TEST TO MEASURE RESIDUAL STRENGTH OF SOME CLAY SCALES

THE AUTHORS PRESENT SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO THAT GIVEN BY BISHOP AND COMMENTS ON THE RESIDUAL SHEAR STRENGTH OF VARIOUS CLAY SHALES AS DETERMINED BY COMPARATIVE RING SHEAR, MULTIPLE REVERSAL DIRECT SHEAR AND ROTATIONAL SHEAR TESTS. DETAILS ARE GIVEN OF THE APPARATUS USED IN THOSE TESTS, AND TABLES PRESENT THE CLASSIFICATION INDEXES, MINERALOGY, AND RESULTS OF RESIDUAL SHEAR STRENGTH TESTS.

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• Authors:
  • Townsend, F C
  • Gilbert, P A
• Publication Date: 1973-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 267-71
• Serial:
  • GEOTECHNIQUE
  • Volume: 23
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Thomas Telford Limited
  • ISSN: 0016-8505

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Classification; Clay; Shale; Shear strength; Shear tests; Testing
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00230485
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 27 1974 12:00AM