A consolidated-drained tri-axial test was conducted on a normally consolidated clay. The results are as follows: 03 = 150 kN/m? (Aoa)f = 130 kN/m² Determine a. Angle of friction, o' b. Angle 0 that the failure plane makes with the major principal plane c. Find the normal stress o' and the shear stress tfon the failure plane

A consolidated-drained tri-axial test was conducted on a normally consolidated clay. The results are as follows: 03 = 150 kN/m? (Aoa)f = 130 kN/m² Determine a. Angle of friction, o' b. Angle 0 that the failure plane makes with the major principal plane c. Find the normal stress o' and the shear stress tfon the failure plane

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Chapter2: Loads On Structures

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