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RMIT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF

ENGINEERING

CIVE1173 – GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING 2

FINAL EXAM -ASSIGNMENT 3

Submission Date: 10/06/2023

Submission By:
Name -Pragya Rana
Student ID- s3758154
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Your Name: PRAGYA RANA

Your Student Number without S: 3 7 5 8 1 5 4

What is your x: 3 + 7 + 5 + 8 + 1 + 5 + 4 = 33

Your answers will be marked based on your x identified using your

student number.

Please refer to my instruction item 4 for answer uploading

instructions

QUESTION 1 - Multiple Choice Questions (Mark = 1 X 10 = 10)

Write the correct choice ‘a’ or ‘b’ or ‘c’ or ‘d’ for each question below.

1. (b) Gravity type with additional weight on backfill side

2. (d) Bearing capacity failure
3. (c) Wall geometry
4. (b) Under Undrained condition
5. (a) The maximum stable slope in a coarse-grained soil (φ’= x deg), with the absence of
seepage, is x deg
6. (c) When the water table is at (1.5+ x) depth from the ground surface
7.
8. (b) Undrained shear strength
9. (c) Embedment depth is smaller than width of the foundation
10.

QUESTION 2 (Mark = 1 X 5 = 5)

Write True or False for each question below.

1. True
2. False
3. True
4.
5.
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From questions 3-7, you can use below for symbols when writing answers;

SIGMMA for 
Gama for 
Phi for 
Theta for 
Delta for 
Alpha for α

QUESTION 3 (18 marks)

This question will be from soil lateral earth pressure. It will have 4 sub-questions. Please
show the answers clearly with the steps.

a)

b)

c)

d)
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QUESTION 4 (22 marks)

This question will be from soil lateral earth pressure. It will have 4 sub-questions. Please
show the answers clearly with the steps.

a)

b)

c)

d)
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QUESTION 5 (11 marks)

This question will be from slope stability. It will have 4 sub-questions. Please show the
answers clearly with the steps.

a)

b)

c)

d)
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QUESTION 6 (12 marks)

This question will be from shallow foundations. It will have 3 sub-questions. Please show the
answers clearly with the steps.

a)

b)

c)
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QUESTION 7 (22 marks)

This question will be from shallow foundations. It will have 4 sub-questions. Please show the
answers clearly with the steps.

a)

b)

c)

d)