A triaxial shear test is preferred to direct shear test, because

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• For shear strength, triaxial shear test is suitable because
• In the triaxial compression test, the application of additional axial stress (i.e. deviator stress) on the soil specimen produces shear stress on
• In a triaxial compression test when drainage is allowed during the first stage (i. e. application of cell pressure) only and not during the second stage (i.e. application of deviator stress at constant cell pressure), the test is known as
• The length/diameter ratio of cylindrical specimens used in triaxial test, is generally
• The triaxial apparatus is usually used for
• A direct shear test possesses the following disadvantage:
• The direct shear test suffers from the following disadvantage:
• If drainage is permitted throughout the test, during the application of both normal, and shear stresses so that full consolidation occurs and no excess pore pressure is set up at any stage of the test, is known as
• For testing a saturated clay for shear strength, the test recommended, is
• The vane shear test is used for the in-situ determination of the undrained strength of the intact fully saturated