A retaining wall 6m high supports a backfill with a surcharge angle of 10°. The back of the wall is inclined to the vertical at a positive batter angle of 5°. If the angle of wall friction is 7°, then the resultant active earth pressure will act at a distance of 2 m above the base and inclined to the horizontal at an angle of_________________?

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If the voids of a soil mass are full of air only, the soil is termed as_______________?

A. air entrained soil B. partially saturated soil C. dry soil D. dehydrated soil...

Stoke’s law is valid only if the size of particle is________________?

A. less than 0.0002 mm B. greater than 0.2 mm C. between 0.2 mm and 0.0002 mm D. all of the above...

The flownet for an earthen dam with 30 m water depth consists of 25 potential drops and 5 flow channels. The coefficient of permeability of dam material is 0.03 mm/sec. The discharge per meter length of dam is________________?

A. 0.00018 nrVsec B. 0.0045 m3/sec C. 0.18m3/sec D. 0.1125m3/sec...

For better strength and stability, the fine grained soils and coarse grained soils are compacted respectively as____________________?

A. dry of OMC and wet of OMC B. wet of OMC and dry of OMC C. wet of OMC and wet of OMC D. dry of OMC and dry of OMC where OMC is optimum moisture content...

Select the incorrect statement?

A. Effective cohesion of a soil can never have a negative value B. Effective angle of internal friction for coarse grained soils is rarely below 30° C. Effective angle of internal friction for a soil increases as state of compact-ness increases D. Effective angle of internal friction is a complicated function of mineralogy and clay … Select the incorrect statement?Read More...