GEOTECHNICS

1. Which are the grain size fractions of soil?

a). sand, silt, clay
b). gravel, clay
c). sand, clay
d). sand, silt
2. The representative water content of a soil sample (both cohesion and cohesionless soil)
are:
a). natural water content, optimal compaction water content, saturated water content
b). natural water content, plasticity limits, optimal compaction water content
c). natural water content, saturated water content
d). natural water content, plasticity limits, saturated water content
3. The soil porosity following a construction work:
a). decreases due to structure change
b). increases due to swelling soils
c). remains constant
d). remains constant in case of cohesive soils
4. If a soil saturation degree is Sr=1 than:
a). the soil is in a dry state
b). the soil is unsaturated
c). the soil is practically saturated
d). the soil is humid
5. The main mechanical properties of a soil are:
a). extent and compressibility strength
b). compressibility and failure strength
c). plasticity limits and compressibility
d). permeability and compressive strength
6. In technical calculus, the characteristic volumetric unit of water has the value:
a). 24 kN/m3
b). 25 kN/m3
c). 10 kN/m3
d). 15 kN/m3
7. The failure strength parameters are:
a). cohesion
b). void ratio
c). internal friction angle and the cohesion
d). plasticity and cohesion
8. The loesses are:

a). embankment soils

b). gelive soils
c). soils sensitive to humectation
d). soils with high swellings and contractions
9. Ideally, a construction will generate increased settlements on:
a). clay soils
b). sandy soils
c). saturated soils
d). soil with high compressibility
10. The relation: ml B N 1 q N 2 c N 3 represents:
a). the effective pressure pef
b). the conventional pressure pconv
c). the critical pressure pcr
d). the plasticity pressure ppl
11. The methods to determine the slope stability are used to:
a). evaluate the failure strength
b). calculate the slope settlement
c). calculate the safety sliding factor
d). calculate the plasticity pressure
12. A slope is:
a). a perspective versant
b). a earth construction
c). an inclined surface, artificially made
d). a retaining wall
13. A soil is considered as sensitive to humectation when:
a). increases its volume in contact with water
b). has supplementary settlements due to humectation
c). it changes the skeleton unit weight
d). decreases its volume along with the water content
14. The stresses state of the soil is evaluated for:
a). settlement estimation
b). dimensioning the reverse filters
c). determining the soil conventional pressure on the base foundation
d). classifying the soils with special behavior
15. The surface foundation cant be located:
a). in the presence of underground water
b). only on an improved foundation soil
c). on a soil with special behavior
d). on a liquefied cohesive soil
16. The bearing capacity of the foundation soil depends on:
a). the base foundation dimensions
b). the proximity to other buildings
c). climate zone
d). seismic zone

17. Which is the main characteristic of the soils with high swellings and contractions:
a). the plasticity index varies with humidity change
b). the grain size distribution varies with humidity change
c). the volume varies with humidity change
d). the volumetric weight of the mineral skeleton varies with humidity change
18. The minimal foundation depth is established according to:
a). the characteristics of surface soil
b). the frost depth and the optimal foundation layer depth
c). the 0.00 building level
d). the slope sliding stability factor
19. The soil internal friction angle and the cohesion values are used to determine:
a). the bearing capacity of the foundation soil
b). the underground water pressure
c). the settlement
d). the foundation depth

Tematic
I. Introduction, discipline objective, short history, connection with other discipline
II. Physical properties of soils;
1. Structure and texture of soils as disperse systems,
2. Solid phase: grain size distribution, soils classification, chemical mineralogical composition of the
soils,
3. Liquid and gaseous phase; Interactions between soils component phases,
4. Geotechnical indices of soils.
III. Soils mechanical properties;
1. Soils compressibility,
2. Soils resistance to shear strength.
IV. Stresses and Strains in Soils;
1. Stresses state in soil as foundation area,
2. Unitary stresses state in limit equilibrium conditions,
3. Deformation state in soils.
V. Lateral Earth Pressure;
1. Calculus of soil pressure in Rankine hypothesis,
2. Calculus of soil pressure in Coulomb hypothesis,
3. Graphical Analytical Methods (Culmann, Poncelet)
4. Projection and dimensioning of retaining walls,
VI. Stability of Slopes;
1. Slope stability for cohesive and cohesion-less soils,
2. Slope Stability Determination Methods,
VII. Bearing capacity
1. Phenomena and phases which appear in soil due to the soil failure by loading
2. Methods for Bearing Capacity Calculus
3. Calculation of foundation soil considering the method STAS 3300/85

Bibliografie
1. Nicuta A. - Geotechnics, Ed. Soc. Academice Matei Teiu Botez, 2008
2. Nicuta A. Geotechnics. Laboratory Works, Ed. Soc. Academice Matei Teiu Botez,
2003