A specimen of sand at the field density is known to have a (1/ 3) max of

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A specimen of sand at the field density is known to have a (σ1/ σ3) max of 3.8. If such a specimen is hydrostatically consolidated to 1180 kPa in a triaxial test apparatus, at what effective confining pressure will the specimen fail if the vertical stress is held constant? (This is a lateral extension test.)?

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An Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering

ISBN: 978-0132496346

2nd edition

Authors: Robert D. Holtz, William D. Kovacs, Thomas C. Sheahan

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