9.4 - Importance of Effective Stress
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Practice Questions
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What is the formula for effective stress?
💡 Hint: Consider what each term in the formula represents.
What happens to effective stress when pore water pressure increases?
💡 Hint: Think about the relationship between total stress and pore water pressure.
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What does effective stress determine in soil?
💡 Hint: Think about what keeps the soil particles together.
True or False: A rise in the pore water pressure always leads to an increase in effective stress.
💡 Hint: Recall the effective stress equation.
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You have a soil column with a total stress of 30 kPa at a depth of 5 m and a pore water pressure of 10 kPa. Determine the effective stress.
💡 Hint: Use the effective stress formula.
In a scenario where excavation causes the total stress to increase by 15 kPa and the pore water pressure increases by 10 kPa, what happens to effective stress?
💡 Hint: Think about the relationships between changes in pressure.
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