

GATE Exam Questions - Engineering
Q1: In a drained triaixal compression test, a saturated specimen of a cohesionless sand fails under a deviatoric stress of 3 kgf/cm2 when the cell pressure is 1 kgf/cm2 . The effective angle of shearing resistance of sand is aboutA
37°
B
45°
C
53°
D
20°
ANS:A - 37° Deviated stress = 3 kgf/cm^2, cell pressure=1 kgf/cm^2. |


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