The effective stress is

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• The total stress is equal to the sum of the effective stress and pore water pressure.
• The effective stress on the soil mass
• The effective stress on the soil is due to the
• The effective stress is also called pore-water pressure.
• For a sandy soil, the angle of internal friction is 30?. If the major principal stress is 50 kN/m2 at failure, the corresponding minor principal stress will be
• The effective size of a soil is
• The dry sand specimen is put through a triaxial test. The cell pressure is 50 kPa and the deviator stress at failure is 100 kPa. The angle of internal friction for the sand specimen is
• The neutral stress is
• The density of sand at which there is no change in volume under the influence of shearing strain produced due to shear stress, is called
• The neutral stress on the soil is due to the