Failure and Dilatancy Properties of Sand at Relatively Low Stresses
Publication: Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 132, Issue 12
Abstract
Analysis of geotechnical problems concerned by low confinement such as design of shallow foundations and analysis of slope stability and soil liquefaction requires modeling of the soil behavior at low stresses. This note includes a laboratory study of the behavior of Hostun RF sand at low cell pressure . Isotropic and triaxial compression drained tests were performed. Drained tests show that both failure and dilatancy angles at low stresses are stress dependent. The contractive/dilative phase transition is observed for loose sand, which may result from the overconsolidated nature of this sand for low values of cell pressure.
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Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 132 • Issue 12 • December 2006
Pages: 1396 - 1399
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© 2006 ASCE.
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Received: Feb 25, 2003
Accepted: Apr 27, 2006
Published online: Dec 1, 2006
Published in print: Dec 2006
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Note. Associate Editor: Ching S. Chang
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