Comparison of Shear Strength of Cohesionless Soil in Direct Shear and Simple Shear Tests Under Repeated Loadings

Tan No Nguyen, Sung Sik Park, Keum Bee Hwang, Jun Hyeok Son

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Abstract

Designing the stability of pavements or embankments is a challenging issue in the geotechnical engineering sector. Many studies have been carried out to investigate the shear strength of cohesionless soil under monotonic direct shear (DS) and simple shear (SS). However, few studies have evaluated the influence of repeated loadings on the strength of soil. The goal of this study is to evaluate the strength characteristics of glass bead samples using repeated loadings. The same procedures were applied for all samples in two tests. Samples were tested under drained strain-controlled mode for each normal stress (σn) of 50, 100, and 150 kPa under shearing rate of 0.1 mm/min. The experimental results show that the peak shear strength in DS gave generally higher than that in the SS. The shear stress ratios between two tests (τSSDS) ranged within 0.95 ± 0.10. The friction angles in DS were in a wide range of 26.1°–28.7°, while those obtained in SS were a narrow range of 26.6°–26.8°.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Civil Engineering and Architecture - ICSCEA 2023
EditorsJ. N. Reddy, Chien Ming Wang, Van Hai Luong, Anh Tuan Le
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages1058-1065
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9789819974337
DOIs
StatePublished - 2024
Event3rd International Conference on Sustainable Civil Engineering and Architecture, ICSCEA 2023 - Da Nang City, Viet Nam
Duration: 19 Jul 202321 Jul 2023

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Volume442
ISSN (Print)2366-2557
ISSN (Electronic)2366-2565

Conference

Conference3rd International Conference on Sustainable Civil Engineering and Architecture, ICSCEA 2023
Country/TerritoryViet Nam
CityDa Nang City
Period19/07/2321/07/23

Keywords

  • Cohesionless Soil
  • Direct Shear
  • Repeated Loading
  • Shear Strength
  • Simple Shear

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