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The document discusses the shear strength of soil, illustrating how states of stress can be represented on a plot of shear stress against effective normal stress, using Mohr circles and failure envelopes. It explains tangent and secant parameters for representing shear strength, emphasizing their validity over limited stress ranges and their application in the Mohr-Coulomb failure criteria. The document highlights the importance of understanding these parameters in geotechnical engineering.

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The document discusses the shear strength of soil, illustrating how states of stress can be represented on a plot of shear stress against effective normal stress, using Mohr circles and failure envelopes. It explains tangent and secant parameters for representing shear strength, emphasizing their validity over limited stress ranges and their application in the Mohr-Coulomb failure criteria. The document highlights the importance of understanding these parameters in geotechnical engineering.

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Sub : Geotechnical Engineering-1

Code: CEPC-19

Dr. Jeevan
Joseph
Civil Dept
NIT Trichy
Recap
Shear Strength of soil
States of stress in two dimensions can be represented on a plot of shear stress (τ) against
effective normal stress (σ’).

A stress state can be represented either by a point with coordinates (τ) and (σ’), or by a Mohr

circle defined by the effective principal stresses σ1 and σ3.


Stress points and Mohr circles representing stress states at failure are
shown in Figures (a) and (b).

The line through the stress points or the line touching the Mohr circles may
be straight or slightly curved and is referred to as the failure envelope.

A state of stress represented by a stress point that plots above the failure
envelope, or by a Mohr circle part of which lies above the envelope, is
impossible
Tangent Parameter
The envelope is represented by the straight line defined by

These are referred to as tangent parameters and are only valid over a limited
stress range.
This has been the traditional approach to representing shear strength.
If the straight line passes through the origin, as in Figure (b), then, of course, c0
is zero.
 If the failure envelope is slightly curved the parameters are obtained from a
straight line approximation to the curve over the stress range of interest, e.g.
between A and B in Figure (a).
 It should be appreciated that the use of tangent parameters does not infer that
the shear strength is c0 at zero effective normal stress
Secant Parameter
 A straight line is drawn between a particular stress point and the origin, as in
Figure (a), or a line is drawn through the origin and tangential to a particular
Mohr circle.
The parameter c0 is zero and the slope of the line gives ø’, the shear strength
equation being

The angle ø’, determined in this way, is referred to as a secant parameter and
is valid only for one particular stress state.
Generally, the value of secant ø’ used in practice would be that corresponding
to the highest expected value of effective normal stress (i.e. the lowest value of
the parameter for the stress range of interest).
Mohr-Coulomb Failure Criteria

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