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Chapter 3
Solutions to Exercises
Exercise 3.1
Inclination of failure plane to direction of minor principal stress:
f 29 °
q = + 45 ° = + 45 ° = 59.5°
2 2
Þ Inclination with respect to direction of major principal stress
Plot Mohr circle:
Diagram not to scale!
t
(kPa)
(295, 161)
tmax = 184 kPa
D
29° 59.5°
O E s
s (kPa)
From scale drawing:
Effective normal stress on failure plane = 295 kPa
Shear stress on failure plane = 161 kPa
Maximum shear stress = 184 kPa
Typos: Answers should read as above in book.
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Exercise 3.2
(a)
From Page 97:
(b)
s1 (1 – sin 20°) = 373.1
s1 = 567 kPa
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Exercise 3.3
(i)
2
pd p ´ 110 2 ´ 220
Volume of sample = ´ l = = 2.09 × 10 6 mm 3
4 4
2 . 09 ´ 10 6
Cross sectional area at failure = Volume / (length – deformation) = =
(220 - 21 )
10.51 mm 2
s3 = 300 kPa
(s1 s3) = Failure load / area = 3350 / 10.51 = 319 kPa
Þ s1 = 300 + 319 = 619 kPa
Now plot Mohr circle diagram:
t
(kPa)
Diagram not to scale!
D
10°
80
a q 2q
O 300 E s 619
s (kPa)
(a)
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(b)
(Refer to Page 90)
s 1 - s 3
OD = sin 2 q = 157.1 kPa
2
æ 157 . 1 ö
a = tan - 1 ç ÷ = 20°
è 431 . 8 ø
(ii)
0 . 5
s = = 138 . 9 kPa
0 . 0036
t = 80 + 138.9 tan 10° = 105 kPa
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Exercise 3.4
Plot Mohr circles:
1000.0
900.0
800.0
700.0
shear stress (kPa)
600.0
500.0
400.0
300.0
200.0
100.0
0.0
0.0 200.0 400.0 600.0 800.0 1000.0 1200.0 1400.0 1600.0 1800.0
normal stress (kPa)
From plot, c’ = 192 kPa; f’ = 17.5°
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Exercise 3.5
(a) Total stresses:
Plot Mohr circles:
1000.0
900.0
800.0
700.0
shear stress (kPa)
600.0
500.0
400.0
300.0
200.0
100.0
0.0
0.0 200.0 400.0 600.0 800.0 1000.0 1200.0 1400.0 1600.0
normal stress (kPa)
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(b) Effective stresses:
Plot Mohr circles:
800.0
700.0
600.0
shear stress (kPa)
500.0
400.0
300.0
200.0
100.0
0.0
0.0 200.0 400.0 600.0 800.0 1000.0 1200.0
normal stress (kPa)
From plot, c’ = 110 kPa; f’ = 26°
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Exercise 3.6
Du a 240
B = = = 0.6
Ds 3 400
Deviator stress against strain:
1400
1200
1000
Deviator stress (kPa)
800
600
400
200
0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
Strain (%)
Pore water pressure against strain:
350
300
250
Pore water pressure (kPa)
200
150
100
50
0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
Strain (%)
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Pore pressure coefficient A against strain:
Strain Deviator A = A
(%) stress (kPa) u (kPa) D ud A B
0 0 240
1 240 285 45 0.188 0.313
2 460 300 60 0.130 0.217
3 640 270 30 0.047 0.078
4 840 200 40 0.048 0.079
5 950 160 80 0.084 0.140
7.5 1100 110 130 0.118 0.197
10.0 1150 75 165 0.143 0.239
12.5 1170 55 185 0.158 0.264
15.0 1150 50 190 0.165 0.275
0.400
0.300
0.200
Pore pressure coefficient A
0.100
0.000
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
0.100
0.200
0.300
0.400
Strain (%)
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Exercise 3.7
Normal load
(kN) Normal stress (kPa) Shear force at failure (N) Shear stress (kPa)
0.2 = 0.2 / 3.6 × 10 3 = 55.6 = 33.4 × 8.4 = 280.6 = 280.6 / 3.6 = 77.9
0.4 111.1 400.0 111.1
0.6 166.7 526.7 146.3
70
60
50
Shearing force (N)
40
30
20
10
0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
Strain (%)
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160.0
Shear stress (kPa) 140.0
120.0
100.0
80.0
60.0
40.0
20.0
0.0
0.0 50.0 100.0 150.0 200.0
Normal stress (kPa)
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