Soil-mechanics Questions Set 36:
The angle between equipotential and flow lines in a flow net is:
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When water is added to soil, the volume of the soil will ____.
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In a flow over a length of 50 m, the head loss is 6 m due to seepage. The hydraulic gradient is given by:
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The clay mineral primarily governing the swelling behavior of Black Cotton Soil is
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A regaining of strength lost due to remolding over time is known as
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Soil deposit formed due to transportation by wind is termed as
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What is the amount of sodium hexametaphosphate used as dispersing agent in pipette analysis to prepare 1L standard solution in grams?
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The gross pressure intensity at the base of a foundation at which the soil fails in shear is called the
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A unit volume of a mass of structural soil is subjected to horizontal seepage. The saturated unit weight is 22 kN/m³ and the hydraulic gradient is 0.3. The resultant body force on the soil mass is:
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The results of a consolidation test on an undistributed soil, sampled at a depth of 10 m below the ground level are as follows:
Saturated unit weight : 16 kN/m3
Pre-consolidation pressure : 90 kPa
The water table was encountered at the ground level. Assuming the unit weight of water as 10 kN/m3, the over consolidation ratio of the soil is:
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