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Alecture11 4on1 PDF
Alecture11 4on1 PDF
Drained and Undrained Conditions (Continued..) Drained and Undrained Conditions (Continued..)
• Plotting of Mohr’s circle of stress can be done using • Mohr’s circle of stress in terms of effective stresses
total stresses if only su values are required. can only be plotted if pore water pressure is
• If φ’cs value for the soil is required in addition to su measured during a test.
values, the Mohr’s circle of stress must be plotted • The excess pore water pressure is the horizontal
using effective stresses. offset between Mohr’s circles of effective stress
and total stress.
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