SUB: GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING =<, Construction y Be Is Very Important eqcomn in Life Ki Go Visit CIVIL Ki GOLI Facebook Page Shear Strength 1 In a drained ti-axial compression test, @ saturated specimen of cohesion less sand fails under a deviator stress of 3 kgf/em® when the cell pressure is 1 kel’ cm?. The effective angle of shearing resistance of sand is about (A) 37° (B) 45° ©) 53° (D) 20° Ans m= 134 © =0 for sand 1s sind=52 O=37° 2. Ina triaxial test carried out on cohesion-less soil sample with a cell pressure of 20 kPa, the observed value of applied stress at the point of failure was 40 kPa, The angle of internal friction of the soil (A) 10° (B) 15° (cor (D)30° Ans sino=2 9 = 30" 3. In an un-drained tri-axial test on a saturated clay, the Poisson's ratio @ oO oS fe) gy ws Tongitudinat serab6 For a triaxial shear test conducted on a sand specimen at 2 confining pressure of 100 kN/in2 under drained conditions, resulted in deviator stress (6-5) at failure of 100 kNimé. The angle of shearing resistance of the soil would be (a) 18.43" (b) 19.47 (©) 256° (@ 30° Ans sing = o=1947° 150 A sample of situruted cohesion-ess soil tested in a drained triaxial compression test showed an angle of intemal friction of 30°. ‘The deviatoric stress at failure for the sample at a confining pressure of 200 kPa is equal t0 (a) 2000 kPa (b) 400kPa (©) 600 KPa (d) 800 kPa Ans: ‘A clay soil sample is tested in a trisaxial apparatus in. consolidated. drained conditions at a cell pressure of 100 KN /m?. What will be the pore water pressure at a deviatr steess of 40 N/m? 2 (@)OKNim2 —(b) 20kNim2 (©)40kN/m2_—_ (A) 60 kN/m2 Ans: (A) ore water pressure dissipates in CD test A. direet shear test was conducted on a, cohesion-less. soil (c=0) specimen under a normal stress of 200kN/m”. The specimen failed at a shear stress of 100kN/m2, The angle of intemal friction of the soil (Gegrees) is (Ay 266 ) 295 © 300 () 326 Ans: tand = «9 = 266° For a sample of dry, cohesion-less soil with friction angle, 0, the failure plane will be inclined to the major prineipal plane by an angle equal to (A) O (B)45° (C) 45°49/2 (D) 45°-0/2 Ans: (©)10. ‘A field vane shear testing instrument as shown was inserted completely into a deposit of soft, saturated silty clay with the vane rod vertical such that the (op of the blades were 500 mm below the ground surface. Upon application of a rapidly increasing torque about the vane rod, the soil was found t fail when the torque reached 4.6 Nm. Assuming mobilization of un-drained shear strength on all failure surfaces to be uniform and the resistance mobilized on the surface of the vane rod 10 be negligible, what would be the peak un-drained shear strength (rounded off (0 the nearest integer value oF KPa) ofthe soil? soa (A). SkPa (B)10 kPa (C) 15 kPaD) 20 kPa H+) sx 102 = fee Ans: =T C1108 Mygyye = 1 10 = 10 KPa ‘The effective stress friction angle of a saturated, cohesion-less soil is 38°, The ratio of shear stress tonormal effective stress on the failure plane is (A) 0.781 (B) 0616 (C) 0.488 (D) 0.438 ‘Ans: tan38° 787TL. In an unconfined compression test on a saturated clay, the un-dlrained shear strength was found to be 6 vm’. If a sample of the same soil is tested in and un drained condition in tri axial compression at a cell pressure of 20 vim, thea the major principal stress at failure will be (@) 48um* ——(b)32.vm* (© 24m (@) 12m =a ” Constructi ie ion c= 6t/m? radius WW, |sVery Important 4 @ CIVIL Kt Gol in Life Visit CIVIL Ki GOLT Facebook Page o,=20t/m* (minor principal stress) 0, =2042%6=32t/m? 12. A laboratory vane shear test apparatus is used to determine the shear strength of a clay sample and only one end of the vane takes part in shearing the soil. If T = applied torque, H = height of vane and D diameter of the vane, then shear strength of the clay is given by nl OIE Cee] Ones] Ans: 13. Which of the following laboratory tri axial test parameters should one specify to be carried out in connection with the initial stability of footing on saturated clay? 1. Couto ~ Cosolidated untrained 2. Cu —Undrained 3. Gb ~ Drained Select the correct answer using the codes given below: (@)1 alone (b)2 alone (ol and 3 (@)1,2and 3 Ans: (A) ‘Suresh Sir Sesceeaoes *@ Construction Yo Is Very Important caer in Life Visit CIVIL Ki GOLI Facebook Page Y — CIVIL. Kr GOL14. In an unconfined compression test on stiff clay, if the failure plane made an angle of 52° to the horizontal, what would be the angle of shearing resistance? j@ie’ wid’ 2” wis Ans 4540 = 52 0 = (52-45) x 2=14° 15. Which one of the following conditions is valid in case of unconfined compression fest in comparison to triaxial test? (a) Minor principal stress = 0 (b)Minor principal stress ~ 0.5 X major principal stress (©Minor principal stress = major principal stress (@)Major principal stress = 3. minor principal stress Ans: (A) 16. Unconfined compression test is most suitable fr determining the 1. Sensitivity of clays 2. Settlement of embankinents 3. ‘Strength’ of partially saturated clay sample 4, “Strength” of fully saturated clay sample (a)1,2,3and4 — (b)2 and 3 only (©) Sand 4 only (al and 4 only Ans: (D) 17. A shear test was conducted on a soil sample, At failure the ratio of S108 44 52 to 28222 iy equal to unity. Which one of the following shear tests represents this condition? (@) Drained tri-axial compression test (b) Unedrained axial compression test (6) Un-drained tri-axial compression test (@) Unconfined compression test Ans: (D)18, Ina tri axial test at failure, major principal stress was 180 kPa, minor prineipal stress was 100 kPa, and pore pressure was 20 kPa. The tangent of the angle of shearing resistance of the sandy soil tested is, cous oar (M27 @e _ ; Cor em,, 1 S08 Geo aD, 3 D 1 os Ni 19, A soil sample tested in atri axial compression apparatus failed when the total maximum and minimum principal stresses were 100 kPa and 40 kPa, respectively. The pore pressure measured at failure was 10 kPa. TThe effective principal stress ratio at failure is 2s (03.0 urea (275 (20 “om Construction Is Very Important in Life Ans: 20. Assertion (A) Shear parumeters ‘C’ and © vary with drainage conditions of shear tes. Reason (R): Shear parameter ‘C° and @ are dependent on water content of sol Codes: (@) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A (b) Both A and R are true but R in not a correct explanation of A (©) Ais true nut R is false (@) Ais false but R is true Ans: (A)21 2. ‘A tri axial test was conducted on a granular soil, At failure 2*= 4, The effective minor principal stress at failure was 100 kPa. The values of approximate @ and the principal stress difference at failure are, respectively (a)45" and 570 kPa (by40" and 400 kPa (©)37° and 300 kPa (4)30" and 200kPa. Ans #0, ~ 04 = 400 — 100 = 300 ‘A dry sand specimen is put through a ti axial test. The exll pressure is 50 kPa and the deviator stress at failure is 100 KPa, the angle of internal friction forthe sand specimen is (a) 15° {b)30" — (@)37° «das* Ans: sing= 2 .9=30° 05 =50 a, = 100 +50 = 150 A soil fails under an axial vertical stress of 100 KN/m’ in unconfined compression test. The failure plane makes an angle of 0” with the horizontal. The shear parameters ‘c’ and *¢" respectively will be 3)41.9 KNm, 0" 6) 50.0KN/m. 0° ©) 41.9 KN/m?, 10° d) 41.9 KN/a, 10" Ans 45+$=50° -O=10° sin 10° = 4 ¢= 41,98 KN/m?24. A clay soil specimen when tested in unconfined condition gave an unconfined compressive strength of 100 KN/m°.A specimen of the same clay with the same initial condition is subjected to a UU ti axial test under a cell pressure of 100 KN/m’. Axial stress (in KN/m’) at failure would be (aso (b)200 (0250 (4300 Ans :(B) 25. If *S" is the shear strength, °C” and gare shear strength parameters, and “ax is the normal stress at failure, then Coulomb's equation for shear strength of the soil can be represented by (C=S+a,tand (6) C=S-o,tand )S=a,+Ctand ($= C—o,tand Ans: S=C+o,tan® .C=5 oq tan @ 26. Assertion (A): Siress paths can be plotted for stress conditions during tri axial test, Reason (R): TL is not possible to control drainage in a ti axial test. Codes: (@)Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A (b) Both A and R are true but R in not a correct explanation of A (©) Ais true nut ris False (@)A is false but R is true Ans: (C) 27. What does the confining pressure used in tri axial compression tests on an undisturbed soil sample represent? a) The in-situ (otal normal stress bb) The in-situ lateral stress ©) The in-situ effective principal stress ) The in-situ shear stress Ans: (B)28. 29. 30. a In the consolidated drained test on a saturated soil sample, pore water pressure is zero during (a) Consolidation stage only (b) Shearing stage only (©) Both consolidation and shearing stages (@) Loading stage ‘Ans: (C) In Mobr’s diagram, a point above Mohr’s envelope indicates (a) Imaginary condition (b) Safe condition (©) Imminent failure condition (4) Condition of maximum obliquity Ans: (A) Assertion (A): In the case; of unconfined compression test, Mohr's circle passes throigh the origin, Reason (R): The major principal stress 1 Codes: 2), Both A and R are true and R isthe corect explanation of A b). Both A and R are true but Rin nota corect explanation of A ©), Ais ue nutris false 4), Ais false but Ris true 2 fnwit) WM», Construction SS % \sVery Important vi Gon in Life Visit CmVEE Rt GOUT Shear failure of soils takes place when cebook Page a). The angle of obliquity is maximum '). Maximum cohesion is reached in cohesive soils ©). @ reaches its maximum value in cohesion less soils d), residual strength of the soil is exhausted Ans( A) 2. A CD wi axial test was conducted on a granular soi. At faite & was 3.0. The effective minor principal stress of failure was 75 kPa. The prineipal stress difference at failure will be (a) 75 kPa (b) 150 kPa (©) 225 kPa (@) 300 kPa Ans: a= 75 oy = 75 x 3225 a-% = 75=150KPa33. In a direct shear test, the shear stress and normal stress on a dry sand sample at failure are 0.6 kg/cm’ and 1 kg/cm® respectively. ‘The angle of internal friction of the sand will be nearly 28" (by 31° 37" ast Ans tan-1 08 10 34, Laboratory vane shear test can also be used to determine (2) Shear parameters of sity sand (b) Shear parameters of sandy clay (6) Liguid limit of sity clay (6) Plastic iit of clayey silt Ans: (B) ‘Which one of the following expressions represents the shear strength of soil at point X? Angle of shear resistance of soil is g and symbols Yor¥sat-Your Yery Stand for unit weight of water, saturated soil, submerged soil and dry soil respectively. (YeryH tan (b)L¥sacH — CH + Hy)%el tan ® (YeupHl tan ® (Caryl — Haye) tang Ans: (C) 36, Which one of the following is the appropriate ti axial test to assess the immediate stability of an unloading problem, such as an excavation of a clay slope? (a) UU test (b) CU test (©) CD test (@) Un-consolidated drained tests Ans: (B)7. 38, 39. 40. Ans Consider the following features of direct shear test: 1. Failure takes place on the predetermined plane 2.This aquick test. 5. Drainage conditions cannot be changed 4. Failure ofthe sample is progressive. Which of these are the disadvantages of direet shear test? (a), 2and 3 (b)1, Band 4 (1, 2and 4 (OB and 4 Ans: (A) A footing is resting on a fully saturated clayey strata. For checking the initial stability, shear parameters are used from which one of the following? (a) Consolidation non-drained test (b) Unconsolidated drained test (©) Unconsotidated non-drained test (@) Unconsolidated non-drained test with pore pressure measurement ‘Ans: (A) For the determination of shear strength parameters, ¢ and ¢ of soil in the laboratory, the test to be conducted will be (a) Tri axial compression test (b) Sieve analysis (©) Compaction test (@) Relative density test ‘Ans: (A) In a consolidated drained tri axial test, specimen of clay fails at a cell pressure of 60 KNim?, The effective shear strength parameters are cf =15KNim® and 9" = 20°. determi KNim?, 2) 1052 W295 “ao, Construction compressive strength ©) 30.0 326 W's Very Important 7 Fic cae in Life sin 20) [5cor20"+ 60 +x ‘isit CIVIL Ki GOLI Facebook Page x= S261 compressive strength = 2x = 105.2KPaa 4B. 2. If the principal stresses [A direct sheat test was conducted on a cohesion less soil (c=0), Specimen under normal stress of 200KNim®. The specimen failed at a sheat stress of 100KN/m?, The angle of intemal friction of sil is a) 266 © )29.5 ©) 300 326 Ans: 26.6" in a two dimensional case are -10 MPa and 20 MPu respectively, then maximum shear stress at the point is 8) 10MPa b) 15MPa ©) 20MPa ) 30MPa Ans: If the effective stress parameters of a soil are c'=10 KPa and @/=30°, the shear strensth on a plane within the saturated soil mass at a point ‘where the total normal stress is 300 KPa and pore water pressure is 150 KPa will be a) 90.5 KPa b) 96.6KPa ©) 1015KPa d) 105.5KPa Ans: 10+150x tan 30° = 96.6 KPa I a deained tei axial compression test eondueted on dey sand, failure occurred when deviator stress was 218 KN/m? at a confining pressure of 61 KN/m?. What is the effective angle of shearing resistance snd inclination of failure plane to major principle plane? 2) 349,62? b) 34?,20 ) 409,257 4) 409,65" ‘Ans: =e oa 40" Se" ae+e1 ~°~ 40 a iae? +> = 6845. If an element of a stressed body is in a state of pure shear with a magnitude of SON/mm:, the magnitude of maximum principal stress at that loeatio a) 80 Nimm? b) 113.14 Nim? ©) 120 Nim? 4d) 36.57Nimme Ans: 12+ (295-120)x tan 30” = 113 Nimm? 46. What is the shear strength in terms of effective stress on a plane within 4 saturated soil mass at a point where the total normal stress is 295 KPa and the pore water pressure 120KPa? The effective shear strength parameters are ¢' =12 KPa and 0'=30°, 13 KPa RR . » @Rr Construction @) 12KPa bs Is Very Important ‘Ans: (A) Kr in Life Visit CIVIL K? GOLI Facebook Page 47. Vane testis normally used for determining in situ shear strength of a) Softclays b) Sand ©) Stifelays 4) Gravel ‘Ans: (D) 48, The appropriate field test w determine the un-drained shear strength of soft clay is a). 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