Undrained shear strengths of clay around an advancing cone

2010 ◽  
Vol 47 (10) ◽  
pp. 1149-1158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shi-Fon Su
Keyword(s):  
Shear Strength ◽  
Failure Modes ◽  
Strength Criterion ◽  
Undrained Shear Strength ◽  
Principal Strain ◽  
Flow Rule ◽  
Anisotropy Ratio ◽  
Strength Anisotropy ◽  
Principal Stresses ◽  
Undrained Shear

Strength anisotropy of clay is significantly associated with the orientation of principal strain. Mobilized undrained shear strength will vary with the orientation of the principal stresses because cone penetration imposes large rotations of the principal stresses in the surrounding soil. The objective of this paper is to investigate the undrained failure modes around an advancing cone. In this study, strain softening behavior is not considered. The strain field of the soil obtained using the strain path method shows that the principal strain conditions of the soil around an advancing cone can be simplified into the following zones: spherical expansion strain zone, plane strain shearing zone, cylindrical expansion shearing zone, cylindrical expansion zone, and transition zone. The mobilized undrained shear strength of clay in various strain states can be determined by employing the anisotropic strength criterion and the associated flow rule. The result shows that the ratio of the equivalent undrained strength mobilized in the vicinity of the cone tip over the undrained shear strength obtained from a Ko-consolidated undrained compression triaxial test is found to range from 0.88 to 1.07 when the strength anisotropy ratio ranges from 0.4 to 0.9.

Determination of the consistency limits of soils by the fall cone test

1986 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 241-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Wasti ◽  
M. H. Bezirci
Keyword(s):  
Shear Strength ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Water Content ◽  
Strength Criterion ◽  
Undrained Shear Strength ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Undrained Strength ◽  
Content Range ◽  
Undrained Shear

The liquid and plastic limits for a variety of natural and artificial soils covering a wide range of plasticity, as determined by the Casagrande method and the fall cone test and based on a strength criterion, were compared. To check the validity of the strength criterion, the undrained shear strength of these soils has been determined with a laboratory vane over the water content range between these limits. A limited comparison of the undrained strength values obtained from the vane test and fall cone test is also given. Key words: Atterberg limits, consistency, fall cone, laboratory vane, shear strength.

Interpretation of field vane strength of an anisotropic soil

1992 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 627-637
Author(s):  
Vinod K. Garga ◽  
Mahbubul A. Khan
Keyword(s):  
Shear Strength ◽  
Undrained Shear Strength ◽  
Triaxial Tests ◽  
Strength Anisotropy ◽  
Shear Tests ◽  
Direct Shear Tests ◽  
State Of Stress ◽  
Anisotropic Soil ◽  
Undrained Shear

Determination of the undrained shear strength (Su) of overconsolidated soils such as the weathered clay crust overlying Leda clay is important for the design of shallow foundations and embankments. In situ vane shear tests and isotropically consolidated undrained triaxial tests have been conventionally used for this purpose. Contrasting test results from these two methods, low Su obtained from triaxial tests and high Su obtained from in situ vane shear tests, motivated further research into this problem. Strength anisotropy, due to in situ anisotropic state of stress and orientation of soil fabric during deposition, is believed to be the reason for these contrasting results. Improved testing and interpretation techniques for this type of anisotropic soil have been proposed. Weathered crusts are generally heavily over-consolidated, with K0 values greater than unity. Undrained triaxial shear tests conducted to date by various researchers are either isotropically consolidated or are anisotropically consolidated assuming K0 smaller than unity. Neither of these two methods represents the in situ state of stress of a clay crust. Therefore, in this investigation, the undisturbed samples were reconsolidated anisotropically to the in situ state of stress (K0 > 1) before shearing undrained in the triaxial test. Direct shear tests on horizontal and vertical specimens consolidated to normal stresses equal to σvo′ and σho′, respectively, were also conducted to investigate the strength anisotropy. Field vane tests have been reinterpreted in terms of this strength anisotropy. The undrained shear strength on top and bottom horizontal planes (Suh) obtained from these field vane tests within the crust provided comparable results with those from laboratory triaxial and direct shear tests which were reconsolidated to in situ stresses. Key words : in situ vane test, undrained shear strength, strength anisotropy, rate effect, anisotropic in situ state, weathered clay crust, overconsolidation.

scholarly journals Consolidated Undrained Triaxial Compression Tests and Strength Criterion of Solidified Dredged Materials

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Jianwen Ding ◽  
Xusong Feng ◽  
Yupeng Cao ◽  
Sen Qian ◽  
Feng Ji
Keyword(s):  
Shear Strength ◽  
Water Pressure ◽  
Triaxial Compression ◽  
Strength Criterion ◽  
Undrained Shear Strength ◽  
Compression Tests ◽  
Dredged Materials ◽  
Strength Evolution ◽  
Triaxial Compression Tests ◽  
Undrained Shear

Consolidated undrained triaxial compression tests were performed to investigate the shear strength behavior of the solidified dredged materials (SDM). The variation law of deviator stress and excess pore water pressure with the increase of the applied confining pressure was investigated. It is found that the shear strength envelope is consisted of two lines, and there exists a transitional stress on the intersection point. The undrained shear strength develops slightly with the increase of applied normal stress in the preyield state. However, the undrained shear strength increases significantly in the postyield state, and the strength envelope is nearly a straight line with the extension through the origin. Based on the triaxial test data and the binary medium model, a strength criterion considering strength evolution mechanism is proposed and the relevant parameters of the strength criterion were discussed. Comparisons of the predicted results and experimental data demonstrate that the proposed strength criterion can properly describe the strength evolution rules of the SDM.

scholarly journals The undrained shear strength anisotropy of four Jurassic to Eocene stiff clays

Géotechnique ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 67 (8) ◽  
pp. 653-671 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. M. Brosse ◽  
R. J. Jardine ◽  
S. Nishimura
Keyword(s):  
Shear Strength ◽  
Undrained Shear Strength ◽  
Strength Anisotropy ◽  
Stiff Clays ◽  
Undrained Shear
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