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GATE2020-CE-1-22
In a drained triaxial compression test, a sample of sand fails at deviator stress of $150\:kPa$ under confining pressure of $50\:kPa$. The angle of internal friction (in degree, round off to the nearest integer) of the sample, is ______

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GATE2015-1-15
Which of the following statements is NOT correct? Loose sand exhibits contractive behavior upon shearing Dense sand when sheared under undrained condition, may lead to generation of negative pore pressure Black cotton sild exhibits expansive behavior Liquefaction is ... soil near the downstream side of dams or sheet-piles loses its shear strength due to high upward hydraulic gradient

Milicevic3306 asked in Soil Mechanics Mar 26, 2018

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GATE2014-2-46
A suspension of sand like particles in water with particles of diameter $0.10$ mm and below is flowing into a settling tank at $0.10 \: m^3/s$. Assume $g=9.81 \: m/s^2$, specific gravity of particles $=2.65$ ... are (in $m^2$) required for this settling tank to remove particles of size $0.06$ mm and above with $100 \%$ efficiency is ___________

Milicevic3306 asked in Solid Mechanics Mar 26, 2018

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