Civil Engineering :: Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering
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The compression index of a soil
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Pick up the correct statement from the following:
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For a homogeneous earth dam 50 m high having 2 m free broad, a flow net was constructed and the results were : Number of potential drops = 2.4 Number of flow channels = 0.4. If coefficiency of permeability of the dam mateiral is 3 x 10-3 cm3/sec, the discharge per metre length of dam, is
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W is the weight of soil having a moisture content ω. If V is the volume of proctor's mould, the dry density of the soil is
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For shear strength, triaxial shear test is suitable because
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The soil moisture driven off by heat, is called
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If the specific gravity of a soil particle of 0.05 cm diameter is 2.67, its terminal velocity while settling in distilled water of viscosity, 0.01 poise, is
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The direct shear test suffers from the following disadvantage:
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it can be performed under all three drainage conditions |
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precise measurement of the pore pressure and volume change during the test is possible |
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stress distribution on the failure plane, is uniform |
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state of stress within the specimen during any stage of the test as well as at failure, is completely determined |
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all the above. |