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The shear strength of normally consolidated clay can be given by the equation

f = tan 31 .

A consolidated undrained, triaxial test was conducted on the clay. Following

are the results of the test:

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Chamber confining pressure = 112 KN /m

Deviator stress at failure =

100 KN /m

a) Determine the consolidated undrained friction angle, .

b) What is the pore water pressure developed in the clay specimen at failure?

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10.4 A sandy soil has a drained angle of friction of 36. In a drained triaxial test on the same soil, the
deviator stress at failure is

268 K N /m2 . What is the chamber confining pressure?

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10.9 During a consolidated undrained triaxial test on a clayey soil specimen, the minor and major
principal stresses at failure were

96 KN /m

and

187 KN /m

, respectively. What will be the

axial stress at failure if a similar specimen is subjected to an unconfined compression test?

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10.10 The friction angle, , of a normally consolidated clay specimen collected during field
exploration was determined from drained triaxial test to be 22. The unconfined compression strength,

q qu , of a similar specimen was found to be

120 KN /m

. Determine the pore water pressure at

failure for the unconfined compression test.

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10.15 The effective stress envelope of sand can be given as

f = tan 38 . A drained axial test

was conducted on the same sand. The specimen failed when the deviator stress was

250 KN /m2 .

What was the chamber confining pressure during the test?

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10.16 Refer to problem 10.15.

a) Estimate the angle that the failure plane makes with the minor principal plane.
b) Determine the normal stress and the shear stress on a plane that makes the angle of 35 with
the minor principal stress.

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10.17 For a normally consolidated clay, the results of a drained triaxial test are as follows:

Chamber confining pressure =

Deviator stress at failure =

103.5 KN /m2

234.6 KN /m2

Determine the soil friction angle, .

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10.18 For a normally consolidated clay, we are given

specimen failed at a deviator stress of

207 KN / m

=28 . In a drained triaxial test, the

. What was the chamber confining pressure,

3 ?

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10.19 The relationship between the relative density,

be given as

=25+ 0.18 Dr

Dr

Dr , and the angel of friction, , of a sand can

in %). A drained triaxial test on the same sand was

conducted with a chamber confining pressure of

124 KN /m2 . The relative density of compaction

is 60%. Calculate the major principal stress at failure.

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10.20 Consider the triaxial test describe in problem 10.19.

a) Estimate the angle that the failure plane makes with the major principal plane.
b) Determine the normal and shear stresses (when the specimen failed) on a plane that
makes an angle of 30 with the major principal plane.

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