Typical consolidated-drained behavior of saturated normally consolidated samples of Ladd&#...

Typical consolidated-drained behavior of saturated normally consolidated samples of Ladd's (1%4) simple clay are shown in Fig. P13.35. You are to conduct another axial compression CD biaxial test on the same clay with the effective consolidation stress equal to 100 kPa. For this test estimate

(a) the water content and (b) the principal stress difference at an axial strain of 5%.

FIGURE P13.35