Civil Engineering :: Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering
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If drainage is permitted throughout the test, during the application of both normal, and shear stresses so that full consolidation occurs and no excess pore pressure is set up at any stage of the test, is known as
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A soil sample of mass specific gravity 1.92, has a moisture content 30%. If the specific gravity of solids is 2.75, the degree of saturation, is
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For slopes of limited extent the surface of slippage, is usually along
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A critical hydraulic gradient may occur when
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Plasticity index is defined as the range of water content between
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The minimum depth of building foundations on
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The ratio of the undrained strength in the undrained state to the undrained strength, at the same water content, in the remoulded state, is called the sensivity of the clay. Its value for quick clays is
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The total weight of a pycnometer with water and oven dried soil 20 (g) is 1600 g. The pycnometer filled with water alone weighs 1500 g. The specific gravity of the soil, is
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The consolidation time for soils
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