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Shear strength in soils
Introduction Definitions
Mohr-Coulomb criterion
Introduction Lab tests for getting the shear strength
Shear Strength
The strength of a material is the greatest stress it can sustain; So that the unit of strength is the same as stress (Pa in SI unit system);
Dynamic: Foundation failure by liquefaction after the 1964 Niigata Earthquake. (USGS)
Dynamic: Lateral Spreading caused by the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake at Moss Landing, CA (USGS Professional Paper 993)
Normal Stress,
n = = h
(11.2) (11.3)
where f = shear strength c = cohesion; c =effective cohesion = angle of internal friction; = effective angle of internal friction
Failed Zone
(, )
f = c + n
c
3 ff
2 1
Shear stress
Normal stress n
(2)
Shear stress 3
1
Soil
Normal stress n
Soil
Calculations
1. Determine the dry unit weight, d 2. Calculate the void ratio, e 3. Calculate the normal stress & shear stress
e=
Gs w
N = A
V ; = A
Figures
Peak Stress
s3
Shear stress, s
s2 s1
N3 = 30 kg N2 = 20 kg N1 = 10 kg
Horizontal displacement, H
Figures (cont)
Shear Stress, s (psf)
(2,s2)
(1,s1)
(3,s3)
Normal Stress
, psf
Figures (cont)
Vertical displacement
Horizontal displacement