Assessrnent Exam 04 Geotechnical EngineeringINSTRUCTION: READ EACH QUESTION CAREFULLY, CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER OUT OF THE CHOICES. DURATION: 4 HOURS WARNING: FORMS SUBMITTED LATER THAN 5:15PM WILL NOT BE RECORDED. REMINDER: PREPARE ALL THE THINGS YOU NEED BEFORE YOU CONTINUE TO THE NEXT PAGE (QUESTIONNAIRE) 1. 4. Given a 9m cut slope is shown, with a unit weight of soil is 17kNim3. Friction angle and cohesion along the rock surface are 20 degrees and 24kPa respectively. The slope makes an angle of 30 degrees from horizontal and the failure plane is at 15 degrees. Determine the force tending to cause sliding. A. 1318.67 C. 709.66 B. 356.40 D. 965.40 Given a 9m cut slope is shown, with a unit weight of soil is 17kN/m3. Friction angle and cohesion along the rock surface are 20 degrees and 24kPa respectively. The slope makes an angle of 30 deqrees from horizontal and the failure plane is at 15 degrees. Determine the developed frictional force along the failure plane. * A. 130.84 C. 225.55 B. 484.11 D. 834.56 Given a 9m cut slope is shown, with a unit weight of soil is 17kN/m3. Friction angle and cohesion along the rock surface are 20 degrees and 24kPa respectively. The slope makes an angle of 30 degrees from horizontal and the failure plane is at 15 degrees. Determine the developed cohesive force. A. 834.56 Cc. 130.84 B. 225.55 D. 484.11 Itis also called skin friction. A. Rear shear C. side shear B. Back shear D. upper shear |. What is the minimum limiting value of the lateral earth pressure at a depth of 3 meters in a uniform sand fill with a unit weight of 20 kN/m3 and a friction angle of 35°? The ground surface is level A. 23.389 C. 221.410 B. 16.260 D. 65.580 Awall, 5.4 m high, retains sand. In the loose state the sand has void ratio of 0.63 and @ = 27°, while in the dense state, the corresponding values of void ratio and @ are 0.36 and 45° respectively. Determine the ratio of active earth pressure in the two cases (dense to loose state), assuming G = 2.64, A. 0.50 C. 0.55 B. 0.64 D. 0.47 7. The foundation soil at the toe of a masonry dam has a porosity of 40% and the specific gravity of grains is 2.70. To assure safety against piping, the specifications state that the upward gradient must not exceed 25% of the gradient at which a quick condition occurs. What is the maximum permissible upward gradient? A. 0.500 ©. 0.255 B. 0.522 D. 0.200 8. There is clay layer 8 m thick with a layer of sand on either side. An undisturbed sample 2.5 cm thick of the clay when tested in the laboratory require 25 minutes to reach 50% consolidation. It is proposed to construct a building at the above site. Estimate the time required for 90% consolidation to take place in days. A. 7867 C.7778 B. 7768 D. 7678 9. Itis the total effective stress at a given depth due to the weight of overlying soil or rock. A. Overburden Pressure B. Total Vertical Pressure C. Preconsolidation Pressure D. Initial Pressure Situation (10-12) A uniform soil deposit has a dry unit weight of 15.6kN/m3 and a saturated unit weight of 17.2kN/m3. The ground water table is at a distance of 4m below the ground surface. Point A is at a depth of 6m below the ground surface. 10. Compute the effective stress at A. A. 72.87 kPa C. 77.18 kPa B. 67.25 kPa D. 56.47 kPa 11. If the water table rises by 3.5m, find the effective stress at A A. 72.87 kPa C. 48.45 kPa B. 67.25 kPa D. 56.47 kPa 12.1n comparison to items 1 and 2, what will happen to the effective stress at A if the ground water level will rise up to the ground surface? A. increase C. decrease B. nochange D. maximum 13. A saturated specimen of cohesionless sand was tested under drained conditions in a triaxial compression test apparatus and thesample failed at a deviator stress of 482 kN/m2 and the plane of failure made an angle of 60° with the horizontal. Determine the magnitudes of the deviator stress for another identical specimen of sand if it is tested under a cell pressure of 200 kNi/sq.m? A. 400 kPa C. 200 kPa B. 320 kPa D. 236 kPa |. The results of two drained triaxial test on a saturated clay are shown below on the table. If the deviator stress used in the test is 150kPa used in the same sample, what would be the chamber pressure Speamen cet Dewar stress A o5\Pa 17OKPa 8 108 Pa 2asKPa A. 52.70 kPa C. 25.32 kPa B. 36.35 kPa D. 38 kPa |. The data shown in the table were obtained in tri - axial compression tests of three identical soil specimen. Compute the shear strength at a depth of 6m below the ground if a ground water table is located 2m below the ground surface and the soil has a dry unit weight of 16 kN/m3 and a saturated unit weight of 20 kN/m3. Test No, Minot Pringpal Sess Major Principal Stress 230 kPa 1 SOKPa 2 100 KPa 385 kPa A. 88.1 kPa C. 56.55 kPa B. 23.65 kPa D. 36.35 kPa A conventional consolidated drained tri - axial test is conducted on a sand. The cell pressure is 100 kPa and the applied axial ‘stress at failure is 200 kPa. Calculate the factor of safety on the plane of maximum shear stress. A285 Cc. 233 B. 1.15 D. 18 . Soils having size larger than 75 mm. A. Gravel C. Loam B. Rock D. Boulders and Cobbles If the specific gravity of soil is 2.7 and has a water content of 15%, compute the zero air void unit weight in KNim*3 A. 18.85 C. 20,79 B. 16.85 D. 21.65 |. The following are results of a field unit weight determinate test using sand cone method: Vol. of hole = 0.0014 m*3 Mass of moist soil from hole = 3 kg Water content = 12% Maximum dry unit weight from a laboratory compaction test is 19 kNim*3. Determine the relative compaction in the field. A. 98.8% C. 99.8% B. 102.5% D. 92% 20. A soil sample has the following properties: Sp.gr. = 2.67 Void ratio = 0.54 Water content = 11.2% Compute the air void ratio. A0165 Cc. 0.145 B. 0.156 D. 0.176 . Acone penetrometer test was conducted on a sample of soil and the shrinkage limit was determined to be 12%. If the shrinkage ratio is 0.081, determine the specific gravity of the soil sample. A. 2.65 B. 260 2 Cc. 2.70 D. 2.75 Situation (22-24) After 24 hours of pumping at 50 liters/sec, the water level in an observation well at a distance of 100m from the test well is lowered 0.5m. At another observation well located 50m from the test well, the water level dropped by 1.0m. 22. 22. Estimate the rate of flow in cubic meters per day. A. 4320 Cc. 5130 B. 4890 D. 4560 23. Evaluate the coefficient of permeability of the aquifer in meters per day A. 36.3 . C. 44.5 B. 20.1 D. 58.3 24. Compute the transmissibility of the aquifer in square meters per day. A. 1140 Cc. 1080 B. 953 D. 1260 25. An experiment to determine the permeability of a soil sample was conducted. The permeameter in a falling head permeability test setup involves a cylindrical soil sample 100 mm in diameter and a height of 200mm. The hydraulic head in the 10mm diameter standpipe through which the test water passed dropped from 1 meter to 600mm in one minute of observation. In that duration the water collected in the graduate was recorded at 2.0 liters. From these data, evaluate the coefficient of permeability of the soil sample, in cm/sec A. 0.000224 C. 0.001910 B. 0.00170 D. 0.001890 26.In accordance with the Unified Soils Classification System, a soil grain having a size greater than No. 200 sieve opening (0.074 mm) but less than that a No. 4 sieve (4.75 mm opening) is called A. Gravel C. Cobble B. Pebble D. Sand27.41.25 m layer of the soll (Gs = 2.65 and porosity = 35%) is subject to an upward seepage head of 1.85 m. Determine the critical hydraulic gradient A. 1.0725 c. 1.0872 B. 1.0275 D. 1.0527 28. Determine the theoretical length of the required flow path. A. 324m c. 338m 8. 3.05m D. 345m 29.What depth of coarse sand would be required above the soil to provide a factor of safety of 2.0 against piping assuming that the coarse sand has the same porosity and specific gravity as the soil and that there is negligible head loss in the sand? A. 1.80m c. 2.20m B. 1.99m D. 213m 30.From a hydrometer analysis to determine particle sizes, it is found that 45 percent of the sample consists of particles smaller than 0.002 mm. The soil sample has a liquid limit of 64% and plastic limit of 42%. Determine ‘the activity of the clay A. 0.32 Cc. 0.54 B. 0.49 D. 0.68 31.All samples from Atterberg's Limit Tests shall pass sieve __ A. #10 Cc. #40 B. #200 D. #4 32. A saturated soil sample has a volume of 20 m3 at its Liquid Limit. Given LL = 42% , PL = 30% , SL = 17% , GS = 2.74. Find the minimum volume the soil can attain. A. 10.70 cm? C. 13.63 cm? B. 19.97 cm? D. 14.77 cm? 33. Design a square footing that will carry an axial load of 61175 kg. The bottom of the footing is 2.5m below the ground surface, with the groundwater table located at the bottom of the footing. Compute the dimension of the footing using FS=3. 61175 kg (p= 1846 kg/m? kg ne = 196588, P = 1605 kgf 2.5m A.25m C. 20m B. 16m 0. 10m 34. Design @ square footing that will carry an axial load of 61175 kg. The bottom of the footing is 2.6m below the ground surface, with the groundwater table located at the bottom of the footing. Compute the ultimate bearing capacity of the soil in kPa, 61175 kg p= 1846 kg/m New 38g = 22.0 019 ] 2.5m A. 535.6 Cc. 1748.7 B. 2523.3 D. 1925.3 35. Design a square footing that will carry an axial load of 61175 kg. The bottom of the footing is 2.5m below the ground surface, with the groundwater table located at the bottom of the footing. Compute the net allowable bearing capacity using FS=3 in kPa. 3M = 22K, a961175 kg po imsharm? = 1605 kat 2.5m, A. 6853 C. 426.2 B. 1253.2 D. 579.8 Situation Three specimens of clay having a small air-void content were tested in the shear box. Shear loading was started immediately after the application of the normal load and was completed in 10 minutes. The results are tabulated as shown. 5 Ta 30} Normal Siress Pa) Shar Stross at Failure (KPa) | 103) 17) 1314 36. Find the apparent cohesion of the clay. A. B1.5kPa C. 61.5 kPa B. 71.5kPa D. 51.5 kPa 37. Find the angle of shearing resistance of the clay A. 8.4" C. 6.4" B. 7.4° D. 5.4 38. What unconfined shear strength would be obtained from an unconfined compression test on the same soil? A. 94 kPa ©. 74kPa B. 84kPa D. 64 kPa 39. The particle size characteristics of a soil is given inthe table. Determine the percentage of silt using AASHTO. SIZE (mm) eae 0.425 100 0.10 92 0.052 84 0.02 62 0.01 46 0.004 32 0.001 22 A. 20.6% C. 75.1% B. 61.5% D. 52.3% 40. The particle size characteristics of a soil is given in the table. Determine the percentage of sand using USDA SIZE (mm| Cuda 0.425 100 0.10 92 0.052 84 0.02 62 0.01 46 0.004 32 0.001 22 A. 16.9% C. 26.3% B. 15.2% D. 12.0% 41. The particle size characteristics of a soil is given in the table. Determine the percentage of sand using USCS 0.425 100 0.10 92 0.052 84 0.02 62 0.01 46 0.004 32 0.001 22 A. 25.2% C.8.5% B. 16.3% D. 11.5% 42. A circular pile having a diameter of 0.35 m is embedded through a layer of 4.5 m thick of clay layer into a dense sand having a bearing capacity factor of 78. Unit weight of clay is 16 kN/m3 and saturated unit weight of sand is 18 kN/m3. Water table is located at the top of the sand layer. Lateral pressure factor of compression K = 1.20 and coefficient of friction of concrete pile is 0.42. The allowable capacity 600 KN. Using a factor of safety of 3. A. 16.37 m ©.17.88m B. 15.25m D.14.23m 43. Figure shows a braced cut in stratified soils. Given y sand = 16 kN/cu.m , c = 0 and ® = 36°, y Clay = 19 kN/cu.m , c= 38 KNAm2 , n= 0.9. Assuming the struts are spaced 1 m center to center. Compute the section modulus of wale at B if the allowable stress is 0.6 fy where fy = 248 MPa. A. 67210.36mm> = C._ 80940.86 mm? B. 55498.78 mm? —D._91238.36 mm? 44.A long trench was excavated in medium dense sand for the foundation of a multistory building. The sides of the trench are supported with sheet pile walls fixed in place by struts and wales as shown in figure. The wales are braced at every 4 m center to center. Determine the reaction of the strut B 1.5m = 3m = SAND : 228° Y= 16.5 kN, A. 585.598 kN C. 703.541 kN B. 612.387 kN D. 506.889 kN Situation A smooth, vertical wall retains a 7-m high granular backfill with the ground level being horizontal. The water table lies at a depth of 3 m from the top. The friction angle of the backfill is 32°. The bulk and saturated unit weight of the soil are 16.5 kN/m3 and 18.0 kN/m3 respectively. Assuming the soil is in active state, 45. What is the active earth coefficient? A. 0.703 C. 3.255 B. 0.307 D. 1.422 46. What is the magnitude of the horizontal thrust on the wall, KN? A. 2002 C. 182.3 B. 2250 D. 165.3 47. Find location of the horizontal thrust measured from the bottom? A. 2.70m B. 2.01m Cc. 230m D. 2.51m 48.A footing of a structure is shown below. Solve for the overburden pressure in the clay layer SOD KN Dry sind Ty = 15.7 ANI s a areca 2oneeee Sm tus 9! } uy 7 fen t73 tN gat { thew A. 71.97 kPa ©. 124.95 kPa B. 107.40kPa—«D.«95.52 kPa 49. A footing of a structure is shown below. Find average increase of effective pressure in clay layer using 2:1 method S90 KN n Dry sand oe he Footing size ny = ISTAN/M t 1Sma1Sm am. Per) ; ; BeaQe A. 63.6 kPa ©. 16.5kPa B. 32.2kPa D. 86kPa 50.A footing of a structure is shown below. Determine the settlement of the clay layer.Dry san r Way = 18.7 ANA 1Smx15m A. 22mm C. 26.5mm B. 36mm D. 28mm