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Oedometer test
elogp curve(Voidratioversuspressurecurve):Incremental
Loading&Unloading

0.60
Loading:
0.1,0.2,0.5,1.0,2.0,
4.0,8.0Kg/cm2
0.55 Unloading:
oidRatio,e

8.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,0.5,
0.50
0.2,0.1Kg/cm2
Vo

0.45
Compressionindex
(Cc)=0.1

0.40
Recompression
index
0.1 1 10
LogEffectiveStressinkg/cm2 (Cr)=0.01

Compressibilityparameters(Cc &Cr):

CompressibilityparametersCc &Cr areusedinsettlement

calculations Cc istheslopeofloadingcurveandC
calculations.C is the slope of loading curve and Cr orC
or Cs isthe
is the
slopeofunloadingcurve.

Cc H c av

SettlementforNCsoil Sc log o
1 eo o

Cs H c C H av

SettlementforOCsoil Sc log c c c log o
1 eo o 1 eo c

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Oedometer test:Timesettlementcurve

cv t
100kPaverticalstress T
9 82
9.82
Ht 2
9.8
Tayor method:
9.78
t90(U=90%)
DialGauggeReading (mm)

9.76
TaylorMethod
9.74
9.72
9.7
9.68
9.66
9.64
9.62
9.6
0 10 20 30 40
SquareRootofTime

UnconfinedCompression(UC)test

RecommendedforCohesivesoils
300
qu 267 kPa
250 c 133 kPa

200
Axial Stress (kPa)

qu =Unconfined
150 Test1 compressivestrength
Test2
Test3

100
cu =cohesion

50 Deformationrate
=1.25mm/min
0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18
Axial Strain (%)
Samplesize=38mm
dia &76mmht

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DirectShearTest

Measured Quantities: Interpretations :

1. Vertical Load 1. Shear Strength under Wet Conditions
2. Vertical Displacement
3. Lateral/Shearing Load
4. Lateral/Shearing Displacement

DirectSheartest
Test1:at0.5Kg/cm2
RecommendedforCohesionlesssoils Test2:at1.0Kg/cm2
Test3:at1.5Kg/cm2

Test1 Test2 Test3

120

100
Shearrstress(kPa)

80

60

40

20

0
0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5

HorizontalDisplacement(mm)

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DirectSheartest

1.2
34 deg
Shearstress(kg/cm 2)

0.8 c 0 kPa

0.4
Deformationrate
=0.25mm/min
0.0
0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 Samplesize=
N l (k / 2)
Normalstress(kg/cm
60mmx60mmx25mm

Shearstressat Shearstress
Test Normalstress failure atfailure
(kg/cm2) (kPa) (kg/cm2)
Directsheartest1 0.5 39.6 0.396
Directsheartest2 1.0 64.8 0.648
Directsheartest3 1.5 100.7 1.007

Shearfailure

At failure, shear stress along the failure surface () reaches the

shear strength (f ).

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MohrCoulombFailureCriterion

Shear strength consists of two components: cohesive and

frictional
frictional.

f f c f tan
ftan
frictional
component
c c

MC Failure Envelope:
Conventional & Modified

q failure

tan-1 (sin )

stress
c ccos
path
p

During loading
(shearing).

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UUTriaxialtest
Test1:at100kPa
Deformationrate=0.4mm/min Test2:at200kPa
Samplesize=38mmdia &76mmht Test 3: at 300 kPa
Test3:at300kPa

1400

1200
Axialstraa(kPa)

1000

800
Test1
600 Test2

400 Test3

200

0
0 5 10 15 20 25
Axialstrain(%)

UUTriaxialtest
38 deg
c 57 kPa
600

500

400
ccos = a
q(kPa)

300
sin = tan
q=(1 3 )/2
200
p=(1 +3 )/2
100

0
0 200 400 600 800 1000
p(kPa)

3 d q p
aisinterceptofqpcurve
(kPa) (kPa) (kPa) (kPa) isslopeangleofqpcurve
Test1 100 531.1 265.55 365.55
Test2 200 957.8 478.9 678.9
Test3 300 1163.3 581.65 881.65