The Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion is popularly adopted in soil mechanics analysis. Give an illustrated (with a suitable sketch) description of this failure criterion, which the inclination of the plane of failure (0) to the horizontal caused by shear in a soil sample tested in a standard triaxial test is given by; e = (45 + where Ø' is the angle of effective friction.

The Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion is popularly adopted in soil mechanics analysis. Give an illustrated (with a suitable sketch) description of this failure criterion, which the inclination of the plane of failure (0) to the horizontal caused by shear in a soil sample tested in a standard triaxial test is given by; e = (45 + where Ø' is the angle of effective friction.

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