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A granular soil possesses saturated density of 20KN/m3. Its effective angle of Internal friction is 35. If the desired factor of safety is 1.5, the safe angle of slope for this soil, when seepage occurs at and parallel to the slope surface, will be

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25
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23
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20
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13
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Solution

The correct option is D 13
Effective angle of internal friction

ϕ=35

FOS = γsub z cos2β tanϕγsat z cosβ sinβ

1.5=(2010) z cos2β tan3520 z cosβ sinβ

1.5=1 tan352 tanβ

tanβ=tan353

β=13.138=13

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