GATE CE · 2024 · ce-1
Question 55: Soil Mechanics
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Question 55
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A soil sample was consolidated at a cell pressure of 20 kPa and a back pressure of 10 kPa for 24 hours during a consolidated undrained (CU) trial test. The cell pressure was increased to 30 kPa on the next day and it resulted in the development of pore water pressure of 1 kPa. The soil sample failed when the axial stress was gradually increased to 50 kPa. The pore water pressure at failure was recorded as 21 kPa. The value of Skempton’s pore pressure parameter B for the soil sample is ____________ (rounded off to 2 decimal places).
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2024ce-1
GATE CE 2024 · Paper 1
Civil Engineering · Original paper archive
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- Section ce-1
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- Numerical answer (NAT)
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- 2 marks
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