Foundation Engineering GTF-403 Quiz 1

Piers in Geotechnical Engineering are:

• long piles

• short piles

• short stubby piles

• the term pier varies from literature to literature

If D/B is zero, the value of Nc is

For shallow foundation designs the ______factor of safety is considered safe. (use - for mentioning range like 4-5)

A material is said to be ______ if its properties do no change with direction.

Fadum's chart has a restriction to give value of stress at the

• centre of footing

• corner of footing

• both center and corner

• none of these

Newmark chart is not better than Fadum because

• More shapes can not be analyzed

• Approximation in counting blocks is unavoidable

• Scale varies with every changing depth

• Both approximation and scale related issues

Foundation Engineering is different from Basic Soil Mechanics subject as it

• Deals with design and analysis of foundations

• Soil Mechanics mainly focuses on basic properties of soil and basic testing

• Both options are correct

Principle of __________ is used in Newmark chart for stress calculations

The formulae provided in data sheet (provided) are for______ footing. For other shapes, shape factors are to be applied

• circular

• rectangular

• square

• strip

A well point is _______ diameter pipe long which is perforated and covered with a screen

• 10.0 -15.0 cm

• 5.0 - 6.0 cm

• 5.0 - 7.5 cm

• 2.0 - 3.5 cm

• 1.0 - 3.0 cm