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Main Topics:
1-Total and effective stresses
2-Lateral earth pressure
3-Shear resistance
4-Settlement in clay soil
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2
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K=
=
1
=Poissons ratio
Failure mechanism
Local failure takes place at points where shear stresses () > shear strength (S).
When local failure occurs at sufficiently large number of points within the soil mass, a
general failure takes place.
Failure takes the form of sliding of a soil block over a Failure/Sliding/Slip surface
within the soil mass.
To study shear failure at a point, we need to calculate:
1. Stresses (,) on any plane through this point
Shear Resistance
Shear resistance in soils is due to:
Friction and interlocking between soil particles
Friction Component
The shear strength (S) of soil at a point is expressed as a linear function of the
effective normal stress () acting on plane of failure:
= + tan
Where, cand are the shear strength parameters :
c: effective cohesion
: effective angle of shearing resistance
Shear Resistance
Settlement in Soil
S=
1+
+
log10
CC :is a dimensionless value representing the slope pf the linear portion of the stress-void
ratio curve on a semi log plot and named the compression index.
Cc=0.009(liquid limit -10)
H: is the total height of the soil layer subjected to loads.