A sand layer found at sea floor under 20 m water déptri is characterized with relative density = 40%, maximum void ratio = 1.0, minimum void ratio = 0.5, and specific gravity of soil solids = 2.67. Assume the specific gravity of sea water to be 1.03 and the unit weight of fresh water to be 9.81 kN/m3. %3D %3D %3D %3D

A sand layer found at sea floor under 20 m water déptri is characterized with relative density = 40%, maximum void ratio = 1.0, minimum void ratio = 0.5, and specific gravity of soil solids = 2.67. Assume the specific gravity of sea water to be 1.03 and the unit weight of fresh water to be 9.81 kN/m3. %3D %3D %3D %3D

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A sand layer found at sea floor under 20 m water depth
is characterized with relative density = 40%, maximum
void ratio = 1.0, minimum void ratio = 0.5, and specific
gravity of soil solids = 2.67. Assume the specific gravity
of sea water to be 1.03 and the unit weight of fresh
water to be 9.81 kN/m3.
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What would be the effective stress (rounded off to
the nearest integer value of kPa) at 30m depth
into the sand layer?

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