Undisturbed samples from a normally consolidated clay layer were collected during a subsoil exploration .Drained triaxial tests showed that the effective friction angle was ? ′ = 25°. The unconfined compressive strength, ??, of a similar specimen was found to be 133 KN/m2 . Find the pore pressure at failure for the unconfined compression test.

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