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 22.5° 0° 90° 45° 22.5° 0° 90° 45° ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation The ultimate consolidation settlement of a structure resting on a soil Increases with the increase in the initial voids ratio Decreases with the increase in the initial voids ratio Increases with the decrease in the porosity of the soil Decreases with the decrease in the plastic limit Increases with the increase in the initial voids ratio Decreases with the increase in the initial voids ratio Increases with the decrease in the porosity of the soil Decreases with the decrease in the plastic limit ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Rise of water table above the ground surface causes Equal increase in pore water pressure and total stress Equal decrease in pore water pressure and total stress Increase in pore water pressure but decrease in total stress Decrease in pore water pressure but increase in total stress Equal increase in pore water pressure and total stress Equal decrease in pore water pressure and total stress Increase in pore water pressure but decrease in total stress Decrease in pore water pressure but increase in total stress ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation The total discharge from two wells situated near to each other is greater than the sum of the discharges from individual wells less than the sum of the discharges from individual wells sum of the discharges from individual wells equal to larger of the two discharges from individual wells greater than the sum of the discharges from individual wells less than the sum of the discharges from individual wells sum of the discharges from individual wells equal to larger of the two discharges from individual wells 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 24 months 3 months 6 months 12 months 24 months 3 months 6 months ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation A cylindrical specimen of saturated soil failed under an axial vertical stress of 100kN/m2 when it was laterally unconfmed. The failure plane was inclined to the horizontal plane at an angle of 45°. The values of cohesion and angle of internal friction for the soil are respectively 0.05 N/mm² and 0° 0.2 N/mm² and 0° 0.5 N/mm² and 30° 0.05 N/mm² and 45° 0.05 N/mm² and 0° 0.2 N/mm² and 0° 0.5 N/mm² and 30° 0.05 N/mm² and 45° ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
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