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APJ ABDUL KALAM TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
THIRD SEMESTER M.TECH DEGREE EXAMINATION, DECEMBER 2018
Branch: CIVIL ENGINEERING
PART A
a. Plot the total stress Mohr’s circle and effective stress Mohr’s circle, if pore (5)
pressure of 10kPa acts over the soil element.
b. Determine the effective normal and shear stresses on a plane inclined at an (4)
angle of 300 with the vertical.
3. Data from an undrained loading test is given below
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PART B
PART C
7. The value of soil constants for a clay are N= 3.25, λ = 0.2, Г = 3.16, M = 0.94. A
sample of clay is isotropically Normally compressed to p’ = 400kPa. Then it is
subjected to standard drained triaxial compression test. Calculate
a. p’, q’ (4)
b. υ and. (4)
c. Єν at failure. (4)
8. a. Explain elastic wall with neat sketches. (6)
b. What is strain hardening. (3)
c. Derive the equation of Hvorslev surface. (3)
9. a. Write a short note on Roscoe surface. (6)
b. Draw and explain the complete state boundry surface in q’:p’: υ space. (6)
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