The slope of isochrone at any point at a given time indicates the rate of change of pore water pressure with time effective stress with time effective stress with depth pore water pressure with depth TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
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 TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
The ratio of volume of voids to the total volume of soil mass is called percentage air voids porosity voids ratio air content TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
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 0.18 m3/sec 0.1125 m3/sec 0.00018 nrVsec 0.0045 m3/sec TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Which of the following soils has more plasticity index ? gravel sand silt clay TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Due to a rise in temperature, the viscosity and the unit weight of the percolating fluid are reduced to 60% and 90% respectively.If other things remain constant, the coefficient of permeability increases by 25% decreases by 33.3% increases by 50% increases by 33.3% TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Sand particles are made of montmorillonite rock minerals illite kaolinite TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
The angle that Coulomb’s failure envelope makes with the horizontal is called angle of internal friction None of these angle of repose cohesion TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Quick sand is a type of sand flow condition occurring in cohesive soils flow condition occurring in both cohesive and cohesionless soils flow condition occurring in cohesionless soils TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Effective stress is important because it is a function of engineering properties of soil a physical parameter that can be measured All of these the stress at particles contact TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?