283 3.391 3.463 3.997 4.491 4.585
(5 + 5 = 10)
Q.13 Given that :
x 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6
y 7.989 8.403 8.781 9.129 9.451 9.750 10.031
Find
2
2
and
dx
y d
dx
dy
at x = 1.1 and at x = 1.6.
(5)
Q.14 Given that
x y
2x y
dx
dy
+

=
2
2
and y (0) = 1, find y for x = 0.1 (0.1) 0.5. Use Runge-Kutta method.
(5)









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TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT
ET 302 (Part B)
TECHNICAL WRITING



Note : All questions are compulsory and carry equal marks. This assignment is based on all
Blocks of Technical Writing.
Maximum Marks : 100
Weightage : 30%
Course Code : ET302B
Last Date of Submission : July 31, 2012
BTCM/BTWRE

Q.1 (a) Why audience analysis is necessary in technical writing? Discuss in detail the related
aspects?
(b) Describe the three stage process of technical writing.
Q.2 How the following considerations help in good technical writing :
(i) Choice of write words and phrases
(ii) Sentence structure and length
(iii) Use of headings and lists
(iv) Paragraph structure and length
(v) Maintaining coherence within and between paragraphs
Q.3 Discuss in detail various methods in researching.
Q.4 (a) Discuss the salient features of object description.
(b) Keeping in view the salient features of object description, write a description of concrete
mixture.
Q.5 Describe different visual elements that may be used in technical writing.
Q.6 (a) Discuss the salient features of a manual.
(b) Prepare a manual for Vicats apparatus for testing of cement.
Q.7 (a) Describe formal elements of a report.
(b) A primary school building is under construction. Last night the newly constructed wall
collapsed. You are given responsibility to visit the site and give a report. Write the
incident report based on your observations.
Q.8 (a) Discuss the purpose and essential features of a progress report.
(b) Prepare a proposal for construction of a community centre in your locality.
Q.9 Prepare ten slides for oral presentation on the topic low cost housing. Use various graphic
aids to make the presentation more effective.
Q.10 (a) Discuss various elements of an article.
(b) Write a technical article on energy efficient building materials.


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TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT
ET 502 (Part A)
STRENGTH OF MATERIALS



Note : All questions are compulsory and carry equal marks. This assignment is based on all
Blocks of Strength of Materials.
Maximum Marks : 100
Weightage : 30%
Course Code : ET-502A
Last Date of Submission : July 31, 2012
BTCM

Q.1 A steel bar is placed between two copper bars each having the same area and length as the
steel bar at 15
o
C. At this stage they are rigidly connected together at both the ends. When the
temperature is raised to 315
o
C, the length of bar increases by 1.50 mm. Determine the original
length and the final stresses in the bars. Take E
s
= 2.1 10
5
N/mm
2
; E
c
= 1 10
5
N/mm
2
,

s
= 0.000012 per
o
C,
c
= 0.0000175
o
C.
Q.2 A compressed tube is made by striking a thin steel tube on a thin brass tube. A
s
and A
b
are the
sectional areas of steel and brass tubes, and E
s
and E
b
are the corresponding values of
Youngs Modulus. Show that for any tensile load the extension of the compound tube is equal
to that of a single tube of the same length and total cross-sectional area, but having a Youngs
modulus of (E
s
A
s
+ E
b
A
b
) / (A
s
+ A
b
).
Q.3 A square prism of wood 50 mm 50 mm in cross-section and 300 mm long is subjected to a
tensile stress of 40 N/mm
2
along its longitudinal axis and lateral compressive stresses of
20 N/mm
2
on one set of lateral tensile stress of 10 N/mm
2
on the other set of lateral forces.
Find the changed dimensions of the prism. Take Poissons Ratio = 0.4 and Modulus of
elasticity of 1.5 10
4
N/mm.
Q.4 The intensity of loading on a simply supported beam of 5 meters span increases uniformly
from 8 kN/m at the one end to 16 kN/m at the other end. Find the position and magnitude of
the maximum bending moment. Also draw shear force and Bending Moment diagram.
Q.5 Two rectangular plates, one of steel and other of brass each 37.5 mm by 10 mm are placed
together to form a beam 37.5 mm wide and 20 mm deep on two supports 750 mm apart.
The brass component being on the top of the steel component. Determine the maximum
central load if the plates are :
(i) separate and can bend independently, and
(ii) firmly secured throughout their length.
Permissible stresses for brass and steel are 70 N/mm
2
. Take E
b
= 0.876 10
5
N/mm
2
and
E
s
= 2.10 10
5
N/mm
2
.
Q.6 ABCDE is a continuous beam supported at B, C and D. The over hand AB and DE are each of
length x. The span BC and CD are each of length l. The beam carried a uniformly distributed
load of w per unit run over the whole length. Find the over hang length x for the condition, the
reaction at the three supports are equal.
Q.7 A hollow steel shaft 240 mm external and 160 mm internal diameter is to be replaced by a
solid alloy shaft. If the both shafts should have the same polar modulus, find the diameter of
the latter and the ratio of the torsional rigidities. Take C for steel = 2.4 C for alloy. If
alternatively, the two shafts should have the same torsional rigidity, find the ratio of their polar
moduli.
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Q.8 A composite shaft 7.50 m long consists of a steel shaft 250 mm in diameter surrounded by a
closely fitting 30 mm thick bronze tube. If the shear in the steel shaft shall not exceed
15 N/mm
2
, find the maximum power transmitted by the shaft at 250 rpm.
Take C
s
= 8.5 10
4
N/mm
2
and C
b
= 4.2 10
4
N/mm
2
.
Q.9 Two planes AB and BC, which are at right angles, carry shear stress of intensity 17.5 N/mm
2

while these planes also carry tensile stress of 70 N/mm
2
and compressive stress of 35 N/mm
2

respectively. Determine the principal planes and principal stresses. Also determine the
maximum shear stress and the planes on which it acts.
Q.10 If a circular shaft is subjected to an axial twisting moment T and a bending moment M, show
that when M = 1.2 T, the ratio of maximum shearing stress to the greatest principal stress is
approximately 0.566.






















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TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT
ET 502 (Part B)
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS



Note : All questions are compulsory and carry equal marks. This assignment is based on all
Blocks of Structural Analysis.
Maximum Marks : 100
Weightage : 30%
Course Code : ET-502B
Last Date of Submission : July 31, 2012
BTCM

Q.1 (a) Draw the influence line diagrams for the following components in the structure given in
Figure 1(a).





Figure 1(a)
(i) Reaction at A (ii) Reaction at B
(iii) Reaction at D (iv) Bending Moment at P
(i) Bending Moment at B (vi) Shear at P
(b) Draw the influence line diagram for the forces in members CD, CJ, JK and JD of the
truss shown in Figure 1(b). The load is moving on a floor system resting on the bottom
cord of the truss.









Figure 1(b)
Find the maximum value of the axial force in the members due to the following moving
load systems :
(i) A 2 m long moving uniform load of 12 kN/m.
A
B C D E F
G
H I J K L
6 @ 4 m
3 m
A
B
P D
C
2 m
2 m 2 m 1 m
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(ii) A long uniform moving load of 10 kN/m and a concentrated moving load of
80 kN.
(iii) A truck traveling from left to right, the wheel loads of which are shown in
Figure 1(c).





Figure 1(c)
Q.2 (a) A three hinged unsymmetrical parabolic arch has a span of 90 m. The right hand
springing B is 10 m above the left hand spring A. The crown C is at 50 m from A and
30 m above it. It carries two loads of 50 kN and 100 kN at 10 m and 20 m from left hand
support A respectively and a uniformly distributed load of 3 kN/m over the right portion
starting from crown C. Draw the bending moment diagram and calculate the bending
moment, normal thrust and radial shear at a point 30 m from the right hand support.
(b) Find the forces in the members of the truss shown in Figure 2.












Figure 2
Q.3 (a) Analyse the continuous beam shown in Figure 3(a) using Three Moment Theorem and
draw bending moment and shear force diagrams.







Figure 3(a)

A
B C D E
F
G
H
I J
5 @ 4 m
3 m
80 kN
120 kN
2 m 4 m
4 m 2 m
2 kN/m
20 kN 15 kN 50 kN
EI = Constant
80 kN 50 kN 120 kN 60 kN
2 m 2 m 2 m
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(b) For a continuous beam shown in Figure 3(b), the support A settles by 5 mm and support
B settles by 2 mm along with the given loading. Draw the bending moment diagram for
the beam.








Figure 3(b)
Q.4 (a) Analyse the plane frame shown in Figure 4(a) using slope deflection method and draw
bending moment diagram.










Figure 4(a)
(b) Analyse the plane frame shown in Figure 4(b) using moment distribution method.









Figure 4(b)





EI = Constant = 72 10
3
kNm
2

3 kN/m
80 kN
50 kN
2 m 2 m
2 m
1 m 1 m
A
B
C
3 m
4 kN/m
100 kN
EI = Constant
A
B
C
D
4 m
4 m
80 kN
120 kN
A
B C
D
1 m 1 m
2 m 3 m
4 m
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Q.5 (a) Analyse the plane frame shown in Figure 5(a) using symmetry concept.








Figure 5(a)
(b) Analyse the plane frame shown in Figure 5(b).










Figure 5(b)
Q.6 (a) Find the deflection at B and slope at C in the beam shown in Figure 6(a) for the given
loading.






Figure 6(a)
(b) Find the slope and deflection at point C and slope at Point B in the beam shown in
Figure 6(b) for the given loading.






Figure 6(b)
4 kN/m
A
B C
D
5 m
2
m
2
m
80 kN
80
kN
A
B
C
2 m 2 m
120 kN
3 m
3
6
m
I
2 I
2 m
2 m
4 kN/m
A
B
C
I 2 I
50
1 m
1 m
2 m
3 kN/m
30 kN
A
EI = Constant
B
C
Hing
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A B
C
P
W
Q.7 (a) Analyse the portal frame shown in Figure 7(a) using unit load method.











Figure 7(a)
(b) A semi-circular arch of uniform flexural rigidity, having one end hinged and other end
placed on roller subjected to a horizontal force P and a vertical downward load W at
crown C in the middle. Find the horizontal displacement of the roller end.










Figure 7(b)
Q.8 Generate flexibility and stiffness matrix for the plane frame shown in Figure 8.










Figure 8
3 m
EI = Constant
A
B
C
D
4 m
5 m
70 kN
A
B C
D
2 m 3 m
4 m
5 m
2 I
2 I
I
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Q.9 (a) A suspension bridge cable of span 100 m and central dip 10 m is suspended from the
same level at two towers. The bridge cable is stiffened by a three hinged stiffening girder
which carries two concentrated loads of 30 kN each at points 20 m from both the ends.
Draw the Bending Moment and Shear Force diagrams for the girder and calculate the
maximum tension in the cable.
(b) A hollow cylindrical cast iron column 175 mm external diameter and 25 mm thick is 7 m
in length having both ends hinged. Find the load using Rankines formula. Compare this
load with that given by Eulers formula.
Take
c
= 550 N/mm
2
and a = 1/160.
Q.10 Find the collapse load for the frames and beam shown in Figure 9.











Figure 9(a)










Figure 9(b)





Figure 9(c)
2 m 2 m 1 m
2 MP MP
2 P
P/2
A
B
C
D
2 m 2 m
4 m
3 m
4 m
2 m
3 m
P 5 m
MP
2
M
MP
3 P
5 m
A
B
C
D
2 m
4 m
3 m
P
5 m
3
M
2
M
MP
4 P
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TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT
ET 505
TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC ENGINEERING



Note : All questions are compulsory and carry equal marks. This assignment is based on all
Blocks of Transportation and Traffic Engineering.

Maximum Marks : 100
Weightage : 30%
Course Code : ET 505
Last Date of Submission : July 31, 2012
BTWRE

Q.1 (a) Discuss the principal modes of transport and their shortcomings in India.
(b) Enumerate the various characteristics that determine the choice of a transport system.
Q.2 (a) Describe in brief the System Approach to Transport Planning with the help of a block
diagram.
(b) There are two projects as detailed below :
Initial Cost of
Construction
Annual
Maintenance Cost
Project A Rs. 12.5 crores Rs. 10 lakhs
Project B Rs. 15 crores Rs. 3.0 lakhs
What is the more economical alternative over a period of 20 years, the interest rate
being
10 percent?
Q.3 (a) How are roads classified in India today?
(b) According to 1991 census, the area of a State in India was 300000 km
2
. The number of
towns with population above 5000 was 600. The total number of towns and villages was
36000. Determine the length of various road categories.
Q.4 (a) Determine the length of a summit curve at a Junction of two gradients of 2.5% and
1.5% for :
(i) Stopping sight distance of 120 m, and
(ii) Overtaking sight distance of 340 m.
(b) Calculate the safe overtaking distance for a two lane Major District Road in plain terrain.
Assume :
(i) Design speed : 80 km/hr
(ii) Hesitation time : 3.5 seconds
(iii) Overtaking time : 10 seconds
(iv) Safety distance : 50 m
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Q.5 (a) Explain in brief the consideration that govern the selection of the alignment of a railway
line.
(b) Calculate the radius of the turnout curve for a turnout 1 in 8. Calculate the value of
lead. The heat divergene is 140 mm. The gauge is broad gauge. The front straight leg of
the vee-crossing is 900 mm. the switch angle is 1
o
35.
Q.6 (a) What is skidding in pavements? Describe the factors which are responsible for causing a
skid prone road surface.
(b) Design a dowel bar system for the following conditions :
(i) Design wheel load : 50 kN
(ii) Design load transfer : 40%
(iii) Slab thickness : 20 cm
(iv) Joint width : 2 cm
(v) Permissible flexural stress in dowel bar : 140 MN/m
2

(vi) Permissible shear stress in dowel bar : 100 MN/m
2

(vii) Permissible bearing stress in dowel bar : 10M N/m
2

(viii) K value of sub grade : 70M N/m
3

(ix) E : 30000 MN/m
2

(x) : 0.15
Q.7 (a) Discuss in brief the various factors responsible for causing road accidents.
(b) The speed and concentration of vehicles in a traffic stream are observed to be as under :
Speed (km/m) 35 45 55 65 75 85
Concentration (veh/km) 75 63 50 35 23 10
Fit a linear regression equation? Find out the r
2
, the coefficient of determination.
Q.8 (a) What is the purpose of providing traffic signals at road intersections?
(b) A fixed time 2-phase signal is to be provided at an intersection having four arms. The
design hour traffic and saturation flow are as under :
North South East West
Design Hour Flow (q) 750 350 700 550
Saturation Flow (s) 2150 1750 2800 2750
The time lost per phase due to starting delays is 2 seconds. Calculate the optimum cycle
time. Allocate the green times to the two phases.
Q.9 (a) Describe the various elements of the cost of an Airport project. Also explain the
economic analysis of an Airport project.
(b) Determine the thickness of concrete overlay as per the US Corps of Engineers method
over an existing concrete pavement 20 cm thick which is in a good condition. It has been
found that a new slab of 25 cm is needed. Also calculate the overlay thickness if the slab
is badly cracked.
Q.10 (a) Discuss the importance of ship dimensions in the design of port facilities.
(b) A berth, 300 m long, caters to a ship carrying 48000 tonnes of cargo. Design a transit
shed to accommodate the cargo. The cargo has a weight of 1.5 tonne per m
3
.


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Q.1 A masonry dam 8 m high, 1.5 m wide at the top and 5 m wide at the base, retains water to a
depth of 7.5 m. The water face of the dam is vertical. Find the normal stress at the toe and
heel of the dam. Assume unit weight of masonry as 2.2 t/m
3
and water as 1 t/m
3
.
Q.2 (a) The selection of suitable site plays a vital role in construction of any type of dam.
Discuss with suitable examples.
(b) How do waves affect the stability of dam? Draw pressure-wave diagram and show that
total pressure P
w
and the moment M
w
is given by :

2
2
w w
P h =

2
3
4
w w
M h

=



where, h
w
= height of waves from trough to crest, and
= density of water.
Q.3 What do you mean by the arbitrary profile of a gravity dam? Considering the effect of
hydrostatic pressure and uplift pressure, show that the base width (b) of the arbitrary profile of
the gravity dam for no tension to occur can be written as
1
h
b
s c
=

.
Q.4 (a) What do you mean by reservoirs? Explain various types of reservoirs in brief
(b) Briefly discuss the empirical relations for estimating sedimentation rate of Indian rivers.
Q.5 (a) What do you mean by hydraulic jump? Explain its significance.
(b) Discuss in detail as to how you will test the stability of an earth dam constructed with
C soils.
Q.6 (a) What are earth dams and under what circumstance are they preferred?
(b) What are the precautions that you would take while constructing an earth dam?
Q.7 (a) What are different types of weirs? Explain with neat sketches the circumstances under
which each type is adopted.
(b) Briefly explain the salient features of Khoslas theory and how it is used in the design of
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TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT
ET 536 (Part A)
HYDRAULIC STRUCTURE-I



Note : All questions are compulsory and carry equal marks. This assignment is based on all
Blocks of Hydraulic Structure-I.
Maximum Marks : 100
Weightage : 30%

Course Code : ET 536 A
Last Date of Submission : July 31, 2012
BTWRE
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Q.8 (a) What is meant by a spillway and what is its necessity in dam construction?
(b) A horizontal rectangular channel 1.6 m wide carries a discharge of 1.65 m
3
/sec.
Determine whether a Jump may occur at an initial depth of 0.2 m or not. If a Jump
occurs, determine the sequent depth of this initial depth. Also determine the energy loss
in the Jump
Q.9 Differentiate between the following :
(i) Overflow dam and Non-over flow dam
(ii) Firm yield and Design yield
(iii) Diversion and Storage Headworks
(iv) Weir and Barrage
Q.10 Write short notes on the following :
(i) Uplift pressure
(ii) Multipurpose Reservoir
(iii) Fish Ladder
(iv) Exit Gradient



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TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT
ET 536 (Part B)
HYDRAULIC STRICTURE-II



Note : All questions are compulsory and carry equal marks. This assignment is based on all
Blocks of Hydraulic Structure-II.
Maximum Marks : 100
Weightage : 30%
Course Code : ET-536B
Last Date of Submission : July 31, 2012
BTWRE

Q.1 (a) What do you mean by Permanent Canals? Explain in brief the advantages and
disadvantages of such canals.
(b) Describe various functions served by Berms.
Q.2 (a) Draw typical cross-sections of canal in :
(i) Cutting,
(ii) Filling, and
(iii) Partial cutting and filling.
(b) Discuss in brief the general principles of alignment of a canal.
Q.3 (a) Starting from basic equation, show that :

1.5
0.5
4980
f
S
R
=

(b) Design an irrigation channel to carry 40 cumecs discharge at a slope of 1 in 5000.
Assume :
Mannings N = 0.0225
Kennedys m = 0.9
Side slopes = 1/2 : 1.
Q.4 (a) How will you justify economically the necessity of lining an existing canal? What added
benefits you will expect if the canal to be lined is new and yet to be constructed?
(b) Design a trapezoidal concrete lined channel to carry a discharge of 350 cumecs at a
slope of 1 in 6400. The side slopes of the channel may be taken as 1 : 1. The value of
Mannings (N) for the lining material may be taken as 0.013. Assume the limiting
D
B
ratio
to be 5.
Q.5 (a) What is an outlet? Write down the requirements that an outlet should fulfill.
(b) What do you understand by flexibility of an outlet? Derive an expression for the same.
Q.6 (a) What is a cross regulator and what are its functions?
(b) What are the components of a silt ejector and where is it located? Explain the functions
of a silt ejector.
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Q.7 (a) What are the various types of Falls commonly adopted on canals? Discuss the suitability
of each type.
(b) Design a Sarda type fall across a canal for the following data :
(i) Discharge = 15 cumecs
(ii) Drop = 1.0 m
(iii) Depth of flow = 1.8 m
(iv) Bed width = 10 m
Q.8 (a) Explain the various steps which are followed in the design of spurs relevant to a given
situation.
(b) Describe the layout and cross-section of guide bunds.
Q.9 Write short notes on the following :
(i) Design parameters of cross drainage work
(ii) Level Crossing
(iii) Components of a diversion headworks
(iv) Stabilisation of a river channel
Q.10 Differentiate between the following :
(i) Lined and Unlined Canal
(ii) Aqueduct and Syphon Aqueduct
(i) Laceys and Kennedys theory of canal design
(ii) Flexibility and Sensitivity



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TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT
ET 540 (Part B)
FLOW IN OPEN CHANNEL



Note : All questions are compulsory and carry equal marks. This assignment is based on all
Blocks of Flow in Open Channel.
Maximum Marks : 100
Weightage : 30%
Course Code : ET-540B
Last Date of Submission : July 31, 2012
BTCM

Q.1 (a) How Open Channel flow is different from Pipe flow?
(b) What do you understand by piezometric head?
(c) Differentiate between the following :
(i) Steady Flow and Unsteady Flow
(ii) Uniform Flow and Varied Flow
Q.2 (a) Define the following :
(i) Prismatic Channel
(ii) Hydraulic Radius
(iii) Hydraulic Depth
(iv) Section Factor
(b) A trapezoidal channel is 4.0 m wide at bottom and side slope is 1.5 H : 1 V. If the depth
of flow is 1.5 m then find the area of flow, wetted perimeter, hydraulic radius, hydraulic
depth and section factor.
(c) A circular conduit (d
0
= 2.5 m) has a depth of flow (i) 1.5 m, and (ii) 0.8 m. In each case
find area of flow, wetted perimeter, hydraulic radius, hydraulic depth and section factor.
Q.3 (a) What is energy grade line? How is it different from hydraulic grade line?
(b) Define Reynold number and Froude number. Give the classification of flow in an open
channel based on these numbers.
(c) A flow of 100 litres per second flows in rectangular flume of width 0.60 m and having
adjustable bottom slope. If Chezys C is 55, determine the bottom slope necessary for
uniform flow with a depth of flow 0.30 m. Also find the conveyance and the state of flow
(sub-critical or supercritical).
Q.4 (a) In a rectangular channel 3.5 m wide laid at a slope of 0.0036, a uniform flow occurs at a
depth of 2.0 m. Find how high can the hump be raised without causing afflux? If the
upstream depth of flow is to be raised to 2.5 m, what should be the height of the hump?
Take Mannings n = 0.015.
(b) For the purpose of discharge measurement, the width of a rectangular channel is
reduced gradually from 3 m to 2 m and the floor is raised by 0.30 m at a given section.
When the approaching depth of flow is 2 m, what rate of flow will be indicated by a drop
of 0.15 m in the water surface elevation at the contracted section?
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Q.5 (a) What are alternate depths of flow? Show that relation between the alternate depths
y
1
and y
2
in a rectangular channel can be expressed by :

2 2
3 1 2
1 2
2
2
c
y y
y
y y
=
where y
c
is the critical depth of flow.
(b) A trapezoidal channel having bottom width 5m and side slope 1 : 1 carries a discharge of
12 m
3
/s. Compute the critical depth and the critical velocity. If Mannings n = 0.02,
determine the bottom slope required to maintain the critical depth.
Q.6 (a) A horizontal rectangular channel 4 m wide carries a discharge of 16 m
3
/s. Determine
whether a jump may occur at an initial depth of 0.5 m or not. If a jump occurs, determine
the sequent depth to this depth. Also determine the energy loss in the jump.
(b) Show that the head loss in a hydraulic jump formed in a rectangular channel may be
expressed as :

3
1 2
1 2
( )
2 ( )
V V
E
g V V

=
+

Q.7 (a) State and discuss the assumptions made in the derivation of dynamic equation for
gradually varied flow. Starting from the first principle show that for a wide rectangular
channel the slope of water surface can be expressed as :

3
0
3
1
1
n
c
y
y dy
S
dx
y
y
| |

|
\
= =
| |

|
\

(b) A trapezoidal channel (z = 2) expands uniformly from a bottom width of 12.0 m at its
upstream end to a width of 21.0 m at its downstream end over a distance of 1.5 km. The
depth of flow at the down stream end is 4.8 m when the channel carries Q = 85 m
3
/s.
The average slope of the river in this reach is 10
3
with n = 0.019. Calculate the depth of
flow at distances : 1.5, 1.0, 0.75, 0.6, 0.3 and 0.2 km from the downstream end of the
reach towards the upstream. Use standard step method.
Q.8 (a) Show that hydraulic exponent (M) for critical flow conditions can be expressed as :
3
y A dT
M T
A T dy
| |
=
|
\

(b) Prove that the value of hydraulic exponent (M) is 3 and 5 for rectangular and triangular
channel respectively.
Q.9 (a) Using the basic differential equation of Gradually Varied Flow (GVF), show that
dy
dx
is
positive for S
1
, M
3
and S
3
profiles.
(b) Sketch the GVF profiles produced on the upstream and downstream of a sluice gate
introduced in a (i) steep slope, (ii) mild slope, and (iii) horizontal bed channel.
(c) Recognize the flow profiles for the following cases of flow situations :
(i) a mild channel ending with a drop,
(ii) an adverse channel discharging into a mild channel,
(iii) a mild channel discharging into a reservoir, and
(iv) a critical channel breaking into a mild channel.
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Q.10 (a) In a very long wide rectangular channel the discharge intensity is 3.0 m
3
/s/meter width.
The bed slope of the channel is 0.004 and the Mannings n = 0.015. At a certain section
in this channel the depth of flow is observed to be 0.90 m. What type of GVF profile
occurs in the neighbourhood of this section?
(b) A trapezoidal channel having B = 6.0 m, m = 2.0, S
o
= 0.0016 and n = 0.02 carries a
discharge of 12 m
3
/s. Calculate and plot the back water produced due to the operation of
a sluice gate at a downstream section which backs up the water to a depth of 4.0 m
immediately behind it. Use varied-flow functions.