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Determine the factor of safety with respect to cohesion for a submerged embankment 20 m high and having a slope of 60$^{\circ}$.
advanced geotechnical engineering updated 6.1 years ago by teamques10 ★ 70k
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Explain briefly Rebhan's graphical method for finding active earth pressure.
advanced geotechnical engineering updated 5.1 years ago by teamques10 ★ 70k
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A Retaining wall 6m height retains sand with $\phi=30^{\circ}$ and unit weight of 24 kN/m$^{3}$ up to a depth of 3m from top.
advanced geotechnical engineering updated 6.1 years ago by teamques10 ★ 70k
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A 5 m deep canal has side slope of 1:1. The properties of soil are c = 20 kN/m$^{2}$, $\phi_{u}=10^{\circ}$, e=0.8 and G=2.8.
advanced geotechnical engineering updated 6.1 years ago by teamques10 ★ 70k
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A chimney with a rigid base 2.5 m square footing is placed at a depth of 1.2 m below the ground level.
advanced geotechnical engineering updated 6.1 years ago by teamques10 ★ 70k
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Elaborate the uses of Taylor's stability number in slope stability analysis.
advanced geotechnical engineering updated 5.0 years ago by teamques10 ★ 70k
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Explain the primary consolidation by spring analogy system?
advanced geotechnical engineering updated 5.1 years ago by teamques10 ★ 70k
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A retaining wall, 3m high supports a dry cohesionless backfill with a plane ground surface sloping upwards at a surcharge angle of 10$^{\circ}$ from top of the wall.
advanced geotechnical engineering updated 6.1 years ago by teamques10 ★ 70k
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A retaining wall 8m high retains sand with $\phi=30^{\circ}$ and $\gamma=24kN/m^{2}$ upto a depth of 4m from the top.
advanced geotechnical engineering updated 6.1 years ago by teamques10 ★ 70k
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Describe briefly Culmann's graphical method for determining total active earth pressure also draw the change in Culmann's curve when there is a line load acting on backfill.
advanced geotechnical engineering updated 5.1 years ago by teamques10 ★ 70k
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Check the stability of the cantilever retaining wall shown in Fig. 2.
advanced geotechnical engineering updated 6.1 years ago by teamques10 ★ 70k
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A granular soil has $\phi = 35^{\circ}$, $\gamma_{sat}$=19 kN/m$^{2}$. A slope has to be made of this material. If the factor of safety of 1.3 is needed against slope failure.
advanced geotechnical engineering updated 6.1 years ago by teamques10 ★ 70k
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Determine the active earth pressure on the retaining wall shown in Fig. 1. Take $\gamma_{w}=10 kN/m^{3}$.
advanced geotechnical engineering updated 6.1 years ago by teamques10 ★ 70k
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Details of a cantilever retaining wall are shown in figure.
advanced geotechnical engineering updated 6.1 years ago by teamques10 ★ 70k
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A square group of 25 piles of length 10m were embedded in stiff clay.
advanced geotechnical engineering updated 6.1 years ago by teamques10 ★ 70k
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A cut has to be made 12m deep, inclined at an angle of 35$^{\circ}$ to the horizontal.
advanced geotechnical engineering updated 5.0 years ago by teamques10 ★ 70k
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Explain the direct and indirect method of soil investigation.
advanced geotechnical engineering updated 5.1 years ago by teamques10 ★ 70k
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A strip footing is to be designed for a given total load of 250 kN per m. Determine the width of strip footing by taking a factor of safety of 3 and use Terzaghi' bearing capacity equation.
advanced geotechnical engineering updated 6.1 years ago by teamques10 ★ 70k
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Following results were obtained from a consolidation test. Initial height of sample is 2.5cm and height of solid particles is 1.25cm.
advanced geotechnical engineering updated 6.1 years ago by teamques10 ★ 70k
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Calculate the ultimate bearing capacity of a rectangular footing 1.8m X 3.6m in plan founded at a depth of 1.6 m below ground level.
advanced geotechnical engineering updated 6.1 years ago by teamques10 ★ 70k
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The details of a cantilever retaining wall are given as below:
advanced geotechnical engineering updated 6.1 years ago by teamques10 ★ 70k
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A 10 m high cut has been made at an angle of 38$^{\circ}$ to the horizontal.
advanced geotechnical engineering updated 6.1 years ago by teamques10 ★ 70k
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A pile of 450 mm diameter and 10.5m length is driven in a deposit having deposit having C=0, $\phi=30^{\circ}$, $\gamma=16.5kN/m^{3}$ and $\gamma_{sat}=18.5kN/m^{3}$.
advanced geotechnical engineering updated 4.2 years ago by snadith342 • 20
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For the sheet pile wall shown in figure find the depth of embedment:
advanced geotechnical engineering updated 6.1 years ago by teamques10 ★ 70k
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In a failed soil slope of soft clay, the failure surface is circular and the centre of rotation is known.
advanced geotechnical engineering updated 6.1 years ago by teamques10 ★ 70k
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