TY - JOUR
T1 - Slope stability analyses in stiff fissured clays
AU - Stark, Timothy D
AU - Eid, Hisham T.
PY - 1997/4
Y1 - 1997/4
N2 - Results of torsional ring shear, direct shear, and triaxial compression tests on cohesive soils reveal that the fully softened shear strength is stress-dependent and related to the type of clay mineral and quantity of clay-size particles. An empirical relationship for the fully softened friction angle is presented that is a function of liquid limit, clay-size fraction, and effective normal stress. Studies of first-time slides, i.e., slopes that have not undergone previous sliding, in stiff fissured clay with a liquid limit between 41 and 130% suggest that the mobilized shear strength along the failure surface can be lower than the fully softened shear strength. Recommendations are presented for estimating the mobilized shear strength in first-time slides based on soil plasticity. Soils with a liquid limit greater than 30% exhibit a large difference between the fully softened and residual friction angles. In these soils, the presence or absence of a pre-existing shear surface should be clarified.
AB - Results of torsional ring shear, direct shear, and triaxial compression tests on cohesive soils reveal that the fully softened shear strength is stress-dependent and related to the type of clay mineral and quantity of clay-size particles. An empirical relationship for the fully softened friction angle is presented that is a function of liquid limit, clay-size fraction, and effective normal stress. Studies of first-time slides, i.e., slopes that have not undergone previous sliding, in stiff fissured clay with a liquid limit between 41 and 130% suggest that the mobilized shear strength along the failure surface can be lower than the fully softened shear strength. Recommendations are presented for estimating the mobilized shear strength in first-time slides based on soil plasticity. Soils with a liquid limit greater than 30% exhibit a large difference between the fully softened and residual friction angles. In these soils, the presence or absence of a pre-existing shear surface should be clarified.
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U2 - 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(1997)123:4(335)
DO - 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(1997)123:4(335)
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0031126549
VL - 123
SP - 335
EP - 343
JO - Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering - ASCE
JF - Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering - ASCE
SN - 1090-0241
IS - 4
ER -