consolidated drained tri-axial test was conducted on normally consolidated clay. The results were: the confining pressure is 300 kPa and the deviators stress is 300 kPa. Compute the angle that the failure plane makes with the major principal axis in degrees. show free body diagram. a.54.74 b.16.3

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A consolidated drained tri-axial test was conducted on normally consolidated clay. The results were: the confining pressure is 300 kPa and the deviators stress is 300 kPa. Compute the angle that the failure plane makes with the major principal axis in degrees. show free body diagram.

a.54.74
b.16.3
c.24.72
d.19.47
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