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When stress is applied to soil mass, the elastic deformation of solid particles is ____________

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When stress is applied to soil mass, the elastic deformation of solid particles is ____________

(a) extremely large

(b) large

(c) small

(d) negligibly small

I got this question in semester exam.

This question is from Consolidation Process in section One Dimensional Consolidation of Geotechnical Engineering I

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Right answer is (d) negligibly small

The best I can explain: When stress is applied to soil mass, the elastic deformation of solid particles is negligibly small compared to the deformation caused by change in relative position of the discrete particles and the resulting decrease in the volume of voids.

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