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CE240 Lect W111 Shearstrength 1
CE240 Lect W111 Shearstrength 1
Class Outlines
Shear strength in soils
Introduction Definitions
Mohr-Coulomb criterion
Introduction Lab tests for getting the shear strength
Shear Strength
The strength of a material is the greatest stress it can sustain; So that the unit of strength is the same as stress (Pa in SI unit system);
Dynamic: Foundation failure by liquefaction after the 1964 Niigata Earthquake. (USGS)
Dynamic: Lateral Spreading caused by the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake at Moss Landing, CA (USGS Professional Paper 993)