07/12/2017 Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory - - Unit 5 - Week 4

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Week 1 1) Consolidation is an example of 1 point

Steady state seepage

Week 2
Transient seepage
Week 3 No seepage
None of these
Week 4

Lecture 17:
Shear Strength
(contd..)
Accepted Answers:
Transient seepage
Lecture 18:
Shear Strength 2) A clay layer of 4m thick undergoes 50mm ultimate consolidation settlement 1 point
(contd..) under single drainage conditions. What would be the ultimate consolidation settlement for
Lecture 19: the above clay layer if it has double draining condition?
Shear Strength
(contd..) 50mm
Lecture 20:
100mm
Consolidation 25mm
Lecture 21: 75mm
Consolidation
(contd..)

Lecture 22:
Accepted Answers:
Consolidation
(contd..) 50mm
Quiz : 3) By the process of consolidation, shear strength of soil 1 point
Assignment 4
Increases
Answer key for
assignment 4 Decreases
Remain unchanged
Week 4
Assigniment 4 Depend upon the climatic condition
Solutions of
numericals

Accepted Answers:
Increases
4) A surcharge of 100 kPa is already placed on a saturated, thick clay layer and 1 point
effective stress measured at a certain depth of that clay layer is equal to 150 kPa. If another
400 kPa surcharge is added to that layer, what would be the final effective stress at

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previously mentioned depth just after adding the 400 kPa surcharge?

650 kPa
550 kPa
400 kPa
150 kPa

Accepted Answers:
150 kPa
5) A normally consolidated clay layer settles 1cm when the pressure increases from 1 point
1 kg/cm2 to 2 kg/cm2. What will be the settlement for the same soil for further increase of
pressure from 2 kg/cm2 to 4 kg/cm2.
1cm
2cm
4cm
8cm

Accepted Answers:
2cm
6) If a soil has ever been subjected to a pressure in excess of its present over 1 point
burden, the soil is said to be
Preconsolidated
Normally consolidated
Under consolidated
None of the above

Accepted Answers:
Preconsolidated
7) The ratio of settlement at any time ‘t’ to the final settlement is known as 1 point
________
Coefficient of consolidation
Degree of consolidation
Time factor
Consolidation of undisturbed soil

Accepted Answers:
Degree of consolidation
8) Consolidation time of a soil sample 1 point

Increases with an increase in permeability

Increases with a decrease in compressibility
Increases with decrease in unit weight of water
Increases with a decrease in permeability

Accepted Answers:

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Increases with a decrease in permeability
9) A building constructed on a compressible layer settles 80mm in 4 years. 1 point
Assuming that the degree of consolidation at both the times is less than 60%, the
settlement in 9 years is
80mm
100mm
120mm
None of the above

Accepted Answers:
120mm
10)The time for 50% consolidation of a sample of ‘d’ cm thickness with double 1 point
drainage is ‘t’ hours. Then time for 50% consolidation of another sample of similar soil
with ‘3d’ cm thickness and single drainage is
6t
t/6
36t
9t

Accepted Answers:
36t

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