engineering recuitment GATE CE 2023-24 Test Series Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering Shear Strength
If an embankment made of soil whose effective stress parameters are c = 50 kN/m2, γ = 17.5 kN/m3 and ϕ = 20° is to be raised by 4 m from an existing height of 3 m. Calculate the shear strength (in kN/m2) of the soil at the base of the embankment just after the fill has been raised. The pore pressure coefficient as found from triaxial tests are A = 0.40 and B = 0.80. (Assume that the dissipation of pore pressure density in rising of the embankment is negligible and that the lateral pressure at any point is one-third of the vertical pressure)
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