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Thermohydromechanical behaviour of soils and soil structure interfaces 269

x. The shear strength of interfaces between concrete and fine-grained soils
varies with temperature:
i. True
ii. False
y. The cyclic mechanical degradation of the interface shear stress induced
by the thermoelastic expansion and contraction of the structural material
at the interface with the soil should be considered in the analysis and
design of energy geostructures, in all cases and irrespective of the magni-
tude of the applied loads:
i. True
ii. False