Geotechnical
Geotechnical engineering guides, tutorials, and resources covering soil testing, foundation design, slope stability, retaining walls, and ground improvement. For students and professionals in the USA and UK.
MCQ explainedThe unit weight of a completely saturated soil is given by:Geotechnical · 1 min read
MCQ explainedIf the degree of saturation of soil is given by 67.89%, what is the percentage of air content of the soil?Geotechnical · 1 min read
MCQ explainedRelationship between dry density γd, percentage air voids na, water content w and specific gravity G of any so…Geotechnical · 1 min read
MCQ explainedWhich of the following is determined with the help of pycnometer?Geotechnical · 1 min read
MCQ explainedWhich of the following represents the void ratio of soil sample whose porosity is 0.452?Geotechnical · 1 min read
MCQ explainedThe moisture content in a soil sample is 18.2% and specific gravity of the soil particles is given by 2.65. Wh…Geotechnical · 1 min read
MCQ explainedWhat would be the void ratio of the soil mass, if the porosity of a soil mass is 0.35?Geotechnical · 1 min read
MCQ explainedThe void ratio of a soil sample is given by 0.58. What is the porosity of soil sample?Geotechnical · 1 min read
MCQ explainedWhat is the capacity of density bottle used generally for determination of specific gravity of fine-grained so…Geotechnical · 1 min read
MCQ explained________ soil cannot achieve the plastic state of consistency.Geotechnical · 1 min read
MCQ explainedVoid ratio is defined as the ratio of:Geotechnical · 1 min read
MCQ explainedThe ratio of volume of water present in a given soil mass to the total volume of voids is called:Geotechnical · 1 min read
MCQ explainedVolume and weight of air, water and solid in soil mass are given in the table.Geotechnical · 1 min read
MCQ explainedA soil sample taken from the field has a specific gravity of 2.5 and void ratio of 0.75. The water content req…Geotechnical · 1 min read
MCQ explainedA saturated soil sample has a dry unit weight of 18000 N/m³ and specific gravity 2.65. If the unit weight of w…Geotechnical · 1 min read
MCQ explainedIn soil engineering, what is the volumetric relationship that defines porosity?Geotechnical · 1 min read
MCQ explainedThe submerged weight of soil solids per unit volume is:Geotechnical · 1 min read
MCQ explainedDetermine the specific weight of a liquid having specific gravity of 0.85. Take specific weight of water as 10…Geotechnical · 1 min read