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the load from a continuous footing of 18 metres width which may be considered to be a strip load of considerable length is 180 knm2 verify the
verify the intensity of vertical stress at a pointa line load of 100 knmetre run extends to a long distance verify the intensity of vertical stress
a raft of size 4 m times 4 m carries a uniform load of 200 knm2 using the point load approximation with four equivalent point loads measure the
stability of the upstream slope of an earth damgive the step by step procedure for examining the stability of the upstream slope of an earth dam by
in a drained triaxial compression test a saturated specimen of cohesionless sand fails at a deviator stress of 450 knm2 when the cell pressure was
a cylindrical specimen of saturated clay 45 cm in diameter and 9 cm long is tested in an unconfined compression apparatussearch the cohesion if the
a granular soil is subjected to a minor principal stress of 200 knm2 if the angle of internal friction is 30deg verify the inclination of the plane
a cylindrical specimen of a saturated soil fails under an axial stress 150 knm2 in an unconfined compression test the failure plane makes an angle of
the stresses at failure on the failure plane in a cohesionless soil mass were shear stress 4 knm2 normal stress 10 knm2 verify the resultant stress
a bed of sand 12 m thick is underlain by a compressible stratum of normally loaded clay 6 m thick the water table is at a depth of 5 m below the
the thickness of a saturated specimen of clay under a consolidation pressure of 100 knm2 of is 24 mm and its water content is 20 on enhance of the
a clay layer 5 m thick has double drainage it was consolidated under a load of 1275 knm2 the load is enhanced to 1975 knm2 the coefficient of volume
a saturated clay layer 4 m thick is located 6 m below gl the void ratio of the clay is 10 when a raft foundation is located at 2 m below gl the
a clay stratum is 45 m thick and rests on a rock surface the coefficient of consolidation of a sample of this clay was found to be 45 times 10-8 m2s
a saturated clay specimen is subjected to a pressure of 240 knm2 after the lapse of a time it is determined that the pore pressure in the specimen is
define and distinguish among coefficient of volume compressibility and coefficient of consolidationexplain clearly one method of computing
determine what is meant by normally consolidated clay stratum and over-consolidated clay stratum draw typical results of consolidation test data to a
the water table is lowered from a depth of 3 m to a depth of 6 m in a deposit of silt the silt remains saturated even after the water table is
a sand deposit of 12 m thick overlies a clay layer the water table is 3 m below the ground surface in a field permeability pump-out test the water is
determine the important factors that affect the permeability of a soila permeameter of 82 cm diameter having a sample of soil of length 35 cm it can
determine the value of the coefficient of permeabilitya glass cylinder 5 cm internal diameter with a screen at the bottom is used as a falling head
determine the principle of darcys law for laminar flow of water through saturated soilillustrate that the coefficient of permeability has the
what are the conditions essential for darcys law to be applicable for flow of water by soil why is the permeability of a clay soil with flocculated
list the factors that affect the permeability of a given soil determine the precautions that should be taken so that satisfactory permeability data
explain clearly with a neat sketch how you will verify the coefficient of permeability of a clay sample in the laboratory and derive the expression