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El CEJA
4th Semester
B.Tech a

MID TERM EXAMINATION

March-2023
CE206 Soil Mechanics
Time: 1:30 Hours
Max. Marks: 20
Note: All questions are compulsory.
All questions carry marks
[M] as indicated in the bracket along
with course outcomes [CO] at the end of each
question.
Assume suitable missing data, if any.

Q1. Examine validity of the following statements (state categorically valid or

invalid) and support your answer with suitable reasons;
a) The soil is a 3-phase system in concurrent practices while it is a multi
system as per the Indian knowledge system (IKS) having extensive scientific
(5)-phase
validity.
b) Sand, silt and clays may not necessarily have the same mineral constituents.
c) The liquid limits estimated by Casagrande apparatus and cone test are not the
same.

d) The indexation of soils estimating relative density and degree of compaction

may not be applicable all across the soil gradations.
e) Clays are less permeable than sands and silts despite of having high void space
(void ratio). 51 |CO1-41
Q2. a) How the plasticity chart is utilized to classify fine grained soils compared
to sedimentation analysis?
b) The maximum dry density of as sample by light compaction test is 17.4 kNm3
at an optimum water content of 13.5%. The specific gravity ofsoil solids is 2.67.
Determine
i. degree of saturation
11. percentage air voids
iii. maximum dry density of given sample that can be projected at zero air
voids. 2x2] [CO2, 4
 Q3. a) How the etfective stresses due to capillarity in soils is evaluated?
b) A falling head permeability test was conducted on a 120 mm long sample of
silty clay. The diameter of the sample and the stand pipe were 102 mm and 6
mm, respectively. The level of water in stand pipe was observed to lall 320 to
170 mm in 16 minutes. Determine,
coetficient of permeability in m/day (along with classification as
moderate, or slow).
rapid
ii. height of water level in stand
pipe after time t22 min.
2x21 1CO2, 31
Q4. a) Represent total and effective stresses,
pore water pressure, and pore air
pressure in soils as tensorial
quantities.
b) Tabulate comparative description of unified soil classification system with IS
codes for cohesionless soils.
|2x2] ICO3, 21
Q5. Derive the expression for settling velocity in sedimentation
are the limitations of sedimentation
analysis. What
analysis of soil? B1ICO1]