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Practice Questions
Test your understanding with targeted questions related to the topic.
Question 1
Easy
What is the formula for effective stress?
💡 Hint: Consider what each term in the formula represents.
Question 2
Easy
What happens to effective stress when pore water pressure increases?
💡 Hint: Think about the relationship between total stress and pore water pressure.
Practice 4 more questions and get performance evaluation
Interactive Quizzes
Engage in quick quizzes to reinforce what you've learned and check your comprehension.
Question 1
What does effective stress determine in soil?
- Soil strength
- Pore water pressure
- Total stress
💡 Hint: Think about what keeps the soil particles together.
Question 2
True or False: A rise in the pore water pressure always leads to an increase in effective stress.
- True
- False
💡 Hint: Recall the effective stress equation.
Solve 2 more questions and get performance evaluation
Challenge Problems
Push your limits with challenges.
Question 1
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.
Question 2
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.
Challenge and get performance evaluation