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Soil-mechanics Questions Set 8:

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When the soil is in a non-plastic state, the plasticity index is ____.

7 to 17

Solution:

What is the unit of coefficient of consolidation, C_v?

KN/sq.m

Sq.m/KN

Sq.m/sec

Sec/sq.m

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What is the recommended Factor of Safety against bearing capacity for Clayey soil?

Solution:

An aquifer confined at the bottom but not at the top is called a:

Semiconfined aquifer

Unconfined aquifer

Confined aquifer

Perched aquifer

Solution:

If the discharge velocity is 4 × 10^-7 cm/s and the porosity is 33%, what will be the seepage velocity in cm/s?

18 × 10^-7

27 × 10^-7

16 × 10^-7

13 × 10^-7

Solution:

The bulk unit weight of an embankment soil compacted at a water content of 12% is 18.73 kN/m³. Select the option that gives the dry unit weight.

14.31 kN/m³

17.89 kN/m³

15.23 kN/m³

16.72 kN/m³

Solution:

In an unconfined compression test on stiff clay, if the failure plane made an angle of 54 degrees to the horizontal, what is the angle of shearing resistance?

14 degrees

16 degrees

18 degrees

20 degrees

Solution:

Which of the following is NOT an indirect method of estimating the permeability of soil in the field?

Consolidation of test data

Calculations from grain size and specific surface

Horizontal capillary tests

Pumping out test

Solution:

In a drained triaxial compression test, a sample of sand fails at deviator stress of 150 kPa under confining pressure of 50 kPa. The angle of internal friction (in degree, round off to the nearest integer) of the sample, is _____.

Solution:

A given cohesionless soil has e_max = 0.85 and e_min = 0.50. In the field, the soil is compacted to a mass density of 1800 kg/m3 at a water content of 8%. Take the mass density of water as 1000 kg/m³ and G_s as 2.7. The relative density (in %) of the soil is

56.43

60.25

62.87

65.71

Soil-mechanics Questions Set 8:

When the soil is in a non-plastic state, the plasticity index is ____.

Solution:

What is the unit of coefficient of consolidation, C_v?

Solution:

What is the recommended Factor of Safety against bearing capacity for Clayey soil?

Solution:

An aquifer confined at the bottom but not at the top is called a:

Solution:

If the discharge velocity is 4 × 10^-7 cm/s and the porosity is 33%, what will be the seepage velocity in cm/s?

Solution:

The bulk unit weight of an embankment soil compacted at a water content of 12% is 18.73 kN/m³. Select the option that gives the dry unit weight.

Solution:

In an unconfined compression test on stiff clay, if the failure plane made an angle of 54 degrees to the horizontal, what is the angle of shearing resistance?

Solution:

Which of the following is NOT an indirect method of estimating the permeability of soil in the field?

Solution:

In a drained triaxial compression test, a sample of sand fails at deviator stress of 150 kPa under confining pressure of 50 kPa. The angle of internal friction (in degree, round off to the nearest integer) of the sample, is _____.

Solution:

A given cohesionless soil has e_max = 0.85 and e_min = 0.50. In the field, the soil is compacted to a mass density of 1800 kg/m3 at a water content of 8%. Take the mass density of water as 1000 kg/m³ and G_s as 2.7. The relative density (in %) of the soil is

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Soil-mechanics Questions Set 8:

When the soil is in a non-plastic state, the plasticity index is ____.

Solution:

What is the unit of coefficient of consolidation, Cv?

Solution:

What is the recommended Factor of Safety against bearing capacity for Clayey soil?

Solution:

An aquifer confined at the bottom but not at the top is called a:

Solution:

If the discharge velocity is 4 × 10-7 cm/s and the porosity is 33%, what will be the seepage velocity in cm/s?

Solution:

The bulk unit weight of an embankment soil compacted at a water content of 12% is 18.73 kN/m³. Select the option that gives the dry unit weight.

Solution:

In an unconfined compression test on stiff clay, if the failure plane made an angle of 54 degrees to the horizontal, what is the angle of shearing resistance?

Solution:

Which of the following is NOT an indirect method of estimating the permeability of soil in the field?

Solution:

In a drained triaxial compression test, a sample of sand fails at deviator stress of 150 kPa under confining pressure of 50 kPa. The angle of internal friction (in degree, round off to the nearest integer) of the sample, is _____.

Solution:

A given cohesionless soil has emax = 0.85 and emin = 0.50. In the field, the soil is compacted to a mass density of 1800 kg/m3 at a water content of 8%. Take the mass density of water as 1000 kg/m3 and Gs as 2.7. The relative density (in %) of the soil is

Solution:

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What is the unit of coefficient of consolidation, C_v?

If the discharge velocity is 4 × 10^-7 cm/s and the porosity is 33%, what will be the seepage velocity in cm/s?

A given cohesionless soil has e_max = 0.85 and e_min = 0.50. In the field, the soil is compacted to a mass density of 1800 kg/m3 at a water content of 8%. Take the mass density of water as 1000 kg/m³ and G_s as 2.7. The relative density (in %) of the soil is