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    Reg. No.

    136 S 23
    FOUR YEAR B.TECH. DEGREE EXAMINATION - APRIL 2016.

    SIXTH SEMESTER EXAMINATION


    CIVIL ENGINEERING
    GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING _ I (GTtrl)
    (scHEME - 2013)

    Time:S Hours Max' Marks:7O


    Note : Question No. 1 is compulsory and it must be answered first in Sequence
    at one place onlY.

    Answer any FOUR from the remaining.

    Question No. 1 carries 10 marks and remaining questions carry 15 marks each.

    1. (a) Unit phase diagram consists of


    (b) Void ratios of a sand sample in the densest and loosest conditions are 0.4
    and 1,2 respectively. What is the relative density of the }and for in-place
    void ratio of 0.6?
    (c) If a soil has sensitivity of '7', what is its degree of sensitivity?
    (d) Father of Soil Mechanics is
    (e) A soil has a discharge velocity of 6 x 10-5 cmls and a void ratio of 0'5' Its
    seepage velocity is
    (0 Fine grained soils are classified when they pass through the sieve

    (e) If liquid limit is 60% and plastic limit is 35% what is its plasticity Index

    (h) What is Critical hydraulic grad.ient?


    (i) For what type of soils the falling head permeability test is used.
    0) What is contact pressure?

    2. (a) Obtain relationship between bulk unit weight, dry density and water
    content. (1)
    (b) A borrow area soil has a natural water content of 10% and bulk density
    1.80 Mg/m3. The soil used for an embankment to be compacted at 18%
    moisture content at a dry density of 1.85 Mg/m3. Determine the amount
    of water to be added. to t.0 m3 of borrow soil. How many ms of excavation
    is required for 1.0 mB of compacted embankment? (8)
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    D. (a) State Stokes iaw. What are the assumptions and limitations? (7)

    (b) The Atterberg's limit of clay soii ate liquid limit = 75yo, plastic
    Iimit = 45o/s and, shrinkage iimit = 25%. lf the sample of this soil has a
    volume 30 cm3 at the iiquid limit and a volume of 16.6 cm3 at the
    shrinkage limit. Determine specific gravity of soi}, shrinkage ratio and
    volumetric shrinkage. (8)

    4. (a) What is the use of classification of soil? (7)

    (b) Discuss various methods of soil expLoration. (8)

    5. (a) Write Boussinesq equation and write the assumptions made. (7)

    (b) A water tank is supported by a ring foundation having outer diameter of


    10 m and inner diameter of 7.5 m. The ring foundation transmits uniform
    load intensity of 160 kN/mz. Compute the vertical stress induced at a
    depth of 4 m, below the centre of ring foundation, using
    (i) Boussinesq's Analysis and
    (ii) Westergaard'sAnalysistaking F=0' (8)

    b. (a) What is a flownet? Describe its characteristics. (?)

    (b) A fa[ing head permeability test carried on 15 cm long clay sample. The
    diameter of the clay sample and stand pipe was 9.8 cm and 0.75 cm
    respectively. The level of water in the stand pipe dropped from 60 cm to
    45 cm in 12 cm in 12 minutes. Determine.:
    (r) permeability in m/day and
    (ir) time required for level to 10 cm. (8)

    7. (a) Define cornpaction. Discuss the effect of compaction on soil properties. (7)
    (b) Following are the results of standard proctor test. (8)

    Moisture content % 13.90 18'80 19.40 22.80 23.40


    Wet weight of soil in
    the Mould (ems) 1663 t779 1851 1893 1898

    Take volume of mould = 1.000 cc. Determine OMC and MDD'

    136 s 23

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