Q. The intersection of the yield surface or envelope with octahedral plane is called ____________

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Q. The hydrostatic pressure’s inability to produce failure under normal pressure was first demonstrated by ___________

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Q. Which of the following equation represent hydrostatic pressure in its purest form?

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Q. The Mohr-Coulomb criterion assumes that the strength of the soil is independent of ____________

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Q. The auxiliary plane in the hydrostatic axis can also be called as ___________

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Q. The plastic state of stress when the failure is imminent was investigated by ___________

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Q. ___________ is used for maintaining the ground surface at different elevations.

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Q. The material retained by the retaining wall is known as_________

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Q. The backfill has its top surface ____________

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Q. The portion of backfill lying above a horizontal plane of wall is called ________

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Q. Surcharge angle β is ____________

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Q. A body is said to be in plastic equilibrium, if every point of it is ________

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Q. The stress condition during plastic equilibrium can be represented by _____________

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Q. The stress condition during plastic equilibrium in terms of tangent of angle is _______

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Q. The flow value is given by ______

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Q. The Mohr Coulomb equation in terms of stress components in x-z plane is ______________

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Q. Combing the three equations, \(\sqrt{((\frac{σ_z-σ_x}{2})^2+τ_{xz}^2))} -\frac{σ_z+σ_x}{2} sinφ=c cosφ\), \(\frac{∂σ_x}{∂x}+\frac{∂τ_{xz}}{∂z}=0\), and \(\frac{∂τ_{xz}}{∂x}+\frac{∂σ_x}{∂z}+γ=0\), lead to the equation called ___________

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Q. The solution of Kolter’s equation gives ____________

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Q. In active state, the major principal stress σ₁ is ____________

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Q. In active state, the minor principal stress σ₃ is _________

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