Shallow Foundation · Geotechnical Engineering · GATE CE

A standard penetration test (SPT) was carried out at a location by using a manually operated hammer dropping system with 50% efficiency. The recorded ...

Read the following statements : (P) While designing a shallow footing in sandy soil, monsoon season is considered for critical design in terms of bear...

At a site, Static Cone Penetration Test was carried out. The measured point (tip) resistance qc was 1000 kPa at a certain depth. The friction ratio (f...

A square footing is to be designed to carry a column load of 500 kN which is resting on a soil stratum having the following average properties: bulk u...

A circular pile of diameter 0.6 m and length 8 m was constructed in a cohesive soil stratum having the following properties: bulk unit weight = 19 kN/...

For the flow setup shown in the figure (not to scale), the hydraulic conductivities of the two soil samples, Soil 1 and Soil 2, are 10 mm/s and 1 mm/s...

A square footing of size 2.5 m × 2.5 m is placed 1.0 m below the ground surface on a cohesionless homogeneous soil stratum. Considering that the groun...