engineering recuitment GATE CE 2023-24 Test Series Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering Shear Strength
The total horizontal and vertical stresses at point A in a saturated sandy medium are 150 kPa and 200 kPa, respectively. The static pore-water pressure is 28.50 kPa. At failure, the excess pore-water pressure is measured to be 84.50 kPa, and the shear stresses on the vertical and horizontal planes passing through point A are zero. Effective cohesion is 20 kPa and the effective angle of internal friction is 30°. The shear strength (in kPa, up to two decimal places) at point A is
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