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Stress due to equivalent fluid pressure can be found out using __________

(a) Biot method

(b) Theory of elasticity

(c) Lame’s formula

(d) Method of superposition

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This key question is from Stress Distribution in the Vicinity of Shafts topic in section Shafts, Tunnels and Conduits of Geotechnical Engineering II

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The correct answer is (c) Lame’s formula

The explanation is: Stress due to equivalent fluid pressure can be found out by using the Lame’s formula for the state of stress in thick walled cylinder subjected to internal pressure.

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