Soil Mechanics and Foundation The ratio of volume of voids to the total volume of soil mass is called percentage air voids voids ratio air content porosity percentage air voids voids ratio air content porosity ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation The major principal stress in an element of cohesion-less soil within the backfill of a retaining wall is Vertical if the soil is in an active state of plastic equilibrium Vertical if the soil is in a passive state of plastic equilibrium Inclined at 45° to the vertical plane None of these Vertical if the soil is in an active state of plastic equilibrium Vertical if the soil is in a passive state of plastic equilibrium Inclined at 45° to the vertical plane None of these ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation If the plasticity index of a soil mass is zero, the soil is clayey silt silt sand clay clayey silt silt sand clay ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Which of the following methods is more suitable for the determination of permeability of clayey soil ? falling head method constant head method None of these horizontal permeability test falling head method constant head method None of these horizontal permeability test ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Coefficient of consolidation of a soil is affected by compressibility None of these permeability both compressibility and permeability compressibility None of these permeability both compressibility and permeability ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation During the first stage of triaxial test when the cell pressure is increased from 0.10 N/mm² to 0.26 N/mm², the pore water pressure increases from 0.07 N/mm² to 0.15 “N/mm². Skempton’s pore pressure parameter B is -2 0.5 2 -0.5 -2 0.5 2 -0.5 ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP