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    1. The purposes of a pile load test are to determine the load-settlement behavior and ultimate load capacity of piles. A maintained pile load test involves incrementally loading a test pile and monitoring settlement over time using reference beams and dial gauges. 2. A concrete pile 450 mm in diameter and 15 m long driven into clay with an undrained strength of (Roll No of student/20) kPa can have its allowable load capacity calculated using the Alpha method with a factor of safety of 2, where the saturated unit weight is 18 kN/m3 and the groundwater table is at the surface. 3. A recently filled fill that was (Roll No of student/75) m

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    1. The purposes of a pile load test are to determine the load-settlement behavior and ultimate load capacity of piles. A maintained pile load test involves incrementally loading a test pile and monitoring settlement over time using reference beams and dial gauges. 2. A concrete pile 450 mm in diameter and 15 m long driven into clay with an undrained strength of (Roll No of student/20) kPa can have its allowable load capacity calculated using the Alpha method with a factor of safety of 2, where the saturated unit weight is 18 kN/m3 and the groundwater table is at the surface. 3. A recently filled fill that was (Roll No of student/75) m

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    1. The purposes of a pile load test are to determine the load-settlement behavior and ultimate load capacity of piles. A maintained pile load test involves incrementally loading a test pile and monitoring settlement over time using reference beams and dial gauges. 2. A concrete pile 450 mm in diameter and 15 m long driven into clay with an undrained strength of (Roll No of student/20) kPa can have its allowable load capacity calculated using the Alpha method with a factor of safety of 2, where the saturated unit weight is 18 kN/m3 and the groundwater table is at the surface. 3. A recently filled fill that was (Roll No of student/75) m

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    1. The purposes of a pile load test are to determine the load-settlement behavior and ultimate load capacity of piles. A maintained pile load test involves incrementally loading a test pile and monitoring settlement over time using reference beams and dial gauges. 2. A concrete pile 450 mm in diameter and 15 m long driven into clay with an undrained strength of (Roll No of student/20) kPa can have its allowable load capacity calculated using the Alpha method with a factor of safety of 2, where the saturated unit weight is 18 kN/m3 and the groundwater table is at the surface. 3. A recently filled fill that was (Roll No of student/75) m

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    Faculty of Engineering

    Lahore Leads University


    Department of Civil Engineering
    Examination : Final Semester BSc Civil Engineering (Session-2018)
    Semester : 5th Semester, Fall- 2020 Marks= 50
    Subject : Geotechnical & Foundation EngineeringCE-321. Time= 180 mins.
    Q. No Elaborate your answer with neat sketches where necessary Marks
    What are the purposes of a pile load test? Sketch and label the arrangement of a maintained
    pile load test. 3

    A concrete pile 450 mm in diameter and 15 m long is driven into a clay soil. The undrained
    strength “su”of the soil is (Roll No of student/20) kPa. Calculate the allowable pile load
    4
    1. capacity using “α” (Alpha) method. The factor of safety required is 2 and γsat = 18 kN/m3.
    CLO1 Groundwater table is at the ground surface.
    A recently filled up fill was (Roll No of student/75) m thick and its average void ration was
    1.0. The fill was loaded on the surface by constructing an embankment covering a large area of 2
    the fill. Some months after the embankment was constructed, measurements of the fill
    indicated an average void of 0.8. Calculate the compression of the fill.
    Interpret the following:
    a) Active earth pressure coefficient (Ka)
    b) Passive earth pressure coefficient (Kp) 3
    c) Engineering backfill

    Illustrate the differences among a gravity retaining wall, a cantilever retaining wall, a
    counterfort retaining wall, a buttressed retaining wall and a mechanically stabilized reinforced
    4
    earth retaining wall (MSE).
    2.
    CLO1 For the frictionless wall shown in Figure No 1, Calculate the following:

    (a) The active lateral earth pressure distribution with depth.


    (b) The passive lateral earth pressure distribution with depth
    (c) The magnitudes and locations of the active and passive forces. 5
    (d) The resultant force and its location.
    (e) The ratio of passive moment to active moment.

    Note: UDL should be considered as mentioned in the figure


    3. Explain very briefly the following: 5
    CLO2
    1. What types of slope failure are common in soils?
    2. What factors provoke slope failures?
    3. What is an infinite slope failure?
    4. What methods of analysis are used to estimate the factor of safety of a slope?
    5. How does seepage affect the stability of slopes?
    6. Difference between Culmann’s method and Swedish circle method for slope stability
    analysis

    1
    A cut slope was excavated in a saturated clay. The slope made an angle of (Roll No of
    student/20)degrees with the horizontal. Slope failure occurred when the cut reached a depth of
    6 m. Previous soil explorations showed that a rock layer was located at a depth of 10 m below
    the ground surface. Assuming an undrained condition and γsat = 18 kN/m3, Analyze the
    following.
    5
    a. undrained cohesion of the clay.
    b. nature of the critical circle?
    c. With reference to the toe of the slope, at what distance did the surface of sliding intersect the
    bottom of the excavation?

    Discriminate between Undamped and damped vibration system, what do you understand by a
    Lumped Parameter Vibrating system? 3

    For a machine foundation given weight of the foundation is equal to (Roll No of student/20)
    kN and spring constant is equal to 104 kN/m, Estimate
    a) The natural frequency of vibration 4
    b) The period of oscillation
    4.
    CLO3 Assess the demerits of Earth fill Dams? Summarize general design criteria for earth fill dams.
    4
    Assess the merits and demerits of cement and lime stabilization? With the help of figures
    4
    (graphs) predict the effect of delay in time on the strength of cement and lime stabilized soil.
    What do you understand by reinforced earth? Summarize different Civil Engineering works
    where earth reinforcement can be used. 4

    PTO

    Figure No 1

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