Influence of Moisture Changes on the Shear Strength of Undisturbed Soils

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Abstract: Shear failure is a very common failure mode in the engineering practices in highway slopes, embankments, earth and rock filled dams as well as building foundations. The moisture content is an important physical index of soil mas and different shear strength of soils are correspondent to different moisture contents. This paper presents a series of direct shear test results on undisturbed soils with various moisture contents. The impact of moisture contents on the shear strength are studied.

Key words: Undisturbed Soil Samples, Moisture Contents, Shear Strength

HU Zhongquan，YU Xiaoli. Influence of Moisture Changes on the Shear Strength of Undisturbed Soils[J]. , 2015, 29(3): 159-160.

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