GEOTECHNICAL A. 316.55kN B. 354.

46kN
Problems C. 335.47kN D. 337.03kN
Situation 1 Det. the bearing capacity of pile at the tip
A. 663.68 kN B. 618.72 kN
Concrete piles are to be used as the foundation for a
C. 683.33 kN D. 657.48 kN
multi-storey building. Soil condition is loose sand with
Compute the factor of safety if the design load is 500 kN
water table located 2m below the ground.
A. 3.55 B. 1.72
Properties of soil:
C. 2.04 D. 2.66
γ = 17.30 kN/m3 & = 360
Situation 6
γsat = 19.60 kN/m3 tan ;= 0.42
A sand aquifer 30 m thick has a transmissivity of 0.15
Nq = 82 Find the rate of flow of the colored water through the
m2/sec and void ratio of 0.87. Ground water is flowing
Consider a single 35 cm circular pile soil in cu cm/sec
through this aquifer with hydraulic gradient of 0.0073.
Det the location of the critical depth A. 0.60 B. 0.95 Find the total volume of soil to be taken from borrow pit
16. What is the coef of permeability of the sand aquifer?
A. 4.2m B. 2.5m C. 0.33 D. 0.48 in cu m.
A. 4.0 x 10-3 m/s B. 5.0x 10-3 m/s
C. 1.8m D. 3.5m Compute the seepage velocity in cm/sec. A. 93,762 B. 82,556
C. 3.5 x 10-3 m/s D. 4.5 x 10-3 m/s
Compute the capacity due to end bearing A. 0.0231 B. 0.0126 C. 78,672 D. 64,901
Det the seepage velocity
A. 321.23 kN B. 388.86 kN C. 0.0301 D. 0.0183 Det the total weight of water from this volume
A. 6.29 x 10 -5 m/s B. 5.42 x 10 -5 m/s
C. 472.54 kN D. 298.75 kN Determine the time required for the plug of colored excavated.
C. 3.76 x 10 -5 m/s D. 7.85 x 10 -5 m/s
Det the desired length of the pile if it will support an water to pass through the soil. Assume there is no A. 16,449 tons B. 18,538 tons
Find the time required for water to travel 1 km through
allowable load of 410kN. The factor of safety is 3. diffusion, that is the colored water has the same volume C. 14,916 tons D. 12,865 tons
the aquifer
A. 13.24m B. 10.57m when it exits as when it entered the soil and assume also If the cost of moving the soil from borrow pit to the
A. 147.44 days B. 129.57 days
C. 11.12m D. 12.54m that the colored water has the same unit weight and damsite is P20.00 per cu m what will be the total cost of
C. 137.32 days D. 151.06 days
Situation 2 viscosity as plain water. moving all the required soil to the damsite?
Situation 7 A. P1,875,240 B. P1,573,440
The drained angle of internal friction of a normally A. 18.4 min B. 15.3 min
The soil profile in a project site is given in the figure. The C. P1,651,120 D. P1,298,020
consolidated clay is equal to 26.20. The following are C. 29.1 min D. 23.4 min
proposed building to be constructed will exert a net Situation 9
results of a consolidated undrained test conducted on Situation 4 stress of 150 kPa
the sample of clay. A permeable layer of soil is underlain by an impervious The max. and min. dry unit weights of sand were
Find the bouyant unit weight of the clay
Chamber pressure = 120 kPa layer as shown. For permeable layer K= 4.8 x10-3 cm/sec. determined in the laboratory to be 16.5 kN/m3 and 14.6
A. 6.06 kN/m3 C. 9.09 kN/m3
Deviator stress = 90 kPa kN/m3 respectively. The relative compaction of the same
B. 7.07 kN/m3 D. 8.08 kN/m3
What is the consolidated undrained angle of internal soil is 96 %.
Det the effective vertical stress at the midheight of clay
friction Find the dry unit weight of the sand in place in kN/m3
layer.
A. 18.380 B. 15.830 A. 18.45 B. 15.84
A. 174.06 kPa B. 160.74 kPa
C. 13.820 D. 12.930 C. 14.85 D. 18.54
C. 147.60 kPa D. 167.40 kPa
Compute the pore water pressure developed in the clay Compute the relative density
Compute the settlement of normally consolidated clay
specimen at failure. A. 70 % B. 60 %
layer.
A. 63.08 kPa B. 60.38 kPa C. 50 % D. 80%
A. 187 mm C. 296 mm
C. 68.53 kPa D. 65.63 kPa What is the moist unit weight at a moisture content of
B. 309 mm D. 407mm
If the drained test was conducted instead of an 10% in kN/m3
undrained test with the same chamber pressure of 120 Find the hydraulic gradient
A. 0.0872 B. 0.0486 A. 14.72 B. 12.17
kPa, what would be the maximum principal stress at C. 11.47 D. 17.42
failure? C. 0.0576 D. 0.0621
Compute the cross-sectional area considering 1m width Situation 10
A. 392.27 kPa B. 309.72 kPa In a specific gravity test the following data were
C. 372.29 kPa D. 322.97 kPa A. 3.0187 m2 B. 2.9886 m2
C. 2.8993 m2 D. 3.0256 m2 recorded.
Situation 3 Mass of container = 424 g
Det the rate of seepage in m3/hr
The laboratory apparatus shown maintains a constant A. 0.056 B. 0.061 Mass of container when full of clean water = 1248 g
head in both the upper and lower reservoirs. The soil C. 0.045 D. 0.032 Mass of container partially filled with soil = 784 g
sample is silty sand with a hydraulic conductivity K = 5 x Mass of container containing soil and topped
Situation 5
10-3 cm/sec. and a moisture content of 18.5%, Specific with water =1472 g
gravity of soil sample is 2.70. A concrete pile is to be driven into a medium dense to Situation 8 Compute the specific gravity of solid
dense sand. The pile diameter is 0.30m and its embedded The earthdam with a given cross section and a length of A. 2.7 C. 2.65
length is 10 m. No ground water table was encountered. 122m is to be compacted to a void ratio of 0.78 in place. A B. 2.6 D. 2.68
Coefficient of lateral friction K=0.95, Bearing capacity borrow pit nearby contains soil having a void ratio of 1.20 Find the dry unit weight of soil if the void ratio is 0.40
factor Nq = 80. Angle of friction between sand and pile is a true specific gravity of 2.65 and a moisture content of A. 19 kN/cu m C. 16 kN/cu m
240. Unit weight of sand = 20.14 kN/m3. 15%. B. 12 kN/cu m D. 22 kN/cu m
Compute the capacity of pile due to friction
Compute the degree of saturation if the moisture Find the active pressure if tensile crack occur in the soil B. 3190kN D. 2246kN Det the degree of saturation
content is 12%. A. 117.95 kN/m C. 98.09 kN/m What would be the approximate spacing of piles to a) 67.43% b) 54.70%
A. 87% C. 74% B. 128.43 kN/m D. 69.59 kN/m achieve 100% efficiency? c) 48.21% d) 71.98%
B. 80% D. 83% Locate the position of the tension crack from the surface A. 1.01m C. 0.92m Situation 19
Situation 11 of horizontal backfill. B. 0.75m D. 1.28m A cubic foot of soil mass has a porosity of 38% and a
The section of continuous footing is shown. A. 3.05m C. 2.59m Situation 16 degree of saturation of 92%. The specific gravity of solid
B. 1.75m D. 0.93m The elevation of a bracing system for an open cut in sand particles is 2.71.
Situation 14 is shown. Assuming that γsand = 110pcf and φ = 36°. Compute the volume of solid in the sample
A consolidated drained triaxial test was conducted on a Spacing between the strut is 10 ft center to center. Using a) 0.35 cu ft b) 0.52 cu ft
normally consolidated clay. The results are as follows: Peck’s empirical pressure diagram, c) 0.74 cu ft d) 0.62 cu ft
Confining pressure = 300 kPa Determine the strut load at A. Find the volume of water in the sample.
Deviator stress = 300 kPa A. 37,276 lbs B. 23,762 lbs a) 0.29 cu ft b) 0.62 cu ft
Compute the angle of shearing resistance C. 36,726 lbs D. 32,267 lbs c) 0.35 cu ft d) 0.74 cu ft
A. 54.740 C. 36.140 Determine the strut load at B. Determine the unit weight of soil
B. 19.470 D. 28.450 A. 47,644 lbs B. 34,464 lbs a) 136 pcf b) 127 pcf
Determine the angle that the failure plane makes with C. 37,446 lbs D. 44,763 lbs c) 118 pcf d) 104 pcf
Using Terzaghi’s bearing capacity factors,
the principal axis. Determine the strut load at D. Situation 20
Nc = 25.13 Nq = 12.72 Nγ = 8.34
A. 58.350 C. 54.740 A. 78,078 lbs B. 80,807 lbs A soil sample has a liquidity index of 0.28, a plastic limit
Determine the ultimate bearing capacity under general
B. 60.540 D. 49.960 C. 87,708 lbs D. 70,870 lbs of 12.2% and a plasticity index of 16.3%. Specific gravity
shear failure.
Compute the shear stress on the failure plane in kPa and void ratio is equal to 2.7 and 0.60 respectively.
A. 876.28 kPa C. 678.82 kPa
A. 221.13 C. 362.76 Compute the water content.
B. 786.28 kPa D. 768.82 kPa
B. 141.42 D. 485.63 a) 17.85% b) 16.76%
Find the allowable bearing capacity with factor of safety
of 4 Situation 15 c) 15.49% d) 18.38%
A. 169.71 kPa C. 196.17 kPa A foundation in a layer of clay was supported by group Compute the degree of saturation.
B. 179.61 kPa D. 176.19 kPa of piles consisting of 12 piles having a diameter of 30cm a) 75.44% b) 68.95%
Compute the net allowable bearing capacity with factor and length of 12m as shown. c) 81.37% d) 59.73%
of safety of 4 Compute the air void ratio.
A. 163.47 kPa C. 136.74 kPa a) 0.126 b) 0.0347
B. 166.95 kPa D. 154.53 kPa c) 0.206 d) 0.092
Situation 12 Situation 21
A cohesive soil with an angle of shearing resistance of From the given data, shows a sieve analysis of soil
220 has cohesion of 19.15 kPa. samples A, B and C
If triaxial test was conducted and the max. axial stress PERCENT PASSING
was 431 kPa, the minimum confining pressure required is Situation 17 SIEVE NO SOIL A SOIL B SOIL C
nearest to The relative compaction of soil in the field is 93.5% if the 4 100 100 100
A. 183 kPa C. 138 kPa max and min dry unit weights are 16.98 kN/cu m and 8 97 90 100
B. 170 kPa D. 142 kPa 14.46 kN/cu m 10 92 77 75
If direct shear test was conducted, the shear stress at Find the dry unit weight of the soil in place in kN/cu m 20 87 59 92
the plane of failure is nearest to A. 15.88 C. 14.92 40 53 51 84
A. 108 kPa C. 121 kPa B. 16.04 D. 15.12 60 42 41 79
B. 139 kPa D. 96 kPa Compute the relative density in percent 100 26 35 70
The normal stress is nearest to A. 68.13 C. 54.3 200 17 33 63
A. 251 kPa C. 238 kPa B. 49.6 D. 60.1 LL 35 46 47
B. 213 kPa D. 269 kPa PL 20 29 24
Situation 18
Situation 13 Cu 7 5 8
A soil mixed with 14.45% water is compacted to a volume
A vertical retaining wall 5.5 m high supports soil that has Classify soil A using USCS method
of 0.0857 cu m. The compacted mass is 152.905 kg and
the following a) CL b) SC c) SM d) SW
Gs = 2.65.
properties: Calculate the design load on the pile group if the piles Classify soil B using AASHTO method
1Find the dry density in kN/cu m
 = 15 kN/m3  = 270 C = 12 kPa are acting individually. Factor of safety is 3. a) A-3 b) A-2-6 c) A-1-b d) A-2-7
a) 16.32 b) 14.87
If tensile crack will not occur in the soil determine the A. 3486kN C. 2482kN Classify soil C using USCS method
c) 15.29 d) 17.97
active pressure B. 4017kN D. 2863kN a) CL b) SC c) SM d) SW
Compute the void ratio
A. 5.83 kN/m C. 6.17 kN/m Det the design load on the pile group if the piles are Situation 22
a) 0.5 b) 0.4
B. 4.84 kN/m D. 3.65 kN/m acting as a group. Factor of safety is 3. A two layer confined aquifer is shown in the figure
c) 0.7 d) 0.6
A. 1985kN C. 2763kN
 a) 180.07 kpa b) 170.80 kpa a) 39.82 kpa b) 32.02 kpa The sample of soil has a moist unit weight of 16 kN/cu m
c) 195.70 kpa d) 185.07 kpa c) 26.73 kpa d) 19.91 kpa and the total volume is 0.0169 cu m. The water content is
If the effective pressure at the bottom of sand is 81.6 kpa Compute the modified value of shear strength at the 15% and the specific gravity of solid is 2.71.
what height above this point the water will rise in the same point if water table was observed at the ground 10. Det the weight of solid
piezometer? surface. a) 0.235 kN c) 0.274 kN
a) 16.1 m b) 11.6 m a) 16.92 kpa b) 26.71 kpa b) 0.371 kN d) 0.128 kN
c) 13.6 m d) 12.7 m c) 24.63 kpa d) 18.12 kpa 11. Find the volume of void
Compute the effective stress at the bottom of clay Compute the modified value of shear strength at the a) 0.006 cu m c) 0.009 cu m
Compute the equivalent coef of permeability same point if water table was observed at the ground b) 0.008 cu m d) 0.004 cu m
a) 231 kpa b) 123 kpa
a) 31.2 m/day c) 27.5 m/day surface and the soil has cohesion of 12.4 kpa 12. Compute the volume of water to be added to make
c) 213 kpa d) 321 kpa
b) 25.8 m/day d) 29.1 m/day a) 25.90 kpa b) 27.27 kpa the sample fully saturated
Find the hydraulic gradient Situation 26
c) 30.52 kpa d) 32.51 kpa a) 0.00743 cu m c) 0.00286 cu m
a) 0.0039 c) 0.0046 A layer of soil has the following properties:
Situation 29 b) 0.00572 cu m d) 0.00446 cu m
b) 0.0053 d) 0.0065 Void ratio e = 0.45
From the given soil profile Situation 32
Det the rate of flow from one stream to another per Effective diameter D10 = 15m
In a borrow pit, 6000 cu m of soil was excavated and has
meter width Capillary rise constant C = 0.20 cm2
a void ratio e1 = 1.2. If the material will have to be placed
a) 8.67 cu m/day c) 6.35 cu m/day Ground water table is 7.0 m below the ground surface.
in an embankment that requires a void ratio e2 = 0.80,
b) 7.21 cu m/day d) 9.29 cu m/day Assume a unit weight of solid = 26.3 kN/cu m and the soil
13. What is the volume of the embankment in cu m?
Situation 23 above the capillary action rise and the ground is partially
a) 5840 b) 3748
saturated at 40%.
For a constant laboratory permeability test on a fine c) 4909 d) 6027
Find the height of capillary rise in the silt.
sand, the foll 14. If the moisture content when excavated is 15% and
a) 1.84 m b) 4.51 m
data were given: must be 18% in embankment, what is the weight of water
c) 2.96 m d) 3.06 m
Length of sample = 16cm required? Gs = 2.67
Determine the effective stress at depth of 5.6 m.
Diameter of sample = 9.6 cm a) 4286 kN b) 2143 kN
a) 143.58 kpa b) 241.45 kpa
Constant head difference = 50 cm c) 3791 kN d) 1975 kN
c) 314.25 kpa d) 124.94 kpa Det. the effective stress at the mid height of the clay
Vol. of water collected in 4 min. = 420 cc 15. How much water must be added in cu m?
Determine the effective stress at a depth of 9 m layer in kpa
Void ratio of the soil specimen = 0.55 a) 218.45 b) 320.39
a) 163.6 kpa b) 149.1 kpa a) 47.34 b) 73.43
Det the coef of permeability in cm/sec c) 182.92 d) 936.23
c) 119.3 kpa d) 291.4 kpa c) 43.73 d) 34.73
a) 9.38 x 10 –3 c) 5.92 x 10 –3 Situation 33
Situation 27 Det the preconsolidation pressure Pc in kpa if the
b) 4.31 x 10 –3 d) 7.76 x 10–3 A retaining wall having a height of 6m supports a
overconsolidation ratio OCR is 2.0
Find the discharge velocity in cm/sec The soil profile consist of 5m layer of sand with e = 0.50 horizontal backfill that has the foll properties:
a) 46.69 b) 96.46
a) 0.024 c) 0.015 and Gs = 2.70. Under the sand is another 5m layer of clay  = 16 kN/m3
c) 94.64 d) 69.46
b) 0.031 d) 0.040 with e = 0.60, Gs = 2.60 and LL = 40%. The water table is = 320
Find the settlement of the clay layer considering the
Compute the seepage velocity in cm/sec located 2m below the ground surface. C=0
preconsolidation pressure and due to additional pressure
a) 0.052 c) 0.073 Compute the compression index. 16. Compute the Rankine active force per unit width of
of 120 kpa applied on the ground.
b) 0.068 d) 0.041 a) 0.32 b) 0.27 the wall
a) 94.47 mm b) 59.47 mm
Situation 24 c) 0.19 d) 0.41 a) 135.36 kN/m b) 124.75 kN/m
c) 74.95 mm d) 47.59 mm
In a variable head permeability test, the foll data were Det. the overburden pressure at the mid-height of clay in c) 96.28 kN/m d) 88.42 kN/m
Kpa Situation 30
taken: 17. Determine the Rankine passive force per unit width of
Length of soil sample = 8 cm a) 93.21 b) 84.29 The water table in a soil layer is 1 m below the ground. the wall
Area of soil sample = 10 cm2 c) 76.24 d) 102.63 The soil above the water table is also saturated due to a) 671 kN/m b) 748 kN/m
Area of stand pipe = 1.5 cm2 If a surcharge of 120 kpa is applied on the surface of the capillary action. Saturated unit weight of soil is 20.15 kN c) 569 kN/m d) 936 kN/m
Hydraulic head at time t = 0 is 100 cm ground, what will be the primary consolidation per cu m 18. Calculate the rest earth pressure acting per unit width
Hydraulic head at time t = 60 min is 90 cm settlement of the clay? Det the total pressure at plane A in kpa if A is 4.3m below of the wall
Compute the hydraulic conductivity of the soil a) 186 mm b) 303 mm the ground a) 96.28 kN/m b) 88.42 kN/m
a) 0.00211cm/min b) 0.00121 cm/min c) 195 mm d) 211 mm a) 86.65 b) 84.25 c) 124.75 kN/m d) 135.36 kN/m
c) 0.00112 cm/min d) 0.00221 cm/min Situation 28 c) 89.63 d) 82.14 Situation 34
Det the pore water pressure at plane A in kpa A concrete pile is to be driven into a medium dense to
Situation 25 The soil in a given layer has the following
a) 32.37 b) 35.68 dense sand. The pile diameter is 0.30m and its embedded
The soil profileconsist of a 10 m layer of sand underlain properties:
c) 30.12 d) 38.54 length is 10 m. No ground water table was encountered.
by a 20 m layer of clay. The location of water table is 5 m Water content = 10%
Det the effective pressure at plane A in kpa Coefficient of lateral friction K=0.95, Bearing capacity
from the ground surface. The unit weight of sand above Specific Gravity = 2.65
a) 52.14 b) 50.86 factor Nq = 80. Angle of friction between sand and pile is
the water table is 20.11 kN/m3 and below is 19.03 kN/m3 Void ratio = 0.61
c) 58.74 d) 54.27 240. Unit weight of sand = 20.14 kN/m3.
(saturated). The clay has a saturated unit weight of 21.78 Angle of internal friction = 310
If water table is not encountered during the observation, Situation 31 19. Compute the capacity of pile due to friction
kN/m3.
Find the total stress at the bottom of sand calculate the potential shear strength at a depth of 3m a) 316.55kN b) 354.46kN
c) 335.47kN d) 337.03kN
Det. the bearing capacity of pile at the tip
a) 663.68 kN b) 618.72 kN
c) 683.33 kN d) 657.48 kN
Det the factor of safety if the design load is 500 kN
a) 3.55 b) 1.72
c) 2.04 d) 2.66
Situation 35
The foundation of the building is 1.2 m x 1.2 m and
is placed at a depth of 0.9 m from the ground. The
Compute the active force
soil has the following properties:
Determine the major principal stress a) 1245.67 KN b) 1017.65 KN
unit weight =18 kN/m3
a) 178.1 kpa b) 217.8 kPa c) 987.32 KN d) 1504.78 KN
cohesion = 9.6 kpa.
c) 187.1 kpa d) 146.9 kpa Find the fraction of the theoretical maximum passive Compute the equivalent coef of permeability
soil bearing factors:
Find the minor principal stress resistance of the total embedded length which must be A. 4.12 m/day C. 2.75 m/day
Nc = 16 Nq = 7 N = 4.5
a) 29.5 kpa b) 92.5 kpa mobilized for equilibrium B. 1.58 m/day D. 3.34 m/day
Nc’= 11.5 Nq’ = 3.5 N’ = 1.6
c) 59.2 kpa d) 52.9 kpa a) 717.18 KN b) 921.25 KN Find the hydraulic gradient
Use Terzaghis equation with factor of safety of 3 A. 0.0025 C. 0.0015
Compute the normal stress on plane OP c) 643.12 KN d) 1286.35 KN
Compute the gross allowable load that the footing can B. 0.0030 D. 0.0045
a) 40 kpa b) 50 kpa Det the tension in the anchor bolt
carry assuming general shear failure Det the rate of flow from one stream to another per
c) 60 kpa d) 30 kpa a) 324.42 KN b) 344.20 KN
a) 186.94 kN b) 194.86 kN meter width
Situation 38 c) 300.47 KN d) 218.43 KN
c) 149.68 kN d) 168.94 kN A. 0.385 cu m/day C. 0.571 cu m/day
A square footing is shown. The footing will carry a Situation 40
Find the net allowable load that the footing can carry B. 0.721 cu m/day D. 0.468 cu m/day
gross load of 320 kN. Use a factor of safety of 3. A flow net for flow around a single row of sheet
assuming general shear failure Situation 42
piles in a permeable soil layer is shown. K = 5 x 10-5
a) 116.61 kN b) 161.16 kN A 35cm square prestressed concrete pile is to be driven
m/sec
c) 166.16 kN d) 616.11 kN at a site where clay soil conditions are indicated by the
Compute the gross allowable load that the footing can sketch. A penetration of 12 m is
carry assuming local shear failure in the soil.
a) 79.78 kN b) 97.87 kN
c) 87.97 kN d) 78.79 Kn
Situation 36
A retaining wall having a height of 9 m is supporting two
layers of soil. The first is 3m thick layer with a moist unit Nc = 57.75 Nq = 41.44 N = 45.41
weight of 16.5 kN/m3 and the second is a 6m thick layer Determine the size of footing required under general
with a saturated unit weight of 18.62 kN/m3. The water shear failure.
table coincides with the interface bet the two layers. On a) 1.2 m c) 1.0 m
top of horizontal backfill is a surcharge of 12 kpa. b) 1.5 m d) 0.8 m Determine the head loss for each drop
Assuming that the angle of internal friction is 200 Compute the ultimate bearing pressure A. 0.8 m C. 0.5 m
Det the total active force acting per meter width of the a) 959.46 kpa c) 946.59 kpa B. 0.4 m D. 1.0 m What total skin friction is expected to develop along the
wall b) 964.59 kpa d) 995.46 kpa How high (above the ground surface) the water will rise embedded length of the pile?
a) 556.3 kN b) 489.1 kN What is the net allowable bearing capacity? if the piezometer is placed at point “a” a) 580.8 kN b) 600.6 kN
c) 758.1 kN d) 628.6 kN a) 341.36 kpa c) 363.41 kpa A. 3.2 m C. 2.8 m c) 650.2 kN d) 680.6 kN
Find the location of the total active force from the b) 336.41 kpa d) 314.63 kpa B. 3.6 m D. 2.4 m Det the end bearing of the pile
bottom of the wall Situation 39 Compute the total rate of seepage a) 410.57 kN b) 457.10 kN
a) 3.36 m b) 4.15 m An anchored sheet pile wall supports a mass of soil 7.3 m perpendicular to the section shown in cu m/ sec c) 475.01 kN d) 440.57 kN
c) 2.42 m d) 2.94 m high with a horizontal surface. The angle of friction of A. 7.5 x 10-5 C. 6.5 x 10-5 Find the design load on pile using a factor of safety 3
Compute the overturning moment at the base of the soil is 310 with a unit weight of 1.96 grams/ cu cm. The B. 5.5 x 10-5 D. 8.5 x 10-5 a) 435 kN b) 171 kN
wall total height of the sheet pile is 10.5 m which is supported Situation 41 c) 337 kN d) 289 kN
a) 1848.08 kN-m b) 1635.52 kN-m by an anchor bolt placed 1.2m below the ground surface A three layer unconfined aquifer is shown in the Situation 43
c) 1183.65 kN-m d) 1437.95 kN-m which has a spacing of 3m center to center. Figure A loose, uncompacted sand fill 1.8 m in depth has a
Situation 37 relative density of 40% Laboratory tests indicated that
The soil element has the following stresses the minimum and maximum void ratio of the sand are
0.46 and 0.90 resp. Specific gravity of the solids of the
sand is 2.65.
Determine the void ratio of the sand having a relative
density of 40%.
a) 0.651 b) 0.529 Evaluate the stress in the soil caused by the load depth Evaluate the unit weight of the soil when fully saturated,
c) 0.724 d) 0.841 equal to twice its width. in kN/m3.
What is the dry unit weight of the sand? A. 7.25 C. 4.43 A. 20.3 C. 17.2
a) 15.08 kN/m3 b) 17.32 kN/m3 B. 6.47 D. 5.31 B. 21.1 D. 16.2
c) 18.39 kN/m3 d) 14.32 kN/m3 Evaluate the stress at a depth of 2 m and a horizontal Situation 50
If the sand is compacted to a relative density of 75%, distance of 3 m from the line of the load. A confined aquifer has a hydraulic conductivity of
what is the decrease in the thickness of the 1.8 m. fill? A. 0.432 C. 0.668 48m/day with porosity of 25 %. The average thickness is
a) 128.41 mm b) 145.60 mm B. 0.531 D. 0.302 25m and the average width
c) 160.79 mm d) 185.27mm Situation 47 is 4 km. Distance between two observation wells is 1.1kM
Situation 44 A square footing 4 m on a side is founded 1.2 m below with a piezometer head of 65m and 60m from a common
Following are the details for the backfill material used in the ground surface for which the bulk unit weight of the datum.
a vibroflotation project. soil is 20 kN/m^3, the cohesion strength is 10 kPa, and Determine the nearest value of the rate of flow through
D10 = 0.40 mm the angle of internal friction is 20 deg. Under the the aquifer in cu m per day
D20 = 0.62 mm condition of general shear failure, evaluate the A. 24,000 C. 17,778
D25 = 0.71 mm contribution of the following to the ultimate soil bearing B. 20,000 D. 21,818
D50 = 0.95 mm capacity, in kPa. The ground water table is at a level that Determine the nearest value of the seepage velocity in
D75 = 1.24 mm does not affect the unit weight of the soil. Use Terzaghi’s m/day
Compute the suitability number bearing capacity factors. TABLE SMBC can be useful. A. 0.80 C. 0.96
a) 5.93 b) 12.86 cohesion strength B. 0.87 D. 0.71
c) 23.43 d) 31.94 A. 259 C. 230 Determine the nearest value of the time of travel from
Find the Sorting coefficient B. 235 D. 287 the head of aquifer to a point 4.8 km downstream in
a) 1.28 b) 1.32 soil overburden days
c) 1.49 d) 1.06 A. 247 C. 179 A. 5000 C. 5500
Situation 45 B. 260 D. 185 B. 6000 D. 6750
A dry sand is placed in a container having a volume of 0.3 footing dimension
ft3. The dry weight of the sample is 31 Ib. Water is A. 98 C. 128
carefully added to the container so as not to disturb the B. 116 D. 102
condition of the sand. When the container is filled, the Situation 48
combined weight of soil plus water is 38.2 Ib. From these The result of a consolidated drained triaxial soil test
data, conducted on a consolidated clay are as follows:
Compute the void ratio of soil in the container. Chamber confining pressure = 250 kPa; Deviator stress at
A. 0.53 C. 0.86 failure = 350 KPa.
B. 0.63 D. 0.71 Evaluate the angle of friction of the soil sample in
The specific gravity of the soil particles. degrees.
A. 2.83 C. 2.69 A. 16.8 C. 24.3
B. 3.06 D. 2.54 B. 22.4 D. 27.4
The submerged unit weight in lb/ft3. Evaluate the shear stress on the failure plane, in kPa.
A. 45 C. 70 A. 168 C. 159
B. 55 D. 65 B. 162 D. 155
Situation 46 Evaluate the normal stress on the plane of maximum
According to the elastic theory, the vertical stress shear, in kPa.
induced by flexible line load of infinite length that has an A. 352 C. 425
intensity of q units/length on the surface of a semi- B. 343 D. 330
infinite soil mass can be estimated by the expression Situation 49
p = 0.637 q/N A soil sample taken from subsurface exploration activity
where: N = z[1+(r/z)2]2 has the following properties.
r = horizontal distance from the line of the load Specific gravity of soil grains, G = 2.67
z = depth of interest at which stress is induced Void ratio, e = 0.45
A concrete hollow block wall weighing 6 kN per lineal Degree of saturation, S = 40%
meter is carried by a wall footing 0.60 m wide. Evaluate the unit weight of the soil, in kN/m3.
Evaluate the bearing pressure, in kPa, exerted by the A. 17.2 C. 21.1
footing onto the supporting soil. B. 19.3 D. 18.1
A. 14 C. 10 Evaluate the unit weight of the soil when dry, in kN/m3.
B. 12 D. 16 A. 19.3 C. 18.1
B. 17.2 D. 21.1