8) A factory building is going to be constructed on a deep sand deposit. The project engineer has already taken samples from the site and applied laboratory tests (drained triaxial tests) to determine the shear strength parameters of the sand. The unit weight of the sand is 16kN/m3. The void ratio of the sand is 0.5. Specific gravity is 2.65. In the test, the confining pressure is kept constant as 100kPa and the deviator stress increases gradually until 300kPa (at failure). Calculate the friction angle of the sand.

8) A factory building is going to be constructed on a deep sand deposit. The project engineer has already taken samples from the site and applied laboratory tests (drained triaxial tests) to determine the shear strength parameters of the sand. The unit weight of the sand is 16kN/m3. The void ratio of the sand is 0.5. Specific gravity is 2.65. In the test, the confining pressure is kept constant as 100kPa and the deviator stress increases gradually until 300kPa (at failure). Calculate the friction angle of the sand.

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8) A factory building is going to be constructed on a deep sand deposit. The project engineer has already taken samples from the site and applied laboratory tests (drained
triaxial tests) to detemine the shear strength parameters of the sand. The unit weight of the sand is 16kN/m3. The void ratio of the sand is 0.5. Specific gravity is 2.65. In the
test, the confining pressure is kept constant as 100kPa and the deviator stress increases gradually until 300kPa (at failure). Calculate the friction angle of the sand.

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