Author:
Huang Bin,Cai Shiqian,Li Jingjing,Wu Kunming,Yang Wenhui
Abstract
The undrained shear strength of clay is an important parameter for the design of embankments, shallow foundations, and pile foundations. Among the various methods of testing undrained strength, the simple shear is essential when the shearing mode of the soil surrounding the pile is similar to that in a simple shear test. This study employs a series of undrained strength tests with a Berkeley simple shear apparatus. Three reconstituted natural clays and one artificial clay were tested with a range of coefficients of consolidation. The influence factors, including sample pre-consolidation pressure, saturation back pressure, shearing rate, height of specimen, consolidation stress, and lateral stress ratio, were investigated in undrained simple shear tests. The failure mode in simple shear and corresponding strength parameters are also examined. Based on the test data set, models for describing the undrained strength with simple shear for high plasticity clays are developed and compared to test data for normally consolidated reconstituted clay. Good agreement between models and intact Onsoy clay is also observed when allowance is made for the coefficient of consolidation and strength parameters of undisturbed clay and in situ stress state.
Subject
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
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