1. Why field instrumentation and monitoring is important in geotechnical Engineering?

Explain
2. What are the objective and scope of field monitoring during deep excavation?
3. How would you conduct field monitoring in dam construction and why?
4. Explain the different methods of displacement monitoring in the building foundation.
5. Explain the different methods of displacement monitoring in the Embankment.
6. Explain the different methods of displacement monitoring in the landslide/slope.
7. Enumerate the scope, use and importance of inclinometer.
8. 1 m long inclinometer probe is used to monitor movement of landslide and recorded data are as
follows

Depth (m) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Inclination (") 20 5 10 10 10 15 20 20 100 100 50 20 10 5 5 0 0 0
Plot displacement variation and find the location of slip surface.

9. List out the different methods of stress measurement and explain.

10. Explain hydraulic fracturing method of in-situ stress measurement of rock with neat sketches.4
11. What are the different type of piezometer? Describe the best suited method on the monitoring
of water table in landslide area.
12. Discuss briefly different types of geosynthetic.
13. List out the different properties required to design the geogrid.
14. Differentiate geomembrane and geogrid based on characteristics and usages.
15. Describe geonets and list out its applications.
16. Describe anchors and its working mechanism.
17. What are the difference between rock bolts and dwells or shear pin?
18. Describe in details the construction procedure of rock anchor
19. What are the key features considered for the durability of rock bolts?
20. Design a rock bolt for the given rock slope section with the following joint conditions c=10 kPa,
ø= 30.

21. Describe shotcrete and its application.

22. Discuss the construction procedure of shotcrete.
23. What are the uses of shotcrete?
24. Grouting is effective techniques to enhance the mechanical behavior of soft soil, Explain.
25. List out the different method of grouting and their application
26. Explain method of jet grouting.
27. What are the requirement of grout?
28. Define earthquake and earthquake induced disaster.
29. Compare characteristics of earthquake induced landslide with rainfall induced landslide.
30. Nepal Himalaya is susceptible to co-seismic landslide, justify the statement based on the 2015
Gorkha earthquake.
31. Define Tsunami and Seiche.
32. How liquefaction differ from sand boiling.
33. Discuss different approach of defining size of earth quake.
34. What is liquefaction? How liquefaction potential can be investigated?
35. Carry out the liquefaction analysis of the soil strata as given below.

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