The table below contains data from 2CU triaxial stress on usimilar upe cimens Specimen no cell pressure 2 2 Deviatonic stress Pone water during considation at failure. (KPA) (KPA) 462 68 9 269 400 pressure (кра) 264 379

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Q: Shear Box test on a sandy clay yielded following data: Normal Load (N) Shear load at failure (N)…

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Q: Boussinesq is one of the oldest and most conservative method in determining stresses experienced by…

A: Calculation of increase in stress due to Point load  q2 at point A We know that Boussinesq's formula…

Q: 1. Fill in the blanks; (a) Theoretically, the vertical stress at surface under a point load is (b)…

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Q: A soil element is under the action of stresses shown below. At this condition obtain: a. The major…

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Q: A direct shear test when conducted on a remolded sample of sand, gave the following observations at…

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Q: Take o, = 580 kPa (Figure 1) Express your answer to three significant figures and include the…

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Q: A triaxial test on a saturated soil has the ff. results: a. Determine the drained angle of friction…

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Q: A vane shear test was performed on saturated clay layer at the site and it is noted that a torque of…

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Q: Determine the value of coefficient of active pressure of soil having angle of internal friction 33…

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Q: 4. What is the effective stress for the soil at point A given the situation depicted below. 123pcf,…

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Q: Figure 3 shows the stresses at failure for a point in a soil mass. Note A.U. (a) Draw the Mohr…

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Q: A triaxial test on a saturated soil has the ff. results: Deviator stress (kPa) 119 143 178 Cell…

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Q: A soil sample in a tri-axial test has the following normal stresses. Which of the following gives…

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Q: clay layer using a vane with a diameter of 75.8 mm and a height of 151.6 mm. The vane was inserted…

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Q: Refer to the figure for the details of the spread footing. Given: A=5.7 m B=8.2 m Axial load, P =…

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Q: a. A vane shear test was conducted in a saturated clay. The height and diameter of the rectangular…

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Q: The section of a concrete dam is shown. Determine if the dam shown is stable against sliding and…

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Q: 1. The soil has a friction angle of 25°. Assuming there is no chart given, determine the following:…

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Q: a. A vane shear test was conducted in a saturated clay. The height and diameter of the rectangular…

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Q: A shear vane of 7.5 cm diameter and 11.0 cm length was used to measure the shear strength of soft…

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Q: A cone penetration test result of a deposit of normally consolidated dry sand are given below.…

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Q: Stress path equation for a tri-axial test upon application q=10/3 +0.5 P. The respective value of…

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Q: Soil with a unit weight of 20 kN/m3 is excavated at 3m below the ground surface. Calculate the shear…

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Q: (b) A 50-kg machine tool is mounted on an elastic foundation. An experiment is run to determine the…

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Q: Define the concept of Effective Stress Friction Angleof Granular Soil ?

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Q: 10. Which one of the following is an assumption made by Coulomb in the development of his earth…

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Q: a. A vane shear test was conducted in a saturated clay. Theheight and diameter of the rectangular…

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Q: Vane shear tests were conducted in the clay layer. The vane dimensions were 63.5 mm (D) x 127 mm…

A: calculate ratio  of height and diameter oby using vane equationRatio=HDgiven  H=127cm and…

Q: 2. SPT test was performed at a shallow site composed of uniform granular soil with a unit weight =…

A: Given : Depth and Standard Penetration Number,N60  B= 1.83 m Df =6.91m Se = 25 mm

Q: 8.0 m 5.0 m 1.1 m A Z Sandy Silt, ML y = 17 kN/m³ y = 17.5kN/m³ c' = 10 kPa p' = 28° K = 0.54

A: Given: To find: The shear strength on the horizontal plane at point and the vertical plane point.

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Q: Question A sample of dry sand was tested in direct shear test apparatus under a normal load of 72…

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Q: 1) Properties of soil and concrete Osal 4m 9 = 30° Cohesion =0 Coefficient of base friction = 0.50…

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