Soil Mechanics and Foundation According to Atterberg, the soil is said to be of medium plasticity if the plasticity index PI is 0 < PI < 7 7 PI>27 17 0 < PI < 7 7 PI>27 17 ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation A 300 mm square bearing plate settles by 15 mm in a plate load test on a cohesive soil when the intensity of loading is 0.2 N/mm². The settlement of a prototype shallow footing 1 m square under the same intensity of loading is 50 mm 30 mm 15 mm 167 mm 50 mm 30 mm 15 mm 167 mm 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 wet of OMC and dry 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 wet of OMC wet of OMC and dry of OMC dry of OMC and dry of OMC where OMC is optimum moisture content dry of OMC and wet of OMC ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Clay layer A with single drainage and coefficient of consolidation Cv takes 6 months to achieve 50% consolidation. The time taken by clay layer B of the same thickness with double drainage and coefficient of consolidation Cv/2 to achieve the same degree of consolidation is 12 months 6 months 24 months 3 months 12 months 6 months 24 months 3 months ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Rankine’s theory of earth pressure assumes that the back of the wall is vertical and smooth plane and smooth plane and rough vertical and rough vertical and smooth plane and smooth plane and rough vertical and rough ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation In the plate loading test for determining the bearing capacity of soil, the size of square bearing plate should be between 300 mm and 750 mm less than 300 mm between 750 mm and 1 m greater than 1 m between 300 mm and 750 mm less than 300 mm between 750 mm and 1 m greater than 1 m ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
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