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a) Following results are obtained in a series of CU triaxial tests on saturated samples of a clay. Calculate the effective shear strength parameters (c' and ') and plotting the Mohr- Coulomb failure envelope. (Hint: you can first plot the top points of the circles in q=(01-03)/2 vs. p=(003)/2 space.) Test number Confining (cell) Pressure (kPa) Deviator stress (1-03) (kPa) Pore pressure before shear (kPa) Pore water pressure at failure (kPa) 1 400 120 300 320 2 400 210 200 260 3 550 270 250 235

a) Following results are obtained in a series of CU triaxial tests on saturated samples of a clay. Calculate the effective shear strength parameters (c' and ') and plotting the Mohr- Coulomb failure envelope. (Hint: you can first plot the top points of the circles in q=(01-03)/2 vs. p=(003)/2 space.) Test number Confining (cell) Pressure (kPa) Deviator stress (1-03) (kPa) Pore pressure before shear (kPa) Pore water pressure at failure (kPa) 1 400 120 300 320 2 400 210 200 260 3 550 270 250 235

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a) Following results are obtained in a series of CU triaxial tests on saturated samples of a clay. Calculate the effective shear strength parameters (c' and ') and plotting the Mohr- Coulomb failure envelope. (Hint: you can first plot the top points of the circles in q=(01-03)/2 vs. p=(₁03)/2 space.) Test number Confining (cell) Pressure (kPa) Deviator stress (01-03) (kPa) Pore pressure before shear (kPa) Pore water pressure at failure (kPa) ● 1 400 120 300 320 2 400 210 200 260 3 550 270 250 235 b) If we carry out a consolidated drained triaxial test on a specimen taken from the same clay (assume same c', '), what would be the deviator force at failure in a specimen that is consolidated under an isotropic stress of 240 kPa and pore pressure of 300 kPa. The specimen was initially 5 cm in diameter and 10 cm in height. Peak strength (i.e. failure) is reached at axial strain of 4% and volumetric strain of 2% in compression. Hints: the pore pressure is initial pore water pressure
Transcribed Image Text:a) Following results are obtained in a series of CU triaxial tests on saturated samples of a clay. Calculate the effective shear strength parameters (c' and ') and plotting the Mohr- Coulomb failure envelope. (Hint: you can first plot the top points of the circles in q=(01-03)/2 vs. p=(₁03)/2 space.) Test number Confining (cell) Pressure (kPa) Deviator stress (01-03) (kPa) Pore pressure before shear (kPa) Pore water pressure at failure (kPa) ● 1 400 120 300 320 2 400 210 200 260 3 550 270 250 235 b) If we carry out a consolidated drained triaxial test on a specimen taken from the same clay (assume same c', '), what would be the deviator force at failure in a specimen that is consolidated under an isotropic stress of 240 kPa and pore pressure of 300 kPa. The specimen was initially 5 cm in diameter and 10 cm in height. Peak strength (i.e. failure) is reached at axial strain of 4% and volumetric strain of 2% in compression. Hints: the pore pressure is initial pore water pressure
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