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GATE2020 CE-2-22
A soil has dry unit weight of $15.5\: kN/m^3$, specific gravity of $2.65$ and degree of saturation of $72\: %.$ Considering the unit weight of water as $10\: kN/m^3$, the water content of the soil (in $\%$ round off to two decimal places) is __________.

A soil has dry unit weight of $15.5\: kN/m^3$, specific gravity of $2.65$ and degree of saturation of $72\: %.$ Considering the unit weight of water as $10\: kN/m^3$, the...

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go_editor asked Feb 13, 2020

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GATE2019 CE-1: 17
In a soil specimen, the total stress, effective stress, hydraulic gradient and critical hydraulic gradient are $\sigma, \: \sigma’$, $i$ and $i_c$, respectively. For initiation of quicksand condition, which one of the following statements is TRUE? $\sigma’ \neq 0$ and $i=i_c$ $\sigma’ = 0$ and $i=i_c$ $\sigma’ \neq 0$ and $i \neq i_c$ $\sigma = 0$ and $i=i_c$

In a soil specimen, the total stress, effective stress, hydraulic gradient and critical hydraulic gradient are $\sigma, \: \sigma’$, $i$ and $i_c$, respectively. For in...

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Arjun asked Feb 14, 2019

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