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http://dx.doi.org/10.14481/jkges.2011.12.5.2

A Study on Strength Characteristics of Sand-gravel Mixtures  

Park, Sung-Sik (경북대학교 공과대학 건축토목공학부 토목공학전공)
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Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society / v.12, no.5, 2011 , pp. 13-19 More about this Journal
Abstract
The strength of granular mixtures can be controlled by the majority of the mixture, fine grains. However, in some cases, the small amount of gravel in the mixture may influence the strength of the mixture. In this study, the effect of some dispersed gravels on strength of sand is evaluated. Gravels are embedded in the middle of each cemented sand layer. The size and number of embedded gravels varies. After two days curing, a series of unconfined compression tests is performed on the cemented sand with dispersed gravels. In addition to that, a series of direct shear tests is also carried out on clean sand with gravels to evaluate its friction angle. For the specimens with the same ratio of gravel weight of 7% in which gravel size and number are different, an unconfined compressive strength(UCS) of a specimen with gravels decreases up to 15% compared to a specimen without gravel and then increases with increasing gravel number. For specimens embedded with the same size of gravel, UCS decreases and then increases as a number of gravel increases. As a number of gravel increases, a friction angle of clean sand with gravels decreases up to $5^{\circ}$ and then recovers up to that of a specimen without gravel.
Keywords
Sand; Gravel; Soil mixture; Strength;
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