Evaluation of test methods designedtoobtain the undrained shear strength of muds

1988 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 173-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis E. Vallejo
Keyword(s):  
Shear Strength ◽  
Undrained Shear Strength ◽  
Test Methods ◽  
Undrained Shear

scholarly journals Use of Fall Cone Test for the determination of undrained shear strength of cohesive soils

2018 ◽  
Vol 251 ◽  
pp. 04067
Author(s):  
Diogo Canelas ◽  
Isabel Fernandes ◽  
Maria da Graça Lopes
Keyword(s):  
Shear Strength ◽  
Direct Shear Test ◽  
Shear Test ◽  
Undrained Shear Strength ◽  
Test Methods ◽  
Liquid Limit ◽  
Test Method ◽  
Cohesive Soils ◽  
Undrained Shear

CT156, Geotechnics and civil engineering, has been developing efforts to create standards with the generic designation EN ISO 17892, Geotechnical investigation and testing - Laboratory testing of soil. The recent publication of EN ISO 17892-part 6, Fall Cone Test which describes in detail the use of this test method to estimate the undrained shear strength of cohesive soils leads to the necessity for the laboratories to get familiar with this test method and to acquire the required sensibility to analyse the results obtained. Originally designed to determine the liquid limit of fine soils, for which purpose it is considered as an accurate substitute of the Casagrande method, the method may constitute an alternative to the direct shear test, which takes certainly longer time to be carried out and is more complex. The present work aims to compare the values for liquid limit obtained with the Casagrande's method and the cone method and as well as the use of this test to estimate undrained shear strength, correlating with results from other laboratory tests such as the Direct Shear Test and the Laboratory Vane Test on remoulded samples. The results obtained show that there is a good correlation between the applied test methods for determination of the liquid limit and that, for some water contents, the results obtained by the three test methods are comparable.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Undrained Shear Strength of Miocene Clay from the Weight Sounding Test (WST)

2017 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 367-384
Author(s):  
Sebastian Olesiak
Keyword(s):  
Shear Strength ◽  
Field Testing ◽  
Field Investigation ◽  
Undrained Shear Strength ◽  
Cohesive Soils ◽  
Strength Parameters ◽  
Additional Measurement ◽  
Carpathian Foredeep ◽  
Innovative Solution ◽  
Undrained Shear

Abstract Soil strength parameters needed for the calculation of bearing capacity and stability are increasingly determined from field testing. This paper presents a method to determine the undrained shear strength cuWST of the soil, based on the Weight Sounding Test (WST). The innovative solution which allows for a significant reduction of equipment needed for geotechnical field investigation is presented. The proposed method is based on an additional measurement of the torque during testing. It then becomes possible to estimate the undrained shear strength, cuWST of the soil, using the correlation given in this paper. The research results presented in this paper were carried out on selected cohesive soils, Miocene clays from the Carpathian Foredeep.

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