CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT
1. What are the advantages of using trenchers?
- It is a faster and cheaper method of trenching
- It digs only as much as is necessary
- It is a continuous process and is not like that of back hoe excavator.
2. Define Dredging.
- Dredging is the process of excavating from river bed, lake or sea for the purpose of deepening them.
- It is an important operation in navigation canals, harbors, dams etc.
3. Various operations involved in grading?
- Spreading
- Finishing and Leveling
- Ditch Digging
- Cutting
- Bank Cutting
- Earthen Road Maintenance
- Earthen Road Construction
- Repairing Gravel Road
4. What are the factors affecting the selection of drilling equipment?
- Nature of terrain
- Required depth of holes
- Rock hardness
- The size of the project and
- The purpose for which holes are required.
5. Define hardness. Which is the hardest known substance?
- Hardness is defined as the resistance of a smooth plane surface to abrasion.
- It is the hardest known substance with hardness 10.
6. Define texture. What are its classification.
- Texture is defined as the grain size of the rock.
It is classified into 5 categories such as
- Porous rock
- Loose grained rock
- Grained rock
- Fine grained rock and
- Dense Rock
7. What are the types of drilling equipment?
- Percussion drills and Rotary drills
- Rotary drills are further classified as
- Pressure drilling and Abrasion drilling
8. Define blasting?
- Blasting is the process of discharging of an explosive to loosen the rock.
9. What are the parameters to be examined while blasting for quarrying?
While blasting for quarrying or excavation, the following parameters are to be examined:
- Spacing of the drill holes
- Diameter of the drill holes
- Depth of the drill holes
- Burden of the rock at the toe
- Burden of the rock at the crest
- Degree of fragmentation desired and
- Strength of the explosives to be used
10. What are the types of dredgers?
- Dipper dredger.,
- Ladder dredger and
- Suction dredger
11. Mention the sequence of operations involved in driving the tunnel through rock?
The sequence of operations involved in driving the tunnel through rocks are
- Setting up and drilling
- Loading the holes with explosives and firing
- Ventilating and removing the dust resulted by explosion
- Loading and hauling the muck
- Removing ground water from the tunnel
- Erection of supports for the roof and sides
- Placing reinforcement
- Placing the concrete lining
- Curing and shuttering removal
12. What are the objectives of ventilation system in a tunnel?
- To provide fresh air for workers
- To remove poisonous gases and fumes produced by explosion
- To remove the dust caused by drilling, blasting mucking and other operations performed in the tunnel.
13. Define mucking?
- Mucking is the operation of loading the broken rock or earth for removal from a tunnel.
- Mucking is done by hand in small tunnels, drifts and pilot tunnels.
14. What is a tractor? Mention its types?
- Tractor is an earthmoving equipment which converts engine energy into tractive energy.
The two types of tractors are
- Crawler or Tract
- Wheel or Pneumatic
15. Define compaction?
- Compaction is defined as the process of identifying or increasing the unit weight of a soil mass through the application of static or dynamic force, with the resulting expulsion of air.
16. Define surface load?
- Surface load is defined as the ration of total applied load and the total contact area of the minimum number of feet which come simultaneously in contact with even ground without penetration.
17. What are the factors influencing compaction?
- Static weight
- Number of vibratory drums
- Roller speed
- Drum diameter
- Frequency and amplitude
- Relationship between frame and drum weight
- Driven or non driven drum
- Centrifugal force and
- Total applied force
18. Name the equipment's used for volume batching?
- Aggregate feeders
- Cement silo
- Water measuring device and
- Mixing unit
19. What are the various types of conveyors?
The various types of conveyors are
- Belt Conveyor
- Roller Conveyor
- Chain or Cable Conveyor
- Pipe Line Conveyor
- Screw Conveyor
- Elevating Conveyor
20. What are the advantages of using belt conveyors?
- It is capable of handling light or heavy, fine or coarse, wet or dry material.
- It can handle, thousands of tons of material per hour for several kilometers.
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