Limit Analysis Exam Questions (CSE512 Advanced Geotechnical Engineering)

Year 1998-99 Question 2 (a)

Year 2000-01 Question 2

Year 2001-02 Question 1(a) and (b)

Year 2003-04 Question 5 (b)

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Year 2004-05 Question 3 (c)

Year 2006-07 Question 2 (b)

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Year 1998-99 Question 2 (a)
4c cos  cos 
H cr  
 1  sin    

Critical Height Hcr

Plane Failure Surface Log-spiral Failure Surface

4 3c 6.93c 6.69c
0 
  

22.39c 16.11c
30
 

Year 2000-01 Question 2

(a) N c  cot   N q  1
 3  
 3

 2

exp 
  tan 

   tan  
Nq 
e
  2  
1  sin  1  sin 

(b)
Terezaghi’s Prandtl’s
 Nc Nq Nc Nq
5 7.337 1.642 6.49 1.57
10 9.605 2.694 8.35 2.47
15 12.861 4.446 10.98 3.94
20 17.690 7.439 14.83 6.40
25 25.135 12.720 20.72 10.66
30 37.162 22.456 30.14 18.40
35 57.754 41.440 46.12 33.30
40 95.663 81.271 75.31 64.20

Year 2001-02 Question 1 (a) and (b)

(a)  = front batter of angle
Nc  2  2
 
N q  2 sin    
 4

  
4c
(b)  = 0, H cr  tan   
  4 2
4c cos  cos 20
 = 20, H cr  
 1  sin  20   

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Year 2003-04 Question 5 (b)
FS = 0.5219

Year 2004-05 Question 3 (c)

 
 cr  
4 2

Year 2006-07 Question 2 (b)

4c     2q
H cr  tan    
  4 2 

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