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The grading effect of coarse sand on consolidated undrained strength behaviour of sand matrix soils

In geotechnical engineering field, the behaviour of soil does rely much on the shear strength for design purpose. Previously, findings show that the change of grained size in soil will change the structure (microstructure) and behaviour of the soil; consequently, affected the strength. To date, limi...

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Main Authors: Othman, B. A., Marto, A., Yunus, N. Z. M., Soon, T. C., Pakir, F.
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spelling my.utm.891152021-01-26T08:44:45Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/89115/ The grading effect of coarse sand on consolidated undrained strength behaviour of sand matrix soils Othman, B. A. Marto, A. Yunus, N. Z. M. Soon, T. C. Pakir, F. T Technology (General) In geotechnical engineering field, the behaviour of soil does rely much on the shear strength for design purpose. Previously, findings show that the change of grained size in soil will change the structure (microstructure) and behaviour of the soil; consequently, affected the strength. To date, limited study focused on the effect of grading on the behaviour of sand fine mixtures. This study aims to investigate the effect of coarse sand on undrained strength behaviour of sand matrix soils in comparison with clean sand. A series of test on reconstituted sand matrix soils had been carried out by conducting consolidated undrained (CU) triaxial test using GDS ELDYN® triaxial machine. Coarse sand (retain within 2.0 mm to 0.6 mm) was mixed with 0%, 10 %, 20%, 30%, and 40% of fine particles (kaolin) independently by weight to prepare reconstituted samples. Triaxial samples of 50 mm diameter and 100 mm height were prepared using wet tamping technique (5% of moisture content) with targeted relative density at 15% (loose state). Each reconstituted sample was sheared at two effective confining pressures of 100 kPa and 200 kPa, respectively. Results show that the gradation contributed to the behaviour of the sand matrix soils. Increasing percentage of coarse sand in sand matrix soils exhibited higher effective friction angle. Similar trends were also observed on the angularity effect on undrained shear strength parameters. Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering and Sciences Publication 2019 Article PeerReviewed Othman, B. A. and Marto, A. and Yunus, N. Z. M. and Soon, T. C. and Pakir, F. (2019) The grading effect of coarse sand on consolidated undrained strength behaviour of sand matrix soils. International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering, 7 (5). ISSN 2277-3878 https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85061054024&origin=resultslist&sort=plf-f&src=s&st1=
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Othman, B. A.
Marto, A.
Yunus, N. Z. M.
Soon, T. C.
Pakir, F.
The grading effect of coarse sand on consolidated undrained strength behaviour of sand matrix soils
description In geotechnical engineering field, the behaviour of soil does rely much on the shear strength for design purpose. Previously, findings show that the change of grained size in soil will change the structure (microstructure) and behaviour of the soil; consequently, affected the strength. To date, limited study focused on the effect of grading on the behaviour of sand fine mixtures. This study aims to investigate the effect of coarse sand on undrained strength behaviour of sand matrix soils in comparison with clean sand. A series of test on reconstituted sand matrix soils had been carried out by conducting consolidated undrained (CU) triaxial test using GDS ELDYN® triaxial machine. Coarse sand (retain within 2.0 mm to 0.6 mm) was mixed with 0%, 10 %, 20%, 30%, and 40% of fine particles (kaolin) independently by weight to prepare reconstituted samples. Triaxial samples of 50 mm diameter and 100 mm height were prepared using wet tamping technique (5% of moisture content) with targeted relative density at 15% (loose state). Each reconstituted sample was sheared at two effective confining pressures of 100 kPa and 200 kPa, respectively. Results show that the gradation contributed to the behaviour of the sand matrix soils. Increasing percentage of coarse sand in sand matrix soils exhibited higher effective friction angle. Similar trends were also observed on the angularity effect on undrained shear strength parameters.
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author Othman, B. A.
Marto, A.
Yunus, N. Z. M.
Soon, T. C.
Pakir, F.
author_facet Othman, B. A.
Marto, A.
Yunus, N. Z. M.
Soon, T. C.
Pakir, F.
author_sort Othman, B. A.
title The grading effect of coarse sand on consolidated undrained strength behaviour of sand matrix soils
title_short The grading effect of coarse sand on consolidated undrained strength behaviour of sand matrix soils
title_full The grading effect of coarse sand on consolidated undrained strength behaviour of sand matrix soils
title_fullStr The grading effect of coarse sand on consolidated undrained strength behaviour of sand matrix soils
title_full_unstemmed The grading effect of coarse sand on consolidated undrained strength behaviour of sand matrix soils
title_sort grading effect of coarse sand on consolidated undrained strength behaviour of sand matrix soils
publisher Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering and Sciences Publication
publishDate 2019
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/89115/
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