Civil Engineering - Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - Section 2 (Q.No. 4)

Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering

Pick up the correct statement from the following:

An unconfined compression test is a special case of triaxial compression test

An unconfined compression test is a special case of direct shear test

The confining pressure is maximum during an unconfined compression test

The cylindrical specimen of a soil is subjected to major principal stress till it fails due to shearing along the plane of the failure.

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Krupali said: 10 years ago

Please explain the option D regarding question.

Apcivilian said: 9 years ago

@Krupali there would be a critical plane!

NANDHA KUMAR said: 9 years ago

Triaxial compression test would determine the strain.

Montu said: 9 years ago

Please explain it in brief.

Mulat Seyoum said: 8 years ago

Please explain the confining and unconfining.

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Mayankpatel313@gmail.com said: 7 years ago

This is a special type of triaxial test in which σ 3 = 0.
In UCS only sigma 1 is applied.

Sarang said: 6 years ago

Failure occure along 45+angle of shearing resitance/4.

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