CONFIDENTIAL 0 UNIVERSITI TUN HUSSEIN ONN MALAYSIA FINAL EXAMINATION SEMESTER II | SESSION 2014/2015 COURSE NAME GEOTECHNICS I COURSE CODE BFC 21702 PROGRAMME BACHELOR OF CIVIL EXAMINATION DATE DURATION INSTRUCTION ‘THIS QUESTION PAPER CONSISTS OF NINE (9) PAGES UTHM Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia ENGINEERING WITH HONOURS JUNE 2015 / JULY 2015 2 HOURS ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN PART A AND ANY THREE (3) QUESTIONS FROM PART B. CONFIDENTIALCONFIDENTIAL BFC 21702 PART A QI (a)_ Briefly explain TWO (2) main differences between the shear parameters obtained from direct shear test and those obtained from unconfined compression test. (6 marks) (b) @) What are the drained conditions and undrained conditions in determining the shear parameters? (4 marks) (ii) Volume change is expected on the samples when sheared at drained conditions. Distinguish the differences in volume change of loose samples and dense samples when sheared at drained conditions. (6 marks) (©) Consolidated Undrained (CU) triaxial tests were carried out to determine the shear parameters of a 5m thick saturated clay layer (ysx = 18.5 kN/m’) at the nearby construction site. The results of the tests are shown in TABLE Q1. TABLE QL Test] Cellpressure, | Deviatorstress at | Pore pressure at No. os | failure, (Aoy)s failure, (Au): (kN/m’) (kN/m’) (kNim’) 7 100 170 “15 2 200 260 | 40 7 300 360 -80 (Determine the Mohr Coulomb's shear strength parameters c’, ” and ¢, 6 graphically. (5 marks) (ii) Calculate the shear strength of the soil in the middle of clay layer. (4 marks) CONFIDENTIA|!CONFIDENTIAL BFC 21702 PART B a (a) (b) State the THREE (3) major categories of particle shape? Briefly explain the expected changes in particle shape on sand particles carried by wind and water for a long distance when compared with the sand particles located close to their origin, (6 marks) Given that: © The moist mass of a soil specimen is 20.7 kg. . The specimen's volume measured before drying is 0.011 m’, * The specimen's dried mass is 16.3 kg. © The specific gravity of solids is 2.62. Determine: (i) Void ratio, ¢ and porosity, n (4 marks) ii) Degree of saturation, Sr (G marks) (iii) Wet unit mass (kg/m*) (4 marks) (iv) Dry unit mass (kg/m’) : (4 marks) (¥) Wet unit weight (kN/m’) (2 marks) (vi) Dry unit weight (KNi (2 marks) CONFIDENTIAL