SYMPOSIA PAPER Published: 01 January 1964
STP30008S

Triax1al Testing with Large-Scale High Pressure Equipment

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This paper discusses triaxial shear tests conducted on proposed embankment materials for the Oroville Dam, Calif., at unusually high lateral pressures (up to 650 psi) and on unusually large-size specimen (up to 12 in. in diameter). Three general types of material were tested: a naturally occurring clayey sand and gravel; a gravelly to bouldery granular material (coarse dredger tailings) remaining as an end product of the washing and sorting process of hydraulic gold dredging of the late 1800's and early 1900's; and a mixture of the coarse dredger tailings and the fine dredger tailings which were deposited as a residue behind the working dredges and below the water table.

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Hall, EB
Geo-Testing Incorporated, San Rafael, Calif.
Gordon, BB
, Sacramento, Calif.
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Developed by Committee: D18
Pages: 315–328
DOI: 10.1520/STP30008S
ISBN-EB: 978-0-8031-4568-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-8031-0048-0