NOMENCLATURE 



A_ Pore pressure parameter at failure 



c Cohesion intercept expressed in terms of effective 

 stress 



c Coefficient of consolidation 

 v 



C Coefficient of secondary compression 



e Sample void ratio 



K Coefficient of lateral earth pressure at rest 

 o 



S Undrained shear strength 

 u 



u Pore water pressure 



a Normal stress 



a Effective normal stress 



a Major principal effective normal stress 



a~ Minor principal effective normal stress 



ff 



ff 



Normal stress on failure plane 



Vertical effective stress 



Vertical effective stress in-situ 



Shear stress on failure plane 



Friction angle expressed in terms of effective stresses 



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