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POKHARA UNIVERSITY

Level: Bachelor Semester – Spring Year : 2009


Programme: BE Full Marks: 100
Pass Marks : 45
Course: Soil Mechanics Time : 3hrs.
Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words as far
as practicable.
The figures in the margin indicate full marks.
Attempt all the questions.
1. a) What are the different soil classification systems? Explain the 7
Textural type of classification.
b) Prove that the degree of saturation of a partially saturated soil can be 8
expressed as
w
S
w 1
(1  w ) 
 G
2. a) Differentiate between compaction and consolidation .Explain the 8
sand replacement method for the insitu density determination.
b) A stratum of clay is 2 m thick and has an initial overburden pressure 7
of 50 kN/m2 at its middle. Determine the final settlement due to an
increase of 40 kN/m2 at the middle of the clay layer. The clay is over
consolidated, with a reconsolidation pressure of 75 kN/m 2. The
values of the coefficients of recompression and compression index
are 0.05 and 0.25 respectively. Take initial void ratio as 1.40.
3. a) How would you determine the average permeability of a soil deposit 7
consisting of number of Layers.
b) The results of a liquid limit test are given below 8
No of blows 48 38 29 20 14
Water content (%) 32.1 35.9 40.7 46.1 52.8
i. Determine the liquid limit of the soil.
ii. If the plastic limit of the soil be 23% find the plasticity
index, flow index and toughness index. Hence comment of
the nature of the soil.
4. a) How a slope is analyzed using " Simplified Bishop Method" Explain 7
critically.
b) The results of a laboratory Proctor test are shown below: 8

1
No. of Test 1 2 3 4 5 6
Wt. of mould 3.526 3.711 3.797 3.906 3.924 3.882
and soil (kg)
Water content 7.33 9.40 11.23 15.20 16.92 19.39
(%)
The mould is 12.7 cm high and has an internal diameter of 10 cm.
The weight of the empty mould is 1.89 kg. Plot the moisture content-
dry density curve and determine the optimum moisture content and
the maximum dry density. Given, G = 2.68.
5. a) Derive the Baussinesq equations for the determination of vertical 7
stress due to concentrated load and list out the limitation of
boussinesq equation.
b) A 20 m high dam has a top width of 90 m and a free board of 3 m. 8
The dam is made of coarse sand having a coefficient of permeability
of 0.01 cm/sec. A 22.5 m long horizontal drainage blanket is placed
near the downstream end of the dam. Draw the flow-net and
determine the quantity of seepage loss if the width of the dam be 175
m.
6. a) What do you know about the flow net. Derive the following 7
expression for the discharge through an earh mass.
q = A h Nf/Nd
A= coefficient of permeability.
h = head.
Nf = Number of flow channels
Nd = Number of equipotiential drop.
b) A sample of dry coarse soil and is tested in the laboratory triaxial 8
apparatus in the undrained condition. Under a cell pressure of 2
kg/cm2, the sample failed when the deviator stress reached 4.38
kg/cm2.
i) Determine the shear parameters of the soil
ii) At what deviator stress will the soil fail if the cell pressure be
3 kg/cm2?
7. Write short notes on (Any two) : 2×5
a) Quick Sand condition
b) Primary Consolidation
c) Overburden Pressure

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