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Soil Mechanics and Foundation

Soil Mechanics and Foundation
Shear strength of a soil is a unique function of

total stress only
None of these
both effective stress and total stress
effective stress only

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
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

decreases by 33.3%
increases by 50%
increases by 25%
increases by 33.3%

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
A retaining wall 6m high supports a backfill with a surcharge angle of 10°. The back of the wall is inclined to the vertical at a positive batter angle of 5°. If the angle of wall friction is 7°, then the resultant active earth pressure will act at a distance of 2 m above the base and inclined to the horizontal at an angle of

17°
12°
7°
10°

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
Skempton’s pore pressure coefficient B for saturated soil is

1
zero
between 0 and 1
greater than 1 [CS 95]

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
Which of the following methods is best suited for determination of permeability of coarse-grained soils ?

constant head method
None of these
falling head method
both the above

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
Select the incorrect statement. Effective angle of shearing resistance

increases as the soil gradation im-proves
is rarely more than 30° for fine grained soil
is limited to a maximum value of 45°
increases as the size of particles increases

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