B.TechSemester 62022-23Foundation DesignKCE-064

Foundation Design (KCE-064) - AKTU Question Paper 2022-23

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This is the official AKTU Foundation Design Previous Year Question Paper for B.Tech Semester 6, academic session 2022-23. Published by Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU/UPTU), Lucknow. Free PDF download — no login required.

Course:B.Tech
Semester:Semester 6
Session:2022-23
University:AKTU / UPTU

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Foundation Design (KCE-064) — complete question paper

Section AAttempt all questions in brief. 2 x 10 = 20
  • a
    Discuss the factors affecting bearing capacity of soil
  • b
    Discuss different types of samplers
  • c
    What are the major criteria to be satisfied in the design of a foundation?
  • d
    What do you mean by pressure bulb?
  • e
    Differentiate between disturbed and undisturbed sample
  • f
    Discuss the efficiency of pile
  • g
    Explain ‘CURB’ in well foundation
  • h
    Discuss the different Shapes of well foundation. i. Discuss the Soil stabilization. j. Explain Soil reinforcement
Section BAttempt any three of the following: 10x3=30
  • a
    Describe Site investigation and stages in sub surface exploration
  • b
    A circular footing for a circular column is 2.5 diame ter and carriers a load of 1500 Kn. Find the factor of safety against bearing capac ity with respect to shear failure, if the soil below the footing has following paramet ers: c=40 kN/ , ϕ=15°, =20 kN/ , D-depth of footing is 1.2 m, =12.5, =4.5,  =2.5
  • c
    A precast concrete pile of 50 cm x 50 cm is to b e driven into clay strata whose unconfined compressive strength is 110 kN/ .compute the length of the pile required to carry safe working load of 450Kn with f actor of safety of 2.5. Assume the adhesion factor α as 0.6
  • d
    Describe about well sinking? What are the measur es employed in controlling well sinking?
  • e
    Write a brief note on use of geotextiles for fil tration and drainage function of geotextiles
Section CAttempt any one part of the following: 10x1=10
  • a
    Discuss in detail various types of boring method s for Soil Exploration
  • b
    Discuss the Seismic refraction method of soil ex ploration with its limitations
  • a
    A strip footing is 1.5 m wide and its base rests on 1 m below the ground surface. If the soil below the ground level is dense with c=100 kN/ and ϕ=38°, determine the ultimate bearing capacity, assume =20 kN/ 
  • b
    A footing 2m square is laid at a depth of 1.3m b elow the ground surface. Take unit weight of soil as 18kN/m3 , angle of internal frict ion ( Φ) = 300 and c= 0. Determine the net ultimate bearing capacity using T erzaghi’s method if a)The water table rises to the level of the base. b)The water table is 1m below the base
  • a
    The pile group consisting of 4 piles, placed at 2.0 m center to center, forming a square pattern. The underground soil is clay, havin g at surface as 60 kN/ , and at the depth 10 m, as100 kN/ . Compute the allowable column load on the pile cap, if the piles are circular having diameters 0.5 m each and length as 10 m
  • b
    Discuss the various types of pile foundation on the basis of their structural characteristics
  • a
    Enumerate the various techniques that are deploy ed in controlling and correcting the tilts in foundation wells. Discuss with sketches, any two of these techniques
  • b
    What are the different shapes of foundation wells a nd discuss the components of well foundations
  • a
    Discuss the advantages and types of soil reinfor cement
  • b
    Explain various ap plication of soil reinforcement with neat diagrams

Question text is extracted from the official AKTU question paper PDF above. Hindi translations are omitted — every question is printed in English in the original paper. Last verified: 2026-08-23.

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