Soil Mechanics and Foundation If a cohesive soil specimen is subjected to a vertical compressive load, the inclination of the cracks to the horizontal is 0° 45° 22.5° 90° 0° 45° 22.5° 90° ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation If the natural water content of soil mass lies between its liquid limit and plastic limit, the soil mass is said to be in plastic state liquid state solid state semi-solid state plastic state liquid state solid state semi-solid state ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation A pycnometer is used to determine 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 water content and specific gravity water content and voids ratio ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation A tri-axial shear test is preferred to direct shear test, because It can be performed under all three drainage conditions with complete control None of these Stress distribution on the failure plane, is non uniform Precise measurement of pore pressure and change in volume during test, is not possible It can be performed under all three drainage conditions with complete control None of these Stress distribution on the failure plane, is non uniform Precise measurement of pore pressure and change in volume during test, is not possible 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 The flownet for an earthen dam with 30 m water depth consists of 25 potential drops and 5 flow channels. The coefficient of permeability of dam material is 0.03 mm/sec. The discharge per meter length of dam is 0.1125 m3/sec 0.18 m3/sec 0.0045 m3/sec 0.00018 nrVsec 0.1125 m3/sec 0.18 m3/sec 0.0045 m3/sec 0.00018 nrVsec ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP