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Abstract One of the main characteristics of soils is that the shear deformations increase progressively when the shear stresses increase, and that for sufficiently large shear stresses the soil may eventually fail. In nature, or in engineering practice, dams, dikes, or embankments for railroads or highways may fail by part of the soil mass sliding over the soil below it. In this chapter the states of stresses causing such failures of the soil are described. In later chapters the laboratory tests to determine the shear strength of soils will be presented.
Abstract One of the main characteristics of soils is that the shear deformations increase progressively when the shear stresses increase, and that for sufficiently large shear stresses the soil may eventually fail. In nature, or in engineering practice, dams, dikes, or embankments for railroads or highways may fail by part of the soil mass sliding over the soil below it. In this chapter the states of stresses causing such failures of the soil are described. In later chapters the laboratory tests to determine the shear strength of soils will be presented.
Shear Strength
Verruijt, Arnold (author)
2017-07-26
9 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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