In: Civil Engineering
State whether the followings are True or False? (1) The angle of internal friction can vary from 0 to 90˚ since it is an angle. (2) A degree of saturation of 40% implies that 40% of the total volume consists of water. (3) Clays can have both cohesion and angle of internal friction. (4) In the triaxial test the horizontal plane is the major principal plane. (5) Piping (failure due high exit hydraulic gradient downstream) starts upstream and then progress to downstream face of a concrete dam. (6) It is safe to say that: in general natural soils in the field have larger permeability in the horizontal direction than the vertical direction. (7) Due to consolidation ∆? ?????????,?ℎ?? ? ?????????. (8) Consolidation is process of reducing voids by removing water and air if present. (9) In seepage in two dimensional impervious boundaries are equipotential lines. (10) Lowering the ground water table will increase the shear strength of the soil. (11) Due to consolidation the effective stress will increase. (12) Increasing the water pressure head at both upstream and downstream by 1 m will reduce piping.