SYMPOSIA PAPER Published: 01 January 1981
STP28778S

Discussion on Laboratory Shear Devices

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This discussion starts with a general assessment of the capabilities of several types of laboratory shear devices and their corresponding suitability for use in specialized design practice and for basic research into the constitutive stress-strain-strength relationships of soils. It then focuses in greater depth on two specific topics: use of the Geonor Direct Simple Shear (DSS) device for design practice involving soft clays, and experimental requirements needed to reliably measure stress-strain-strength behavior in cross anisotropic soils.

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Ladd, CC
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.
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Developed by Committee: D18
Pages: 643–652
DOI: 10.1520/STP28778S
ISBN-EB: 978-0-8031-4806-2
ISBN-13: 978-0-8031-0789-2