Soil Mechanics and Foundation The rise of water table below the foundation influences the bearing capacity of soil mainly by reducing cohesion and effective angle of shearing resistance effective angle of shearing resistance effective unit weight of soil and effective angle of shearing resistance cohesion and effective unit weight of soil cohesion and effective angle of shearing resistance effective angle of shearing resistance effective unit weight of soil and effective angle of shearing resistance cohesion and effective unit weight of soil ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation The hydraulic head that would produce a quick condition in a sand stratum of thickness 1.5 m, specific gravity 2.67 and voids ratio 0.67 is equal to 2.0m 1.0m 1.5m 3m 2.0m 1.0m 1.5m 3m ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation According to Atterberg, the soil is said to be of medium plasticity if the plasticity index PI is 7 17 0 < PI < 7 PI>27 7 17 0 < PI < 7 PI>27 ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Water content of soil can never be greater than 100 % be greater than 100 % take values only from 0 % to 100 % be less than 0 % never be greater than 100 % be greater than 100 % take values only from 0 % to 100 % be less than 0 % 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 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° 0.5 N/mm² and 30° 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
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