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For the following statements: P: The lateral stress in the soil while being tested in an oedometer is always at-rest. Q: For a perfectly rigid strip footing at deeper depths in a sand deposit, the vertical normal contact stress at the footing edge is greater than that at its centre. R: The corrections for overburden pressure and dilatancy are not applied to measured SPT-N values in case of clay deposits. The correct combination of the statements is P Q R (a) True True False (b) False (c) False False True False False (d) True True True

For the following statements: P: The lateral stress in the soil while being tested in an oedometer is always at-rest. Q: For a perfectly rigid strip footing at deeper depths in a sand deposit, the vertical normal contact stress at the footing edge is greater than that at its centre. R: The corrections for overburden pressure and dilatancy are not applied to measured SPT-N values in case of clay deposits. The correct combination of the statements is P Q R (a) True True False (b) False (c) False False True False False (d) True True True

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Structural Analysis
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For the following statements: P: The lateral stress in the soil while being tested in an oedometer is always at-rest. Q: For a perfectly rigid strip footing at deeper depths in a sand deposit, the vertical normal contact stress at the footing edge is greater than that at its centre. R: The corrections for overburden pressure and dilatancy are not applied to measured SPT-N values in case of clay deposits. The correct combination of the statements is P Q R (a) True True False (b) False (c) False False True False False (d) True True True
Transcribed Image Text:For the following statements: P: The lateral stress in the soil while being tested in an oedometer is always at-rest. Q: For a perfectly rigid strip footing at deeper depths in a sand deposit, the vertical normal contact stress at the footing edge is greater than that at its centre. R: The corrections for overburden pressure and dilatancy are not applied to measured SPT-N values in case of clay deposits. The correct combination of the statements is P Q R (a) True True False (b) False (c) False False True False False (d) True True True
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