NCBA&E, Bahawalpur

BS Tech. Civil Department

Subject: Soil Mechanics

Examination: Final Semester

Time Allowed: 1 hour & 15 minutes

Maximum Marks: 35

Explain your answer to the point and draw neat sketches where require. Any
helping material rather than this paper is not allowed. Attempt 8 questions out of
10 from part A and 2 out of 3 from Part B.

Part A
Q. No.

Questions

(i)

Define settlement.

(ii)

Define Failure Stresses.

(iii)

Define overburden pressure.

(iv)

What happen when stresses applied to the soil?

(v)

Define total stress with fig. and equation.

(vi)

Define pore water pressure with fig. and example.

(vii)

Define c-effective stress with fig. and example.

(viii)

The distribution of stress depends on which factors?

(ix)

Write any three assumptions of BOUSSINESQS METHOD.

(x)

In BOUSSINESQS METHOD when r=0 then what is the value of kb?

Part B
Q. No. 1:- Find the intensity of vertical pressure at 10 of a square
footing having dimensions 10x10 and a load of 2 T/ft2 act on the
footing. Find vertical pressure at Centre of footing?

Q.No.2:- Find the stress by approximate method by using above

figure.
Q.No.3:- Find vertical stress at center of footing of dimensions
10x10 at 10 depth.