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

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• In the triaxial compression test, the application of additional axial stress (i.e. deviator stress) on the soil specimen produces shear stress on
• 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
• When drainage is permitted under initially applied normal stress only and full primarily consolidation is allowed to take place, the test is known as
• A triaxial shear test is preferred to direct shear test, because
• The length/diameter ratio of cylindrical specimens used in triaxial test, is generally
• For shear strength, triaxial shear test is suitable because
• The triaxial apparatus is usually used for
• When the seepage pressure becomes equal to the pressure due to submerged weight of a soil, the effective pressure is reduced to zero and the soil particles have a tendency to move up in the direction of flow. This phenomenon is generally known
• If Cv is the coefficient of consolidation,t is the time and d is drainage path of one dimensional consolidation of soil, the time factor Tv, is given by
• A structure is erected on an impervious clay whose thickness is 12 m. Drainage is possible both at upper and lower surfaces. Coefficient of consolidation is 0.015 cm2 per minute. For attaining 50% consolidation with a time factor 0.20, the number of days required