CE381 - Tutorial 5

Question 1
The effective stress failure envelop of a sand can be given as = tan 410 . A drained
triaxial test was conducted on the same sand. The specimen failed when the deviator stress
was 394.52 kN/m2. What was the chamber confining pressure during the test?
Question 2
For a normally consolidated clay, we are given = 250 . In a drained triaxial test, the
specimen failed at a deviator stress of 151.68 kN/m2. What was the chamber confining
pressure, 3 ?
Question 3

The shear strength of a normally consolidated clay can be given by the equation
= tan 280 . A consolidated-undrained triaxial test was conducted on the clay. Following
are the results of the test:

Chamber confining pressure = 105 kN/m2

Deviator stress at failure = 97 kN/m2
Determine the pore water pressure at failure.
Question 4

For a clay soil, we are given = 280 and = 180 . A consolidated-undrained triaxial test
was conducted on this clay soil with a chamber confining pressure of 103.42 kN/m2.
Determine the deviator stress and pore water pressure at the failure.