Compute the effective normal stress and the shear stress

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A level site consists of 3 m of clay of unit weight 19 kN/m3 and coefficient of earth pressure of 0.7.

The water table is at a depth of 1 m. Compute the effective normal stress and the shear stress acting on a plane rotated 60 degrees clockwise from the horizontal at a depth of 2.5 m in this deposit.

It may be assumed that the clay has the same density both above and below the water table.

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