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Which of the following is a characteristic of general shear failure?

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Which of the following is a characteristic of general shear failure?

(a) Failure is accompanied by compressibility of soil

(b) Failure is sudden

(c) Bulging of shearing mass of soil

(d) All of the mentioned

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This intriguing question comes from Types of Bearing Capacity Failures topic in portion Bearing Capacity of Geotechnical Engineering II

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Correct answer is (c) Bulging of shearing mass of soil

The best explanation: A typical characteristic of general shear failure is

a) Failure is sudden with pronounced peak resistance

b) There is considerable bulging of sheared mass of soil adjacent to the footing.

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