Vol. 4 (04) pp. 537-545 DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/255

MODELING OF SHEAR STRENGTH-WATER CONTENT RELATIONSHIP OF ULTRA-SOFT CLAYEY SOIL.

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  • Ph.D., Civil Engineering Department, University of Kirkuk, Kirkuk, Iraq.
  • Ph.D. Student, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, University of Houston, TX, USA.
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Abstract

In this study, a detailed review on the reported correlations of shear strength and physical properties of soft soil has been investigated. An ultra-soft soil has been prepared from 2% to 10% bentonite clay soil with high water content. The shear strength of the prepared ultra-soft soil has been tested using modified vane shear device. Based on collected data and experimental results, two new mathematical models for shear strength-water content relationship has been proposed for shear strength and water content ranged from 6 kPa to 0.1 kPa and 50% to 1100% respectively. The second proposed model was compared with several reported models from literature to demonstrate shear strength-water content relationship for ultra-soft soil with low shear strength and high water content. The second proposed model has shown a very good agreement with the experimental results with coefficient of determination (R2) up to 0.91.

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Aram M. Raheem, and Mohammad S. Joshaghani. (2016); MODELING OF SHEAR STRENGTH-WATER CONTENT RELATIONSHIP OF ULTRA-SOFT CLAYEY SOIL., Int. J. of Adv. Res., 4 (04), 537-545, ISSN 2320-5407. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/255

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Aram Mohammed Raheem

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