engineering recuitment GATE CE 2023-24 Test Series Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering Effective and Neutral Stress
Choose the correct statement
1. The effective stress principle applies to normal stresses and not to shear stresses.
2. Deformations of soils are due to effective stress and not total stress.
3. Soils especially silts and fine sands can be affected by capillary action.
4. Downward seepage increases effective stress while upward seepage decreases the effective stress.
1
1, 2 and 3 only
2
2, 3 and 4 only
3
1, 3 and 4 only
4
All statements are correct.