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18-Env-A3 Geotechnical and Hydrogeological Engineering: December 2019

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  1. Question 1 Phase Relationships from Moist Weight and Volume
  2. Question 2 Phase Relationships of an Undisturbed Block Sample
  3. Question 3 Seepage Through a Sand Seam Beneath a Levee
  4. Question 4 Steady Radial Flow to a Municipal Water Supply Well
  5. Question 5 Primary Consolidation Beneath a Circular Footing
  6. Question 6 Factor of Safety of a Cut Slope (Culmann's Method)

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National Exams December 2019 — 18-Env-A3, Geotechnical and Hydrogeological Engineering — 3 hours, open book. All SIX questions are answered below (the exam marks only the first five as submitted; all six are solved here as a complete study resource). Marking scheme: each question 20 marks, equal value.

Reference texts: Das, Principles of Geotechnical Engineering, 9th ed.; Craig & Knappett, Craig's Soil Mechanics, 8th ed.; Freeze & Cherry, Groundwater (1979).