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18-Env-A3 Geotechnical and Hydrogeological Engineering: Undated paper

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  1. Question 1 Phase Relationships in Natural Conditions
  2. Question 2 Constant-Head Permeability Test
  3. Question 3 Seepage Beneath a Retaining Wall
  4. Question 4 Well in a Confined Aquifer
  5. Question 5 Consolidation Settlement Beneath a Square Footing
  6. Question 6 Slope Stability — Ordinary Method of Slices

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National Exams — 18-Env-A3, Geotechnical and Hydrogeological Engineering — 3 hours, open book. Six questions, each 20 marks, equal value; all six are solved below.

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