M 0582

B.E./B.Tech. DEGREE OI(AMINAfiON, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2O1t

TTURTH SEMESTER
CIWL ENGINEERING
CE1251 SOIID MECHAMCS
(REGIJI,ATION
2OO8)
Time : Tbree houre
Maximua : l0O rnarks
Anrwer ALL questions.
PARTA-(r0x2=20BsrLs)
1. Defiae liquid lioit.
2. What is void ratio?
3. List out various iorss of soil water.
4. Statc the Dame of the Bethods offitdiDg field-permeability,
5. De6ne'Isobsr'.
6. Dehne coruolidstioD-
?. Meution any four laboratory tests to frad th sbear treDgth of 8oil.
8. Defrne oensitivity of soile.
. 9. What is the meart by sudden or rapid draw down?
10, Write the expreesion for foctdr of safety against elid.ing.
PARTB-(5x 16= 80 Earke)
11. E plain tle followilg.
(a)
Textura.l daseifcation (8)
(b)
Indiaa etandard soil claesiEcation syrtem (S)
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14. (a)
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15. (a)
13. Elplain the flow net fot a two-dirnensional flow
(16)
dimensional
(4)
Iu a consolidation iest the followilg results were obtailed. WheL the load
was changed from 50 kN/!d, to 1OO kN/D2, the void ratio charged from
0.70 to 0,65, Determille the co-efficient of volume rleoease, and the
compression indel
eZ\
R-flain
the Tri-a-ial compression test $ith a Deat sLetch. (g)
Wlat ale the disadvarteges of direct ehear tt? (8)
(a)
A moiet soil eaBple cobpactd ir a mould of l0o0cmscapacity
ond weight
3.5O kg and weight S.B5 kg s,ith the mould. A reprsentative
sample of
soil take! from it has an itritial weight of 18.70 gl!
ard oven dry wight
of 16.91 gE. Determftie (i)
watar coatnt (ii)
wet density
Gn)
dry densrty
(iv)
void ratio aDd (v)
Degrce of saturation of the sample. (10)
O) If the soil sample is so compreseed a6 to have all air expelled, whrt will
be the new volume and new dly den6ity?
(6)
Or
Erplain the procedure
iavolved in vari,able head perneability
tst with a
tteat sketch.
(E)
A sample in a variable head permearneter
ie
g
cm in diaEreter arrd 10 cm
high. The permeabitity
of the sEDple is estimatad to be 10 x lf cm/eec.
If it is desired that the head in the staidpip should fall froE 24 cm to
12 cm in 3 minuteg, determine the size of the atardpipe, which should be
used.
(8)
Explain tne folowing.
(i)
Vertical stress dist.ibution on a horizontal plane
(4)
(ii)
Vertical st ess distribution aloDg a vertical plane.
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A load of 1000 kN acts as a point
load at the surface of a soil Eaas.
E6timate the Btreee at a point
g
E below atrd 4 E away ftoE the poidt
of
action of the load by Fouseine*q'e formula. Compare the value with th.
result from westergaard'8 theory.
Or
16. (a)
Expl,aitr the asaumptiols made in Terzaghis theory of one
consolidation-
17. (a)
(b)
(b)
o)
(8)
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18. (a) Explai! the laboratlry vane sheu test with a eLetsh. (8)
(b)
A cylindrical speciEen of a eatrEatd soil faile under an axial strese of
150 kN/u, in an unconfined comp.ession test. The failure plane nakee
au aaglo of 52o with the horizort{L Calculate the cohesion and angle of
intltrAl friction of oil.
f9. Explain the stability of slope analysir usiag Swedish method of slices for a
(16)
20. A caDrl is to b elc.vatpd through a soil with C
=
l5kN D'?,
C =
20", e=0,9
ald G
=
2.6?. lte side slope is I in 1. lbe depth of t,Le canal is 6 Betles.
Deiermine the factor of safety with respst to coheeion when the. calal ruDs
tull. What will be tbe faqtor of 6afety if the canal ie rapidly emptied?
(16)
(8)
coheeive-frictional
goil
with a neat sLetah.
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