Q. Rankine considered the first soil element (element 1) at ___________

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Q. The bearing capacity of cohesion-less soil at the ground surface is __________

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Q. When a state of equilibrium is reached under the footing?

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Q. Rankine considered the equilibrium of second soil element at __________

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Q. During the state of shear failure, which of the following principal stress relationship exist?

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Q. The symbol σ̅, represent which of the following term?

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Q. When a footing fails due to insufficient bearing capacity, distinct failure patterns are developed depending upon _________

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Q. Vesic observed _____________ types of bearing capacity failures.

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Q. In general shear failure, continuous failure is developed between ______________

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Q. Which of the following is a characteristic of general shear failure?

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Q. In local shear failure, the development of plastic equilibrium is ______________

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Q. Punching shear may occur in loose sand with density less than ___________

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Q. Local shear failure is associated with soils having _________

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Q. Which of the following is not one of the characteristics of a local shear failure?

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Q. In local shear failure, the failure surface do not reach the ground surface because ____________

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Q. State of equilibrium is fully developed in which of the following bearing capacity failures?

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Q. An analysis of the condition of complete bearing capacity failure is usually termed as ___________

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Q. The concept of analysis of bearing capacity failure was first developed by ___________

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Q. For purely cohesive soil, the bearing capacity is given by which of the following equation?

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Q. The parameters Nc, Nq, Nγ in the equations of bearing capacity failure are known as _________

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