A soil sample is subjected to an initial equal all around hydrostatic state of stress of 50 kPa Sketch the stress paths for the loading conditions when (a) h remains constant and v increases to 100 kPa (b) v is held constant while h increases to 100 kPa (c) Both h and v are increased to 100 kPa (d)...

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A soil sample is subjected to an initial equal-all-around hydrostatic state of stress of 50 kPa. Sketch

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A soil sample is subjected to an initial equal-all-around hydrostatic state of stress of 50 kPa. Sketch the stress paths for the loading conditions when
(a) σ h remains constant and σ v increases to 100 kPa;
(b) σ v is held constant while σ h increases to 100 kPa;
(c) Both σ h and σ v are increased to 100 kPa;
(d) σ v remains constant while σ h decreases to 10 kPa;
(e) σ v is increased by 25 kPa at the same time that σ h is decreased by 25 kPa.