A 0.30 x 0.30 m. concrete pile is driven into a clayey soil having an unconfined compressive strength of 110 kPa. The pile has a length of 10 m. Unit weight of clay is 18 kN/m3.
A uniform cable weighing 3 lb/ft is suspended between two points A and B, as shown. Determine (a) the maximum and minimum values of the tension in the cable, and (b) the length of the cable.
How large must the coefficient of static friction be between the tyres and the road if a car is to round a level curve of radius 85m at a speed of 95km/h?
Water flows through an orifice on the vertical side of a large tank under a constant head of 2.4 m. How far horizontally from the vena contracta will the jet strike the ground 1.5 m below the orifice?