Civil Engineering - Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - Section 2 (Q.No. 30)

Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering

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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Ankesh kumar said: 8 years ago

The correct answer is all of above (E).

Dipunku said: 5 years ago

All of the above is the correct answer.

CHAUDHARY said: 8 years ago

Thr correct answer is E) all of above.

Gopal said: 9 years ago

The correct answer is all of above.

Vishal N said: 6 years ago

Yes, all of the above is correct.

Avjot said: 9 years ago

Yes, all are the disadvantages.

Vicky said: 7 years ago

The answer is E. I too agree.

Sam said: 7 years ago

I think option E is correct.

Yohannis said: 7 years ago

The correct answer is E.

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