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and rearranged to<br />

, (Equation F4)<br />

. (Equation F5)<br />

There are two intersections <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Mohr Circle with <strong>the</strong> Mohr-Coulomb failure envelope and thus<br />

two angles at which slip can occur:<br />

and<br />

(Equation F6)<br />

. (Equation F7)<br />

When cohesion is reduced to zero, <strong>the</strong>se angles can be expressed as:<br />

(Equation F8)<br />

. (Equation F9)<br />

For <strong>the</strong> argument,<br />

, (Equation F10)<br />

. (Equation F11)<br />

By defining <strong>the</strong> maximum normal and shear stress,<br />

(Equation F12)<br />

, (Equation F13)<br />

<strong>the</strong> ratio <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se quantities can be defined in terms <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> maximum and minimum principal<br />

stress,<br />

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