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. Alabor
a t
or yvanes heartestwasperformedina nun d
ist
urbedsa mpleofsof
tc l
a y
.The
d
iametera ndheightofthev an
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e6. 3mma nd1 1
.3mm,r es
pectivel
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ef ai
l
ed
un
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i
edt orqueof1 1.
0N- [Link] ampl
ewa sthenc omplet
elydis
turbedby
r
otati
ngt hev anerapid
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deds oilf
ail
eda tatorqueof4. 5N- [Link]
ne
t
heu ndrainedshe a
rs tr
engthofthes oilintheun di
stur
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dedstat
e s
,and
c
omp ut
eit ssensi
tivi
ty.
2. Anu nconf
inedc ompr e
ssi
ont estwasd oneonas atur
atedc l
ays pe
cimenofdiamete r40
mma ndhe i
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il
ureloadwa s400Na ndthea xialde
format
ionthenwa s7
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rengthofs oi
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ntic
als pe
cimenofthesames oilwas
te
stedi ntr
iaxia
lc ompress
iona tac hamberpre
ssu
reof1 00kN/m²,thesampl
ef a
il
e da ta
devi
atorstr
essof3 90kN/
m² .Dete
rminet hes
hearpar
ameters.
3
. Thed
ire
cts
hea
rte
stont
hed
ens
esa
ndg
avef
oll
owi
ngr
esu
lts
:
Tes
t Nor
ma l Pr
ess
ure S
hears tr
essat
2 2
No. kN/
m f
ail
urekN/m
1 3
5 2
9
2 70 5
8
3 1
05 87
Atri
ax i
als
hea
rte s
twasconduc
tedonthesames
andwi
thac
onf
ini
ngpr
ess
ureof1
00
2
kN/
m Wha twi
llbethed
evi
ators
tre
ssatfa
il
ure
?
4.C
onsol
i
date
du ndrai
nedtestwe r
ec ond
uct
edont
woi
dent
ica
lspe
cime
nofs
atur
ate
d
r
emoul
dedcl
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rva
tionsare
:
Tes
t Cel
l Pr
ess
ure Dev
iat
or s t
res s Porepre
ssur
eat
No. kN/m2 atf
ail
urekN/
m 2
fai
l
ure
1 25
0 1
79 1
01
2 3
50 2
42 1
45
Dete
rminetheshearpara
me t
ersi
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de ff
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na not
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2
te
st,anident
icals
p e
cimenisfi
rstc
onsol
id
atedatcel
lpres
sureof400kN/m,whatwould
bedevi
atorstr
essatfail
ure
?
5
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scus
sthea
dva
nta
gesa
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isa
dva
nta
gesofTr
iaxi
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stov
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art
est
6. Thesoilp
rofi
leatabui
ld
ingsit
ec onsi
s t
sofd e
nsesan
dupto2mdepth,normall
yloa
d e
d
sof
tc l
ayfrom2mto6md ep
th,ands t
iffimpe
rvi
ousr
ockbel
ow6md
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tabl
eisat0.40mdepthbel
owg roundlevel
.Thesandhasade
nsi
tyof1 8.
5kN/m2a bov
e
watertabl
ea n
d1 9kN/m2b el
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alwate
rc onte
ntis50%,li
quid
l
imi
ti s65%a nds pec
ifi
cg r
avit
yoft hes oilis2 .
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cul
atetheu lti
mat
epr ob
a bl
e
set
tleme
nta tthec e
ntreofclaylay
erresult
ingfromau ni
for
mlydis
t r
ibut
edsurf
aceload
of40kN/m2a ppl
i
e dovertheexte
nsivea
r e
aoft hesit
e.
7. Ther
eiscl
a yl
ayer8mthickwithal a
y e
rofs a ndoneitherside
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urbe
ds ampl
e2.
5
cmt hi
ck of cl
ay whe nt e
stedi nl aboratoryr e
qu ir
ed2 5 minut
est or ea
c h50%
cons
oli
dat
ion(Tv=
0 .
20)
.Itisproposedtoc onstruc
tabu i
ldi
nga tt
heabovesit
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mat
e
theti
merequi
redfor90%c ons
olid
ationtot akeplace.(Tv=0.
20)
8. The ti
me requi
redtor e
ach 60% consol
i
dation f
ora sampl
e 1cmt hi
ckt es
t e
di n
consol
i
dometerunde
rcondit
ionofdoub
ledrai
na g
ewa sf
oundt
ob e3
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erminethe
ti
mer equi
redforalay
er1 0m thi
cktor eac
has amedeg
reeofcons
oli
dati
on,ifitis
dra
inageonlyi
nonesi
de..
9. Inthelaborat
oryconsol
i
dati
onte s
twithpor
ousd
isc
sontheei
thersi
deofthesampl
e,
the25mmt hic
ks a
mp l
etook81minute
sfor90%pr
obabl
ecompr
ess
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lcul
atet
hevalue
ofcoeff
icie
ntofc ons
oli
dat
ionforthesampl
e.
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l
ingheadpermeabi
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medonac l
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formsand
.On eminutewa
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r
equi
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niti
alheadof100
cmtof a
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andpi
peoft hecross
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ecti
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eaof1 .
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fthesampl
ewa s4cmindi
ameterand30c
ml ong,c
alcul
atet
he
pe
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li
tyofthesand