Describe briefly about the shear strength of the soil.

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Q: Describe about the importance of the shearing strength of the soil.

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Q: Point A is located at coordinates (2.5, 1.5, -10) Point B is located at coordinates (2, 1,-5) Point…

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Q: What would be the change in effective stress at point A if the water table rises to ground level?…

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Q: In the soil profile shown, compute the vertical effective stress at points A, B, and C?

A: Effective stress is defined as the ratio of force at contact of particles of soil to the total area…

Q: Explain about the Lateral pressure conditions for cohesive soil.

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Q: Define while applying the direct shear test on sand grains and for glass rods, will the angle of…

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Q: Define the Vertical Stress Due to a Uniformly Loaded Strip Area ?

A: The load applied on the soil create the stress on the soil and that stress is vertically distributed…

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Q: Describe the Effect of capillary moisture on shear strength of cohesionless soil.

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Q: A rigid foundation is subjected to a vertical column load, P = 355 kN, as shown in Figure 11.43.…

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Q: How does Effective soil weight is used to determine effective stress in a soil deposit?

A: Before understanding that how effective soil weight is used to determine effective stress in a soil…

Q: Explain how the Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion is used to determine soil shear strength?

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Q: Describe about the Shearing Strength of Cohesionless Soil.

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Q: .Suppose we encountered a poor soil in behria during a house construction. Available options were…

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Q: 12. In civil engineering, what is the importance of "consolidation settlement" in foundation design

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Q: How does the shear strength and resistance to compression are related to the density of the soil?

A: The shear strength depends on dry density and void ratio for a given material which is altered by…

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Q: A foundation carries uniform loads as shown. Determine the value of w (in kN/m). Final answer is 3…

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Q: How will you improve the bearing capacity of a weak soil mass?

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Q: 4) A rectangular footing of B=22/8 and L=22/4 rests at the depth of 2 m below the ground level. The…

A: Width of the footing, B = 22/8 Length of the footing, L=22/4 Depth of the footing, D = 2m Stress…

Q: 12- Calculate the net allowable soil stress of a soll with allowable stress 300 kN/m2 in the depth…

A: Allowable stress of the soil Depth from the soil surface to the footing (h1) = 2.50 m Height of the…

Q: Why we want to know the shear strength of soil

A: Shear strength of soil is defined as the resistance offered by the soil grains(solids) against the…

Q: Why do soil mechanics need to calculate the effective stress of the soil

A: When an external load s applied to a soil mass, that load is taken by three parts in soil. One…

Q: coulombs law of shear strength of soil.

A: Columb's law of shear strength : This law of shear strength was presented in 1773. The shear…

Q: Give three formulas to calculate the slip factor. Derive Stodola's relation for the slip factor.

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Q: which of the follwoing(s) is/are the significant source of compression when loading is applied to a…

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Q: How does upward seepage affect effective stress? Why? What about downward seepage? Explain…

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Q: For the state of a certain soil stress shown, find maximum shear stress. Express your answer in MPa.

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Q: 2- Determine the stress increase below the center of the footing using both theoretical and…

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Q: why the concept of principal stresses is used to measure the strength of soil?

A: Principle Stresses : Principle stresses are the maximum and minimum (extremum) extensional (normal)…

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