Question 5 a) i. What information should be gathered for the planning of a site exploration and characterization program

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Question 5 A I What Information Should Be Gathered For The Planning Of A Site Exploration And Characterization Program 1 (105.87 KiB) Viewed 28 times

Question 5 a) i. What information should be gathered for the planning of a site exploration and characterization program? ii. When do we use the Hazen's formular for calculating the permeability of soil and at what effective size will yield a permeability k, of 0.31 mm/s when the Hazen's coefficient C is 12 Major Topic 5,7 Score Blooms Designation AP Permeability/ Ground Investigation 7 b) i. Explain why the shear strength, not the tensile or compressive strength, is used in failure analyses of soils. ii. Glacial soils, alluvial soils, aeolian soils, lacustrine and marine soils belong to a major classification or types of soil. State the type of classification and briefly describe how each of these soils is formed Major Topic 1,4 Score Blooms Designation AP Fundamental properties of soil 7 C) A contractor was given a task which requires that the void ratio e be less than 0.80. The base of the structure given to him was already compacted with water content of 14.6% and the unit weight of the soil to be 18.2 kN/m². He experimentally determined the specific gravity of the soil to be 2.81. Analyze the task of the contractor and determine if the results of his experiment would comply with the task given him Major Topic 6 Score Blooms Designation AP Compaction and Consolidation 6 TOTAL SCORE: 20