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The Mohr-Coulomb criterion assumes that the strength of the soil is independent of ____________

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The Mohr-Coulomb criterion assumes that the strength of the soil is independent of ____________

(a) σ1

(b) σ2

(c) σ3

(d) All of the mentioned

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My question is from The Mohr topic in division Failure Envelopes & Earth Pressure of Geotechnical Engineering II

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Correct choice is (b) σ2

Easiest explanation: The Mohr-Coulomb criterion implicitly assumes that the strength is independent of the intermediate principal stress σ2.

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