[Total No. of Questions - 8] [Total No. of Printed Pages - 2) (2127) 17191(N) B. Tech 5th Semester Examination Geotechnical Engineering-ll (CBS) CE-503 Time : 3 Hours www-epaper-tk Max. Marks : 60 The candidates shall limit their answers precisely within the answer- book (40 pages) issued to them and no supplementary/continuation sheet will be issued. Note : 1. (a) (b) (i) Attempt any five questions. (ii), Assume any missing data suitably. Explain various factors causing sample disturbance. (7) Sketch a stationary piston sampler explaining its parts. (5) 2. Describe seismic refraction method of soil exploration in detail. What are its limitations? (12) 3. (a) Explain clearly the difference between active earth pressure and passive earth pressure. Give examples of each kind. . (5) (b) Explain Culmann’s graphical construction for calculation of active earth pressure for cohesion less soils, (7) 4. (a) Fora clay backfill behind a retaining wall, what is the depth of tension crack? How is the total active earth pressure calculated? What is meant by the ‘critical depth of vertical cut’ for a clay soil? . (5) (b) A retaining wall with a smooth vertical back has to retain a backfill of cohesionless soil up to a height of 5m above ground level. The soil has voids ratio of 0.83 and specific gravity of soil solids is 2.68. Water table is located at a depth of 2m below top of backfill. Soil above water table is 20% saturated. The angles of shearing resistance of soil above and below water table are found to be 32° and 28° respectively. Plot distribution of active earth pressure on the wall. 7)a NN = 5. {a) (b) (c) (a) (b) (a), (b) (a) (b) “a 2 17191 Give IS Code recommendations for locating footings on slopes. (4) What is the effect of rise of water table on bearing capacity and settlement of footings resting on sands and ciays? (4) Explain the effect of increase in width of footing on the bearing capacity and settlement behaviour of footings testing on sands and clays. (4) How would you estimate allowable bearing pressuic of a footing resting on sand using SPT-value as per IS code. (5) A chimney has its rigid base, 2 m square, at a depth of 0.6 m below the surface of a deep clay layer of unit weight 19.5 kKN/m? and having unit cohesion of 40 kN/m?. If the chimney with its base weight 50 kN and is subjected to a resultant wind load of 13.4 KN parallel to one of the sides of the base at a height of 1.08 m above the ground surface, find the factor of safety with respect to bearing capacity failure. (7) What are the shortcomings of pile drive formulae for computing load capacity of pile foundations? (5) Find ultimate load capacity of a 9 concrete pile group arranged in a square pattern in loose sandy soil. Diameter of piles is 30 cm. Depth of embedment of piles is 10 m. Centre to centre spacing between the piles is G0 cm. Unit weight of soil (y) = 18 kN/m9, bearing capacily factor (N,)=27, angle of internal friction ($) = 32°, lateral earth pressure coefficient (k,) = 1, angle of skin friction (8)=24°. (7) What are various causes of settlement of foundations? (4) How do you interpret the results of cyclic pile toad test to segregate point bearing resistance from skin frictional resistance? (8)