9.5 - Examples
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Practice Questions
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Define effective stress.
💡 Hint: Think about the forces acting on soil.
What does the hydraulic gradient represent?
💡 Hint: Remember it indicates water flow direction.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What happens to effective stress during upward water flow?
💡 Hint: Think about what upward flow does to soil particles.
True or False: The effective stress increases when the pore water pressure rises while total stress remains unchanged.
💡 Hint: Recall how effective stress is calculated.
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Challenge Problems
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A soil layer has a total stress of 30 T at a depth of 10 m and a pore water pressure of 15 T. What is the effective stress?
💡 Hint: Apply the effective stress formula.
A construction site experiences a rise in pore water pressure of 5 T while total stress remains constant. What happens to effective stress?
💡 Hint: Think about changes in pore water pressure affecting stability.
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