Civil Engineering Terms Part 5 (HPGE)

What would happen if the ground water table will be at the ground level?

• Increase in Vertical Pressure

• Decrease in Vertical Pressure

• Vertical Pressure remains constant

• NOTA

A line joining the points of highest elevation of water in a series of vertical open pipes rising from a pipeline in which water flows under pressure is referred to as:

• Hydraulic Gradient

• Hydraulic Jump

• Hydraulic Head

• Hydraulic Loss

• Water Hammer

A pressure surge or wave caused when a fluid in motion is forced to stop or change direction suddenly is referred to in hydraulic as:

• Water Hammer

• Potential Head

• Hydraulic Jump

• Hydrodynamics

One of the following foundation conditions does not affect foundation settlement.

• Plasticity of the Soil.

• Depth of founfing footings

• Position of ground water table

• Effect of load to the foundations

When at any instant, the number of particles passing every section of the stream are always equal, the flow is said to be .

• Steady

• Continuous

• Uniform

• Turbulent

The fraction of soils passing which sieve number is used for Atterberg Limits of tests of soils?

• 40

• 30

• 50

• 60

One of the following is not a characteristic of cohesionless soils:

• Easy to compact

• High Shear Strength

• Practically Impermeable

• Prone to Settlement under vibratory load

The ratio between the volume of the water and the volume of the voids in a soil mass is referred to as

• Porosity

• Water content

• Void ratio

• Degree of Saturation

The ratio between the volume of voids and the total volume of the soil mass is referred to as

• Porosity

• Water content

• Void ratio

• Degree of Saturation

Water has a maximum unit weight at a temperature of (in degrees)

• 0

• 4

• 100

• 32