THE STRENGTH AND DILATANCY OF SANDS

The objectives of this paper are as follows: firstly, to clarify the concepts of friction and dilatancy in relation to the selection of strength parameters for design; secondly, to introduce a new relative dilatancy index and to demonstrate its use in the prediction of the behaviour of sands at failure in relation to the available published data; thirdly to consider the implications of the new correlations to the procedures of laboratory and field testing. (TRRL)

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  Institution of Civil Engineers

  One Great George Street, Westminster
  London,   United Kingdom  SW1P 3AA
• Authors:
  • BOLTON, M D
• Publication Date: 1986-3

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 65-78
• Serial:
  • GEOTECHNIQUE
  • Volume: 36
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Thomas Telford Limited
  • ISSN: 0016-8505

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Design; Dilatancy; Failure analysis; Field tests; Forecasting; Friction; Laboratory tests; Sand; Soil mechanics; Strength of materials
• Old TRIS Terms: Soil behavior
• ITRD Terms: 6410: Coefficient; 5595: Deformation; 5908: Density; 5520: Failure; 132: Forecast; 5452: Friction; 4105: Sand; 5531: Shear; 5544: Strength (mater); 5203: Swelling (soil); 6255: Test
• Subject Areas: Design; Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00466565
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1988 12:00AM