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Q1) The unconfined compression test is a special type of unconsolidated-undrained triaxial test in which the...

Q1) The unconfined compression test is a special type of unconsolidated-undrained triaxial test in which the confining pressure is zero. What is the axial stress at failure referred to?

a) Undrained shear strength
b) cohesion
c) unconfined compressive strength
d) deviatoric stress
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Ans. (C) unconfined compresive strength

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