NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY QUESTION 3

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND WATER ENGINEERING
FACULTY OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOIOGY
BACHELOR OF ENGINEERTNG ( HONOURS ) DEGREE
The bank of a canal has the profile shown in fig. 3 . The material is homogeneous clay
of unit
weight 20kN/m3 , cohesion 30 kN/m2 and an angle of shearing resistance zero . For the trial slip
circle shown the area ABCDE is 155m2 and the centroid is at G . Find for each of the following
conditions , the factor of safety for this slip circle :

(a) if the water in the canal is level with the top of the bank. (5 marksl
PART II SECOND SEMESTER SUPPTEMENTARY EXAM. t7 AUG.-2017
(b) if the canal is empty. ( 20 marks)
GEOTECHNICAT ENGINEERING I -TCW 3205

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Answdr any fu ur questions

OUESTION 4
Time :3 hrs.
D a For an earth retaining structure shown in fig.4 construct an earth pressure
, diagram for active
state and find the total thrust per metre of the wall . ( 25 marks)

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QUESTION 5
Fig. 1 showsa prismatic mass of soil , on which normal stress of 500kN / m2 and 300kN /m2 act
Show that a slope of dry cohesionless soil will be stable provided that.
on the horizontal and vertical planes , respectively . ln addition to these normal stresses shear its angle of inclination to
,
the horizontal p is not more than the angle of shearing resistance for the soil.
stress of 280 tN /m2 ac'tsas shown . Draw the Mohr stress circle and determine the magnitudes e lf the slope is
subjected to steady seepage and the water table can rise to the ground
of principal stresses and the orientation of the principal planes. (25 marks) surface , show how the
angle of inclination must be reduced to provide a minimum factor
of safety . (25 marks)

list of formulae

) o F =Va.z. cos2 p tan g/ y6 .z sin p cos p F= resisting moment I disturbing moment

QUESTION 2
Va=yw.Gs/1+e y*=9,8LkN/m3 ya,y=y* .GJ L+e Vsub=fe1_y*
For the subsoil shown in fig. 2 , draw the total , neutral and effective stress diagrarns up to a
depth of9m. (25 marks)

DIAGRAMS

a
 f

Fle. 1
FiE.3
,j
300 kN/m2

280 kN/m2

+rookN/m2
o o

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