Q.2) In a drained triaxial test carried out on a specimen of clean dry sand failure occurred when the total vertical stress was 423 kPa and lateral stress was 138 kPa. Find: The value of o' of the sand, The normal and shear stress acting on the plane where failure is about to occur, a)

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Q.2) In a drained triaxial test carried out on a specimen of clean dry sand failure occurred when the total vertical
stress was 423 kPa and lateral stress was 138 kPa.
Find:
The value of o' of the sand,
The normal and shear stress acting on the plane where failure is about to occur,
a)
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