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The plastic state of stress was proposed by ___________

(a) Mohr

(b) Rankine

(c) Coulomb

(d) Darcy

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Query is from Plastic Equilibrium in Soils : Active and Passive States in section Failure Envelopes & Earth Pressure of Geotechnical Engineering II

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Correct answer is (b) Rankine

Explanation: The plastic state of stress when the failure is imminent was investigated by Rankine in 1860.

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