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 decrease in liquid limit and no change in plasticity index increase in both liquid limit and plasticity index decrease 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 increase in both liquid limit and plasticity index decrease in both liquid limit and plasticity index ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation The maximum dry density upto which any soil can be compacted depends upon amount of compaction energy only both moisture content and amount of compaction energy moisture content only None of these amount of compaction energy only both moisture content and amount of compaction energy moisture content only None of these ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation The value of compression index for a remoulded sample whose liquid limit is 50% is 036 0.036 0.28 0.028 036 0.036 0.28 0.028 ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation For better strength and stability, the fine grained soils and coarse grained soils are compacted respectively as wet of OMC and dry of OMC wet of OMC and wet of OMC dry of OMC and wet of OMC dry of OMC and dry of OMC where OMC is optimum moisture content wet of OMC and dry of OMC wet of OMC and wet of OMC dry of OMC and wet of OMC dry of OMC and dry of OMC where OMC is optimum moisture content 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 3 months 6 months 12 months 24 months 3 months 6 months 12 months 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 0.5 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° 0.05 N/mm² and 45° ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
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