Direction: Write the correct answer to the following statements:

1. A slope where in the natural in – situ soil structure

before the cut was made remains.

2. It is the angle of inclination of the soil surface

from the horizontal.

3. These are constructed by placing and compacting

successive layers of a fill material onto a foundation
soil.

4. A slope failure by wherein there is reversal in the

direction flow and results in instability of side
slope.

5. The property of soil by which the water can pass

through.

6. The movement of water through soils.

Direction: Write True or False to the following statements:

7. Seepage depends on several factors, excluding permeability of

the soil and the pressure gradient.

8. The wind and flowing water causes erosion of top surface of

slope and makes the slope steep and thereby increase the
tangential component of driving force.

9. Additional loads placed on top of the slope decreases the

gravitational forces that may cause the slope to fail.

10. Excavation at the bottom of the sloping surface will make the
slopes flatter and thereby decrease the gravitational forces
which may result in slope failure.

11. The presence of water in soil weakens the shear strength.

12. If there is no water in soil, the effective stress is greater

than the total stress.
Direction: Write True or False to the following statements:

13. The more angular the soil particles, the stronger the soil.

14. Lanslide is also known as landslip.

15. If the height of the water in soil strata increases, the

effective stress also increases.
Direction: Solve the following
problems:
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1. The masonry dam is shown:
El.40m
a. Compute the uplift pressure
at A and B in kPa.
K = 0.0035 cm/s
El.18m
c. Compute the uplift force per
meter of dam from A to B.
Assume that uplift pressure
under the dam varies uniformly.
2. The section of a cofferdam
is shown. If the coefficient
of permeability of the soil
is k=5𝑥10−3 𝑚/𝑠.
Determine the seepage into
the ditches of the cofferdam
in lit/day. Use L = 1m.
3. A cut is made in a
stiff, saturated clay that
is underlain by a layer of
sand as shown in Figure N.

Calculate the total stress

at point A as a function of
h.

Figure N
Figure N