Module 3 : Method of Analyses
Lecture 14 : Methods of Characteristics [ Section 14.1 : Introduction ]
   
 
 
Fig. 3.6 Mohr circle of stresses
 

H=c cot

  ---------(1)
 


for c=0,H=0

  ---------(2)
  equation (1) and(2) gives the stress conditions at failure for a cohesionless soil.
   
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