Question

Pore pressure developed in the tri axial test can be measured by ____________

(a) Bishop’s apparatus

(b) Pore pressure apparatus

(c) Terzaghi’s apparatus

(d) Mohr’s apparatus

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Question is taken from Tri-axial Compression Test in portion Shear Strength of Geotechnical Engineering I

Answer 1

Correct answer is (a) Bishop’s apparatus

Easiest explanation: Pore pressure developed in the specimen during the test can be measured with the help of a separate pore pressure measuring equipment such as Bishop’s pore pressure apparatus developed by Bishop in 1950, 1961.