LL - PL =
Answer: PI
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CE 335
- A soil mass fails because of the presence of
- The coefficient of consolidation of soil is a measure of
- For normally non consolidated clays, the OCR =
- At the end of consolidation of a clayey soil
- When a saturated soil layer is subjected to a stress increase, the pore water pressure initially
- The contact pressure at the base of a uniformly loaded, perfectly rigid footing resting on a saturate clay will be
- Occurs without change in the initial moisture content
- Results from the rearrangement of the soils fabric into a denser configuration
- Results from the dissipation of excess pore water pressure
- If the influence chart developed by Newmark is used to determine the vertical stress at any point below a uniformly loaded flexible area, then the increase in the pressure at the point is
- Boussinesq solved the problem of stresses produced at any point as a result of a point load on the surface of an infinitely large half-space in
- A uniformly loaded, perfectly flexible footing resting on a saturated clay will have a
- If piezometers are places at different points along an equipotential line, the water level will rise to
- If water is seeping through a soil layer in the vertically upward direction, the effective stress at any point within the soil
- The stress carried by water in voids, called pore water pressure, at a point within a saturated soils mass acts
- A constant head test is more appropriate for:
- A falling head test is more appropriate for:
- The moisture content of soil at which the maximum dry unit weigh is attained is referred to as the:
- Using USCS, dual symbols are needed with:
- AASHTO soil classifications, from A-4, A-5, A-6 and A-7 is:
- Soil classification systems are mainly based upon:
- Moisture content of soil at which the volume of soil mass ceases to change is
- Moisture content of soil at the point of transition from semi solid to plastic state is:
- Physical properties of soil depend on: