A drained triaxial compression test on a saturatedclay yielded the effective shear strengthparameters as c' = 15 kPa and o'= 22°.%3DConsolidated Undrained triaxial test on anidentical sample of this clay at a cell pressure of200 kPa developed a pore water pressure of 150kPa at failure. The deviator stress (expressed inkPa) at failure is

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Chapter10: Shear Strength Of Soil

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A drained triaxial compression test on a saturated
clay yielded the effective shear strength
parameters as c' = 15 kPa and o'= 22°.
%3D
Consolidated Undrained triaxial test on an
identical sample of this clay at a cell pressure of
200 kPa developed a pore water pressure of 150
kPa at failure. The deviator stress (expressed in
kPa) at failure is

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