10-16. A 1 m cube within a mass of stressed soil has a stress of 100 kPa on its top and bottom faces, 50 kPa on one pair of vertical faces, and 30 kPa on the other pair of vertical faces. There is no shear stress on any face. Fill in the numerical values for each stress and angle in the following table. (After Taylor, 1948.) Major principal plane: Intermediate principal plane: Minor principal plane: o(kPa) T(kPa) α

10-16. A 1 m cube within a mass of stressed soil has a stress of 100 kPa on its top and bottom faces, 50 kPa on one pair of vertical faces, and 30 kPa on the other pair of vertical faces. There is no shear stress on any face. Fill in the numerical values for each stress and angle in the following table. (After Taylor, 1948.) Major principal plane: Intermediate principal plane: Minor principal plane: o(kPa) T(kPa) α

Principles of Geotechnical Engineering (MindTap Course List)

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Chapter10: Stresses In A Soil Mass

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Problem 10.1CTP: EB and FG are two planes inside a soil element ABCD as shown in Figure 10.50. Stress conditions on...

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