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An undisturbed sample of clay has a preconsolidation load of 500 kPa. In which of the foll...

An undisturbed sample of clay has a preconsolidation load of 500 kPa. In which of the following triaxial tests would you expect the compressive strength to be larger? Why?

(a) A CD test performed at a chamber pressure of 10 kPa.


(b) A CIJ test performed at a chamber pressure of 10 kPa.

(After A. Casagrande.)

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