A drained triaxial test on a normally consolidated clay showed that the failure plane makes an angle of 58° with the horizontal. If the sample was tested with a chamber confining pressure of 103.5 kN/m², what was the major principal stress at failure?

A drained triaxial test on a normally consolidated clay showed that the failure plane makes an angle of 58° with the horizontal. If the sample was tested with a chamber confining pressure of 103.5 kN/m², what was the major principal stress at failure?

Principles of Geotechnical Engineering (MindTap Course List)

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Chapter12: Shear Strength Of Soil

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 12.13P

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