Soil Mechanics and Foundation Due to a rise in temperature, the viscosity and the unit weight of the percolating fluid are reduced to 60% and 90% respectively.If other things remain constant, the coefficient of permeability decreases by 33.3% increases by 50% increases by 25% increases by 33.3% decreases by 33.3% increases by 50% increases by 25% increases by 33.3% ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation The rise of water table below the foundation influences the bearing capacity of soil mainly by reducing effective angle of shearing resistance cohesion and effective unit weight of soil effective unit weight of soil and effective angle of shearing resistance cohesion and effective angle of shearing resistance effective angle of shearing resistance cohesion and effective unit weight of soil effective unit weight of soil and effective angle of shearing resistance cohesion and effective angle of shearing resistance ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Time factor for a clay layer is directly proportional to permeability of soil inversely proportional to drainage path independent of thickness of clay layer a dimensional parameter directly proportional to permeability of soil inversely proportional to drainage path independent of thickness of clay layer a dimensional parameter 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 2 0.5 -2 -0.5 2 0.5 ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Total number of stress components at a point within a soil mass loaded at its boundary is 6 16 3 9 6 16 3 9 ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation The effect of cohesion on a soil is to increase both the active earth pressure intensity and passive earth pressure intensity increase the active earth pressure in-tensity but to reduce the passive earth pressure intensity [GATE 99] reduce the active earth pressure in-tensity but to increase the passive earth pressure intensity reduce both the active earth pressure intensity and passive earth pressure intensity increase both the active earth pressure intensity and passive earth pressure intensity increase the active earth pressure in-tensity but to reduce the passive earth pressure intensity [GATE 99] reduce the active earth pressure in-tensity but to increase the passive earth pressure intensity reduce both the active earth pressure intensity and passive earth pressure intensity ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP