engineering recuitment GATE CE 2023-24 Test Series Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering Effective and Neutral Stress
A soil profile in a particular site consists of 7 m thick sandy layer overlain by a layer of clay. The water table is 1 m below the ground surface. Above the water table, The sand is saturated with capillary moisture. The dry unit weight of sans is 17 kN / m3 and its saturated unit weight is 20 kN / m3.
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Total stress at a depth of 7 m is 140 kN / m2
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Effective stress at Depth 1 m depth is 0 kN / m2
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Distribution of effective stress (kN / m2) as following
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Distribution of effective stress (kN / m2) is as following