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http://dx.doi.org/10.12652/Ksce.2010.30.5C.209

Undrained Shear Behavior of Sand with Dispersed Gravels  

Park, Sung-Sik (경북대학교 공과대학 건축토목공학부 토목공학전공)
Kim, Young-Su (경북대학교 공과대학 건축토목공학부 토목공학전공)
Sung, Hee-Young (경북대학교 공과대학 건축토목공학부)
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KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research / v.30, no.5C, 2010 , pp. 209-218 More about this Journal
Abstract
In residual soils, large particles such as rock fragments or gravel are surrounded by sand or clay. The strength of such granular mixtures can be controlled by the concentration of fine or coarse grains. The percentage by weight, size or shape of gravel in the mixture that can control the strength of the mixture has not been clearly determined for various granular mixtures. In this study, the effect of dispersed gravels on the shear characteristics of sand was evaluated. Large and small gravels were inserted in the middle of each layer with moist Nakdong River sand and compacted into a cylindrical sample with five equal layers. Embedded gravel ratios by weight were 0, 3, 9, and 14%. After consolidation, a series of undrained triaxial compression tests was performed on Nakdong River sand with dispersed gravels. Maximum deviator stresses of the Nakdong River sand with large gravels decrease up to 38% as a percentage of embedded gravels increases. Such strength degradation decreases as a confining pressure increases. The maximum deviator stress increases as the percentage by weight of small gravel increases; at 3 or 9% of gravel weight it slightly increases but at 14% of gravel weight it increases up to 34%.
Keywords
sand; gravel; granular mixture; maximum deviator stress;
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