Undrained torsional shear tests on gravelly soils |
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| Authors: | Karma?Kuenza Email author" target="_blank">Ikuo?TowhataEmail author Roland?P?Orense Talib?H?Wassan |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Geology and Mines, Government of Bhutan, G.P.O. 173, Thimphu, Bhutan;(2) Professor of Geotechnical Engineering, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-Ku, 113-8656 Tokyo, Japan;(3) Chief Research Engineer, Chuo Kaihatsu Corporation, 3-13-5 Nishi-Waseda, Shinjuku-Ku, 169-8612 Tokyo, Japan;(4) Graduate student, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bukyo-Ku, 113-8656 Tokyo, Japan |
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| Abstract: | Slope instability and landslides are frequently triggered during heavy rainfalls in mountainous areas. Geomaterials that are subject to this type of failure normally include coarse grains, which are made by weathering of mother rocks. These materials are called sandy gravel or gravelly sand in soil mechanics, depending upon the amount of gravelly components. This situation suggests a need for laboratory investigations that aim to understand the shear behavior of sand with gravel toward failure. Another feature of this type of failure is a quick rate of slope failure that is reasonably considered as an undrained process of shear distortion. Hence, the present study investigated by means of experiments the undrained shear behavior of sand with gravel. The torsion shear tests on hollow cylindrical specimens concerned the effects of gravel content on the undrained shear behavior. The tests revealed that the effect of gravel content is twofold. When the gravel content is relatively small, the effects of the sandy component are more important. Hence, the relative density of the sandy matrix among gravels has a predominant influence. In this situation, therefore, the overall relative density is a less important index to account for the shear behavior. In contrast, when the gravel content exceeds a threshold value, the amount of gravel comes to have a more predominant influence than the sandy matrix. This is probably because gravel particles start to have contact with each other to form a structural matrix of gravel grains that governs the overall stress–strain behavior. These results were summarized in three-dimensional diagrams that related the strength properties of gravelly sand varying with the density of sand matrix or the density of sand–gravel mixtures as well as the gravel content. |
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