Soil Mechanics and Foundation The angle that Coulomb’s failure envelope makes with the horizontal is called angle of repose angle of internal friction cohesion None of these angle of repose angle of internal friction cohesion None of these ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Shear strength of a soil is a unique function of None of these effective stress only both effective stress and total stress total stress only None of these effective stress only both effective stress and total stress total stress only ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
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 7° 12° 10° 17° 7° 12° 10° 17° 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 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 decrease in liquid limit and increase in plasticity index increase in both liquid limit and 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 0.5 N/mm² and 30° 0.05 N/mm² and 45° 0.05 N/mm² and 0° 0.2 N/mm² and 0° 0.5 N/mm² and 30° 0.05 N/mm² and 45° 0.05 N/mm² and 0° 0.2 N/mm² and 0° ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation The water content of soil, which represents the boundary between plastic state and liquid state, is known as liquid limit plasticity index plastic limit shrinkage limit liquid limit plasticity index plastic limit shrinkage limit ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
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