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For the profile shown, draw the diagrams of:

a) Total effort. Pore pressure and Effective effort

b) If the water level rises to the surface, how much is the variation to the effective stresses in the clay base.

H = 4 m
e - 0.6
G, = 2.65
B
Groundwater table
H; = 3 m
e - 0.52
H2
G, = 2.68
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C.

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