Gradation and state effects on the strength and dilatancy of coarse-grained soils

Author:

Ahmed S. Sharif,Martinez Alejandro,DeJong Jason

Abstract

Well-graded soils can be found in nature and in engineered structures, such as dams and embankments. Prediction of their behavior is still an engineering challenge in part due to the lack of data in the literature, arguably due to difficulties associated in testing these soils in the laboratory and in situ. Particularly, there is still debate over the effect of the increased range of particle sizes (i.e., widening gradation) on the shear strength and dilatancy of coarse-grained soils. This paper presents the results of drained and undrained isotropically-consolidated triaxial compression tests on six soil mixes of varying gradation. These soils were sourced from a single natural deposit and selectively sieved and mixed to isolate the effects of gradation from those of particle shape and mineralogy. The results indicate that the critical state lines in void ratio – mean effective stress space move downward as the gradation becomes wider. For the same state parameter, the soils with a wider gradation exhibit greater dilatancy and generate negative excess pore pressures with greater magnitudes than the poorly-graded soils. In drained conditions, the greater dilatancy of the well-graded soils leads to greater peak friction angles, while in undrained conditions it leads to greater undrained shear strengths. The results show that these differences in behavior can only be captured when interpreting the results in terms of the state parameter and normalized state parameter, while comparing the results in terms of the void ratio or relative density obscures the effect of differences in gradation.

Publisher

EDP Sciences

Reference22 articles.

1. Ahmed S.S. 2021. “Study on particle shape, size and gradation effects on the mechanical behavior of coarse-grained soils.” Ph.D. dissertation, University of California, Davis.

2. Ahmed S. Martinez A. DeJong J. 2022. “Isotropicallyconsolidated drained and undrained triaxial compression tests on soils of varying gradation”, in In Situ Characterization of Well-graded Coarse-grained Soils: Monotonic Triaxial Tests on Soils of Varying Gradation. DesignSafe-CI. https://doi.org/10.17603/ds2-crtg-j217

3. Ahmed S., Martinez A., and DeJong J.T. 2023. “Effect of Gradation on the Strength and Stress-Dilation Behavior of Coarse-Grained Soils in Drained and Undrained Triaxial Compression.” J. Geotech. Geoenv. Eng. 149, no. 5.

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