
Example 2 (past exam Q) A triaxial test specimen of fine sand was subjected to a cell pressure of 350kPa and a back...
Problem 3: A consolidated-drained triaxial test is carried out on a sand specimen that is subjected to 80 kN/m2 confining pressure. The vertical deviator stress was increased slowly such that there is no built-up of pore water pressure within the specimen. The specimen failed when the addition axial stress reached 240 kN/m2. Find the friction angle of the sand. If another identical sand specimen was subjected to 150 kN/m? confining pressure, what would be the deviator stress at failure.
A consolidated undrained (CU) triaxial compression test (TXC) was conducted on a specimen of saturated clay. The specimen was isotropically consolidated to a total cell pressure, σcell of 400 kPa. The backpressure was u0 = 100 kPa. At failure, the total pore water pressure was u = 90 kPa and the deviator stress was (σ1 − σ3)f = 526 kPa. Determine: a. The principal effective stresses, σ1′ and σ3′, at failure b. The friction angle, φ′ (secant method). c. The...
8. A sandy soil specimen is subjected to a Consolidated Drained (CD) triaxial test. Confining pressure of 500 kPa is applied to the cell and the sample was sheared to failure. The deviatoric stress at failure was recorded as 1400 kPa. Determine the principal stresses at failure and the angle of shearing resistance for this soil. (20 points)
2.If an additional CU triaxial test with pore pressure
measurement is to be performed using a ?3 of 250 kPa on a specimen
identical to those in last Problem , estimate the deviator stress
(?d) and pore pressure (u) of this additional test at failure. What
would potentially be orientation of the failure plane in the
specimen?
The results below were obtained at failure in a series of consolidated-undrained (CU) triaxial tests, with pore pressure measurement, on specimens of fully...
(b) A saturated specimen of cohesionless sand was tested under drained conditions in a triaxial compression test apparatus and the sample failed at a deviator stress of 470 kN/m and the plane of failure made an angle of 58° to the horizontal I Determine the magnitudes of the principal stresses. (4 marks) II. Determine the magnitude of the deviator stress and the major principle stress at failure for another identical sample of sand if it is tested under a cell...
Q3) A saturated clay specimen was undergone a consolidated undrained triaxial test with all round applied pressure of 600 kN/m2. If consolidation took place against the back pressure of 200 kN/m2, draw the stress paths and calculate the value of the pore pressure coefficient A at failure. 20 Marks] 279 61-63 (kN/m2) 80 229 158 277 319 433 214 318 388
Q3) A saturated clay specimen was undergone a consolidated undrained triaxial test with all round applied pressure of 600...
2. The results of a Consolidated Undrained (CU) triaxial test on a sand soil are in the figures below. The sample was subjected to a vertical load (do). At failure, the Δσ was 914 psi and the induced pore water pressure at failure (Au) was 683 psi. consolidated to a stress of 12 psi and then Au 6.83 psi σ,-12 psi -σ,-12 psi Sand At Failure Initial (Consolidation) A. Draw both the total and effective stress Mohr's Circles at failure...
A consolidated undrained triaxial test on a specimen of saturated clay was carried out under an all-around pressure of 400kPa. The following results were recorded during the test. 319 158 279 80 214 0 (kPa) u (kPa) 0 188 118 233 29 Li (10 marks) Draw the total and effective stress path. a. (3 marks) Give the value of the pore water pressure coefficient A at failure. b. / c) Deduce from the stress paths and pore pressure coefficient A...
soil mechanics
Q2)-A - Calculate the shearing strength along plane at 7 m in coarse sand soil, the ground water table is at depth of 3 m below the surface.the bulk density of soil above the water table is yo =18.9 kN/m and the saturated density below ground water table is 20.5 kN/m². The angle of internal friction of the sand is 32° - 4m GS 3m Yo = 18.9 kN/m2 V GWT Ysat. = 20.5 kN/m2 o = 32°...
Soil mechanics
Q2)-A - Calculate the shearing strength along plane at 7 m in coarse sand soil , the ground water table is at depth of 3 m below the surface the bulk density of soil above the water table is Xb=18.9 kN/m3 and the saturated density below ground water table is 20.5 kN/m². The angle of internal friction of the sand is 320 1 GS 3m 1 4 m Yo = 18.9 kN/m2 GWT Ysat. = 20.5 kN/m2 B)...