scholarly journals Excavation Analysis using Stress Path Dependent Soil Parameters

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hasbullah Nawir ◽  
Bagus Eko Prasetyo ◽  
Dayu Apoji
Author(s):  
J. H. Atkinson ◽  
J. S. Evans ◽  
D. Richardson

AbstractSoil behaviour is stress history dependent and stress path dependent and soil parameters, particularly those for stress-strain behaviour, measured in conventional triaxial tests may not represent the behaviour of soil in many civil engineering works.To obtain more realistic parameters it may be necessary to conduct laboratory tests which more closely represent in situ conditions before and during construction.The paper describes equipment developed at The City University to carry out stress path tests simply and economically. A series of CU triaxial tests and stress path tests on reconstituted soil illustrate the dependence of measured soil parameters on stress history and stress path.


2009 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 537-548 ◽  
Author(s):  
Márcio M. Farias ◽  
Dorival M. Pedroso ◽  
Teruo Nakai
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1990 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 531-545 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. T. Bergado ◽  
K. C. Chong ◽  
P. A. M. Daria ◽  
M. C. Alfaro

This study centred on the performance of the screw plate test (SPLT) to determine the deformability and consolidation characteristics of soft Bangkok clay. For comparison, a series of stress-path-controlled triaxial consolidation tests (tri) were carried out on good quality samples of Bangkok clay taken from the same testing sites and imposed with the same loading conditions as the screw plate tests. Undrained and drained moduli and coefficients of consolidation were obtained from the stress-path-controlled triaxial consolidation tests and were compared with the corresponding values of the screw plate test. In addition, the ultimate bearing capacity was derived from the pressure–deformation relationships of the screw plate test results. A graphical method was used to compute the coefficient of consolidation from the screw plate tests and from stress-path-controlled triaxial consolidation test results. The compressibility data were also obtained from conventional oedometer tests (oed). Both cv (SPLT)/cv (tri) and cv (SPLT)/cv(oed) ratios compared favorably with the cv (field)/cv (laboratory) ratio obtained from past investigations. The data from pressure–settlement–time relationships of the screw plate tests were used to successfully predict values that compared favorably with the measured values at each stress level. The pressure–deformation–time relationship from stress-path-controlled triaxial consolidation tests were also evaluated, and they indicated behaviour similar to that of the screw plate test results. Soil parameters obtained from screw plate tests were subsequently used to predict the settlement of two test embankments, giving fairly close agreement with the observed values. Key words: soft clay, settlement, deformation, consolidation, screw plate test, triaxial test, embankment, prediction, stress path.


2010 ◽  
Vol 47 (6) ◽  
pp. 648-661 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. M. Junaideen ◽  
L. G. Tham ◽  
K. T. Law ◽  
F. C. Dai ◽  
C. F. Lee

The significance of studying soil behaviour in a constant shear stress path to understand rain-induced slope failures and debris flows has long been recognized. Studies with constant shear tests have, however, been limited, and some past results from undisturbed soils appear to show stress path–dependent volume change behaviour. The present study systematically investigates the behaviour of recompacted residual soils in a constant shear stress path using a comprehensive experimental program. It is shown that the results of this test program and previously published data can be interpreted using the concepts of critical-state soil mechanics.


2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 167-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming Xu ◽  
Erxiang Song ◽  
Jinfeng Chen

2020 ◽  
Vol 203 ◽  
pp. 109824 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.H. Lai ◽  
Y.W. Liang ◽  
Q. Wang ◽  
F.M. Ren ◽  
M.T. Chen ◽  
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