A soil is completely saturated by Capillarity. For the subsoil condition shown in figure below,
(Assume γw = 10 kN/m3)
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Effective stress at ground level is 40 kN/m2
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Total stress at ground level is 0
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Total stress at 4 m depth is 85.32 kN/m2
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Effective stress at 4 m depth is 85.32 kN/m2