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Shear Strength
Sources:
Soil Mechanics Laboratory Manual, B.M. DAS (Chapter 15)
Soil Properties, Testing, Measurement, and Evaluation, C. Liu, J. Evett
Class Outlines
Shear strength in soils
Introduction
Definitions
Introduction
Procedure
Calculation
Results and Figures
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Shear Strength
The strength of a material is the greatest
shearing stresses.
It is a measure of the soil resistance to deformation
by continuous displacement of its individual soil
particles
Shear strength in soils depends primarily on
interactions between particles
Shear failure occurs when the stresses between the
particles are such that they slide or roll past each
other
sources:
s c tan f
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s shear strength
c cohesion
Shear
Strength,S
f = f
Normal Stress, n = = g h
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1
3
1
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Normal stress n
Shear
stress 3
Shear stress 3
Soil
Normal stress n
Soil
Shear stress
Residual Strength
DH
fixed together.
3.Weigh out 150 g of sand.
4.Place the soil in three layers in the mold using the funnel.
Compact the soil with 20 blows per layer.
5.Place cover on top of sand
6.Place shear box in machine.
7.Apply normal force. The weights to use for the three runs are
2 kg, 4 kg, and 6 kg if the load is applied through a lever arm, or 10
kg, 20 kg, and 30 kg, if the load is applied directly.
Note: Lever arm loading ratio 1:10
Calculations
1.
2.
3.
Gsg w
gd
V
;
A
Figures
Peak Stress
Shear stress, s
s3
s2
s1
N3 = 30 kg
N2 = 20 kg
N1 = 10 kg
Horizontal displacement, DH
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Figures (cont)
(2,s2)
(3,s3)
(1,s1)
Vertical displacement
Figures (cont)
Horizontal displacement