Architecture and Planning Miscellaneous-topic


Architecture and Planning Miscellaneous-topic

Architecture and Planning Miscellaneous

  1. The solar protection system consisting of fixed slates or grids, outside a building façade in front of openings, is known as









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    Brise soleil, sometimes brise-soleil,meaning a ‘sun-breaker’, is an architectural feature of a building that reduces heat gain within t hat building by deflecting sunlight. Malqaf is a wind tower or a wind catcher in traditional Iranian ar chit ecture. Solarium is a room fitted with extensive areas of glass to admit sunlight. A Trombe wall is a passive solar building design where a wall is built on the winter sun side of a building with a glass external layer and a high heat capacity internal layer separated by a layer of air.

    Correct Option: A

    Brise soleil, sometimes brise-soleil,meaning a ‘sun-breaker’, is an architectural feature of a building that reduces heat gain within t hat building by deflecting sunlight. Malqaf is a wind tower or a wind catcher in traditional Iranian ar chit ecture. Solarium is a room fitted with extensive areas of glass to admit sunlight. A Trombe wall is a passive solar building design where a wall is built on the winter sun side of a building with a glass external layer and a high heat capacity internal layer separated by a layer of air.


  1. The closing syntax, for an executable command line in C or C++ program, is









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    The closing syntax, for an executable command line in C or C++ program is semi-colon.

    Correct Option: C

    The closing syntax, for an executable command line in C or C++ program is semi-colon.



  1. Super-elevation of a road with pre-determined radius of curvature is primarily dependent on









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    Most of the design parameters for a road are dependent on the Design Traffic Speed.

    Correct Option: D

    Most of the design parameters for a road are dependent on the Design Traffic Speed.


  1. Match the characteristics of settlement systems in Column I with their corresponding theory/ rules in column II and select appropriate option.
    Column I Column II
    P. Primacy of settlements 1. Central place theory
    Q. Settlement size and 2. Gravity model location
    R. Random component 3. Rank size rule in location of settlement
    S. Interactions between 4. Entropy of settlements settlements
    5. Core periphery model









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    Central Place Theory (Christaller, 1933)
    Christaller’s model is based on the following assumptions that every part of the plain is served by a central place and the circles of influence of these central places fills the plain. A central place is a place offering a variety of goods in the centre of the market area, such as a village, town or city. In the K = 3 system or market principle optimises the markets of each central place. Supposing a region has three cities, then it will have 9 towns and 27 villages, and so on.

    Core Periphery Model, is a concept where Core regions are based on comparative advantages-resource endowment and location. Periphery is inaccessible, under populated and has poor resources. Favourable effects flow from center to periphery.
    The Rank size rule is an empirical regularity. The settlements within a defined area are ranked in descending order according to the size of their population. Urban primacy indicates the ratio of the largest city to the next largest i.e the second largest in a country.
    Gravity model, as social scientists refer to the modified law of gravitation, takes into account the population size of two places and their distance. The gravity model of migration is a model in urban geography derived from Newton’s law of gravity, and used to predict the degree of migration interaction between two places.
    Entropy is an important concept in the studies on complex systems such as cities. Spatial patterns and processes can be described with varied entropy functions. This model is a criterion to measure urban population distribution and the distribution of cities at urban classes in the region.

    Correct Option: D

    Central Place Theory (Christaller, 1933)
    Christaller’s model is based on the following assumptions that every part of the plain is served by a central place and the circles of influence of these central places fills the plain. A central place is a place offering a variety of goods in the centre of the market area, such as a village, town or city. In the K = 3 system or market principle optimises the markets of each central place. Supposing a region has three cities, then it will have 9 towns and 27 villages, and so on.

    Core Periphery Model, is a concept where Core regions are based on comparative advantages-resource endowment and location. Periphery is inaccessible, under populated and has poor resources. Favourable effects flow from center to periphery.
    The Rank size rule is an empirical regularity. The settlements within a defined area are ranked in descending order according to the size of their population. Urban primacy indicates the ratio of the largest city to the next largest i.e the second largest in a country.
    Gravity model, as social scientists refer to the modified law of gravitation, takes into account the population size of two places and their distance. The gravity model of migration is a model in urban geography derived from Newton’s law of gravity, and used to predict the degree of migration interaction between two places.
    Entropy is an important concept in the studies on complex systems such as cities. Spatial patterns and processes can be described with varied entropy functions. This model is a criterion to measure urban population distribution and the distribution of cities at urban classes in the region.



  1. A room having dimension 12m × 10m × 3.5m is required to be mechanically ventilated by airconditioner. The temperature difference outdoor ambient air and the supply air is 12°C. Consider three air exchanges per hour. The volumetric specific heat of the air is 1250 J/m3 °C. Assume one ton of refrigeration (TR) is equal to 3.5kW. The capacity of the air-conditioner for the room in TR will be _______.









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    Rate of ventilation =
    (12 × 10 × 3.5 × 3)
    = 0.35
    3600

    Cooling load = 1250 × 0.35 × 12 = 5.25 kW = 1.5 TR

    Correct Option: B

    Rate of ventilation =
    (12 × 10 × 3.5 × 3)
    = 0.35
    3600

    Cooling load = 1250 × 0.35 × 12 = 5.25 kW = 1.5 TR