WorksheetsFoundation Design Module 1 SW
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
In USDA, what does A stands for?
Agriculture
Association
American
Army
Atterberg
The father of Geotechnical Engineering
Therzagi
Terzhagi
Terzaghi
Terzagi
Terzzaghi
The value of porosity is always greater than the void ratio.
Always True
Sometimes True
False
Cannot be determined
Type of deep foundation in which concrete is poured on-site
Bored Piles
Driven Piles
Sheet Piles
Timber Piles
General Shear Failure typically occurs on dense soil or sand
True
False
Cannot be determined
The universally accepted soil classification system
USDA
MIT
AASHTO
USCS
According to MIT, soil particles with sizes of 0.07mm are called
Gravel
Sand
Silt
Clay
Boulder
Assuming same properties, the footing size that would give the highest bearing capacity is
Square
Circular
The cohesion of soil expected to have a local shear failure is what percent of cohesion of soil with general shear failure
67%
50%
34%
100%
75%
Nc, Nq and Ngamma are called
Bearing Capacity Factors
Earth Pressure Coefficients
Rankine's Coefficient
Terzaghi's Constants
The bearing capacity factors are functions of
Cohesion
Angle of friction
Angle of internal friction
Inclination Angle
Surcharge
What does GWT mean?
Ground Water Table
Ground Water Tank
Grade Water Tank
Gas Water Table
What does BOF mean?
Bottom of Footing
Back of Footing
Bottom of Fedestal
Bareback of Footing
The gross allowable bearing capacity is always larger than the net allowable bearing capacity
Always True
Sometimes True
False
Calculate the Ultimate Bearing Capacity of a 1.5m square footing with cohesion of 20 kPa. Effects of GWT is negligible. Nc=17.69, Nq=7.44, Ngamma=3.64. BOF is 2.2m below NGL. Unit weight of soil = 18 kN/m^3. Use FS=3
793.88 kPa
264.63 kPa
516.39 kPa
881.67 kPa
If the load on the bottom of a 1.2m square footing due to dead loads is 182 kN, and due to live load is 201 kN, calculate the bearing stress experienced by the soil underneath.
265.97
375
288.64
206.97
A method used to determine the particle size distribution for soil particles smaller than 0.075mm
(a)
The grain size distribution graph is
Semi Logarithmic
Logarithmic
Linear
a 2nd degree curve
The moisture content at what number of blows corresponds to the liquid limit of the soil
(a)
The state of soil before the plastic limit and after the shrinkage limit
Semisolid
Solid
Plastic
Liquid
