文档介绍：UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL and ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
CIV E 481
FINAL EXAMINATION
1 _______ (10)
2________ (15)
3________ (15)
4________ (20)
5________ (20)
6________ (10)
7________ (10)
Total ________ (100)
Monday December 19, 2005
9:00 am – 11:00 am
Pavillon
All Questions Are Not Of Equal Value
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Name _______________________________
ID _______________________________
QUESTION 1
Indicate whether each statement is TRUE or FALSE by circling the correct answer. Each correct answer is worth 1 mark
“The Standard ration Test (SPT) is conducted using a 645 N (145 lb) hammer dropping throught m (32 inches).
True or False
"Long-term bearing capacity calculations in clay are based on the drained strength behavior."
True or False
"An over-consolidated soil has its insitu effective stress smaller than the measured preconsolidation stress at a given depth."
True or False
“ Accurate prediction of consolidation behavior of a soil depends on knowing the magnitude and distribution of the initial hydrostatic porewater pressure”
True or False
“The long-term analysis of slope stability does not require knowing the pore water pressure distribution within the slope.”
True or False
"A site investigation to design a pile foundation does not require knowing the location of the ground water table."
True or False
“ A thin walled Shelby tube can be used to sample a dense gravel ”
True or False
"Edmonton is underlain by soils deposited in by glacial lake"
True or False
"The drained strength of a saturated clay increases with increasing natural water content."
True or False
“Western Canada was glaciated during the last ice age and is underlain by a widespread deposit of residual soils.”
True or False
QUESTION 2 – Effective Stress
A soil profile