Shear failure of soils takes place when

- 1
  
  the angle of obliquity is maximum
- 2
  
  maximum cohesion is reached in cohesive soils
- 3
  
  $ϕ$ reaches its maximum value in cohesionless solis
- 4
  
  residual strength of the soil is exhausted

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