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Advanced Triaxial Testing of Soil and Rock
ASTM Selected Technical Papers
Advanced Triaxial Testing of Soil and Rock
By
RT Donaghe
RT Donaghe
1
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station
,
Vicksburg Miss.
;
symposium cochairman and coeditor
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RC Chaney
RC Chaney
2
Telonicher Marine Laboratory, Humboldt State University
,
Arcata, California
;
symposium cochairman and coeditor
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ML Silver
ML Silver
3Department of Civil Engineering,
University of Illinois
,
Chicago, Illinois
;
symposium cochairman and coeditor
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ISBN-10:
0-8031-0983-0
ISBN:
978-0-8031-0983-4
No. of Pages:
904
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1520/STP977-EB
Publisher:
ASTM International
Publication date:
1988
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Relationship Between Tensile and Compressive Strengths of Compacted Soils

By
JF Peters
JF Peters
1
Research civil engineers
,
Geotechnical Laboratory, U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Civil Engineer
,
Vicksburg, MS 39180
.
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DA Leavell
DA Leavell
1
Research civil engineers
,
Geotechnical Laboratory, U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Civil Engineer
,
Vicksburg, MS 39180
.
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Doi:
https://doi.org/10.1520/STP29077S
Page Count:
20
  • Published:
    1988

A direct-pull tension test was developed to study the behavior of compacted soils in total stress tension. A comprehensive series of tension and unconsolidated undrained compression tests was performed on Vicksburg silty clay; the data from these tests were supplemented with published data. Analysis of the data was based on relating the tensile strength parameter of the Griffith-Brace theory for brittle fracture to the suction-derived cohesion term of the Fredlund-Morgenstern failure law for partially saturated soils. Application of the analysis was demonstrated by relating tensile and compressive strengths to water content and void ratio.

Keywords:
compacted soils, tensile strength, shear strength, partially saturated soils, critical state theory, triaxial test, unconsolidated undrained test, tensile test, soil suction, brittle fracture

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