Geotechnical Engineering Practice Test 8

1. The decrease in volume is given by the equation ___________

2. To find pre-consolidation pressure __________ sample is used.

3. In case of normally consolidated and pre-consolidated soils, it is not fully consolidated under existing over-burden pressure.

4. The compression index is a dimensionless quantity.

5. The straight portion of the virgin compression curve is given by the empirical formula _______________

6. The reduction in volume of soil which is due to squeezing out of water from the voids is __________

7. The delay caused in consolidation by the slow drainage of water out of a saturated soil mass is called as __________

8. In one-dimensional consolidation, secondary consolidation is __________

9. Excess pore pressure is also known as ___________

10. In fixed ring cell of consolidation, __________ is permitted to move in _________ direction.