Professional Courses
Industry-relevant training in Business, Technology, and Design to help professionals and graduates upskill for real-world careers.
Categories
Interactive Games
Fun, engaging games to boost memory, math fluency, typing speed, and English skills—perfect for learners of all ages.
Typing
Memory
Math
English Adventures
Knowledge
Enroll to start learning
You’ve not yet enrolled in this course. Please enroll for free to listen to audio lessons, classroom podcasts and take practice test.
Practice Questions
Test your understanding with targeted questions related to the topic.
Question 1
Easy
Define void ratio in your own words.
💡 Hint: Think of how much empty space is in a soil sample.
Question 2
Easy
What does effective stress represent?
💡 Hint: Consider how water pressure in soil affects its strength.
Practice 4 more questions and get performance evaluation
Interactive Quizzes
Engage in quick quizzes to reinforce what you've learned and check your comprehension.
Question 1
What does the e – log σ' plot represent?
- Relationship between temperature and pressure
- Relationship between void ratio and effective stress
- Relationship between soil type and strength
💡 Hint: Connect the terms 'void ratio' and 'effective stress' in the context of soil.
Question 2
Is the swelling index vital for predicting soil behavior?
- True
- False
💡 Hint: Think about scenarios involving wet and dry conditions.
Solve and get performance evaluation
Challenge Problems
Push your limits with challenges.
Question 1
Given a soil with an initial void ratio of 0.5, predict what might happen to its properties as effective stress increases.
💡 Hint: Consider how pressing a sponge changes its shape.
Question 2
If a soil's void ratio decreases from 0.7 to 0.4 under increasing effective stress, calculate the swelling index.
💡 Hint: Plug in effective stress values to find the index.
Challenge and get performance evaluation