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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Q. Bowel suggested that the increase in φ in plane-strain case can be computed only for φ greater than ____________

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Q. Skempton observed that the factor Nc increases with the ratio ___________

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Q. When D=0, the value of Nc for strip footing will be ____________

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Q. Which of the following value can be taken [Nc] surface for surface footing?

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Q. The term ‘i’ in Hansen equation represents ___________

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Q. When the water table is above the base of the footing, the submerged weight ‘γ’ can be used to compute __________

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Q. Which of the following is an essential difference between Vesic’s and Hansen’s procedure?

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Q. The equation Nc = (Nq – 1) cot φ, have been adopted by ___________

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