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.Management Sciences
Category: Design of Masonry Structures
The timber floor not spanning on the masonry wall but properly anchored to the wall gives________________?
A. lateral restraint but not rotational restraint
B. rotational restraint but not lateral restraint
C. both lateral and rotational restraints
D. neither lateral nor rotational restraint
For masonry built in 1:1:6 cement-lime-sand mix mortar or equivalent, the horizontal shear stress permissible on the area of a mortar bed joint is_______________?
A. 0.15 MPa
B. 0.125 MPa
C. 0.1 MPa
D. 0.075 MPa
The bending stress in a wall or column subjected to effective vertical load need not be considered, if the eccentricity ratio is_________________?
A. less than or equal to 1/24
B. less than or equal to 1/6
C. more than 1/24
D. less than or equal to 1/12
For strengthening a 50 m long and 5 m high straight compound wall built in brick work, which one of the following would be most suitable?
A. providing buttresses at certain intervals
B. providing a deeper foundation
C. using a richer mortar
D. using stronger bricks
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