WorksheetsFoundation Engineering GTF-403 Quiz 1
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
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
(a)
For shallow foundation designs the (a) factor of safety is considered safe. (use - for mentioning range like 4-5)
A material is said to be (a) 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 (a) 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
