angle of internal friction of 35°. If the minor principal stress is 15 lb/in2, at what values of deviator stress and major principal stress is the sample likely to fail?  KINDLY GET THE

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A sample of dry, cohesionless soil has an angle of internal friction of 35°. If the minor principal stress is
15 lb/in2, at what values of deviator stress and major principal stress is the sample likely to fail? 

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