Soil Mechanics and Foundation According to Atterberg, the soil is said to be of medium plasticity if the plasticity index PI is 17 PI>27 7 0 < PI < 7 17 PI>27 7 0 < PI < 7 ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Bishop’s method of stability analysis All of these assumes the slip surface as an arc of a circle neglects the effect of forces acting on the sides of the slices is more conservative All of these assumes the slip surface as an arc of a circle neglects the effect of forces acting on the sides of the slices is more conservative ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation The coefficient of active earth pressure for a loose sand having an angle of internal friction of 30° is 43832 3 43833 1 43832 3 43833 1 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 dry of OMC and wet of OMC wet of OMC and dry of OMC dry of OMC and dry of OMC where OMC is optimum moisture content wet of OMC and wet of OMC dry of OMC and wet of OMC wet of OMC and dry of OMC dry of OMC and dry of OMC where OMC is optimum moisture content wet of OMC and wet of OMC ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Terzaghi’s bearing capacity factors Nc, Nq and Nr are functions of angle of internal friction only both cohesion and angle of internal friction cohesion only both cohesion and angle of internal friction angle of internal friction only both cohesion and angle of internal friction cohesion only both cohesion and angle of internal friction ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation A normally consolidated clay settled 10 mm when effective stress was increased from 100 kN/m2 to 200 kN/ m2. If the effective stress is further increased from 200 kN/ m2 to 400 kN/ m2, then the settlement of the same clay is 40 mm 20 mm None of these 10 mm 40 mm 20 mm None of these 10 mm ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP