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PART-AEXAMINATIOON
CE8591-F dation Engineering
Date & Session: 29.11.22 FN
Staff Name: Mr.G.Alagu Murugan
Class: IlI year Civil Max. Marks: 40
Duration :1 Hour

PART-A (Answer any 20)

1. Define soil exploration.
2. What are the types of soil samples
3. Define bore log.
4. What is area ratio0?
number?
5. What are the corrections to be applied to the standard penetration
6. Define net pressure intensity.
7. Define immediate settlement
settlements.
8. List out methods of computing elastic
of settlement
9. Write down the components
10. Define ultimate bearing capacity
sand &Clay layer at the beneath ofrigid footing.
11. Draw pressure distribution diagram for
12. What are the advantages of combined footing?
13. Where mat foundation is used?
14. What are the assumptions made in
combined footing?
15. Define strap footing.
16. Define pile foundation
17. What are methods to determine the
load carrying capacity of a pile?
18. What is meant by group settlement?
19. Define negative skin friction
20. Define pile cap
21. Distinguish Rankine's theory from
coulomb's wedge theory
22. Define coefficient of earth pressure
of clay depend for active condition
23. Draw the lateral earth pressure diagram
of Rankine's theory?
24. Write down any two assumptions
25. What are assumptions in
coulomb wedge theory?

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