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A plate bearing test measures

  • A.the shear strength of a laboratory specimen
  • B.the in situ stress within the surrounding rock mass
  • C.settlement under a known applied load in place
  • D.the permeability of the ground below the plate

Answer: C

Loading a rigid plate in stages and recording the settlement gives a direct measure of the ground's stiffness. Its weakness is that it stresses only a shallow zone, which may not represent the depth a real foundation influences.

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