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Mar 30, 2017
Tensile Strength of Compacted Clay between Residual Saturation and Air Entry
Authors: Idil Deniz Akin, S.M.ASCE [email protected], and William J. Likos, Ph.D., M.ASCE [email protected]Author Affiliations
Publication: Geotechnical Frontiers 2017
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Brazilian tensile strength (BTS) tests were conducted to measure evolution of tensile strength for compacted kaolinite disks at saturations (S) ranging from 0.02 to 0.73. Tensile strength and stiffness prior to failure followed non-monotonic trends marked by general increases as saturation increased from 0.02 to ~0.40, followed by general decreases as saturation further increased. Strain at failure increased monotonically with saturation. Evolution of the strength, strain, and stiffness response was interpreted to reflect corresponding evolution of interparticle stress components active in unsaturated soils, including capillary forces and double layer forces. Results provide experimental evidence for evolution of internal stress state in unsaturated soils over a wide range of saturation.
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ASCE Technical Topics:
- Analysis (by type)
- Clays
- Compacted soils
- Engineering fundamentals
- Failure analysis
- Geomechanics
- Geotechnical engineering
- Material mechanics
- Material properties
- Materials engineering
- Residual soils
- Saturated soils
- Soft soils
- Soil mechanics
- Soil properties
- Soil strength
- Soils (by type)
- Stiffening
- Strength of materials
- Structural behavior
- Structural engineering
- Tensile strength
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Graduate Research Assistant, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706-1691. E-mail: [email protected]
Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Geological Engineering Program, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706-1691. E-mail: [email protected]
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