Lab Session - 17 Oct 2015 PDF
Lab Session - 17 Oct 2015 PDF
Lab Session - 17 Oct 2015 PDF
Oedometer test
elogp curve(Voidratioversuspressurecurve):Incremental
Loading&Unloading
0.60
Loading:
0.1,0.2,0.5,1.0,2.0,
4.0,8.0Kg/cm2
0.55 Unloading:
oidRatio,e
8.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,0.5,
0.50
0.2,0.1Kg/cm2
Vo
0.45
Compressionindex
(Cc)=0.1
0.40
Recompression
index
0.1 1 10
LogEffectiveStressinkg/cm2 (Cr)=0.01
Compressibilityparameters(Cc &Cr):
Cc H c av
SettlementforNCsoil Sc log o
1 eo o
Cs H c C H av
SettlementforOCsoil Sc log c c c log o
1 eo o 1 eo c
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Oedometer test:Timesettlementcurve
cv t
100kPaverticalstress T
9 82
9.82
Ht 2
9.8
Tayor method:
9.78
t90(U=90%)
DialGauggeReading (mm)
9.76
TaylorMethod
9.74
9.72
9.7
9.68
9.66
9.64
9.62
9.6
0 10 20 30 40
SquareRootofTime
UnconfinedCompression(UC)test
RecommendedforCohesivesoils
300
qu 267 kPa
250 c 133 kPa
200
Axial Stress (kPa)
qu =Unconfined
150 Test1 compressivestrength
Test2
Test3
100
cu =cohesion
50 Deformationrate
=1.25mm/min
0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18
Axial Strain (%)
Samplesize=38mm
dia &76mmht
2
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DirectShearTest
DirectSheartest
Test1:at0.5Kg/cm2
RecommendedforCohesionlesssoils Test2:at1.0Kg/cm2
Test3:at1.5Kg/cm2
120
100
Shearrstress(kPa)
80
60
40
20
0
0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5
HorizontalDisplacement(mm)
3
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DirectSheartest
1.2
34 deg
Shearstress(kg/cm 2)
0.8 c 0 kPa
0.4
Deformationrate
=0.25mm/min
0.0
0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 Samplesize=
N l (k / 2)
Normalstress(kg/cm
60mmx60mmx25mm
Shearstressat Shearstress
Test Normalstress failure atfailure
(kg/cm2) (kPa) (kg/cm2)
Directsheartest1 0.5 39.6 0.396
Directsheartest2 1.0 64.8 0.648
Directsheartest3 1.5 100.7 1.007
Shearfailure
4
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MohrCoulombFailureCriterion
f f c f tan
ftan
frictional
component
c c
MC Failure Envelope:
Conventional & Modified
q failure
tan-1 (sin )
stress
c ccos
path
p
During loading
(shearing).
5
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UUTriaxialtest
Test1:at100kPa
Deformationrate=0.4mm/min Test2:at200kPa
Samplesize=38mmdia &76mmht Test 3: at 300 kPa
Test3:at300kPa
1400
1200
Axialstraa(kPa)
1000
800
Test1
600 Test2
400 Test3
200
0
0 5 10 15 20 25
Axialstrain(%)
UUTriaxialtest
38 deg
c 57 kPa
600
500
400
ccos = a
q(kPa)
300
sin = tan
q=(1 3 )/2
200
p=(1 +3 )/2
100
0
0 200 400 600 800 1000
p(kPa)
3 d q p
aisinterceptofqpcurve
(kPa) (kPa) (kPa) (kPa) isslopeangleofqpcurve
Test1 100 531.1 265.55 365.55
Test2 200 957.8 478.9 678.9
Test3 300 1163.3 581.65 881.65