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If the water table rises upto ground surface, then the

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Bukke Kalyan
Bukke Kalyan 8 years ago
If pore water pressure increases total stress also increases.... But effective stress decreases.... If water table rises upto the ground soil is saturated then we use saturated unit weight ... Then total stress also increases
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