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Question 54

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An infinite slope is made up of cohesionless soil with seepage parallel to and up to the sloping surface. The angle of slope is 30° with respect to horizontal ground surface. The unit weights of the saturated soil and water are 20 kN/m

and 10 kN/m

, respectively.
The minimum angle of shearing resistance of the soil (in degrees) for the critically stable condition of the slope is ____________ (rounded off to the nearest integer).

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