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Present a classification chart listing various inorganic soil deposits. |
2023, 2024 |
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Geotechnical Engineers are much more concerned with the shear strength of soil - Explain |
2023 |
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Draw typical shear stress - shear strain diagram of soil and indicate yield strength, peak strength, ultimate strength, critical strength and residual strength |
2023 |
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Derive an expression for shrinkage limit of sol involving specific gravity of soil solids |
2023 |
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Describe various types of chemical weather responsible for the formation of soil from different rocks. |
2023 |
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Classify soil as per USCS |
2023 |
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Determine consistency index and comment on its stiffness |
2023 |
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Undrained triaxial compression test - draw Mohr's circle diagram and find shear strength parameters |
2023, 2024 |
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Classify as per AASHTO system and comment on suitability for road pavement subgrade |
2023, 2024 |
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Drained triaxial compression test - find the effective angle of shearing resistance and approximate inclination of failure plane. Draw and use Mohr's circle diagram. Find equation of failure envelope. |
2023, 2024 |
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Vane shear test - find the shear strength of clay. What type of triaxial shear test would give the same value of shear strength, if a perfectly undisturbed sample could be obtained? |
2023, 2024 |
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Draw and explain plasticity chart as used in USCS |
2024 |
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Draw a Mohr's circle diagram to represent the failure stress conditions of a soil specimen during unconfined compression test and hence show that the cohession param of the soil is half of the unconfined compressive strenght |
2024 |
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Draw and explain typical shear stress and volume change relationship curves with shear displacement for the cases of sandy soils having various states of density. |
2024 |
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State the advantages and limitations of direct shear test. |
2024 |
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Consolidated undrained triaxial tests - plot effective stress failure envelope and write down the equation for the failure envelope |
2024 |
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Liquid limit test using cone penetration apparatus - determine liquid limit and comment on compressibility |
2024 |