THE USE OF MULTI-STAGE TRIAXIAL TESTS TO FIND THE UNDRAINED STRENGTH PARAMETERS OF STONY BOULDER CLAY

A MULTI-STAGE TEST TECHNIQUE SUITABLE FOR UNDRAINED TRIAXIAL TESTING OF A SINGLE SOIL SPECIMEN IS DESCRIBED. THE TECHNIQUE IS APPLICABLE TO SOILS WHICH DO NOT REACH A PEAK VALUE OF COMPRESSIVE STRESS EVEN AT LARGE VALUES OF AXIAL STRAIN. THE TEST TECHNIQUE IS SHOWN TO BE VALID FOR UNDRAINED TRIAXIAL TESTS ON DIFFERENT SIZES OF SPECIMEN, TESTED WITH AND WITHOUT LUBRICATED END PLATENS, AND TESTED AT RATES OF STRAIN SLOWER THAN THE NORMAL RATE OF STRAIN USED IN UNDRAINED TESTS.

• Corporate Authors:

  Institution of Civil Engineers

  One Great George Street, Westminster
  London,   United Kingdom  SW1P 3AA
• Authors:
  • ANDERSON, W F
• Conference:
  • Institution of Civil Engineers, Proceedings
• Publication Date: 1974-6

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 367-372
• Serial:
  • Volume: 57
  • Issue Number: 2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Clay; Compression; Deformation; Drainage; Soils; Strain (Mechanics); Strength of materials; Tests; Till; Triaxial shear tests; Undrained strength
• Uncontrolled Terms: Parameters; Strain rate
• ITRD Terms: 4177: Clay; 5532: Compression; 5595: Deformation; 2937: Drainage; 4156: Soil; 5544: Strength (mater); 6255: Test; 5566: Triaxial
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00081339
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 8 1975 12:00AM