SYMPOSIA PAPER Published: 01 January 1993
STP24318S

Evaluation of Shear Strength and Dilatancy Behavior of Reinforced Soil from Direct Shear Tests

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In order to evaluate the shear strength and dilatancy behavior of coarse granular soils reinforced with geogrid a large direct shear apparatus (1000×1000×940 mm) was built. A series of shear tests were carried out to study the effect of geogrid orientation and soil volume changes on shear strength. A numerical model is proposed to calculate the shear strength increase. This is verified by the experimental results. Tensile strains in the geogrid can also be calculated using this model.

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Bauer, GE
Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Zhao, Y
Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
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Developed by Committee: D35
Pages: 138–151
DOI: 10.1520/STP24318S
ISBN-EB: 978-0-8031-5242-7
ISBN-13: 978-0-8031-1885-0