engineering recuitment GATE CE 2023-24 Test Series Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering Effective and Neutral Stress
A 10 m thick clay layer is underlain by a sand layer of 20 m depth (see figure below). The water table is 5 m below the surface of clay layer. The soil above the water table is capillary saturated. The value of γsat is 19 kN/m3. The unit weight of water of γw. If now the water table rises to the surface, the effective stress at a point P on the interface will
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increase by 5γw
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remain unchanged
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decrease by 5γw
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decrease by 10γw