Question: The initial effective stresses on a saturated soil element at a certain depth in a soil mass are 1 ? ' = 8 0 kPa,

The initial effective stresses on a saturated soil element at a certain depth in a soil mass are 1?'=
80kPa,2'=
40kPa, and 3'=40kPa. The groundwater level is below the depth of the soil element. A
sudden outward movement of a retaining wall that was retaining the soil resulted in the
following changes in stresses: 1=0kPa,
parallel to wall
The initial effective stresses on a saturated

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