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The document outlines an assignment for a B.Tech course in Soil Mechanics at the National Institute of Technology Hamirpur for the 2024-2025 session. It includes eight questions that require calculations and analyses related to soil stress, shear strength, triaxial tests, and pore pressure parameters. Each question involves applying principles of soil mechanics to determine various properties and behaviors of soil samples under different conditions.

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Assignment- 06

The document outlines an assignment for a B.Tech course in Soil Mechanics at the National Institute of Technology Hamirpur for the 2024-2025 session. It includes eight questions that require calculations and analyses related to soil stress, shear strength, triaxial tests, and pore pressure parameters. Each question involves applying principles of soil mechanics to determine various properties and behaviors of soil samples under different conditions.

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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY HAMIRPUR

B..TECH. (2 YEAR, IV SEM.), Session: 2024-2025 (Even Semester)

CE- 223 Soil Mechanics Course Coordinator- Dr. Manendra Singh


Assignment : 06

Q. 1 A soil sample is subjected to a major principal stress of 25 kPa and a minor principal stress of 10
kPa in vertical and horizontal directions respectively. Determine the normal and stresses on a plane
inclined at 30° to the major principal stress.

Q. 2 At a given site the subsoil consists of a 10 m thick homogeneous sand stratum. The dry unit
weight of the sand is 15.5 kN/m³ and its angle of internal friction is 32°. The specific gravity of solids
is 2.68. Initially the ground water table is at 6.5 m below the ground level.
(i) Determine the shear strength of the sand on a horizontal plane through its middle.
(ii) Find the percent change in the shear strength if the ground water table rises to a level of 1.5 m
below GL during monsoon. Assume the void ratio to remain unchanged.

Q. 3 The results of a direct shear test performed on a sample of silty sand in a shear box of 6 cm x 6
cm are given below:

Normal Load (N) 100 200 300


Shear Force at failure (N) 99.5 156.3 210.7

Draw the failure envelope and determine the shear parameters of the soil.

Q. 4 Unconsolidated undrained triaxial tests were carried out on three identical specimens of a partly
saturated clay. The following results were obtained:

Specimen No. Cell Pressure (kPa) Deviator Stress at failure (kPa)


1 50 81.7
2 100 101.3
3 150 113.6

Determine the shear strength parameters of the soil.

Q. 5 Consolidated undrained triaxial tests, with arrangements for pore pressure measurement, are
performed on three identical specimens of a given soil. The following are the results:
Specimen No. Cell Pressure Deviator Stress at Pore Pressure at
(kPa) failure (kPa) failure (kPa)
1 100 202.5 41.1
2 150 218.1 62.3
3 200 236.9 70.1

Determine the shear strength parameters of the soil considering (i) total stresses (ii) effective stresses.

Q. 6 The following are the results of a set of drained triaxial tests performed on three identical soil
samples, each having a diameter of 38 mm and height of 76 mm:

Specimen No. Cell Pressure Deviator Load at Change in Axial Deformation


(kPa) failure (kN) Volume (cc) (mm)
1 50 0.0711 -0.9 5.1
2 100 0.0859 -1.3 7.0
3 150 0.0956 -1.6 9.1

Draw the failure envelope and determine the shear parameters of the soil.

Q. 7 An unconfined compression test was performed on an undisturbed sample of normally


consolidated clay. The height and diameter of the sample were 75 mm and 37.5 mm respectively. The
sample failed when the vertical compressive load reached 1.163 kN. The axial deformation recorded
at failure was 9.1 mm. When the test was repeated on a remoulded sample of the soil, failure occurred
under a load of 0.685 kN, the corresponding axial deformation being 11.5 mm. Determine the
unconfined compressive strength and unit cohesion of the soil in (1) undisturbed and (ii) remoulded
states. Also determine the sensitivity of the soil and classify it accordingly.

Q.8 In a consolidated undrained triaxial test, a soil sample was consolidated under a cell pressure of
200 kPa and a back pressure of 100 kPa, for 24 hours. Afterwards the drainage path was closed and
the cell pressure was increased to 300 kPa. The pore pressure developed in the sample was found to
be 8 kPa. The back pressure was then gradually increased. Failure of the sample occurred when the
back pressure reached 450 kPa. The pore pressure recorded at failure was 50 kPa. Determine
Skempton's pore pressure parameters A and B.

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