Answer:
d) Forces are applied equally in all directions
Explanation:
Confining pressures are pressures imposed on a layer of soil by the weights of the layers on top of it. Confining pressures occur as a result of equal transmission of forces between the layers of a material (usually rock and soil).
It can also be described as an equal, all-sided pressure produced by overlying rocks in the crust of the earth. As the confining pressure increases, the critical elastic energy of the layers of the material transforms from linear to exponential.
