SITUATION. In a consolidated drained tri-axial test on a normally consolidated clay soil with a deviator stress of 152 kPa was required to fail the sample when the confining pressure was 70 kPa. Suppose that after consolidation under the 70 kPa confining pressure, the sample is placed in an unconfined compression apparatus and tested. Determine the resulting shear strength. 65 kPa 60 kPa 71 kPa
SITUATION. In a consolidated drained tri-axial test on a normally consolidated clay soil with a deviator stress of 152 kPa was required to fail the sample when the confining pressure was 70 kPa. Suppose that after consolidation under the 70 kPa confining pressure, the sample is placed in an unconfined compression apparatus and tested. Determine the resulting shear strength. 65 kPa 60 kPa 71 kPa
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![SITUATION. In a consolidated drained tri-axial test on a normally consolidated clay soil with a
deviator stress of 152 kPa was required to fail the sample when the confining pressure was 70
kPa.
Suppose that after consolidation under the 70 kPa confining pressure, the sample is placed in
an unconfined compression apparatus and tested. Determine the resulting shear strength.
65 kPa
60 kPa
71 kPa
76 kPa](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fe5b4cf25-5a1a-4ad6-8eb9-1c7920a2cd73%2Fe40f911c-7cb0-4ba4-b262-c20ee2094c5f%2Fyru3h36_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:SITUATION. In a consolidated drained tri-axial test on a normally consolidated clay soil with a
deviator stress of 152 kPa was required to fail the sample when the confining pressure was 70
kPa.
Suppose that after consolidation under the 70 kPa confining pressure, the sample is placed in
an unconfined compression apparatus and tested. Determine the resulting shear strength.
65 kPa
60 kPa
71 kPa
76 kPa
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