Code: 9A01602 R09

B.Tech III Year II Semester (R09) Supplementary Examinations December 2018

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING – I
(Civil Engineering)
(For 2010 (LC), 2011, 2012 regular & 2012 (LC), 2013 lateral entry)

Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 70

Answer any FIVE questions
All questions carry equal marks
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1 (a) Illustrate by schematic diagrams, how the clay minerals Kaolinite, Illite and Montmorillonite are
formed.
(b) The wet weight of a soil sample is 168 g. Its volume is 90 cc. On oven drying the weight is
140 g. Determine water content, bulk density, dry density and void ratio. Take specific gravity
as 2.7.

2 (a) What is the use of classification of soils? Discuss Indian standard classification system.
(b) Describe the procedure for determining the liquid limit of the soil sample.

3 (a) What are different categories of soil water? Describe in brief.

(b) From a falling head permeability test, the following results are obtained: Length of the
specimen = 350 mm, area of stand pipe = 500 mm2, area of sample = 9000 mm2, head at
starting of test = 1200 mm, time lapsed = 320 sec, coefficient of permeability = 0.03 mm/sec.
Find the height at which the test was terminated.

4 (a) What is quick sand condition and derive an expression for it with usual notations.
(b) Differentiate between seepage pressure and pore water pressure.
(c) In a flow net the number of flow channels is 4 and the number of equi-potential drops is 14.
Given that the coefficient of permeability is 3 × 10-3 cm/sec, calculate the quantity of seepage
under a head of 3 m.

5 (a) Distinguish between Boussinesq’s and Westergaard’s stress distribution theories.

(b) Discus about influence diagram and pressure bulb.

6 (a) Describe the Proctor compaction test and give its use for the construction of embankments.
(b) The maximum dry density and optimum moisture content of a soil from Standard Proctor’s test
are 1.8 g/cm3 and 16% respectively. Compute the degree of saturation of the sample,
assuming the specific gravity of soil grains as 2.70.

7 (a) Explain the terms: (i) Degree of consolidation. (ii) Secondary consolidation. (iii) Time factor.
(iv) Over consolidation ratio (OCR).
(b) In a laboratory consolidation test, the following results have been obtained. When the load
was changed from 50 kN/m2 to 100 kN/m2, the void ratio changed from 0.70 to 0.65.
Determine the coefficient of volume decrease and the compression index.

8 (a) Explain how unconfined compression test is conducted.

(b) In a direct shear test on sand, the sample fails at a shear stress of 75 kN/m2, when the normal
stress is 100 kN/m2. Draw the Mohr’s circle and determine: (i) Angle of internal friction.
(ii) Orientation of major principal plane.

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