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SIXTH SEMESTER B.TECH DEGREE EXAMINATION, JUNE 2009

2 (a)

(a)

What are the corrections

(bl

What is the clreet of water table on bearing capacity')

(c)

What arc causes of differential

(el)

Discuss the limitations

ofsettlelllent

analysis.

(e)

Where do you provide a trapezoidal

footing'?

(t)

When do we adopt a raft foundation'?

(g)

What are the Lactors that lead to the adoption

(h)

List the problems

(i)

Explain in detail Field Vane Shear Test vvith neat sketch?

(ii)

In a saturated
The average
Compute

employed

associated

in SPT value?

settlement'?

Explain the effects also.

with expansive

of a deep foundation?
soils.

clay. a strip footing is to be laid at a depth of 1 m below surface.

of clay - -1-5 Kpa. The bulk density of clay

cohesion

the ultimate and safe-bearing

capacity.

Factor of safety

17 kN/m3.

2.5

(OR)
Explain the Standard
between

of 2.4

following

shear

water table is

c-=

=39,

Determine
a)

Test with neat sketch and give the correlation

SPT - N \ alLIes and Relative density and Relative consistencies.

A footing

(J)

Penetration

111~

is to be founded

strength

at a depth of 1.6 m in a soil having the

parameters.

The unit weight

8 kN/Ill the saturated

O. N~

70. Nq

::::

of the sand above

the

unit "veight is 20 kN/nY'

73.33. Ny

88.8

the ultimate bearing capacity when the ground water level is:

Well below the foundation

b) At the base of the foundation

c)

At the ground surface

Sketch the contact pressure distribution

below rigid footing in clay and sand.

What are the di rrerent types of settlement?

Determine

the immediate

settlement

of a rigid looting

at a depth of 1 m in sandy silt whose compression

on the looting is 350 kN. The Poisson's

1.5 m x 2.25 m founded

modulus

is 10.1 Kpa. The load

ratio is 0.3

(OJ{)
(b)

(i)

(i i )

Discuss briellJ on Newmark's

On a reclamation

influence chart and its use.

site. where water table is at ground

surface.

a layer of silty

sand 5 m thick over lies a layer of soft clay 12 m thick. Underlaying

the clay

layer is sandy soil. A 4 m thick layer of fill is to be laid over the site. The
following

data are available:

Unit \Neight : Fill -;- 19 kN/m':

Silty sand:::: 18.5 kN/n,.'; Clay

= 17.5 kN/m";

mv of clay -= :2 x 10 ...1 n}/kN

Calculate

consolidation

settlement

of clay layer due to placing of fill.

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4 (a) (i)
(ii)

How tht raft foundation

Two columns

is designed

carrying

on sandy soil?

loads of 82 tonnes and SS tonnes axially

are spaced at

4.2 metre apart centre to centre. Their sizes are 45 cm x 45 cm and 30 cm x 30

cm respectively.
the allowable
property

Design a combined
bearing

pressure

rectangular

footing for the columns

when

on the soil is 13.5 tonnes per square metre. The

line is on the face of the 30 cm x 30 em. column.

Use any reasonable

mix of Concrete.
(OR)
What do you understand
involved

by proportioning

of tooting?

What are the steps

in proportioning?

A strip footing at a depth of I m is required to transmit a load of 175 kN/m to a

dry loose sand having the following

properties:

Density of sand = 17kN/iw' . (I) =26. C= 28 kN/m2

For <1>=26. N,/
Adopting

6.2. Ny' ~. 4.0

a factor of safety against shear failure of 3. determine

the width of the

footing.

S (a) (i)
(ii)

Explain briefly on open caissons and box caissons.

A RCC pile JOcmx30cm

in section. 20m long weighs 7.68 tonnes including

cap. It is driven by a hammer weighing

or 1 metre. The Penetration

4 tonnes. falling freely through

the

a height

of the pile for last 10 blows is 6cm. The efficiency

of hammer

is 100%.

The

co-efficient

of restitution

compression

of pile is 2.5 cm. What is the ultimate

is 0.4.

load carrying

Total

elastic

capacity of the

pile?
(OR)
(b)

(i)
(ii)

Discuss the construction

A group

of 16 friction

between
having

detail and design considerations

pi les is arranged

piles is 3 times of pile diameter.

5 m length.

The

value

in a square
The diameter

of cohesion

of well foundations.
pattern.

is 100 kN/m2.

etliciency.

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The spacing

of the pile is 400 mm

Find the group