Soil Mechanics and Foundation
Bishop’s method of stability analysis

assumes the slip surface as an arc of a circle
All of these
is more conservative
neglects the effect of forces acting on the sides of the slices

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
The rise of water table below the foundation influences the bearing capacity of soil mainly by reducing

cohesion and effective unit weight of soil
effective angle of shearing resistance
effective unit weight of soil and effective angle of shearing resistance
cohesion and effective angle of shearing resistance

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
A tri-axial shear test is preferred to direct shear test, because

Stress distribution on the failure plane, is non uniform
It can be performed under all three drainage conditions with complete control
None of these
Precise measurement of pore pressure and change in volume during test, is not possible

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