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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Shear Strength of a Compacted Scaly Clay from Suction-Controlled Triaxial Tests

Camillo Airò FarullaMarco Rosone

subject

Void ratioMaterials scienceSuctionSettore ICAR/07 - GeotecnicaShear strengthmedicineStiffnessGeotechnical engineeringmedicine.symptomTriaxial shear testTriaxial compressionExperimental researchscaly clay unsaturated soil suction shear strength.

description

The paper presents the results of an experimental research aimed at investigating the shear strength characteristics of an unsaturated compacted scaly clay. Shear strength was investigated by suction-controlled triaxial compression tests on dynamically compacted samples. Collected results point out that suction effects on stiffness and shear strength can be very different for suction values applied lower or greater than air entry value (AEV), corresponding to the material void ratio.

10.1007/978-3-642-31116-1_35http://hdl.handle.net/10447/64386