Soil Mechanics and Foundation The admixture of coarser particles like sand or silt to clay causes decrease in liquid limit and increase in plasticity index increase in both liquid limit and plasticity index decrease in both liquid limit and plasticity index decrease in liquid limit and no change in plasticity index decrease in liquid limit and increase in plasticity index increase in both liquid limit and plasticity index decrease in both liquid limit and plasticity index decrease in liquid limit and no change in plasticity index ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation A tri-axial shear test is preferred to direct shear test, because Precise measurement of pore pressure and change in volume during test, is not possible It can be performed under all three drainage conditions with complete control None of these Stress distribution on the failure plane, is non uniform Precise measurement of pore pressure and change in volume during test, is not possible It can be performed under all three drainage conditions with complete control None of these Stress distribution on the failure plane, is non uniform ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Within the consolidation process of a saturated clay 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 a gradual increase in neutral pressure and a gradual decrease in effective pressure takes place and sum of the two is constant both neutral pressure and effective pressure increase 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 a gradual increase in neutral pressure and a gradual decrease in effective pressure takes place and sum of the two is constant both neutral pressure and effective pressure increase ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation The total discharge from two wells situated near to each other is equal to larger of the two discharges from individual wells less than the sum of the discharges from individual wells sum of the discharges from individual wells greater than the sum of the discharges from individual wells equal to larger of the two discharges from individual wells less than the sum of the discharges from individual wells sum of the discharges from individual wells greater than the sum of the discharges from individual wells 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 45° 0.5 N/mm² and 30° 0.05 N/mm² and 0° 0.2 N/mm² and 0° 0.05 N/mm² and 45° 0.5 N/mm² and 30° 0.05 N/mm² and 0° 0.2 N/mm² and 0° ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation In a deposit of normally consolidated clay effective stress and water content increase with depth but undrained strength decreases with depth effective stress and undrained strength increase with depth but water content decreases with depth effective stress, water content and undrained strength decrease with depth effective stress increases with depth but water content of soil and un-drained strength decrease with depth effective stress and water content increase with depth but undrained strength decreases with depth effective stress and undrained strength increase with depth but water content decreases with depth effective stress, water content and undrained strength decrease with depth effective stress increases with depth but water content of soil and un-drained strength decrease with depth ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP