Skempton observed that the factor Nc increases with the ratio _______

The settlement of the plate in a load test is measured with the help of _____

The allowable pressure, that should be selected for a maximum settlement is ________

For purely cohesive soil, local shear failure may be assumed to occur when the soil is _______

IS code recommends a bearing capacity equation, which is similar to ______

Bowel suggested that the increase in φ in plane-strain case can be computed only for φ greater than ________

The plate load test is essentially a _______

The Terzaghi’s general bearing capacity equation is represented as _______