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Author Chung, Lawrence Tsi-Ching, 1942- author.

Title Behavior of a remolded silty-clay subjected to sequential loading / by Lawrence Tsi-Ching Chung.

Published Rolla, Missouri : University of Missouri--Rolla, [1970]
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 MST DEPOSITORY  THESIS T 2461 c.2  NOT CHECKED OUT
 MST DEPOSITORY  THESIS T 2453/2476,2478/2481  MICROFILM    NOT CHECKED OUT
 MST DEPOSITORY  THESIS T 2453/2476,2478/2481  MICROFILM    NOT CHECKED OUT
 MST Thesis  THESIS T 2461    NOT CHECKED OUT
Description xiii, 86 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm
Summary "The investigation was undertaken to determine shear strength and pore pressure parameters of a soil when subjected to sequential loading. This method is intended to similate the in-situ condition of stress application under certain field conditions. The testing procedure, a sequential triaxial shear test, is described. This test consists of successive stages of partial consolidation followed by undrained shear. Triaxial consolidation and shear strength characteristics of a sedimented remolded silty-clay are compared with the results from conventional tests on isotropically consolidated samples. The undrained strength was found to be a function of moisture content, irrespective of the method of test and initial stress system for the normally consolidated soil. A unique relationship was established between a pore pressure parameter, the ratio of the change in pore pressure to the effective vertical consolidation pressure, and undrained strength. It is concluded that this sequential procedure of testing does change the strength characteristics of the soil. These cannot he predicted from the conventional test"--Abstract, leaf ii.
"The investigation was undertaken to determine shear strength and pore pressure parameters of a soil when subjected to sequential loading. This method is intended to similate the in-situ condition of stress application under certain field conditions. The testing procedure, a sequential triaxial shear test, is described. This test consists of successive stages of partial consolidation followed by undrained shear. Triaxial consolidation and shear strength characteristics of a sedimented remolded silty-clay are compared with the results from conventional tests on isotropically consolidated samples. The undrained strength was found to be a function of moisture content, irrespective of the method of test and initial stress system for the normally consolidated soil. A unique relationship was established between a pore pressure parameter, the ratio of the change in pore pressure to the effective vertical consolidation pressure, and undrained strength. It is concluded that this sequential procedure of testing does change the strength characteristics of the soil. These cannot be predicted from the conventional test"--Abstract, leaf ii.
Notes Vita.
Typescript.
M.S. University of Missouri--Rolla 1970.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 82-85).
Subjects Soil mechanics -- Mathematical models.
Engineering geology -- Mathematical models.
Shear strength of soils -- Testing.
Clay -- Testing.
Other Titles MST Thesis. Civil Engineering (M.S., 1970)
OCLC/WorldCat Number 6027944
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