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ICC (EC) SOILS - MATERIAL TESTING (EDIT), COMBINED QUESTIONS WITH ELABORATED 100% CORRECT COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

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ICC (EC) SOILS - MATERIAL TESTING (EDIT), COMBINED QUESTIONS WITH ELABORATED 100% CORRECT COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

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SM


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silty sand (symbol)




List different methods of natural transporting of soil.


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Glaciers, moving water, wind, settling out in salt water, settling out in fresh
water, due to gravity movement downslope




Consistency of Cohesive Soil depends on :

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Depends on the water content of the soil.
( At very low water contents, soil sample behaves like a solid )
( At very high water contents, may flow like a liquid)




Landslides are a


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type of slope failure or downward sediment




Soil is classified according to characteristic properties such as :


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Cohesion: non-cohesive soils ( gravel, sand ) and cohesive soils ( silt, clay )
Grain size: coarse-grained soils ( sand, gravel ) and fine-grained soils ( silt,
clay )




The three types of shear failure of soil are


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general shear failure (bulging / tilting)
local shear failure (slight bulging)
punching shear failure (little to no bulging)

,What are the characteristics of gravel, sands and silts


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cohesionless, non-plastic, and granular




Soil Shear Strength


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frictional resistance to sliding
interlocking between particles
cohesion between adjacent particles




Moisture content


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Mass of water / mass of solid




Classifications of soil by particle size


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Boulder
cobble
Gravel (G)
Sand (S)

, Clay (C)
Silt (M)




Unified Soil Classification System - Cohesionless


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cohesionless
1st Letter:
G = gravel
S = sand
2nd Letter:
W = well graded
P = poorly graded
M = >12% silt
C = >12% clay

Cohesive
1st Letter:
M = silt
C = clay
2nd Letter:
H = high (plasticity)
L = low (plasticity)




What are the characteristics of organic soils


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weak and deform excessively under load and should not be used as
foundations

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