Civil Engineering :: Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering
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The reduction in volume of soil due to squeezing out of water from the voids, is termed
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'Drift' is the material picked up, mixed, disintegrated, transported and redeposited by
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The consistency index of a soil is defined as the ratio of
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The weight of a container is W1 and that of container with soil simple, is W2. If the weight of the container and oven dried soil sample is W3, the moisture content of the soil, is
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The shear strength in plastic undrained clay, is due to
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The Terzaghi's general bearing capacity equation for a continuous footing is given by (where Nc, 2V& and Ny are bearing capacity factors).
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A clay subjected to pressure in excess to its present over-burden, is said to be
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The expression \(\frac { Gs } { 1+wGs } \) Ïω is used for
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If Cv is the coefficient of consolidation, t is the time and d is drainage path of one dimensional consolidation of soil, the time factor Tv, is given by
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The total active earth pressure due to dry back fill with no surcharge, acts at H/3 above the base of the wall and is directly proportional t
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liquid limit plus the natural water content to the plasticity index of the soil |
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B.
liquid limit minus the natural water content to the plasticity index of the soil |
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C.
natural water content of a soil minus plastic limit to the plasticity index of the soil |
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D.
natural water content of a soil plus its plastic limit to the plasticity index of the soil. |