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Geotechnical Engineering 2
July , 2012
ACTIVITY 01
Problem #1.
Following are the results of four drained direct shear test on Normally Consolidated clay.
Diameter of specimen = 50mm
Height of specimen = 25mm
Test number
250
139
400
222
500
279
550
308
Draw a graph for the shear stress at failure against the normal stress and determine the drained
angle of friction from the graph.
Solution:
Normal Stress = Normal Force/Area of specimen
Area of specimen = d2/4 = (50)2 / 4 = 1963.495408 mm2
Normal Stress@1
Normal Stress@2
Normal Stress@3
Normal Stress@4
Shear Stress@2
Shear Stress@3
Shear Stress@4
Tabulation:
Test Number
127.3239 kPa
70 kPa
203.7697 kPa
113.0922 kPa
254.7122 kPa
142.1294 kPa
280.1834 kPa
156.9027 kPa
Graph:
180
280.1834, 156.9027
160
S
h
e
a
r
S
t
r
e
s
s
254.7122, 142.1294
140
120
203.7697, 113.0922
100
80
127.3239, 70
60
40
20
0
0, 0
0
50
100
150
Normal Stress
200
250
300
Problem #2.
For the results of DSS on OC:
Diameter of specimen = 50mm
Height of specimen = 25mm
Test number
1
2
3
4
150
250
350
550
Determine the relationships for peak shear strength and residual shear strength.
Normal Stress = Normal Force/Area of specimen
Area of specimen = d2/4 = (50)2 / 4 = 1963.495408 mm2
Normal Stress@1
Normal Stress@2
Normal Stress@3
Normal Stress@4
Shear Stress@2
Shear Stress@3
Shear Stress@4
Shear Stress@2
Shear Stress@3
Shear Stress@4
Tabulation:
Test
number
1
2
3
4
*Directly proportional
Shear Stress@failure
(kPa)
80.2343
101.8339
131.2277
185.1248
Graph:
300
250
S
h
e 200
a
r
150
S
t
r
e 100
s
s
50
0
76.4137
127.3561
178.2985
Normal Stress
280.1834