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This chapter is concerned with the resistance of a soil to failure in shear. A knowledge of shear strength is required in the solution of problems concerning the stability of soil masses. If at a point on any plane within a soil mass the shear stress becomes equal to the shear strength of the soil, failure will occur at that point.
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Craig, R.F. (1983). Shear Strength. In: Soil Mechanics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3474-1_4
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