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The critical shear stress causing failure of material depends upon ____________

(a) Properties of the material and normal stress on the plane

(b) Intermediate principal stress

(c) None of the mentioned

(d) All of the mentioned

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This intriguing question comes from Mohr topic in division Shear Strength of Geotechnical Engineering I

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Right choice is (a) Properties of the material and normal stress on the plane

Easiest explanation: According to Mohr’s strength theory, the critical shear stress causing failure depends upon the properties of the materials as well as on normal stress on the failure plane.

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