In their paper (3/14) Roscoe, Bassett and Cole review concepts pertaining to the coincidence of principal directions of stress and strain. Besides the points mentioned, it must be noted that a case of non-coincidence is to be expected if rupture planes or rupture zones develop erratically throughout the soil mass. Such planes or zones originate if the material yields in these discrete regions before the rest of the soil mass deforms excessively.
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(2006). Proceedings of the Geotechnical Conference OSLO 1968. In: Schotting, R.J., van Duijn, H.C.J., Verruijt, A. (eds) Soil Mechanics and Transport in Porous Media. Theory and Applications of Transport in Porous Media, vol 19. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-3629-3_3
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