Recent questions tagged foundation-engineering

Information related to foundation design is provided in table below.\[\begin{array}{|l|l|}\hline\text{Column 1} & \text{Column 2} \\\hline\text{(I) Converse-Labarre formu...

A shallow footing is subjected to a vertical load. Within the elastic limit of the underlying soil, the TRUE statement(s) is/are:Vertical displacement below a rigid shall...

For a clayey soil stratum, the time required for degree of consolidation from $25 \%$ to $50 \%$ is $30$ days.The total time (in days) required for $90 \%$ degree of cons...

The ultimate bearing capacity of a $1 \text{ m}$ wide strip footing is $532.80 \text{ kPa}$ , when it is embedded at $1 \text{ m}$ depth in dry cohesionless soil. The soi...

A building is proposed in an area having thick deposit of silty clay. The water table is at the ground surface. The saturated unit weight of soil is $18 ~\mathrm{kN} / \m...

​​​​​​The name of a person in Column $1$ is to be matched with the test mentioned in Column $2$.\[\begin{array}{|l|l|}\hline\text{Column 1} & \text{Column 2} \\\hline(I)\...

To obtain undisturbed clay soil sample, an Area Ratio of $10 \%$ needs to be achieved for a thin walled sampling tube. If the outer diameter of the tube is $50.8$ mm , th...

As per the Rankine's earth pressure theory, which of the following statements is/are FALSE?For the active earth pressure, the inclination of failure plane is $\left(45^{\...

A circular pile of $600 \text{ mm}$ diameter and $6 \text{ m}$ length is embedded in a saturated clayey soil. Undrained cohesion of the soil is $80 \text{ kPa}$ . Unit we...

A group of $25$ circular piles is arranged in $5 \times 5$ uniform pattern in a soft clay soil with equal spacing in both the directions. These are friction piles with ne...

A shallow strip footing of width $2$ m is embedded at a depth of $1.5$ m below the ground surface in a homogeneous pure clay with an angle of internal friction zero. Cons...

In the context of shear strength of soil, which of the following statements is/are CORRECT?The unconfined compression test is a special case of the unconsolidated-undrain...

The bank of a canal has the profile shown in the figure. The material is a homogeneous clay with a bulk unit weight of $20 \: \mathrm{kN} / \mathrm{m}^{3}$, undrained coh...

A cut slope is made in a silty clay soil for a new road project, as shown in the figure. The locations of ground water table (GWT) and potential failure surface are shown...

A reinforced concrete pile of $10 \mathrm{~m}$ length and $0.7 \mathrm{~m}$ diameter is embedded in a saturated pure clay with unit cohesion of $50 \mathrm{kPa}$. If the ...

Consider the statements $\mathrm{P}$ and $\mathrm{Q}$ related to the analysis/design of retaining walls.$\mathrm{P}$: When a rough retaining wall moves toward the backfil...

​​​​​Consider the statements $\text{P, Q,}$ and $\text{R}$.$\text{P}$: Compacted fine-grained soils with flocculated structure have isotropic permeability.$\text{Q}$: Phr...

​​​​​​Which of the following statement(s) is/are CORRECT?Swell potential of soil decreases with an increase in the shrinkage limit.Both loose and dense sands with differe...

The reason(s) of the nonuniform elastic settlement profile below a flexible footing, resting on a cohesionless soil while subjected to uniform loading, is/are:Variation o...

In the given figure, Point $\mathrm{O}$ indicates the stress point of a soil element at initial non-hydrostatic stress condition. For the stress path $\text{(OP),}$ which...

The figure shows a vertical retaining wall with backfill consisting of cohesive-frictional soil and a failure plane developed due to passive earth pressure. The forces ac...

A square footing is to be designed to carry a column load of $500~ \mathrm{kN}$ which is resting on a soil stratum having the following average properties: bulk unit weig...

A circular pile of diameter $0.6 \mathrm{~m}$ and length $8 \mathrm{~m}$ was constructed in a cohesive soil stratum having the following properties: bulk unit weight $=19...

A group of $9$ friction piles are arranged in a square grid maintaining equal spacing in all directions. Each pile is of diameter $300 \mathrm{~mm}$ and length $7 \mathrm...

A possible slope failure is shown in the figure. Three soil samples are taken from different locations $\text{(I, II}$ and $\text{III)}$ of the potential failure plane. W...

With reference to the compaction test conducted on soils, which of the following is $\text { INCORRECT?}$Peak point of the compaction curve gives the maximum dry unit wei...