RESIDUAL STRENGTH OF CLAYS AND CORRELATIONS USING ATTERBERG LIMITS

Various attempts have been made to correlate the residual strength friction angle of soils to their index parameters, either the particle size or the Atterberg limits. The first correlation attempt was that of Skempton (1964) relating the residual strength friction angle to clay fraction, followed by a number of others, the best known probably being Lupini et al (1981), Mesri and Cepe-da-Diaz (1986), Colotta et al (1989), and Stark et al (1994). The purpose of this paper is to reconsider these correlation attempts, and to make some general comments about the use of Atterberg limits for correlation purposes. (A)

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• Authors:
  • Wesley, L D
• Publication Date: 2003-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 669-72
• Serial:
  • GEOTECHNIQUE
  • Volume: 53
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: Thomas Telford Limited
  • ISSN: 0016-8505

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Classification; Clay; Laboratories; Shear strength; Soils; Strength of materials; Tests; Ultimate load design
• ITRD Terms: 8513: Classification; 4177: Clay; 6237: Laboratory (not an organization); 6452: Limit; 5531: Shear; 4156: Soil; 5544: Strength (mater); 6255: Test
• Subject Areas: Design; Geotechnology; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00966344
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Dec 4 2003 12:00AM