Geotechnical Engineering

‘Lacustrine Soils’ means ............. ‘Aeoline Soils’ means ............. Bentonite clay contains predominantly the clay miner ...

DHARM N-GEO\OBJ.PM5 881 OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS 881 In the unit phase diagram for a soil mass: (a) the volume of water is taken as ...

DHARM N-GEO\OBJ.PM5 882 882 GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING The sensitivity of a clay is 15. How do you classify it with regard to sen ...

DHARM N-GEO\OBJ.PM5 883 OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS 883 Allen Hazen’s empirical relationship between the coefficient of permeability an ...

DHARM N-GEO\OBJ.PM5 884 884 GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING The empirical relationship established by Skempton between the compression ...

DHARM N-GEO\OBJ.PM5 885 OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS 885 Secondary consolidation obeys Terzaghi’s one-dimensional theory of consolidatio ...

DHARM N-GEO\OBJ.PM5 886 886 GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING The most unfavourable condition for the stability of an earth slope is the ...

DHARM N-GEO\OBJ.PM5 887 OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS 887 The degree of compaction of a soil is characterized by its ............. The hi ...

DHARM N-GEO\OBJ.PM5 888 888 GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING The curved surface of sliding in the passive case approximates a ......... ...

DHARM N-GEO\OBJ.PM5 889 OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS 889 Factor of safety should be applied only to the net ultimate bearing capacity an ...

DHARM N-GEO\OBJ.PM5 890 890 GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING Skempton’s equations give the ............ bearing capacity of ........... ...

DHARM N-GEO\OBJ.PM5 891 OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS 891 Pile driving in sensitive clays could result in the reduction of resistance due ...

DHARM N-GEO\OBJ.PM5 892 892 GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING Waterproofers do not increase the strength of the soil but help it retain ...

DHARM N-GEO\OBJ.PM5 893 OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS 893 The most popular method of placing an open caisson in position is ............. ...

DHARM N-GEO\OBJ.PM5 894 894 GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING The resistance to motion in a physical system is known as ............. Th ...

DHARM N-GEO\OBJ.PM5 895 OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS 895 The two basic kinds of machines with regard to their dynamic effects on the fou ...

DHARM N-GEO\OBJ.PM5 896 896 GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING Unconfined compression strength, area correction, etc. Taylor’s stability ...

DHARM N-GEO\OBJ.PM5 897 OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS 897 Dupuit, Thiem (b) k = 100 D 102 laminar, circular pipe (cylindrical conduit) Fa ...

DHARM N-GEO\OBJ.PM5 898 898 GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING decreases, increases False (increases both) (d) False (True only for horiz ...

DHARM N-GEO\OBJ.PM5 899 OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS 899 (c) The ratio of settlement of pile group to that of individual pile. Winkler’s ...