Determine what was the major principal stress at failure

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A consolidated-drained triaxial test on a normally consolidated clay yielded a friction angle of 28°. If the all-round confining pressure during the test was 140 kN/m2, what was the major principal stress at failure. Present your solution using Mohr's circle and Mohr's Coulomb envelope.

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