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Civil Engineering - Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering

Exercise : Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - Section 1
26.
The coefficient of compressibility of soil, is the ratio of
stress to strain
strain to stress
stress to settlement
rate of loading to that of settlement.
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27.
If the failure of a finite slope occurs through the toe, it is known as
slope failure
face failure
base failure
toe failure.
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28.
Rankine's theory of active earth pressure assumes
soil mass is homogeneous, dry and cohesionless
ground surface is a plane which may be horizontal or inclined
back of the wall is vertical and smooth
wall yields about the base
all the above.
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29.
The water content of soil is defined as the ratio of
volume of water to volume of given soil
volume of water to volume of voids in soil
weight of water to weight of air in voids
weight of water to weight of solids of given mass of soil.
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30.
Accurate determination of water content, is made by
calcium carbide method
sand bath method
alcohol method
oven-drying method.
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