Civil Engineering - Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - Section 5 (Q.No. 29)
29.
Pick up the correct statement from the following:
When stress decreases, void, ratio decreases
When stress decreases, coefficient of permeability decreases
When stress decreases, coefficient of volume change decreases
When stress decreases void ratio, co-effi-cients of per-meability and volume change decrease.
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Shubham Powar said:   5 years ago
Answer D is absolutely correct.

The option states that WHEN STRESS DECREASES VOID RATIO, means because of stress, the void ratio has decreased so, K & Mv also decreases.
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Nadeem Qadir said:   5 years ago
When stress decreases void ratio, volume decreases and hence flow of water through soil (permeability) also decreases.
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Nikhil Dongre said:   5 years ago
Correct, Thanks @Nadeem Qadir.

Faheem Raza said:   4 years ago
Yes, it should be "increases".
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