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Shear strength is responsible for soil ability to withstand applied loads and considered the most important engineering properties of soil. Shear strength can be measured directly in the field or in the laboratory, however many empirical correlations were developed to predict shear strength from simple basic and index properties of soil. The main reasons for using these correlations that direct measurements...