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Chapter 2, Problem 2.22P
To determine
Find the number of steel plates stacked before the specimen fails.
Find the consistency term for the clay.
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a）For clays, the failure line (one that connects the peak failure stresses) in the normally consolidated range does not have a cohesion intercept, whereas the failure line in the overconsolidated range has a cohesion intercept.
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B）During the shearing phase of a CU test, the void ratio of a NC consolidated clay specimen will:
1 decrease.
2 could increase or decrease.
3 remain a constant.
4 increase.
C)What does the cohesion (that appears in the Mohr-Coulomb criterion) of OC clays depend on?
1the preconsolidation pressure.
2whether the failure stresses are total or effective.
3the soil type.
4everything listed here.
4. The uniaxial compressive strength test is done on a cylindrical rock
specimen with diameter of 60 mm and length of 120 mm. The load-
deformation diagram of this specimen is shown on the following figure.
Determine the uniaxial compressive strength and the secant Young modulus
(E50) of this rock.
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20000
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2. A layer of compressible clay 6m thick overlies an impervious bedrock and carries an
overburden of pervious sand. A large structure founded in the sand causes the stress on every
horizontal section of the clay to increase to the same value.
In a standard laboratory oedometer consolidation test performed on a 19 mm thick clay
specimen, the void ratio changed from 0.765 to 0.750 under a corresponding increase in
stress. Consolidation was 70% complete after 30 min.
In the field,
a) Estimate the settlement of the structure.
b) Determine the time taken for one half of the consolidation settlement to take place
(Remember the lab test is for a doubly drained specimen.).
c) Determine how long it takes for 50% of the settlement to take place at a depth of 0, 2, 3,
5 and 6 m of the clay stratum.
d) If the clay were underlain by pervious sand, determine how long it takes for 50% of the
settlement to take place at a depth of 0, 2, 3, 5 and 6 m of the clay stratum.
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