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Is it feasible for a soil sample to have an undrained shear strength of 10 kPa for moisture content 37% and liquid limit 35%..?

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Question added by Shahzada Imran , Civil Engineer , Public Health Engineering (J&K Govt)
Date Posted: 2014/07/08
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Sagar SR
by Sagar SR , Assistant Professor , SJB Institute of Technology

No way.. It's not possible. With moisture content exceeding Liquid limit, the soil will have a shear strength less than1.76kPa.. the soil will not have any strength beyond its liquid limit not even to sustain its flow.

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