in figure) was inserted completely into a deposit A field vane shear testing instrument (as shown of soft, saturated silty clay with the vane rod vertical such that the top of the blades were 500
in figure) was inserted completely into a deposit A field vane shear testing instrument (as shown of soft, saturated silty clay with the vane rod vertical such that the top of the blades were 500
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![A field vane shear testing instrument (as shown
in figure) was inserted completely into a deposit
of soft, saturated silty clay with the vane rod
vertical such that the top of the blades were 500
mm below the ground surface. Upon application
of a rapidly increasing torque about the vane rod,
the soil was found to fail when the torque reached
4.6Nm. Assuming mobilization of undrained
shear strength on all failure surfaces to be uniform
and the resistance mobilized on the surface
of the vane rod to be negligible, what would
be the peak undrained shear strength (rounded
off to the nearest integer value of kPa) of the
soil?
mon br Top view (plane)
Torque
yeb betshiloer
Vane
blade
Vane rod
Torque
Vane rod
seneb
100 mm
Elevation
50 mm](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F47988aaf-3fe0-425a-af41-78f8e6b7ce74%2F2bd2928d-6735-444d-be20-7e5ca16deb7a%2Fktxgwuh_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:A field vane shear testing instrument (as shown
in figure) was inserted completely into a deposit
of soft, saturated silty clay with the vane rod
vertical such that the top of the blades were 500
mm below the ground surface. Upon application
of a rapidly increasing torque about the vane rod,
the soil was found to fail when the torque reached
4.6Nm. Assuming mobilization of undrained
shear strength on all failure surfaces to be uniform
and the resistance mobilized on the surface
of the vane rod to be negligible, what would
be the peak undrained shear strength (rounded
off to the nearest integer value of kPa) of the
soil?
mon br Top view (plane)
Torque
yeb betshiloer
Vane
blade
Vane rod
Torque
Vane rod
seneb
100 mm
Elevation
50 mm
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