A soil has an unconfined compressive strength of 120 kN/m². In a triaxial compression test a specimen of the same soil when subjected to a chamber pressure of 40 kN/m2 failed at an additional stress of 160 kN/m2. Determine: 1. The cohesion of the soil in kPa, [Select ] 2. The angle of internal friction. (Select ] 3. The angle made by the failure plane with the axial stress in the triaxial test. [ Select]

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A soil has an unconfined compressive strength of 120 kN/m². In a triaxial compression test a specimen of the same soil when subjected to a chamber
pressure of 40 kN/m² failed at an additional stress of 160 kN/m2. Determine:
1. The cohesion of the soil in kPa, [ Select ]
2. The angle of internal friction. (Select]
3. The angle made by the failure plane with the axial stress in the triaxial test. [ Select]
Transcribed Image Text:A soil has an unconfined compressive strength of 120 kN/m². In a triaxial compression test a specimen of the same soil when subjected to a chamber pressure of 40 kN/m² failed at an additional stress of 160 kN/m2. Determine: 1. The cohesion of the soil in kPa, [ Select ] 2. The angle of internal friction. (Select] 3. The angle made by the failure plane with the axial stress in the triaxial test. [ Select]
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