Under-reamed piles are generally

More Questions from Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering

• Pick up the correct statement from the following:
• Minimum depth of a footing carrying a heavy load, is calculated by the formula
• The ratio of the weight of given volume of soil solids to the weight of an equal volume of distilled water at the given temperature, is known
• The coefficient of curvature is defined
• The seepage force in a soil, is
• A flow line makes angles θ1 and θ2 with the normal to the interface of the soils having permeabilities k1, k2 before and after deflection. According to the law of deflection of the flow lines at the interface of the dissimilar soils
• Accurate determination of water content, is made by
• The ratio of the volume of voids to the volume of soil solids in a given soil mass, is known
• The liquidity index is defined as a ratio expressed as percentage of
• The active earth pressure of a soil is proportional to (where φ is the angle of friction of the soil)

Discussion & Comments