Geotechnical Engineering 2025/2026
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Body Forces - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Forces acting throughout a volume of
material.
Equations of Equilibrium - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Mathematical expressions
ensuring force balance.
Constitutive Models - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Stress-strain relationships for material
behavior.
Mohr-Coulomb Criterion - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A yield function for shear strength
analysis.
Hardening Law - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Describes yield stress increase with plastic
strain.
Young's Modulus (E) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Measure of material stiffness under
uniaxial stress.
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,Poisson's Ratio (ν) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Ratio of lateral strain to axial strain.
Shear Strength - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Resistance of soil to shear stress.
Cohesion Intercept - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Y-intercept of the shear strength vs.
normal stress plot.
Angle of Shear Resistance - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Slope of the shear strength vs.
normal stress plot.
Undrained Strength - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Soil strength without drainage during
loading.
Drained Strength - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Soil strength with drainage during
loading.
Direct Shear Box Test - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Test measuring shear strength
under controlled conditions.
Triaxial Test - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Test measuring soil strength under controlled
drainage.
Effective Stress - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Stress that contributes to soil strength and
stability.
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, Pore Water Pressure - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Pressure of water within soil pores.
Stress Invariants - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Quantities representing stress states
independent of orientation.
Principal Stresses - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Maximum and minimum normal
stresses at a point.
Mean Stress Invariant - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Average of principal stresses
affecting volume change.
Deviatoric Stress - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Difference between the maximum and
minimum principal stresses.
Interlocking - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Resistance due to particle arrangement and
shape.
Consolidation - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Process of volume change due to pore
pressure dissipation.
Oedometer Test - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Test measuring soil consolidation under
vertical loading.
Back Pressure - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Pressure applied to control effective stress
during testing.
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Body Forces - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Forces acting throughout a volume of
material.
Equations of Equilibrium - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Mathematical expressions
ensuring force balance.
Constitutive Models - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Stress-strain relationships for material
behavior.
Mohr-Coulomb Criterion - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A yield function for shear strength
analysis.
Hardening Law - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Describes yield stress increase with plastic
strain.
Young's Modulus (E) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Measure of material stiffness under
uniaxial stress.
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COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
,Poisson's Ratio (ν) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Ratio of lateral strain to axial strain.
Shear Strength - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Resistance of soil to shear stress.
Cohesion Intercept - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Y-intercept of the shear strength vs.
normal stress plot.
Angle of Shear Resistance - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Slope of the shear strength vs.
normal stress plot.
Undrained Strength - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Soil strength without drainage during
loading.
Drained Strength - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Soil strength with drainage during
loading.
Direct Shear Box Test - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Test measuring shear strength
under controlled conditions.
Triaxial Test - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Test measuring soil strength under controlled
drainage.
Effective Stress - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Stress that contributes to soil strength and
stability.
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STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, Pore Water Pressure - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Pressure of water within soil pores.
Stress Invariants - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Quantities representing stress states
independent of orientation.
Principal Stresses - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Maximum and minimum normal
stresses at a point.
Mean Stress Invariant - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Average of principal stresses
affecting volume change.
Deviatoric Stress - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Difference between the maximum and
minimum principal stresses.
Interlocking - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Resistance due to particle arrangement and
shape.
Consolidation - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Process of volume change due to pore
pressure dissipation.
Oedometer Test - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Test measuring soil consolidation under
vertical loading.
Back Pressure - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Pressure applied to control effective stress
during testing.
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