An undisturbed soil sample, 100 mm in diameter and 200 mm high, was tested in a triaxial machine. The sample failed at an additional axial load of 3 kN with a vertical deformation of 20 mm. The failure plane was inclined at 50° to the horizontal and the cell pressure was 300 kN/m2. A further sample of the soil was tested in a shear box under the same drainage conditions as used for the triaxial test. If the area of the box was 3600 mm2, and the normal load was 540 N what would have been the failure shear stress? a.125.6 b.87.2 c.91.3 d.117.8
An undisturbed soil sample, 100 mm in diameter and 200 mm high, was tested in a triaxial machine. The sample failed at an additional axial load of 3 kN with a vertical deformation of 20 mm. The failure plane was inclined at 50° to the horizontal and the cell pressure was 300 kN/m2. A further sample of the soil was tested in a shear box under the same drainage conditions as used for the triaxial test. If the area of the box was 3600 mm2, and the normal load was 540 N what would have been the failure shear stress? a.125.6 b.87.2 c.91.3 d.117.8
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An undisturbed soil sample, 100 mm in diameter and 200 mm high, was tested in a triaxial machine. The sample failed at an additional axial load of 3 kN with a vertical deformation of 20 mm. The failure plane was inclined at 50° to the horizontal and the cell pressure was 300 kN/m2. A further sample of the soil was tested in a shear box under the same drainage conditions as used for the triaxial test. If the area of the box was 3600 mm2, and the normal load was 540 N what would have been the failure shear stress?
a.125.6
b.87.2
c.91.3
d.117.8
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