Three-dimensional stress-strain and strength behavior of silt-clay transition soils
Date
2023-04-10
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Canadian Geotechnical Journal
Abstract
The effect of silt content on the mechanical behavior of silt-clay transition soils under three-dimensional stress conditions is presented. Undrained true triaxial tests with constant b values were performed on normally consolidated specimens of silt-clay transition soils created from the same base clay and non-plastic silt, however, with systematically varying gradations. With increasing amount of non-plastic silt, the cohesive soils exhibit less contractive tendencies, stiffer stress-strain response and larger shear strength. The magnitude of intermediate principal stress, as indicated by the b value, also strongly influences the stress-strain relations, pore pressure behavior and both total and effective failure surfaces. Although the transition soils exhibit overall clay-like behavior, more pronounced frictional characteristics, as indicated by the shapes of the failure and plastic potential surfaces, were exhibited with increasing silt content.
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This article was originally published in Canadian Geotechnical Journal. The version of record is available at: https://doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2022-0246. © The Author(s) or their Institution(s).
Keywords
silt-clay soil, stress-strain, shear strength, silt content, true triaxial test
Citation
Pongpipat Anantanasakul, Phimmawat Intharachart, and Victor N. Kaliakin. 2023. Three-dimensional stress–strain and strength behavior of silt–clay transition soils. Canadian Geotechnical Journal. e-First https://doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2022-0246