Soil Mechanics and Foundation A tri-axial shear test is preferred to direct shear test, because Precise measurement of pore pressure and change in volume during test, is not possible None of these Stress distribution on the failure plane, is non uniform It can be performed under all three drainage conditions with complete control Precise measurement of pore pressure and change in volume during test, is not possible None of these Stress distribution on the failure plane, is non uniform It can be performed under all three drainage conditions with complete control ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Bishop’s method of stability analysis is more conservative neglects the effect of forces acting on the sides of the slices assumes the slip surface as an arc of a circle All of these is more conservative neglects the effect of forces acting on the sides of the slices assumes the slip surface as an arc of a circle All of these ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation For better strength and stability, the fine grained soils and coarse grained soils are compacted respectively as wet of OMC and wet of OMC dry of OMC and dry of OMC where OMC is optimum moisture content dry of OMC and wet of OMC wet of OMC and dry of OMC wet of OMC and wet of OMC dry of OMC and dry of OMC where OMC is optimum moisture content dry of OMC and wet of OMC wet of OMC and dry of OMC ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation If the plasticity index of a soil mass is zero, the soil is sand silt clay clayey silt sand silt clay clayey silt ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation According to Atterberg, the soil is said to be of medium plasticity if the plasticity index PI is 7 0 < PI < 7 PI>27 17 7 0 < PI < 7 PI>27 17 ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation The angle that Coulomb’s failure envelope makes with the horizontal is called None of these angle of repose angle of internal friction cohesion None of these angle of repose angle of internal friction cohesion ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP