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Civil Engineering PE

Category - Soil Mechanics

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Stresses within a given soil may result from an external load or the volumetric weight of the material. In addition to these properties, which statement regarding stresses below also applies to soils?

Soils can only transfer compressive normal stresses and no tensile stresses
Shear stresses can only be transmitted if they are relatively small when compared to normal stresses
Part of the stresses is transferred by water in the pores
All of the above

Explanation

Answer: D - In addition to stresses within a given soil that may result from an external load or the volumetric weight of the material, all of the statements listed above also apply to soils. These properties distinguish soils from other materials.

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