Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering Questions

• A structure is erected on an impervious clay whose thickness is 12 m. Drainage is possible both at upper and lower surfaces. Coefficient of consolidation is 0.015 cm2 per minute. For attaining 50% consolidation with a time factor 0.20, the number of days required
• The pressure that builds up in pore water due to load increment on the soil, is termed
• A soil not fully consolidated under the existing over-burden pressure, is called
• A grillage foundation
• The intensity of active earth pressure at a depth of 10 metres in dry cohesionless sand with an angle of internal friction of 30° and with a weight of 1.8 t/m3, is
• The density of soil can be increased
• During seepage through a soil, direction of seepage is always
• The specific gravity of Calcite is
• The water content in a soil sample when it continues to loose weight without loosing the volume, is called
• The angle of internal friction of clays, is usually
• If Cs is the expansion index in Q. 11.165, the empirical formula given by Terzaghi, is
• The bulk density of the soil sample stated in Q. No. 11.243, is
• Pick up the correct statement from the following:
• The specific yield of soil depends upon
• Pile foundations are generally preferred to for
• The maximum possible value nf dry density is referred to as
• If the bulk density of the soil is ρ and water content ω, then dry density of the soil, is
• The seepage exit gradient in a soil is the ratio of
• For general engineering purposes, soils are classified by
• A failure wedge develops if a retaining wall