Given an element with stresses as indicated in the figure, find: (a) The major and minor principal

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Given an element with stresses as indicated in the figure, find:
(a) The major and minor principal stresses and the planes on which they act.
(b) The stresses on a plane inclined at 30° from the horizontal.
(c) The max, shear stress and the inclination of the plane on which it acts.?
100 kPa 35 20 kPa 20 Horizontal 35 kPa | 100 kPa
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An Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering

ISBN: 978-0132496346

2nd edition

Authors: Robert D. Holtz, William D. Kovacs, Thomas C. Sheahan

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