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CE09 604 Geotechnical Engineering II APR 2015

The document is an exam for a geotechnical engineering course. It contains 6 questions testing knowledge of topics like stress distribution in soil, factors influencing bearing capacity, types of settlements in foundations, pile group efficiency, and design of raft foundations and pile groups. It asks students to calculate stresses, determine bearing capacities using different methods, distinguish foundation types, and design foundations based on given soil properties and load conditions.

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CE09 604 Geotechnical Engineering II APR 2015

The document is an exam for a geotechnical engineering course. It contains 6 questions testing knowledge of topics like stress distribution in soil, factors influencing bearing capacity, types of settlements in foundations, pile group efficiency, and design of raft foundations and pile groups. It asks students to calculate stresses, determine bearing capacities using different methods, distinguish foundation types, and design foundations based on given soil properties and load conditions.

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SIXTH SEMESTER B.TECH. (ENGINEERING) [09 SCHEME] DEGREE


EXAMINATION, APRIL 2015
CEIPI'CE 09 604--GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING - II
Time : Three Hours Maximum : 70 Marks
Assume suitable data wherever necessary.

Part A
Answer all questions.
1. (a) Sketch the distribution of stress within the soil along a horizontal and vertical plane due to
a point load on the surface.
(b) What is the approximate percentl:~ge of reduction of bearing capacity of a footing in pure sand
because of full submergence ?
. (c) What are the different types of settlements that can occur in foundations ?
(d) What do you understand by·'Group efficiency of piles'?
(e) What is a fully compensated foundation ?
(5 x 2 = 10 marks)

PartB
Answer any four questions.
2. (a) . Explain Westergaard's theory for determination of the vertical stress at a point. How is it
different from Boussin.eq's theory ?
(b) Explain the factors influencing the bearing capacity of soil. How will you improve the bearing
capacity of soil ?
(c) Distinguish between a strap and a trapezoidal combined footing.
(d) Draw the apparent pressure diagram ·for braced -cut in clay.
(e) State the factors which influence the spacing and depth of boring. What is the significance of
depth of exploration in soil investigation ?
(f) A building is to be supported by a raft foundation 20 m. x 10 m. The weight of the building
and the load it can carry to be 3,000 kN. The subsoil is clay with a unit wt. of 20 kN/m. 3 and
an u.c.c. of70 kN/m. 2 The FOS against bearing capacity failure is 3.0. At what depth should
the raft foundation be placed ? Use Skempton's equation.
(4 x 5 = 20 marks)

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Parte
Answer all questions.
3. (a) A water tank weighing 1,500 kN is resting o~ three columns forming an equilateral triangle
of side 6 m. Determine the vertical stress below one of the column at a depth 5 m.
Use Boussinesque's theory.
Or
(b) What do you understand about disturbed and undisturbed sample? How would you obtain
undisturbed samples ? Discuss various types of soil sampling for obtaining undisturbed soil
J
sampleS.
4. (a) A strip footing of 2 m. width is founded at a depth of 4 m. below the ground level. Determine
the net ultimate bearing capacity using (i) Terzaghi's equation, (ii) Skempton's equation and
(iii) IS code. The soil is clay(cj> = 0, c = 10 kN/m. 2) Unit wt. of soil is 20 kN/m.a.
Or
(b) A 3.0 m. square footing is located in a dense sand at a depth of2.0 m. Determine the ultimate
bearing capacity for the following water table positions (i) at ground surface; (ii) at a footing
level and (iii) at 1 m. below. the footing. The moist unit wt. of sand above the watertable is
18 kN/m. 3 and the saturated unit weight 20 kN/m. 3 C = 0, fa c1> = 35°, Nq =33 and ~a= 34.0.
5. (a) The following data were obtained from plate load test carried out on a 60 em. square test
plate at a depth of 2 m. below ground surface on a sandy soU which extends upto a large
depth:
Load intensity t/m.2 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
Settlement (mm.) 0 2 4 7.5 11 16 23 34 45
Dete~e the settlement of foundation 3.0 m. x 3.0 m. carrying a lQad of 100 t. and located
at a depth of 2 m. below ground surface. Water table is located at a larger depth from the
ground surface.
Or
(b) A trapezoidal footing is to support two square columns of 30 em. and 50 em. sides respectively.
Columns are 6 m. apart: and the s~e bearing capacity of the soil is 400 kN/m. 2. The bigger
column carries 5,000 kN and smaller 3,000 kN. Design a suitable size of the footing so t,hat it
does not extend beyond the faces of the column.
6. (a) Explain the procedure of design of raft foundation by conventional method. .
Or
(b) A square group of 25 piles extends to a depth ()f 10m. in deposit of 20m. thick stiff clay
overlying rock. The piles are 0.5 m. in dia.. and ·are spaced at 1 m. centre to centre in the ·
group. The undrained shear strength of the clay at the pile tip is 180 kPa and the average
value of the shear strength over the depth of the pile is 110 kPa. The adhesion factor is 0.45.
Estimate the capacity of the pile group·considenng FOS of 3 against shear f8.ilure, Nc = 9.
(4 x 10 = 40 marks)

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