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 dry of OMC where OMC is optimum moisture content wet of OMC and dry of OMC dry of OMC and wet of OMC wet of OMC and wet of OMC dry of OMC and dry of OMC where OMC is optimum moisture content wet of OMC and dry of OMC dry of OMC and wet of OMC wet of OMC and wet of OMC ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Constant head permeameter is used to test permeability of coarse sand clay silt fine sand coarse sand clay silt fine sand 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 3 months 24 months 6 months 12 months 3 months 24 months 6 months 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 15 mm 167 mm 30 mm 50 mm 15 mm 167 mm 30 mm ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation If the water content of a fully saturated soil mass is 100%, then the voids ratio of the sample is equal to specific gravity of soil greater than specific gravity of soil independent of specific gravity of soil less than specific gravity of soil equal to specific gravity of soil greater than specific gravity of soil independent of specific gravity of soil less than specific gravity of soil ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation The effect of cohesion on a soil is to reduce both the active earth pressure intensity and passive earth pressure intensity increase both the active earth pressure intensity and passive earth pressure intensity reduce the active earth pressure in-tensity but to increase the passive earth pressure intensity increase the active earth pressure in-tensity but to reduce the passive earth pressure intensity [GATE 99] reduce both the active earth pressure intensity and passive earth pressure intensity increase both the active earth pressure intensity and passive earth pressure intensity reduce the active earth pressure in-tensity but to increase the passive earth pressure intensity increase the active earth pressure in-tensity but to reduce the passive earth pressure intensity [GATE 99] ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP