What is the effect of too little or too much water in the voids of soil? How is this related to the strength of the soil?

Q: What would you look at in a series of topographic maps to determine that erosion has occurred? O A…

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Q: As stream velocity decreases, which factor will likely increase? A. erosion of the stream bank B.…

A: Required : As stream velocity decreases, which factor will likely increase.

Q: Is this solution correct? I thought the area in ft2 needs to be converted to in2.

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Q: Explain different type of stress.

A: There are two types of stress.Normal Stress : Caused due to normal forces (forces perpendicular to…

Q: What is the primary purpose of a retaining wall? a) To provide structural support to buildings b) To…

A: Retaining walls are primarily used to restrain and hold the soil mass at critical slopes against…

Q: m3 s-1 flow water treatment plant uses ten sedimentation basins with an overflow rate of 15 m3 day-1…

A: Given: Discharge Q=1 m3/sec Overflow rate =15 m3/d,m2                        =15 24×3600  m3/sec-m2…

Q: A swimmer in an inner tube would like to ride the longshore current 0.21 km along the beach to the…

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Q: What is Elasticity and deformation? Give two examples of elasticity and deformation from the…

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Q: Consider a steady-flow mixing process. Under what conditions will the energy transported into the…

A: The conservation of energy that proposed in the given case is equivalent to the conservation of the…

Q: Describe how the trash from the West Coast of the US ends up in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

A: We know that there are large amounts of garbage that are damped by human into patch of sea or ocean.…

Q: after rubbing your fingers over the rock how did the surface feel?

A: Rock surface is mostly rough in nature, It offers frictional force.

Q: 5. The "iceberg analogy" for the isostatic equilibrium of the continental crust turns out to be…

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Q: Consider two identical fans, one at sea level and the other on top of a high mountain, running at…

A: The volume flow rate is constant in both the cases as the size and speed of both the fans are the…

Q: What fraction of the iceberg lies below the water level?

A: According to Archimedes principle Bouyant force = weight of liquid displaced

Q: A soil has the dry density 1.6 (g/cm3),w-10% and Gs=2.7. Using phase diagram a) Void Ratio b) Total…

A: Given a soil has the dry density =1.6g/cm^3 W=10% and G's =2.7.

Q: 3. Prove that the slope of the internal fault characteristics for a single-end-fed system is 200%.

A: Given Prove that the slope of the internal fault characteristics for a single-end-fed system is 200…