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• In a compaction test, G, w, S and e represent the specific gravity, water content, degree of saturation and void ratio of the soil sample, respectively. If γw represents the unit weight of water and γd represents the dry unit weight of the soil, the equation for zero air voids line is
• In a direct shear test, the shear stress and normal stress on a dry sand sample at failure are 0.6 kg/cm2 and 1 kg/cm2 respectively. The angle of internal friction of the sand will be nearly.
• When an unconfined compression test is conducted on a cylinder of soil, it fails under axial stress of 1.2kg/cm2. The failure plane makes an angle of 50∘ with the horizontal. Determine the cohesion of the soil0.503
• The total horizontal and Vertical stresses at a point X in a saturated sandy medium are 170 kPa and 300 kPa, respectively. The static pore- water pressure is 30 kPa. At failure, the excess pore-water pressure is measured to be 94.50 kPa and the shear stresses on the vertical and horizontal planes passing through the point X and zero. Effective cohesion is 0 kPa and effective angle of internal friction is 36∘. The shear strength (kPa, up to two decimal places) at point X is 52.52
• At a site where sand deposit extends to a great depth, the ground water table is lowered from 2 m below G.L to 3 m below the G.L. The increase in effective stress is(γd=16 kN/m3 and γ′=10 kN/m3)
• Match List-I (Investigator) with List-II (Equation) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: List - IList - IIA. Skempton1. v=kiB. Coulomb2. σ1=σ−uC. Stokes3. v=D2(γs−γw)18ηD. Terzaghi4. s=c+σ tan Φ 5. u=B[σ3+A(σ1−σ3)]CodesA B C D