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ENGINEERING & MANAGEMENT EXAMINATIONS, APRIL 2008

ADVANCED FOUNDATION ENGINEERING ( SEMESTER - 8 )

Time : 3 Hours ] INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATES :
1. This Booklet is a Question-cum-Answer Booklet. The Booklet consists of 32 pages. First page of the Booklet shows Instructions to the Candidates. The questions of this concerned subject commence from Page No. 3. a) In Group A, Questions are of Multiple Choice type. You have to write the correct choice in the box provided against each question. b) For Groups B & C you have to answer the questions in the space provided marked Answer Sheet. Questions of Group B are Short answer type. Questions of Group C are Long answer type. Write on both sides of the paper. Fill in your Roll No. in the box provided as in your Admit Card before answering the questions. Read the instructions given inside carefully before answering. You should not forget to write the corresponding question numbers while answering. Do not write your name or put any special mark in the booklet that may disclose your identity, which will render you liable to disqualification. Any candidate found copying will be subject to Disciplinary Action under the relevant rules. Use of Mobile Phone, Calculator or Log table is totally prohibited in the examination hall. You should return the booklet to the invigilator at the end of the examination and should not take any page of this booklet with you outside the examination hall, which will lead to disqualification. Rough work, if necessary is to be done in this booklet only and cross it through. No additional sheets are to be used and no loose paper will be provided

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ENGINEERING & MANAGEMENT EXAMINATIONS, APRIL 2008

ADVANCED FOUNDATION ENGINEERING

SEMESTER 8
Time : 3 Hours ] [ Full Marks : 70

GROUP A ( Multiple Choice Type Questions )

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Choose the correct alternatives for the following : i) Standard penetration test is carried out with the help of a) c) ii) Open drive sampler Split spoon sampler b) d) Piston sampler Dutch cone.

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Geophones are used to record velocity in a) b) c) d) Seismic refraction method Electrical resistivity method Wash boring method Shell and auger boring method.

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According to Terzaghis analysis of bearing capacity for clay, the failure curve connecting the wedge with the passive zone is a) c) Log spiral Parabola b) d) Circle Hyperbola.

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As per I.S. Code, the maximum allowable settlement for RCC multistoreyed building with raft foundation on plastic clay is a) c) 50 mm 100 mm b) d) 75 mm 125 mm.

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settlement is a) c) vi) Coefficient of consolidation Compression index b) d) Coefficient of permeability Time factor.

In pile foundations, block failure occurs for a) c) closely spaced piles in sand closely spaced piles in clay b) d) widely spaced piles in sand widely spaced piles in clay.

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Negative skin friction in pile occurs when a) b) c) d) Pile penetrates through a cohesionless strata Pile settles in a cohesive strata The surrounding soil settles with respect to pile The surrounding soil does not settle at all.

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When a retaining wall moves towards the backfill, then the pressure developed is a) c) zero passive b) d) active none of these.

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For developing zero tension at the heel, the resultant force on the base of a retaining wall should pass through a point where eccentricity from the centre of the base with width b is a) c) b/6 b/2 b) d) b/3 b.

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In expansive soils, suitable piles are a) c) Driven cast in situ piles Underreamed piles b) d) Driven precast piles Timber piles.

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5 GROUP B ( Short Answer Type Questions ) Answer any three of the following. 2. 3. 4. 5. What is the effect of groundwater table on bearing capacity of foundation ? What are the causes of development of negative skin friction on piles ? Write a short note on liquifaction of soil. What do you understand by degree of freedom ? Show with sketch, the different degrees of freedom for a block foundation under vibration. 6. A 6 m thich layer of saturated clay is sandwiched between pervious sand layers at top and bottom. For the clay, mv = 25 104 m2 /kN. Find the consolidation settlement if the clay is subjected to an increase of uniform pressure intensity of 80 kPa at the centre of clay layer. 7. Draw a neat labelled sketch for two adjacent underreamed piles of 300 mm shaft diameter having 3 bulbs each, showing all necessary dimensions in the sketch. GROUP C ( Long Answer Type Questions ) Answer any three questions. 8. a) b) What are the limitations of plate load test. Describe briefly the different types of penetration tests used in soil engineering and explain their uses in finding bearing capacity of foundations. c) What are the general requirements for foundation? 9. satisfactory design of machine 5+5+5 3 15 = 45 3 5 = 15

A square footing 2 m 2 m is built on a homogeneous bed of sand of density 19kN/m3 and having an angle of shearing resistance of 38. The depth of the base of the footing is 08m below the ground surface. What is the safe load in kN according to Terzaghi analysis, which can be carried by the footing with a factor of safety of 3against complete shear failure ? Groundwater table exists at great depth. For = 38. Take Nq = 65, N = 80.

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6 A group of 16 piles are to be arranged in a square pattern for installing in a clay deposit. Determine the optimum spacing between the piles in terms of diameter for the condition when group capacity considering individual action and block failure becomes equal. Assume = 08. Neglect and bearing.

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A gravity retaining wall with a 6 m high vertical back has to retain a cohesionless backfill with horizontal ground surface. The bulk density of the backfill is 165km/m3 and the angle of shearing resistance is 30. The wall is 14 m wide at the top. Determine the minimum base width of the wall for no tension to develop at the base. Also find the factor of safety against sliding assuming the angle of friction between the base of the wall and the foundation soil as 30. The density of the wall material is 20kN/m3 .

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A sheet pile wall, anchored at a point 10 m below the top, is to support the sides of an excavation 60 m deep in dry sandy soil having = 35 and = 19 kN/m3 . Assuming free earth support, calculate the depth of penetration of the sheet pile. Detailed solution of cubical equation, if any should be given.

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