Undrained shear strength of overconsolidated cohesive soil using modified rowe cell

The relationship between the undrained shear strength, su, and overconsolidation ratio, OCR, of clay material (kaolin clay) is important in order to estimate the material strength for preparing the ground model for small scale physical modeling test. In this study, the relationship between these par...

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Main Author:	Lim, Jee Wen
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2015
Subjects:	TA Engineering (General) Civil engineering (General)
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spelling	my-utm-ep.535682020-07-21T01:20:53Z Undrained shear strength of overconsolidated cohesive soil using modified rowe cell 2015-09 Lim, Jee Wen TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) The relationship between the undrained shear strength, su, and overconsolidation ratio, OCR, of clay material (kaolin clay) is important in order to estimate the material strength for preparing the ground model for small scale physical modeling test. In this study, the relationship between these parameters is determined using a modified Rowe cell equipped with a vane shear blade. Kaolin samples were prepared under different consolidation ratios and the unit weight of kaolin is measured using the modified Rowe cell device, while the undrained shear strength, su, was determined using the vane shear apparatus. It was found that the values of the consolidation ratio, CR, were inversely proportionate to su. A correlation between su and OCR was established based on the laboratory results and validated with several previous studies. In addition, a comparison was made between the developed equation and some existing equations from the literature. It was found that the proposed equation provide a close prediction to the previous laboratory results with a Root Mean Square Error less than 1.2. A difference arose due to the different types of clay used between previous and current studies. A positive relationship is established between the unit weight and OCR values for kaolin clay. 2015-09 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/53568/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/53568/1/LimJeeWenMFKA2015.pdf application/pdf en public http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:84493 masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Civil Engineering Faculty of Civil Engineering
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description	The relationship between the undrained shear strength, su, and overconsolidation ratio, OCR, of clay material (kaolin clay) is important in order to estimate the material strength for preparing the ground model for small scale physical modeling test. In this study, the relationship between these parameters is determined using a modified Rowe cell equipped with a vane shear blade. Kaolin samples were prepared under different consolidation ratios and the unit weight of kaolin is measured using the modified Rowe cell device, while the undrained shear strength, su, was determined using the vane shear apparatus. It was found that the values of the consolidation ratio, CR, were inversely proportionate to su. A correlation between su and OCR was established based on the laboratory results and validated with several previous studies. In addition, a comparison was made between the developed equation and some existing equations from the literature. It was found that the proposed equation provide a close prediction to the previous laboratory results with a Root Mean Square Error less than 1.2. A difference arose due to the different types of clay used between previous and current studies. A positive relationship is established between the unit weight and OCR values for kaolin clay.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Lim, Jee Wen
author_facet	Lim, Jee Wen
author_sort	Lim, Jee Wen
title	Undrained shear strength of overconsolidated cohesive soil using modified rowe cell
title_short	Undrained shear strength of overconsolidated cohesive soil using modified rowe cell
title_full	Undrained shear strength of overconsolidated cohesive soil using modified rowe cell
title_fullStr	Undrained shear strength of overconsolidated cohesive soil using modified rowe cell
title_full_unstemmed	Undrained shear strength of overconsolidated cohesive soil using modified rowe cell
title_sort	undrained shear strength of overconsolidated cohesive soil using modified rowe cell
granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Civil Engineering
granting_department	Faculty of Civil Engineering
publishDate	2015
url	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/53568/1/LimJeeWenMFKA2015.pdf
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Undrained shear strength of overconsolidated cohesive soil using modified rowe cell

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