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Ground Improvement Techniques
ANSWER ANY 50 QUESTION
Question 1. Define challenging soil.
Question 2. What are the major problematic soils?
Question 3. What is expansive soil? Give one example.
Question 4. What is a collapsible soil?
Question 5. What are the difficulties faced with soft clay?
Question 6. How is loose sand a challenging soil?
Question 7. Name the various soil deposits found in India.
Question 8. Name any four ground improvement techniques.
Question 9. What is the need for improving the ground?
Question 10. Briefly write the role played by ground improvement in foundation engineering.
Question 11. Define ground improvement.
Question 12. What is compaction? When is it adopted?
Question 13. What is dewatering? What are the various methods of dewatering?
Question 14. When is pre-loading adopted as a ground improvement technique?
Question 15. What is advantage of using vertical drains along with pre-loading?
Question 16. How are heating and freezing used to improve ground?
Question 17. What is a lime column?
Question 18. What is vibro-compaction? In which soils is it adopted?
Question 19. What is stone column? What are the methods of installing a stone column?
Question 20. What are the various methods of grouting?
Question 21. Define dewatering?
Question 22. What is the need for drainage and dewatering?
Question 23. What are the various methods of dewatering?
Question 24. How are sumps and ditches used in dewatering?
Question 25. What are the advantages of sumps and ditches in dewatering?
Question 26. What is a well point system?
Question 27. What are the different types of well point systems?
Question 28. When are deep wells used for dewatering?
Question 29. What is the principle behind vacuum dewatering?
Question 30. What is electro-osmotic dewatering?
Question 31. What do you understand from the term in-situ densification?
Question 32. What are the various methods of in-situ densification?
Question 33. How is dynamic compaction different from static compaction?
Question 34. What are the merits and demerits of dynamic compaction?
Question 35. What is dynamic consolidation?
Question 36. What are the advantages of Rapid impact compaction?
Question 37. What is vibro-flotation?
Question 38. What are the applications of vibro-flotation?
Question 39. Differentiate vibro-displacement from vibro-replacement stone columns.
Question 40. Differentiate top feed from bottom feed method
Question 41. Write the concept behind soil reinforcement.
Question 42. What are the materials required for construction of a reinforced soil structure?
Question 43. What are the different types of soil reinforcement materials?
Question 44. What are the principle requirements of a reinforcing material?
Question 45. Name any four applications of soil reinforcement for ground improvement.
Question 46. Define geosynthetics.
Question 47. What are the various types of geosynthetics?
Question 48. Name a few raw materials that are used in the manufacture of geosynthetics.
Question 49. How does the use of a geosynthetic as a filter differ from that of drainage?
Question 50. Write a brief note on geosynthetics as reinforcement
Question 51. Define grouting.
Question 52. Write the applications of grouting.
Question 53. Write the various types of grouting.
Question 54. What are the different types of grouts?
Question 55. Name the different methods of grout injection.
Question 56. What are the two methods of mechanical stabilization?
Question 57. How is stabilization of soil achieved by cement?
Question 58. What are the methods adopted in construction of stabilized roads
Question 59. What are the various stages of action in lime stabilization?
Question 60. Write the various classes of chemicals used in stabilization of soil.
ANSWER ANY 10 QUESTION
Question 1. Describe in detail about the various methods of grouting with neat sketches.
Question 2. Write short notes on (a) Pre-grout investigation (b) Grout holes pattern (c) Selection of grout characteristics
Question 3. Enumerate with a neat sketch the grouting plant and equipment necessary and the procedure for carrying out grouting operations.
Question 4. Write a detailed note on the various grout injection methods.
Question 5. What is grout injection measurement? Why is grout monitoring necessary?
Question 6. With neat sketches explain in detail the various applications of reinforced earth for ground improvement.
Question 7. Explain with the help of a flow chart the various classifications of geosynthetics in detail.
Question 8. With the help of neat sketches, explain in detail the application of geosynthetics as a separator.
Question 9. Geosynthetics can be used as soil reinforcement - Jusify in detail with supporting sketches.
Question 10. How do geosynthetics function as a filter? How does it differ in its function for drainage? Explain in detail with sketches.
Question 11. What is the role of geosynthetics in protecting soil from contamination? Descibe indetail.
Question 12. Describe in detail about soil nailing and when is it adopted?
Question 13. Explain in detail the method of dynamic compaction of cohesionless and dynamic consolidation of cohesive soil.
Question 14. Write in detail the principle, operation and applications of vibro-compaction method of ground improvement.
Question 15. How does a sand compaction pile improve the soil? Write a detailed note on its installation and functioning.
Question 16. Write in brief about the following. (a) Sand drains (b) Wick drains (c) Sand wicks (d) Plasticwicks
Question 17. Explain in detail about the method of pre-loading. How do vertical drains improve the functioning of pre-loading technique?
Question 18. How is a stone column installed by vibro-displacement method?
Question 19. Explain in detail with a neat sketch the method of dewatering using sumps and ditches stating its advantages and disadvantages.
Question 20. Explain in detail the well point system of dewatering.
Question 21. What is a deep well? When is it adopted? What are its merits anddemerits?
Question 22. Explain in detail the role of ground improvement in foundation engineering.
Question 23. (a) What are the various geotechnical problems faced with black cotton soil, laterite soil and alluvial soil deposits?
(b) What are the factors influencing the selection of ground improvement techniques
Question 24. Write short notes on
(a) Dewatering
(b) Heating
(c) Freezing
(d) Lime columns
Question 25. Write about the following.
(a) Soil reinforcement
(b) Chemical stabilization
(c) Grouting
(d) Electro-kinetic stabilization
Question 26. (a) Explain in brief what is a stone column and how is it installed?
(b) What are geosynthetics? What are its applications?
Question 27. Explain in brief the various methods of ground improvement