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The stresses due to self weight of the soil are known as ______________

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The stresses due to self weight of the soil are known as ______________

(a) geostatic stresses

(b) boundary stresses

(c) external stresses

(d) boundary strain

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This intriguing question originated from Stresses due to Self Weight topic in chapter Stress Distribution of Geotechnical Engineering I

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Right choice is (a) geostatic stresses

The best I can explain: The stresses due to self weight of the soil are sometimes known as geostatic stresses. The self weight of the soil is found by the multiplication of unit weight of soil γ and the depth of the of the point in soil z.

σz=γz.

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