Assignments for CVL218: Building Materials

The following two assignments need to be submitted before 23rd June, 2018.

Instruction for submission,

* Write the assignment on A4 size plain paper.
* The assignment should be neatly hand-written, with proper margins and the handwritng should be readable and legible.
* You can submit the assignment to the Dept office anytime before 23rd June, 2018
* Clearly write your Name, Class, Section, System ID, Roll No. and Assignment No. on the first page of the assignment
* The pages of the assignment can be simply "stapled". No folders/ file covers please
* Both the assignments need to be submitted separately

Assignment No. 1

What are the different types of load acting on a structure in its lifetime? Explain all of them.

With reference to a structure being built in Nagpur, Delhi, Srinagar, Kolkatta and Sikkim, list down all the possible loads need to be considered while designing the building. 

Explain why do you think that these loads shall act on the building?

Assignment No. 2

With reference to the below data obtained for sieve analysis,

S. No.	Sieve (mm)	Mass retained (kg)
1	10	0
2	4.75	0.009
3	2.36	0.0069
4	1.18	0.362
5	0.06	0.297
6	0.03	0.562
7	0.015	0.472
8	Pan	0.291

calculate the Fineness Modulus and explain that the aggregate falls in which zone and why?