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Soil Stress and Shear Strength Analysis

The document presents calculations related to shear and normal stress tests on soil specimens, detailing the results of multiple tests including normal shear force, shear stress, and the drained angle of friction. It also includes calculations for major and minor principal stresses, as well as parameters for shear strength such as cohesion and angle of internal friction. Graphs illustrating Mohr's circle and failure envelopes are referenced to support the findings.

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Soil Stress and Shear Strength Analysis

The document presents calculations related to shear and normal stress tests on soil specimens, detailing the results of multiple tests including normal shear force, shear stress, and the drained angle of friction. It also includes calculations for major and minor principal stresses, as well as parameters for shear strength such as cohesion and angle of internal friction. Graphs illustrating Mohr's circle and failure envelopes are referenced to support the findings.

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Solution:

Given that,
D = 50 mm = 0.05 m
A = 3.1416 × (0.05/2)2 = 0.001963 m2

Normal Shear force at Normal Shear stress at


Test no
force (N) failure (N) stress (kN/m2) failure (kN/m2)
1 67 23.3 (67/1000)/0.001963 = 34.1 (23.3/1000)/0.001963 = 11.9
2 133 46.6 67.7 23.7
3 213 44.6 108.5 22.7
4 369 132.3 187.9 67.4

80

70

60
Shear stress, τ (kN/m2)

50

40

30

20

10

0
0 50 100 150 200
Normal stress, σ (kN/m2)

From graph,
Drained angle of friction, ϕ’ = tan-1 (67.4 – 23.7)/(187.9 – 67.7)
= tan-1 0.363
= 19.96 ~ 200
Solution:
Given that,
D = 50 mm = 0.05 m
A = 3.1416 × (0.05/2)2 = 0.001963 m2

Normal Shear force at Normal Shear stress at


Test no
force (N) failure (N) stress (kN/m2) failure (kN/m2)
1 250 139 (250/1000)/0.001963 = 127.3 (139/1000)/0.001963 = 70.8
2 375 209 191.0 106.4
3 450 250 229.2 127.3
4 540 300 275.0 152.8

200

150
Shear stress, τ (kN/m2)

100

50

0
0 50 100 150 200 250 300
Normal stress, σ (kN/m2)

From graph,
Drained angle of friction, ϕ’ = tan-1 (106.4 – 70.8)/(191.0 – 127.3)
= tan-1 0.560
= 29.25 ~ 290
Solution:
Minor principle stress, σ3 = 125 kN/m2
Major principle stress, σ1 = σ3 + (Δσd)f = 125 + 175 = 300 kN/m2

Soil friction angle,


(𝜎1 − 𝜎3 ) (300 − 125)
𝜙 ′ = 𝑠𝑖𝑛−1 = 𝑠𝑖𝑛−1 = 𝑠𝑖𝑛−1 (0.411) = 24.3 ~ 𝟐𝟒𝟎
(𝜎1 + 𝜎3 ) (300 + 125)

200

150
Shear Stress, τ (kN/m2)

100

50

φ'

0
σ3 σ1
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400
Effective Normal Stress, σ' (kN/m2)

Figure: Mohr’s circle and failure envelope

Or, 𝜙 ′ = tan-1 (50/110) = 24.44 ~ 240


Solution:
Chamber pressure, Deviator stress, Minor principle stress, Major principle stress,
Specimen σ3 (Δσd)f σ3 σ1 = σ3 + (Δσd)f
(kN/m2) (kN/m2) (kN/m2) (kN/m2)
I 105 220 105 325
II 210 400 210 610

350

300
φ'
Shear Stress, τ (kN/m2)

250

200

150

100

50
c’
0
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 700
Effective Normal Stress, σ' (kN/m2)

Figure: Mohr’s circle and failure envelope

From graph, shear strength parameter –


Cohesion, c’ = 15 kN/m2
Angle of internal friction, ϕ’ = tan-1 (55/110) = 26.56 ~ 270
Solution:
a.
Chamber Deviator stress, Pore Pressure Minor principle Major principle stress,
Test
pressure, σ3 (Δσd)f (Δud)f stress, 𝜎3′ 𝜎3′ = σ3 + (Δσd)f -(Δud)f
No.
(kN/m2) (kN/m2) (kN/m2) (kN/m2) (kN/m2)
1 75 166 - 11 86 252
2 150 295 - 52 202 497
3 250 410 - 80 330 740

400
350
300
Shear Stress, τ (kN/m2)

250
200
150
100

c’ 50
0
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 700 750 800
Effective Normal Stress, σ' (kN/m2)

Figure: Mohr’s circle and failure envelope


From graph, shear strength parameter –
Cohesion, c’ = 30 kN/m2
Angle of internal friction, ϕ’ = tan-1 (90/250) = 19.8 ~ 200
b. 𝜏𝑓 = 𝑐 ′ + 𝜎 ′ 𝑡𝑎𝑛ϕ’ = 30 + {2 × (20.7 – 9.81)} × tan 200
= 37.9 kN/m2

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