When a cohesionless soil attains quick condition, it looses
The specific yield of soil depends upon
In active state of plastic equilibrium in a non cohesive soil with horizontal ground surface
The consolidation time for soils
A pycnometer is used to determine
The shear strength in plastic undrained clay, is due to
A grillage foundation
When a cohesionless soil attains quick condition, it looses
The specific yield of soil depends upon
The shear strength in plastic undrained clay, is due to
The compression index of a soil
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The degree of saturation of the soil sample stated in Q. No,is
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The maximum load carried by a pile, when it continues to sink without further increase of load, is known as
For determing the specific gravity of soil solids, using a pycnometer ofcc., the following data is available : Weight of dry empty pycnometer =g Weight of dried soil and pycnometer =g Weight of dried soil and distilled =g water filled in pycnometer up to top The specific gravity of soil soilds, is
Number of piles required to support a column, is
The earth pressure of a soil at rest, is proportional to (where φ is the angle of internal friction of the soil)
For a clay slope of height ofm, the stability number is 0.γ = 2.0 t/m3, C = 2.5 t/m2, the critical height of the slope of the soil, is
The ratio of settlement at any time 't' to the final settlement, is known as
The soil which contains finest grain particles, is
The coefficient of curvature for a well graded soil, must be between
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The soil moisture driven off by heat, is called
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If σ0' and σ' represent initial and increased pressure ; e0 and e void ratios corresponding to initial and increased pressure ; and C0 the compression index (dimensionless), then, the virgin compression curve as expressed by Terzaghi empirical formula is
The minimum centre to centre distance of friction piles of 1 m diameter, is
The Westergaard analysis is used for
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