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B.E. (Civil Engg.)

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FOUNDATION ENGINEERING

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(2019 Pattern) (Semester - VII) (401001)

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Instructions to the candidates:
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1) Solve Q.1 or Q.2, Q.3 or Q.4, Q.5 or Q.6 and Q.7 or Q.8.
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Q1) a) Explain the following terms: [5]
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i) Coeff. of Compressibility
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iii) Coefficient of volume Compressibility
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iv) Degree of Consolidation

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v) Coeff. of Consolidation.
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b) Draw contact pressure diagram for surface and deep footing in clay for
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flexible and rigid footing. [6]

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c) An oedometer test gives time for 90% consolidation as 16 minutes on a

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20 mm thick specimen (double drainage). Determine the time required
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for 50% consolidation for a clay bed 3m thick with single face drainage.
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Q2) a) Discuss with sketch, logarithm of time fitting method for determination
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of coefficient of consolidation. [5]

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b) Explain the following terms: [6]

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i) Normally consolidated soil

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ii) Pre consolidated soil

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iii) Under consolidated soil.

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c) The overburden pressure at the middle of 7.5 mm thick clayey layer

increased from 2kg/cm2 to 3.5kg/cm2. Find the settlement due to
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consolidation assuming liquid limit and initial void ratio of the clay as
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Q3) a) Discuss the necessity of pile foundation. [5]

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b) What is negative skin friction? How it is calculated for single pile

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c) 20 piles are arranged in four rows and five columns. Calculate the efficiency

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c) A circular pile with 0.35m diameter and 10m length penetrates a deposit
of clay having cohesion 5 kN/m2 and mobilizing factor of 0.8. Calculate
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the ultimate frictional resistance of the pile. [6]

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Q5) a) Explain design steps of raft foundation by conventional (rigid) method.
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b) Draw well foundation and state the function of each component. [6]
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i) Uses of caissons
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ii) Sand island method

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Q6) a) Explain the steps involved in proportioning of isolated footing. [6]

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b) Define shift and tilt of well foundation. Enlist any four ways to rectify the
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tilt. [6]
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c) How the depth of well foundation is decided? Enlist the forces acting on
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well foundation. [6]
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Q7) a) Enlist types of cofferdams. Explain any one type with a neat sketch. [6]
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b) Discuss the design principle of undreamed pile. [6]

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c) Describe Stone Column Technique with a neat sketch. [6]

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Q8) a) Discuss preloading with prefabricated vertical drains/sand drains with a

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neat sketch. [6]

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b) Explain with a neat sketch the construction method of R.C. diaphragm

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c) Describe engineering problems associated with black cotton soil. [6]

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