In the triaxial compression test, the application of additional axial stress (i.e. deviator stress) on the soil specimen produces shear stress on__________________?

A. horizontal plane only

B. vertical plane only

C. both horizontal and vertical planes

D. all planes except horizontal and vertical planes

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