Q. Terzaghi’s experiment show that the value of K (empirical constant) varies from about ________ above the Centre of strip.

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Q. Which of the following values of K0 is used to compute the stress in the vicinity of a cylindrical tunnel?

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Q. Which of the following conduit is installed in shallow bedding?

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Q. The transfer of pressure from a yielding part of soil mass to the less yielding part is defined by the term __________

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Q. The problem of computing the stress in the vicinity of a cylindrical tunnel was solved by __________

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Q. Ditch conduits are more commonly used in ___________

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Q. Underground conduits can be classified into ___________ types.

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Q. A ditch conduits can be installed in a __________

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Q. Underground conduits are commonly used for, which of the following purpose?

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Q. The stress component at any point, after the excavation of the shaft, will be equal to ____________

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Q. When the high value of σϴ in the vicinity of the walls of a shaft exceeds the compressive strength it results in __________

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Q. After excavating the shaft, the shearing stresses along the walls of the shaft will be equal to ___________

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Q. Stress due to equivalent fluid pressure can be found out using __________

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Q. The stress component which acts on any point in the surrounding material before the excavation of the shaft can be resolved into __________ parts.

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Q. The method given by Biot for solving the problem of stress distribution was based on ________

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Q. The problem of stress distribution in the vicinity of shafts was first solved by ________

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Q. A soil engineers usually encounter problems of stress distribution in __________

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Q. The load on a negative conduit is given by the equation __________

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Q. The recommended value of settlement ratio for embankment, to use in design is __________

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Q. The sign used for complete projection is __________

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