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Theory of failure, was first proposed by ____________

(a) Coulomb

(b) Mohr

(c) Casagrande

(d) Darcy

The question was asked by my school teacher while I was bunking the class.

My question comes from Mohr topic in section Shear Strength of Geotechnical Engineering I

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Right option is (a) Coulomb

Explanation: The theory of failures was first expressed by coulomb in 1776 and later generalized by Mohr.

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