DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ROURKELA-769008

M.Tech 1st Semester Sub: Advanced Soil Mechanics
ASSIGNMENT NO. 7

1. Explain the Mohr Coulomb failure theory. Draw the yield surface as per this failure theory
and give the mathematical expression for the failure surface.

2. Draw the yield line on an octahedral plane, as per various failure theories.

3. Give a comparison between the total strain energy theory and octahedral shear stress
theory as applicable to engineering materials.

4. Give a comparison between Mohr-Coulomb failure theory, extended Tresca and extended
Von Misses failure theories. Give mathematical expressions for the yield surfaces as per
these theories.

5. Draw the yield line on an octahedral plane, as per various failure theories. Give
mathematical expressions for the yield surfaces as per Mohr-Coulomb, extended Tresca
and extended Von Misses failure theories.

6. What do you mean by an octahedral plane? Give the mathematical expression for this
plane. Draw the yield line on an octahedral plane as per various failure theories. Give
mathematical expressions for the yield surfaces as per Mohr-Coulomb, extended Tresca
and extended Von Misses failure theories