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 45° 0° 90° 22.5° 45° 0° 90° 22.5° 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 Stress distribution on the failure plane, is non uniform None of these 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 Stress distribution on the failure plane, is non uniform None of these 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 15 mm 167 mm 30 mm 50 mm 15 mm 167 mm 30 mm 50 mm ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation With the increase in the amount of compaction energy both optimum water content and maximum dry density decrease[ES 93] optimum water content increases but maximum dry density decreases both optimum water content and maximum dry density increase optimum water content decreases but maximum dry density increases both optimum water content and maximum dry density decrease[ES 93] optimum water content increases but maximum dry density decreases both optimum water content and maximum dry density increase optimum water content decreases but maximum dry density increases ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation In a deposit of normally consolidated clay effective stress, water content and undrained strength decrease with depth effective stress and undrained strength increase with depth but water content decreases with depth effective stress and water content increase with depth but undrained strength decreases with depth effective stress increases with depth but water content of soil and un-drained strength decrease with depth effective stress, water content and undrained strength decrease with depth effective stress and undrained strength increase with depth but water content decreases with depth effective stress and water content increase with depth but undrained strength decreases with depth effective stress increases with depth but water content of soil and un-drained strength decrease with depth ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Within the consolidation process of a saturated clay both neutral pressure and effective pressure decrease both neutral pressure and effective pressure increase a gradual decrease in neutral pressure and a gradual increase in effective pressure takes place and sum of the two is constant a gradual increase in neutral pressure and a gradual decrease in effective pressure takes place and sum of the two is constant both neutral pressure and effective pressure decrease both neutral pressure and effective pressure increase a gradual decrease in neutral pressure and a gradual increase in effective pressure takes place and sum of the two is constant a gradual increase in neutral pressure and a gradual decrease in effective pressure takes place and sum of the two is constant ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP