Definitions and Properties of Soils · Geotechnical Engineering · GATE CE

The contact pressure distribution shown in the figure belongs to a...

Which one of the following saturated fine-grained soils can attain a negative Skempton’s pore pressure coefficient (A)?

A reinforced concrete pile of 10 m length and 0.7 m diameter is embedded in a saturated pure clay with unit cohesion of 50 kPa. If the adhesion factor...

A 2 m wide strip footing is founded at a depth of 1.5 m below the ground level in a homogeneous pure clay bed. The clay bed has unit cohesion of 40 kP...

An embankment is constructed with soil by maintaining the degree of saturation as 75% during compaction. The specific gravity of soil is 2.68 and the ...

If the water content of a fully saturated soil mass is 100%, the void ratio of the sample is

A certain soil has the following properties: Gs = 2.71, n = 40% and w = 20%. The degree of saturation of the soil (rounded off to the nearest percent)...

In its natural condition, a soil sample has a mass of 1.980 kg and a volume of 0.001 m3. After being completely dried in an oven, the mass of the samp...

The ratio of saturated unit weight to dry unit weight of a soil is 1.25. If the specific gravity of solids (Gs) is 2.65, the void ratio of the soil is...

A soil sample has a void ratio of 0.5 and its porosity will be closed to

A borrow pit soil has a dry density of 17 kN/m3. How many cubic meters of this soils will be required to construct an embankment of 100 m3 volume with...

Principle involved in the relationship between submerged unit weight and saturated weight of a soil is based on

If the porosity of a soil sample is 20%, the void ratio is

Which one of the following relations is not correct?

The void ratio of a soil sample can exceed unity.

The void ratio of a soil sample is 1. The corresponding porosity of the sample is _______.

Consider the statements P and Q related to the analysis/design of retaining walls.P: When a rough retaining wall moves toward the backfill, the wall f...

Consider the statements P, Q, and R. P: Compacted fine-grained soils with flocculated structure have isotropic permeability. Q: Phreatic surface/line ...

A homogeneous earth dam has a maximum water head difference of 15 m between the upstream and downstream sides. A flownet was drawn with the number of ...

The in-situ percentage of voids of a sand deposit is 50%. The maximum and minimum densities of sand determined from the laboratory tests are 1.8 g/cm3...

A drained triaxial test was conducted on a saturated sand specimen using a stress-path triaxial testing system. The specimen failed when the axial str...

A vertical smooth rigid retaining wall is supporting horizontal ground with dry cohesionless backfill having a friction angle of 30°. The inclinations...

Which of the following statement(s) is/are CORRECT?

The total primary consolidation settlement ($S_c$) of a building constructed on a 10 m thick saturated clay layer is estimated to be 50 mm. After 300 ...

An infinite slope is made up of cohesionless soil with seepage parallel to and up to the sloping surface. The angle of slope is 30° with respect to th...

A soil sample was consolidated at a cell pressure of 20 kPa and a back pressure of 10 kPa for 24 hours during a consolidated undrained (CU) triaxial t...

The porosity (n) and the degree of saturation (S) of a soil sample are 0.7 and 40%, respectively. In a 100 $$m^3$$ volume of the soil, the volume (exp...

A 588 $$cm^3$$ volume of moist sand weighs 1010 gm. Its dry weight is 918 gm and specific gravity of solids, G is 2.67. Assuming density of water as 1...

The water content of a saturated soil and the specific gravity of soil solids were found to be 30% and 2.70, respectively. Assuming the unit weight of...

For sand of uniform spherical particles, the void ratio in the loosest and the densest states are ________ and ________ respectively.

A saturated sand sample has dry unit weight of 18 $$kN/m^3$$ and a specific gravity of 2.65. If $$\gamma_w$$ = 10 $$kN/m^3$$, the water content of the...