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Capillary zone
GWT
Confining pressure results from the columns of water hanging on the
different menisci at the surface of the beach.
RD is more or less same only change is the presence of capillary
moisture or its absence.
When sea water breaks capillary menisci gets washed off and
temporarily induced shear strength is lost.
Prof. B V S Viswanadham, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Bombay
Physical examples of capillarity phenomena
-11 m
Prof. B V S Viswanadham, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Bombay
Example 2