Soil Mechanics Boster Quiz -4

According to Boussineq’s equation, the stress intensity of soil at depth ‘Z’ and horizontal distance V due to surface point load is given by

A fully saturated soil is said to be

A soil sample is having a specific gravity of 2.5 and a void ratio of 0.5. The water content is percentage required to fully saturate the soil at the void ratio would be

The effective size of particles of soil is denoted by:

A clay is identified as a normal clay if the activity range is between

The ratio of settlement at any time, to the final settlement is known as:

The volumetric strain per unit increase in effective stress of soil is defined as:

Compression Index on a soil helps to determine

If  is increment of pressure on a normally consolidated saturated soil mass, as per Terzaghi’s theory at the instant of application of pressure increment i.e., When time t = 0, what is the pore pressure developed in the soil mass?

A concentrated load of 50 kN acts vertically at a point on the soil surface. If Boussinesq’s equation is applied for computation of stress, then the ratio of vertical stresses at depths of 3 m and 5 m respectively vertically below the point of application of load is