{"id":153626,"date":"2023-07-31T11:46:06","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T06:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=153626"},"modified":"2023-07-31T11:46:08","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T06:16:08","slug":"a-granular-soil-has-a-saturated-unit-weight-of-20-kn-m3-and-an-effective-angle-of-shearing-resistance-of-30-the-unit-weight-of-water-is-9-81-kn-m3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/a-granular-soil-has-a-saturated-unit-weight-of-20-kn-m3-and-an-effective-angle-of-shearing-resistance-of-30-the-unit-weight-of-water-is-9-81-kn-m3\/","title":{"rendered":"A granular soil has a saturated unit weight of 20 kN\/m3 and an effective angle of shearing resistance of 30\u00b0. The unit weight of water is 9.81 kN\/m3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Q. A granular soil has a saturated unit weight of 20 <em>kN\/m<sup>3<\/sup> <\/em>and an effective angle of shearing resistance of 30\u00b0. The unit weight of water is 9.81 <em>kN\/m<sup>3<\/sup><\/em>. A slope is to be made on this soil deposit in which the seepage occurs parallel to the slope up to the free surface. Under this seepage condition for a factor of safety of 1.5, the safe slope angle (in <em>degree<\/em>, <em>round off to 1 decimal place<\/em>) would be <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Solution:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FOS = 1.5 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If there is seepage parallel to the slope<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"302\" height=\"252\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Screenshot-437.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-153627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Screenshot-437.png 302w, https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Screenshot-437-300x250.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q. A granular soil has a saturated unit weight of 20 kN\/m3 and an effective angle of shearing resistance of 30\u00b0. The unit weight of water is 9.81 kN\/m3. A slope is to be made on this soil deposit in which the seepage occurs parallel to the slope up to the free surface. 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