Civil Engineering - Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - Section 2 (Q.No. 30)
30.
The direct shear test suffers from the following disadvantage:
Drain condition cannot be controlled
Pore water pressure cannot be measured
Shear stress on the failure plane is not uniform.
The area under the shear and vertical loads does not remain constant throughout the test
All the above.
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Sam said:   7 years ago
I think option E is correct.

Ankush said:   1 decade ago
It is disadvantageous because :-.

Drainage not controlled.

Shear Stress development is not uniform.

Principle Plane rotates.

Failure plane is predetermined.

CHAUDHARY said:   8 years ago
Thr correct answer is E) all of above.

Ankesh kumar said:   8 years ago
The correct answer is all of above (E).

Girish Kumar sharma said:   9 years ago
I too think that E) all of these is correct answer.

Avjot said:   9 years ago
Yes, all are the disadvantages.

Goldberg said:   9 years ago
Yes, All of the above is the correct answer.

Gopal said:   9 years ago
The correct answer is all of above.

Sam said:   9 years ago
All the above are the disadvantage for direct shear test.


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