Soil Mechanics and Foundation In the plate loading test for determining the bearing capacity of soil, the size of square bearing plate should be between 300 mm and 750 mm greater than 1 m less than 300 mm between 750 mm and 1 m between 300 mm and 750 mm greater than 1 m less than 300 mm between 750 mm and 1 m ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Rise of water table in cohesionless soils upto ground surface reduces the net ultimate bearing capacity approximately by 40% 50% 20% 30% 40% 50% 20% 30% ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation The admixture of coarser particles like sand or silt to clay causes decrease in both liquid limit and plasticity index increase in both liquid limit and plasticity index decrease in liquid limit and increase in plasticity index decrease in liquid limit and no change in plasticity index decrease in both liquid limit and plasticity index increase in both liquid limit and plasticity index decrease in liquid limit and increase in plasticity index decrease in liquid limit and no change in plasticity index 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 0.2 N/mm² and 0° 0.05 N/mm² and 45° 0.05 N/mm² and 0° 0.5 N/mm² and 30° 0.2 N/mm² and 0° 0.05 N/mm² and 45° 0.05 N/mm² and 0° 0.5 N/mm² and 30° ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Within the consolidation process of a saturated clay a gradual increase in neutral pressure and a gradual decrease in effective pressure takes place and sum of the two is constant a gradual decrease in neutral pressure and a gradual increase 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 increase in neutral pressure and a gradual decrease in effective pressure takes place and sum of the two is constant a gradual decrease in neutral pressure and a gradual increase 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 ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation A normally consolidated clay settled 10 mm when effective stress was increased from 100 kN/m2 to 200 kN/ m2. If the effective stress is further increased from 200 kN/ m2 to 400 kN/ m2, then the settlement of the same clay is None of these 10 mm 20 mm 40 mm None of these 10 mm 20 mm 40 mm ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
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