ISSN: 0149-6115
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A Study of Undrained Shear Strength Using Various Vanes

Silvestri, V
Professor,Department of Civil Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique,Qc,

Aubertin, M
Associate professor,Department of Mineral Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique,Qc.,

Chapuis, RP
Associate professor,Department of Mineral Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique,Qc.,

Abstract

A field study of the undrained shear strength of a sensitive clay deposit was carried out by means of various vane configurations. Rectangular, rhomboidal, triangular, and elliptic vane blades were used. The assumption of isotropy of the undrained shear strength indicates that a uniform shear stress distribution gives a better fit to the observed response than a triangular distribution

Keywords:
vanes, shear strength, vane configurations, undrained shear strength, shear stress distributions, geometric factors, torque factors, field investigation

Paper ID: GTJ10039J
DOI: 10.1520/GTJ10039J
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