Three-dimensional flows of perfectly plastic medium are considered within the framework of the Coulomb -- Mohr continuum model. The model is to be used in applied problems related to limit states and flows of sands, rocks and any other kind of granular media. The present study is based on a notion of asymptotic directions of the stress tensor and the strain tensor increment and as well on instantaneously not elongated directors which are orthogonal to the asymptotic directions and lie in the plane normal to the intermediate principal stress axis.
