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The effective stress friction angle of a saturated, cohensionless soil is 38. The ratio of shear stress to normal effective stress on the failure plane is

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0.781
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0.616
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0.488
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0.438
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Solution

The correct option is A 0.781
Effective stress friction angle,

ϕ=38

Soil is cohesionless so

C' = 0

From Mohr- coulomb failure criteria

τ=C+σtanϕ

τσ=tanϕ

=tan 38

= 0.781

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