A SOIL PROFILE HAS 2 DIFFERENT LAYERS OF SOIL. SOIL 2 WITH sg = 2.72 AND MOISTURE CONTENT = 60%, IS OVERLAIN BY SOIL 1WITH sg = 2 AND MOISTURE CONTENT = 0.65. IE THE WATER TABLE IS INITIALLY ON THE GROUND SURFACE, FIND THE TOTAL STRESS AT THE MID-HEIGHT OF SOIL 2 IF THE WATER TABLE HAS TO BE LOWERED BY 2m. SOIL 1AND 2 HAS HEIGHT 3m EACH. * Your answer

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Methods to Determine Vertical Stress

The load applied to the soil is transferred to the underground. The presence of water at soil pores and solid grains above the soil are the primary components that are responsible for the effective load transfer. Due to the load acting, the internal component of the soil or the underground formations undergoes deformations or a tectonic shift. The amount of deformation depends upon the amount of load acting on the soil surface, which indeed, depends on the weight of everything present above the soil. Due to this, the underground soil element develops internal stresses which try to resist the tectonic changes.