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 The ratio of volume of voids to the total volume of soil mass is called air content voids ratio percentage air voids porosity air content voids ratio percentage air voids porosity ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Effective stress is a physical parameter that can be measured the stress at particles contact important because it is a function of engineering properties of soil All of these a physical parameter that can be measured the stress at particles contact important because it is a function of engineering properties of soil All of these 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 24 months 6 months 12 months 3 months 24 months 6 months 12 months 3 months ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Compressibility of sandy soils is much greater than that of clayey soils None of these much less than that of clayey soils almost equal to that of clayey soils much greater than that of clayey soils None of these much less than that of clayey soils almost equal to that of clayey soils 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 2 0.5 -0.5 -2 2 0.5 -0.5 ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
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