GATE Geotechnical Engineering – Previous Year Questions by Topic
GATE Geotechnical Engineering (Civil Engineering) previous year questions, topic by topic: Three-phase system, phase relationships, index properties and soil classification, Permeability and seepage: flow nets, uplift pressure, piping, capillarity, Effective stress principle and quicksand condition, Compaction and one-dimensional consolidation, Shear strength, Mohr circle, stress-strain characteristics, stress paths, Sub-surface investigations: boring, SPT, CPT, plate load test and more.
- Three-phase system, phase relationships, index properties and soil classification
- Permeability and seepage: flow nets, uplift pressure, piping, capillarity
- Effective stress principle and quicksand condition
- Compaction and one-dimensional consolidation
- Shear strength, Mohr circle, stress-strain characteristics, stress paths
- Sub-surface investigations: boring, SPT, CPT, plate load test
- Earth pressure theories: Rankine and Coulomb, sheet piles
- Stability of slopes
- Stress distribution in soils, Boussinesq theory, pressure bulbs
- Shallow foundations: bearing capacity, combined footing, raft, settlement
- Deep foundations: piles and pile groups