Civil Engineering Mcqs

The angle of internal friction of soil mass is the angle whose_______________?
  • (A)  Tangent is equal to the rate of the maximum resistance to sliding on any internal inclined plane to the normal pressure acting on the plane
  • (B)  Sine is equal to the ratio of the maximum resistance to sliding on any internal inclined plane to the normal pressure acting on the plane
  • (C)  Cosine is equal to the ratio of the maximum resistance sliding on any internal inclined plane to the normal pressure acting on the plane
  • (D)  None of these