Questão número 637172

           Rankine notes that adhesion is useful in helping ground stand up in temporary work but plays no part in his design, which is consistent with Coulomb s law. Adhesive or cemented strength may arise as small creep strains occur and as bonds develop in undisturbed sedimentary soils, but any such bonds are, in Rankine s view, destroyed by weathering, and in Coulomb s view destroyed by remoulding. These two founders of soil mechanics are in agreement.

Adaptado de: Andrew N.Schofield Disponível em: http://www2.eng.cam.ac.uk/~ans/habibx.html Acessado em: 13/04/2007.

According to the passage, Rankine and Coulomb

• A.

  do not agree on soil mechanics.

• B.

  did not develop consistent methods.

• C.

  are in accord.

• D.

  dispute the authorship of Coulomb s law.