ISSN: 1945-7545
CODEN: GTJODJ
Page Count: 12

Testing for Evaluation of Stress-Strain Behavior of Clays

Yudhbir,
Professor of civil engineering and research scholar, Department of Civil Engineering, Kanpur,

Jain, KK
Professor of civil engineering and research scholar, Department of Civil Engineering, Kanpur,

Abstract

A technique to predict the stress-strain behavior of clays along various stress paths is presented. The experimental results of stress-controlled triaxial pure shear and consolidation tests conducted on normally consolidated and lightly overconsolidated samples are given, and a method to evaluate the parameters required for prediction by the proposed technique is discussed. Comparison between experimental and predicted stress-strain behavior of normally consolidated and lightly overconsolidated samples along stress paths shows that the technique predicts the behavior quite well.

Keywords:
soil tests, clays, drained shear tests, stress concentration, stress-strain curves

Paper ID: GTJ10470J
DOI: 10.1520/GTJ10470J
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