AECC29 Lecture-20

Unit-3
Presented By
Kshetrimayum Monika Devi
Guest Faculty, Assam University,
Silchar
Figure. (a) A soil element with normal and shear stresses
acting on it; (b) free body diagram of EFB as shown in (a)
Figure. Principles of the Mohr’s circle
Figure. (a) Soil element with AB and AD as major and minor
principal planes; (b) Mohr’s circle for soil element shown in (a)
Figure. (a) Soil element with normal and shear stresses acting
on it; (b) use of pole method to find the stresses along a plane
Figure. (a) Stressed soil element; (b) Mohr’s circle for the soil element