Science – Future of Lithuania / Mokslas – Lietuvos Ateitis, Vol 6, No 5 (2014)

Direct Shear Tests with Evaluation of Variable Shearing Area

Šarūnas Skuodis (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania)
Tadas Tamošiūnas (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania)

Abstract


Investigations of soil shear strength properties for Baltic Sea shore sand along Klaipėda city are presented. Investigated sand angle of internal friction (φ) and cohesion (c) is determined via two different direct shear tests procedures. First procedure is standard and ordinary in geotechnical practice, when direct shear test is provided using constant shearing area A0. Second test procedure is different because shearing area according to horizontal displacement each test second is recalculated. This recalculated shearing area author’s call corrected shearing area A. Obtained normal and tangential stresses’ difference via two different testing procedures was 10%.

Article in: English

Article published: 2014-12-19

Keyword(s): shear area; corrected shear area; direct shear; stress path; shearing strength of soil.

DOI: 10.3846/mla.2014.692

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Science – Future of Lithuania / Mokslas – Lietuvos Ateitis ISSN 2029-2341, eISSN 2029-2252
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