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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Q. For purely cohesive soil, local shear failure may be assumed to occur when the soil is ___________

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Q. Which of the following is a limitation, of assumption in Terzaghi’s analysis?

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Q. Which of the following are original Terzaghi values for Nγ?

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Q. According to the assumptions in Terzaghi’s analysis, the soil is _______________

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Q. The Terzaghi’s general bearing capacity equation is represented as ___________

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Q. Local shear failure generally occurs in ___________

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Q. The curve for Nq and Nγ for the transition state from φ = 28° and φ = 38° was given by __________

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Q. Terzaghi’s bearing capacity equation is not applicable for ____________

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Q. For purely cohesive soil, Nc has a maximum value of ___________ for square footing.

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Q. The Brinch Hansen shape factor can be applied to ___________ for the case of rectangular footing.

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Q. Hansen considered the bearing capacity as a ____________

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