scholarly journals Modifying Soil Shear Strength Parameters Using Additives in Laboratory Condition

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (Special-Issue1) ◽  
pp. 120-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marjan Sadrjamali ◽  
Seyed Athar ◽  
Alireza Negahdar
Keyword(s):  
Shear Strength ◽  
Stability Analysis ◽  
Slope Stability ◽  
Slope Stability Analysis ◽  
Nano Particles ◽  
Direct Shear ◽  
Shear Strength Parameters ◽  
Nano Silica ◽  
Strength Parameters ◽  
Soil Shear Strength

Mechanical and chemical processes and/or reinforcing materials are used in order to increase soil shear strength. Necessity for reinforcing and strengthening of soil in geotechnical and civil engineering projects requires use of new materials and reinforces. In recent years, although researchers have used new chemical compounds, however, nano-particles have not found their suitable situation. In this study, we have tried to increase soil shear strength parameters using different additives. Clay minerals are considered as problematic soils due to their engineering features. So, it is essential to reclaim them. In this research, clay with low plasticity property has been studied. Soil shear strength is an important factor for any analysis associated with stability including slope stability analysis. Slope stability analysis is used in earth dams and trenches. In this study, we have tried to increase soil shear strength parameters, i.e. cohesion coefficient (C) and internal friction angle (φ) using different additives. Direct shear test has been used for obtaining shear strength parameters as well as Mohr-Coulomb theory has been utilized for calculating of them. Although direct shear machine has its defects and its accuracy is low in comparison with tri-axial machine, however in this study it has been selected due to its simplicity and cheapness. Since this investigation aims to compare various additives and all tests have been done at same condition by direct shear machine, its deficiencies have been neglected. Additives used in present research include: Nano-silica in various percentage, Micro-silica, cement, lime (Cao) and these materials’ combination with together. The reason to choose Nano-silica is that it is a very active super-pozzolanic additive. This additive increases strength of sample significantly through chemical actions. Using silica in soil stabilization depends on type and size of silica particles so that the more finely the more continuous gradation, so property of being finer leads to decrease pores among particles and results to increase strength while light gradation has been achieved. Silica is one of the most popular materials which play a significant role in cohesion and filling. Results of experiments have shown significant effect of these additives in increase of soil shear strength parameters. The lime leads to modify behavioral features of fine-grained soils containing clay (properties such as swelling, shear strength, water absorption ability and plasticity properties) but it should not be in vicinity of sulphate ions.Since, in this condition, presence of lime not only doesn’t play an effective role but also it results to decrease in strength as well as increase in swelling. With regard to this reason, Calcium sulfate (gypsum) was added to soils containing lime in order to study swelling of soils stabilized with lime and nano-silica. Nano-silica increases Soil shear strength parameters while it is efficient in increasing of soil swelling, too.

scholarly journals Estimating the Velocity of Landslide Movement Using Visco-Plastic Model in Jeruk Sub-village, Kulon Progo District, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Myat Thu Naing ◽  
Teuku Faisal Fathani ◽  
Wahyu Wilopo
Keyword(s):  
Shear Strength ◽  
Stability Analysis ◽  
Slope Stability ◽  
Groundwater Level ◽  
Slope Stability Analysis ◽  
Shear Strength Parameters ◽  
Strength Parameters ◽  
Plastic Model ◽  
Movement Mechanism ◽  
Landslide Movement

A ground movement occurred in March and November 2017 on the hills and paddy fields in Jeruk Sub-village, Kulon Progo District, Yogyakarta Special Province. The landslide movement destroyed two houses in the village and the land is still moving especially in the rainy season. The mitigation of landslide hazard requires understanding of landslide triggering factors and its movement mechanism. This paper applies the slope stability analysis and visco-plastic model to predict the movement mechanism and velocity of a translational landslide. The sliding mass is modeled as a low plasticity silt (homogenous soil). The Limit Equilibrium Method is used to estimate the safety factor, whereas the shear strength parameters on the slip surface were determined by using the back analysis approach. The results of the slope stability analysis showed that the shear strength parameters and the fluctuation of groundwater level strongly influence the stability of the landslide. From visco-plastic model simulation, this slope has slow movement velocity with the range of 11.31 to 175.88 mm/day. It is clarified that the velocity of landslide movement is influenced by soil strength parameters, coefficient of dynamic viscosity, and groundwater level fluctuation.

scholarly journals Mechanical Behaviour of Reinforced Sand with Natural Curauá Fibers through Full Scale Direct Shear Tests

2019 ◽  
Vol 92 ◽  
pp. 12003
Author(s):  
Leila Maria Coelho de Carvalho ◽  
Michelé Dal Toé Casagrande
Keyword(s):  
Shear Strength ◽  
Sandy Soil ◽  
Soil Reinforcement ◽  
Direct Shear ◽  
Shear Strength Parameters ◽  
Shear Tests ◽  
Strength Parameters ◽  
Direct Shear Tests ◽  
Soil Shear Strength ◽  
Curaua Fibers

Inclusion of natural fibers (sisal, curauá, coco fiber and others) for soil improvement has been the study object in diverse geotechnical areas and it is a topic of growing interest, within the research area of new geotechnical materials. The state of the art in this subject highlights excellent results as soil strength parameters improve and post-cracking strength (toughness) increase. Soil reinforcement technique with fibers is established in the technology of composite materials, this being a combination of two or more materials presenting properties that the component materials do not possess on their own. The aim of this paper is to study the mechanical behaviour of sand-fiber composite by inserting natural curauá fibers into a sandy matrix, with different fiber contents. The fibers were randomly distributed in the soil mass. The experimental program included physical and mechanical characterization of the composites, using full-scale direct shear tests, with samples measuring 30 x 30 cm and 15 cm high. Direct shear tests were carried out using fibers with 25 mm length and 0.5 and 0.75% fiber content (relative to the soil dry weight). The specimens also presented a relative density of 50% and moisture content of 10%. It was sought to establish a pattern behaviour so that the addition of curauá fiber influence can be explained, thus, comparing with the sandy soil shear strength parameters. Inclusion of natural curauá fibers as soil reinforcement presented satisfactory results, as an increase in the soil shear strength parameters was observed when compared with sandy soil results.

scholarly journals The Effects of Seismic Coefficient Uncertainty on Pseudo-Static Slope Stability: A Probabilistic Sensitivity Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 8647
Author(s):  
Dongli Li ◽  
Miaojun Sun ◽  
Echuan Yan ◽  
Tao Yang
Keyword(s):  
Sensitivity Analysis ◽  
Shear Strength ◽  
Slope Stability ◽  
Static Analysis ◽  
Probabilistic Sensitivity Analysis ◽  
Shear Strength Parameters ◽  
Strength Parameters ◽  
Seismic Coefficient ◽  
Soil Shear Strength ◽  
Critical Slope

The method of pseudo-static analysis has been widely used to perform seismic slope stability, in which a seismic coefficient is used to represent the earthquake shaking effect. However, it is important but difficult to select the magnitude of seismic coefficients, which are inevitably subjected to different levels of uncertainties. This paper aimed to study the influences of seismic coefficient uncertainties on pseudo-static slope stability from the perspective of probabilistic sensitivity analysis. The deterministic critical slope height was estimated by the method of upper-bound limit analysis with the method of pseudo-static analysis. The soil shear strength parameters, the slope geometrical parameters (including slope inclinations, slope heights, and the slope widths), the horizontal seismic acceleration coefficient, and the unit weight of soil masses were considered as random variables. The influences of their uncertainty degrees, the correlation relations, and the distribution types of random variables on probabilistic density functions, failure probabilities, and sensitivity analysis were discussed. It was shown that the uncertainty degrees greatly impact the probability density distributions of critical slope heights, the computed failure probabilities, and Sobol’ index, and the horizontal seismic coefficient was the second most important variable compared to the soil shear strength parameters.

scholarly journals Experimental Study on Variation Law and Mechanism of Soil Shear Strength Parameters along the Slope

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Yanhai Wang ◽  
Jianlin Li ◽  
Qiao Jiang ◽  
Yisheng Huang ◽  
Xinzhe Li
Keyword(s):  
Shear Strength ◽  
Direct Shear Test ◽  
Shear Test ◽  
Three Gorges Reservoir Area ◽  
Silty Clay ◽  
Direct Shear ◽  
Shear Strength Parameters ◽  
Strength Parameters ◽  
Undisturbed Soil ◽  
Soil Shear Strength

Under the action of rainwater seepage, geological origin, and human activities, the soil shear strength parameters will have spatial variability along the slope direction. After collecting samples of silty clay at a slope in the Three Gorges Reservoir area as the research object, not only the large-scale direct shear test was carried out on the site but also the direct shear test, water content test, density test, and particle grading analysis test were carried out in the laboratory with the undisturbed soil. The variation law and mechanism of soil shear strength parameters along slope were studied. The results indicate the following: (1) The coefficient of variation of shear strength parameters along the slope is relatively large. With the decrease of the elevation of the test location, the cohesion value tends to be strengthened, while the friction angle tends to degrade. (2) The mechanism of the variation law of soil shear strength parameters along the slope, which is mainly due to the decrease of the elevation, the decrease of the edges and angles between the particles, and the increase of the clay content is determined. (3) The variation model of shear strength parameters along the slope is proposed, which can provide a reference for relevant projects.

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