Soil Mechanics and Foundation
Allowable bearing pressure for a foundation depends upon

both allowable settlement and ultimate bearing capacity
none of above
ultimate bearing capacity of soil only
allowable settlement only

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
Degree of consolidation is

directly proportional to time and inversely proportional to drainage path
directly proportional to time and inversely proportional to square of drainage path
directly proportional to square of drainage path and inversely proportional to time
directly proportional to drainage path and inversely proportional to time

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
Which of the following statements is correct?

A soil is said to be well graded if it has most of the particles of about the same size
None of these
For a well graded soil, both uniformity coefficient and coefficient of curvature are nearly unity.
Uniformity coefficient represents the shape of the particle size distribution curve.

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