Soil Mechanics and Foundation Coefficient of consolidation for clays normally first increases and then decreases with increase in liquid limit remains constant at all liquid limits increases with increase in liquid limit decreases with increase in liquid limit first increases and then decreases with increase in liquid limit remains constant at all liquid limits increases with increase in liquid limit decreases with increase in liquid limit ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation A retaining wall 6m high supports a backfill with a surcharge angle of 10°. The back of the wall is inclined to the vertical at a positive batter angle of 5°. If the angle of wall friction is 7°, then the resultant active earth pressure will act at a distance of 2 m above the base and inclined to the horizontal at an angle of 12° 17° 7° 10° 12° 17° 7° 10° ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation In a consolidated drained test on a normally consolidated clay, the volume of the soil sample during shear remains unchanged increases decreases first increases and then decreases remains unchanged increases decreases first increases and then decreases ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation A pycnometer is used to determine water content and specific gravity water content and voids ratio specific gravity and dry density voids ratio and dry density water content and specific gravity water content and voids ratio specific gravity and dry density voids ratio and dry density ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation During the first stage of triaxial test when the cell pressure is increased from 0.10 N/mm² to 0.26 N/mm², the pore water pressure increases from 0.07 N/mm² to 0.15 “N/mm². Skempton’s pore pressure parameter B is -2 0.5 -0.5 2 -2 0.5 -0.5 2 ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Direct measurement of permeability of the specimen at any stage of loading can be made only in floating ring type consolido-meter None of these both (A) and (B) only in fixed ring type consolido-meter only in floating ring type consolido-meter None of these both (A) and (B) only in fixed ring type consolido-meter ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP