Question Paper Code: 10219 B.EJB.Tech, DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAYUNE 2012. Fourth Semester Civil Engineering CE 225 1/101401/CE 42/CE 1251/1011 CE 402/080100018 — SOIL MECHANICS (Regulation 2008) ‘Time : Three hours ‘Maximum : 100 marks Assume suitable data if found necessary. Answer ALL questions. PART A — (10 x 2= 20 marks) Distinguish between Residual and Transported soil. 2, Give the relationship between 7aur,G, Yq and e. What are the different types of soil water? List out the methods of drawing Flow net. What is the use of influence chart in soil mechanics? 8 4, By 6. Differentiate between ‘Compaction’ and ‘Consolidation’. 7. State the principle of Direct Shear test. 8 Whats the effect of pore pressure on shear strength of soil? 9. What do you mean by Tension Crack? 10. Define Critical surface of failure. PART B— (6 x 16 = 80 marks) 11. (@)_ The mass of wet soil when compacted in a mould was 19.55KN. The water content of the soil was 16%. If the volume of the mould was 0.95m? determine (i) dry unit weight (ji) void ratio (iii) dégree of saturation and (iv) percent air voids. Take G = 2.68. a6) Or13, ) fa) (b) In a bydrometer analysis, the corrected hydrometer reading in a 1000ml uniform soil suspension at the start of sedimentation was 28. After a lapse of 30 minutes, the corrected hydrometer reading was 12 and the corresponding effective depth 10.5cm. The specific gravity of the solids was 2.68. Assuming the viscosity and unit weight of water at the temperature of the test as 0.001 Ns/m* and 9.81 kN/m? respectively. Determine the weight of solids mixed in the suspension, the effective diameter corresponding to the 30 minutes reading and the percentage of particle finer than this size. a6) The subsoil strata at a site consist of fine sand 1.8m thick overlying a stratum of clay 1.6m thick. Under the clay stratum lies a deposit of coarse sand extending to a considerable depth. The water table is 1.6m below the ground surface. Assuming the top fine sand to be saturated by capillary water, calculate the effective pressures at ground surface and at depths of 1.8m, 3.4m and 5.0m below the ground surface. Assume for fine sand G = 2.65, e = 0.8 and for coarse sand G = 2.66, e = 0.5. What will be the change in effective pressure at depth 3.4m, if no capillary water is assumed to be present in the fine sand and its bulk unit weight is assumed to be 16.68kN/m*. The unit weight of clay may be assumed as 19.32kN/m’. a6) Or In a constant head permeameter test, the following observations were taken. Distance between piezometer tappings = 15cm, Difference of water levels in piezometers = 40cm, Diameter of the test sample = Scm, Quantity of water collected = 500ml, Duration of the test = 900 sec. Determine the coefficient of permeability of the soil. If the dry mass of the 15cm long sample is 486g and specific gravity of the solids is 2.65. Caleulate seepage velocity of water during the test. (a6) ‘The load from a continuous footing of width 2m, which may be considered to be strip load of considerable length, is 200kN/m?. Determine the maximum principal stress at 1.5m, depth below the footing, if the point lies (i) directly below the centre of the footing (ii) directly below the edge of the footing and (iii) 0.8m away from the edge of the footing. (16) Or (i) What are different components of settlement? Explain in detail. (6) Gi) Derive Terzaghi’s one dimensional consolidation equation, listing various assumptions made. (10) 2 1021914, (@) ) (a) ) Explain with neat sketches the procedure of conducting Direct Shear ‘Test. Give its advantages over other methods of finding shear strength of soil. a6) Or (@ Write a brief critical note on Unconfined Compression test. 6) (a) What are the advantages and disadvantages of Triaxial Compression Test. 8) Acanal is to be excavated to a depth of 6m below ground level, through a soil having the following characteristics ¢= 15kN/m?, = 20°, e = 0.9 and G = 2.67. The slope of the banks is 1 in 1. Determine the factor of safety with respect to cohesion when the canal runs full. What will be the factor of safety if the canal is rapidly emptied completely? a6) Or Explain with neat sketches the Bishop's method of stability analysis. (16) 3 10219