Geotechnical Engineering

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314 GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING

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10. T. W. Lambe: Soil Testing for Engineers, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 1951.


11. T. W. Lambe and R. V. Whitman: Soil Mechanics, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 1969.


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QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS

8.1 Explain the principle of the direct shear test. What are the advantages of this test? What are its

limitations? (S.V.U.—Four year B.Tech.—April, 1983)

8.2 What are the advantages and disadvantages of a triaxial compression test? Briefly explain how

you conduct the test and compute the shear parameters for the soil from the test data.

(S.V.U.—B.Tech. (Part-time)—May, 1983), (B.E., (R.R)—Sep, 1978)

8.3 Differentiate between unconsolidated undrained test and a drained test. Under what conditions

are these test results used for design purposes? (S.V.U.—B.Tech. (Part-time)—Sep., 1982)

8.4 Write brief critical notes on:

(a) Mohr’s Circle (B.Tech. (Part-time)—Sep., 1982)

(b) Unconfined compression Test (B.Tech. (Part-time)—June. 1981)

(c) Triaxial test and its merits (B.Tech. (R.R.)—Feb., 1976)

8.5 (a) Explain the basic differences between a box shear test and a triaxial shear test for soils.

(b) Differentiate between shear strength parameters obtained from total and effective stress

considerations. (S.V.U.—B.Tech. (Part-time)—Apr., 1982)

8.6 (a) Explain the Mohr-Coulomb strength envelope.

(b) Sketch the stress-strain relationship for dense and loose and.

(S.V.U.—B.Tech. (Part-time)—Apr., 1982)

8.7 What are the three standard triaxial shear tests with respect to drainage conditions? Explain

with reasons the situations for which each test is to be preferred.

(S.V.U.—B.Tech. (Part-time)—June., 1981, B.E. (R.R.)—Nov., 1974)