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https://hdl.handle.net/11681/47025| Title: | A limited study of factors that affect soil strength |
| Authors: | U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station |
| Keywords: | Soil mechanics Soils--Testing Shear strength of soils Clay soils |
| Publisher: | U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station |
| Series/Report no.: | Miscellaneous Paper (U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station) ; no. 4-284 |
| Abstract: | To obtain an approximate measure of the gross effects of various natural influences on the strength of a soil, its strength under natural conditions was compared to its strength under similar laboratory conditions of moisture content and density. The test area was located on a lake shore where the soil was very uniform in type and decreased in moisture content with distance from the lake, giving a wide range of moisture and strength conditions. The soil, a heavy clay, was tested for moisture, density, and cone index in its natural state and in the laboratory, and for remolding index in the field. Principal conclusions were that (a) the cone index of a given sample at a given moisture content and density varies with the structure and compaction history of the sample, and (b) compaction effort, difference in water-holding capacity of the soil in situ and after laboratory treatment, and surcharge are the principal factors affecting laboratory density-strength-moisture content relationships. |
| Description: | Miscellaneous Paper |
| Gov't Doc #: | Miscellaneous Paper No. 4-284 |
| Rights: | Approved for Public Release; Distribution is Unlimited |
| URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/11681/47025 |
| Appears in Collections: | Miscellaneous Paper |
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| Miscellaneous Paper No. 4-284.pdf | 7.44 MB | Adobe PDF |  View/Open |