Soil Mechanics and Foundation The clay mineral with the largest swelling and shrinkage characteristics is illite None of these kaolinite montmorillonite illite None of these kaolinite montmorillonite ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation The angle that Coulomb’s failure envelope makes with the horizontal is called cohesion None of these angle of repose angle of internal friction cohesion None of these angle of repose angle of internal friction 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° 0.2 N/mm² and 0° 0.05 N/mm² and 0° 0.5 N/mm² and 30° 0.05 N/mm² and 45° 0.2 N/mm² and 0° 0.05 N/mm² and 0° ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Which of the following is a measure of particle size range ? effective size uniformity coefficient None of these coefficient of curvature effective size uniformity coefficient None of these coefficient of curvature ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Time factor for a clay layer is a dimensional parameter independent of thickness of clay layer inversely proportional to drainage path directly proportional to permeability of soil a dimensional parameter independent of thickness of clay layer inversely proportional to drainage path directly proportional to permeability of soil ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation The average coefficient of permeability of natural deposits Parallel to stratification is always greater than that perpendicular to stratification Is always same in both directions Parallel to stratification is always less than that perpendicular to stratification Parallel to stratification may or may not be greater than that perpendicular to stratification Parallel to stratification is always greater than that perpendicular to stratification Is always same in both directions Parallel to stratification is always less than that perpendicular to stratification Parallel to stratification may or may not be greater than that perpendicular to stratification ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP