"SHEAR STRESS TEST REPORT"

TAFILA TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

NAME: Abdulrahman Rizeq Abu-Khater

STUDENT NUMBER: 320170104011

STRENGTH OF MATERIAL LAB

LAB DATE: Monday 11:00 – 2:00 PM

DUE TO: 14/11/2021

EXP # 3
,,, Introduction
The Direct Shear Test is an experimental procedure conducted in
geotechnical engineering practice and research that aims to determine
the shear strength of soil materials. Shear strength is defined as the
maximum resistance that a material can withstand when subjected to
shearing.
Generally, the Direct Shear Test is considered one of the most common
and simple tests to derive the strength of a soil and can be performed
on undisturbed or remoulded samples.
In soil mechanics, the shear strength is evaluated using the Mohr-
Coulomb (M-C) Failure Criterion. The M-C Criterion assumes that the
shear strength depends on three factors:
1. The normal effective stress (σn)
2. The friction angle of the material (φ)
3. The cohesion of the material (c)

?What is the shear test

A shear test is designed to apply stress to a test sample so
that it experiences a sliding failure along a plane that is
parallel to the forces applied. Generally, shear forces cause
one surface of a material to move in one direction and the
other surface to move in the opposite direction so that the
material is stressed in a sliding motion. Shear tests differ
from tension and compression tests in that the forces applied
are parallel to the two contact surface, whereas, in tension
and compression they are perpendicular to the contact
.surfaces

OBJECTIVE ,,,
The objective of the present study is to study the shear
strength and liquefaction potential of liquefiable sand mixed
with rubber particles. The strain-controlled direct shear tests
were conducted on saturated rubber-sand mixtures to
.determine their shear strength

Test Equipments,,,

In our experiment weusedseveral equipments like :-

Fig. 1: Rupper block. Fig. 2: Dial gauge

Fig. 3: wight.
Procedure ,,,

The testing procedure can be summarized in the following

stages:
 

1. Weigh the initial mass of the soil

2. Measure the height and diameter of the shear box
3. Place the shear box inside the shearing device
4. Stabilize the bottom part of the shear box by fixing the 2
screws
5. Assemble the shear box (put porous stone and the
gripper disk together)
6. Put the sample inside the box and place a filter paper, a
porous stone and the loading cap on top of it
7. Weight the mass of the remaining soil to derive the mass
of the sample
8. Null the shear force
9. Null the initial dial gauges (horizontal, vertical)
10. Place the vertical load
11. Measure the vertical displacement due to
consolidation
12. Set a selected rate at the shearing device
13. Start the shearing stage
14. Take reading measures frequently depending on
the shearing rate until the shear stress peaks and falls,
or until the horizontal deformation reaches 10-15% of the
initial diameter.
Data ,,,
,,, Discussion
(1)The data used to support the findings of this study are
available from the corresponding author upon request.

(2)The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest

regarding the publication of this article.

Conclusions ,,,
Based on the large-scale direct shear test in the laboratory, the shear mechanical
properties of the reinforced concrete particles with tire slices were studied, the
optimum tire volume content was determined, and the working mechanism of
reinforced concrete particles with tire slices was analyzed. The main conclusions
are as follows:

(1)The shear strength of concrete particles increases with the reinforcement of

tire slices, and the peak shear stress increases with the increase of vertical load.
The residual shear strength of the samples also increases, which enhances the
deformation resistance of the samples. The peak growth rate of shear stress
increases first and then decreases with the increase of vertical load.

(2)Vertical load can also affect the reinforcing effect of tire slices. Under 60 kPa
vertical load, the reinforcing effect of 4% tire volume content is the most
significant, and the peak shear stress increases by 46.53%.

(3)Compared with pure concrete particles, the internal friction angle and
cohesion of samples increase greatly after adding tire flakes. The reinforcing
effect of tire slice increases first and then decreases with the increase of the
reinforcement ratio. When the tire volume content is 4%, the reinforcing effect is
the best. At this time, compared with the tire volume contents of 2% and 6%, the
internal friction angle and cohesion increase slightly.

(4)When the tire volume content is 4% under 60 kPa vertical load, the shear rate
has little effect on the peak shear strength. The faster the shear rate reaches the
peak shear strength, the smaller the shear displacement is and the faster the
shear strength decreases after the peak value is reached. The smaller the shear
rate is, the more gently the shear strength decreases.