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A critical review of the methodologies employed for determination of tensile strength of fine-grained soils

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Title A critical review of the methodologies employed for determination of tensile strength of fine-grained soils
 
Creator VENKATARAMANA, K
RAO, BH
SINGH, DN
 
Subject fine-grained soils
tensile strength
triaxial tests
suction measurements
clays
 
Description Tensile strength of fine-grained soils plays a significant role in assessing their cracking characteristics, which govern their suitability as a construction material for landfill liners and covers, earthen dams, embankments, and pavements. As such, determination of this property of these soils becomes essential. In this context, various experimental techniques that have been developed by earlier researchers to determine tensile strength of fine-grained soils are worth appreciating. Based on the experimental results obtained from these studies, several empirical relationships have been proposed. However, these relationships relate tensile strength of the soil with a single parameter (i.e., suction, plasticity index, liquid limit, CEC, clay content, or water content). This necessitates: (a) critical evaluation of such relationships, and (b) development of a generalized relationship that employs multiple soil properties. With this in view, investigations were carried out on some fine-grained soils and their tensile strength was determined by conducting undrained triaxial tests and suction measurements. Details of the methodologies adopted are presented in this paper and efforts have been made to achieve the two objectives mentioned above.
 
Publisher AMER SOC TESTING MATERIALS
 
Date 2011-10-12T14:12:28Z
2011-12-15T09:16:10Z
2011-10-12T14:12:28Z
2011-12-15T09:16:10Z
2009
 
Type Review
 
Identifier JOURNAL OF TESTING AND EVALUATION,37(2)115-121
0090-3973
http://dspace.library.iitb.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10054/13796
http://hdl.handle.net/100/3034
 
Language en