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Code: 12D20106c

M.Tech - I Semester Regular Examinations, April/May 2013

ADVANCED FOUNDATION ENGINEERING
(Structural Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 60
Answer any FIVE questions
All questions carry equal marks
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1 (a) Differentiate between Meyerhofs and Terzaghis bearing capacity theory.
(b) A square footing of size 1.5x 1.5 m rests 1.8 m below the ground surface.
The soil properties are Calculate
the ultimate bearing capacity of the footing, when there is no effect of water table and when
water table reaches ground surface. (Take for

2 (a)
(b)

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Differentiate between local shear failure and general shear failure.
A foundation of size 1.6 m x 1.0 m is resting on two layered soil as shown in figure below.
Estimate the allowable load bearing capacity of the foundation with a factor of safety of 4.
Take anisotropic coefficient, K = 1.4. (Take
for K = 1.4, H/b = 0.5 & n = 0.33)

O R for K = 1.4, H/b = 1 & n = 0.33;

1.0 m

0.5 m

U
1m W
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3 (a)

(b)
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State the different possible cases that may arise for two way eccentricity of a rectangular
footing.
A braced cut with sheet piles are as shown in figure below and struts are located at 3 m C/C
in the plan. Draw the earth pressure envelope and determine the strut loads at levels A,B,C.
Take 170 x 103 kN/m2.

1m A
Clay
2m B
2m C=25
C
1m

5m
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4 A pile group consisting of 9 piles is arranged in 3 rows with 3 piles in each row.
Diameter of each pile is 30 cm and spacing is 1.2 m. Length of pile is 10 m. The
piles are driven completely in clayey soil having unconfined compressive strength of
100 kN/m2. Determine the capacity of pile group. Take

5 (a) Describe the forces acting on a well foundation.

(b) State the causes of tilts and shifts in well foundations and state the methods
adopted for rectifying them and describe any two of them.

6 An anchored cantilever sheet pile wall as shown below is penetrating into a

granular. Anchor rod is placed at a depth of 1.5 m from top surface of backfill.
Determine the anchor force and theoretical depth of embedment.

1. 5 m

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R
1. 0 m
Sand

3. 5 m

Dredged line
O C=0,

U W Sand

C = 0,

7 (a)
(b)

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Describe how do you identify expansive soil.
What are the foundation techniques available for different structures to be
constructed in expansive soils? Describe any two of them is detail.

8 (a)

(b)
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Describe static method for estimating load carrying capacity of under reamed pile
foundation.
Describe the limitations of dynamic formulae in pile foundations.

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