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Direct Shear Test

The shear str...

Question

The shear strength of a cohesionless soil is

Proportional to the angle of shearing resistance

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Inversely proportional to the angle of shearing resistance

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Proportional to the tangent of the angle of shearing resistance

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None of the above

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Solution

The correct option is C Proportional to the tangent of the angle of shearing resistance
$∴ S = C + σ t a n ϕ$

here, $S \propto t a n ϕ$

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