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Chapter16: Lateral Earth Pressure

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Problem 16.3P: The soil profile at a site is shown Figure P16.3. Find the total horizontal normal stresses at A and...

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(b) Figure 2(a) plots the results from a shear box test at 3 normal stresses (55.56, 111.11 and 222.22 kPa) of a soil. Determine the residual shear strength parameters (c and φ) for the soil.

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