A New Method for the Correlation of Residual Shear Strength of the Soil with Mineralogical Composition
Publication: Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Volume 131, Issue 9
Abstract
Mineralogical composition, measured with x-ray diffraction for soil specimens collected from more than 80 natural disaster areas, show smectite, kaolinite, mica, feldspar, and quartz as major constituent minerals. Based on the results of more than 35 mixtures of smectite, kaolinite, and quartz in different proportions, a new correlation method was proposed for estimation of the residual friction angle with the proportion of the minerals. The mineralogical compositions of the natural samples were used to estimate the based on the proposed triangular model. The estimation method resulted in values as close as 90% to the measured , and as close as 80% to the case of 53 samples tested by other researchers. The paper incorporates the correlation of with the liquid limit, the plasticity index, the clay fraction, the specific surface area, and the proportion of smectite. Various ranges are proposed, according to the influence of the constituent clay minerals. In addition, the applicable range of the correlation methods in practice were also verified.
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Acknowledgments
The writers would like to thank Sabo Technical Center, Japan for the grant to conduct a part of this research. They would like to extend their heartfelt gratitude to Professor Thomas L. Brandon of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University for various technical as well as editorial suggestions on the paper.
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Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Volume 131 • Issue 9 • September 2005
Pages: 1139 - 1150
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Received: Feb 13, 2004
Accepted: Feb 7, 2005
Published online: Sep 1, 2005
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