What is a failure envelope and how is it established for a rock?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: A failure envelope is the surface in Mohr space that describes the critical stress for a range of shear stress and normal stress. It tangents the Mohr circles found for experiments carried out at various confining pressure, and ideally the tangent points are the points of failure during the experiments.

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