Soil Mechanics and Foundation The ultimate consolidation settlement of a soil is directly proportional to the voids ratio None of these directly proportional to the compression index inversely proportional to the compression index directly proportional to the voids ratio None of these directly proportional to the compression index inversely proportional to the compression index ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation A cylindrical specimen of saturated soil failed under an axial vertical stress of 100kN/m2 when it was laterally unconfmed. The failure plane was inclined to the horizontal plane at an angle of 45°. The values of cohesion and angle of internal friction for the soil are respectively 0.2 N/mm² and 0° 0.05 N/mm² and 0° 0.05 N/mm² and 45° 0.5 N/mm² and 30° 0.2 N/mm² and 0° 0.05 N/mm² and 0° 0.05 N/mm² and 45° 0.5 N/mm² and 30° ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Total number of stress components at a point within a soil mass loaded at its boundary is 16 3 9 6 16 3 9 6 ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation At liquid limit, all soils possess same shear strength of small magnitude same shear strength of large magnitude different shear strengths of small magnitude different shear strengths of large magnitude same shear strength of small magnitude same shear strength of large magnitude different shear strengths of small magnitude different shear strengths of large magnitude ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation In the plate loading test for determining the bearing capacity of soil, the size of square bearing plate should be greater than 1 m less than 300 mm between 750 mm and 1 m between 300 mm and 750 mm greater than 1 m less than 300 mm between 750 mm and 1 m between 300 mm and 750 mm ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation A 300 mm square bearing plate settles by 15 mm in a plate load test on a cohesive soil when the intensity of loading is 0.2 N/mm². The settlement of a prototype shallow footing 1 m square under the same intensity of loading is 50 mm 30 mm 15 mm 167 mm 50 mm 30 mm 15 mm 167 mm ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP